The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-05-23
The Champion snnrer

10 the sleeping car people slept
-fOrrri it,
Some of them SLEPT like Christian
men and women, peacefully and sweet
| ly aud quietly
Others slept like demons, malie
nantly hidsously fendi,hly, as though
it was their mission 10 keep eyery body
else awake.
OF these the man in lower number
three was the boss" When IL came
TO a square snore With variation, YOU
wanted 10 count lower three" in
with a full haud aud pocket full Of
rocks
We never heard anything snorc ike
/ him. i Was the most sy,tunatic soor
lug that was ever done, even Oh one
Of these tournaments of snorin.. a
sleeping ear. He didn't begin as SOON
as the lamps were turned and every
body was in bed. Oh no! There va,
more cold biooded diaboi-m in his
system than that He waited until
everybody had had il taste Of sleep
2 Just to see how nice and pleasant il
was, and then he broke 10 on their
SAUNDERS like winged, Breathing de
moo, and they never know what pea ce
WAS again that night
lie started out with a terrific
"Gu,rr ri tt1f
tina. opened every eye 10 the car. We
all hoped il was an aceideot, however
aud trusting that he would not do it
again, we all forggA aini. Theu he /
blasted our hopes f3d curdled the
sweet serenity Of our forgiveness by q !
long drawn
CIV ash h habi''
that sounded 700 much Ike business to
be aeeideural. Then every head 10
the >leepIess sleeper was held off he
pillow fur nIinute, waiting in breath
less suspense TO hear The worst, aud
the sleeper 10 "lower three" went on
10 long. drawn. regular eadence5 that
indicated good staying qualities,
'Gwa a hi Gwa a a.s b! Galway
way. Gahwa q aLr'
Evidently il was going to laat all
night, and the weary heads dropped
back On the sleep.ess pillows aud die
swearing began. 1t mamblcd along
IN low, mutrering tones. ike the Dis
taui echoes of pgo'ape thunder
storm. Pretty soon dover three
gave u, litlle variation lie shot Of
4 spjtelul
"Gwook!"
which -ounded as though his nose had
got mad al HIM aud was going 10 strike
Then there was Il pause. and we had
began 10 hope he Ind either awakeu
Ell from sleep Of slrangIed to death -
no6ody cared very particularly which.
Bu' he Disappointed every body with
gattural
"Gnrroch!"
Then he paused again for breath
and when be had ACCOMPANIED enough
tor his purpose he resumed bushes.
with a sientorjuus
"Kovpf!'
hst ueariy >ho, the roof Of the car
Then he @eut 90 playing such fantas,
nc tricks with his nose. and breathing
.mugs that would make the immor'aJ
gods weep, if they dil bat hear liu
l. seemed al utter, prePo>iraous im
possibility that any humlu being
could make the uousuou-, hiieou7
noise with It's breathing machine that
The fellow in slower three" was max
ing with his. He thea ran through
all the ranges of ihe usual gnuu,: he
went up uuu down very chronrtic
-cale of >uores; he ran through iutri.
cate ADD fearful variations until If
seemed that his nose must be out Of
loin' in thousand places All the
nieh' and all the tay thsy15h he tod
his story.
"GawOh! surrabl gu rr.ri KowgH.
Gawaw Wahl zawat hal! gwvcIl gwar;
s0sh h II wooi.'
just as tie other passengers had
Consulted together how they NIGH
>iay him, E.oruiu. dawueI. aud TOW
er uuurer three" awoEe Everybody
watched the curtain 10 see what mau
ner OF man II was thar made the sleep
inE-ear a paudenouiIm Presently
he tuilet was con- pie,e3, The curtains
parted, aud lower number three
stood revealed.
Great heayeH,l
Il was iair young girl, with golden
h"ir aud IimId, P esdIng eyes, like a
hunters lawn Burlington Nawkeye