The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06
SLEEPING CAR DEVILTRY.
4 woman In white Raiment and
Man with MerinO Accom-
papiment.
GCleyeland LEADER

The public schools will close in
few weeks for the summer vacation,
and the majority of the lady teachers
will begin their annual exodus to
the country and the seaside. In
view of this the following true story
is related in the hope that it will
serve as a terrible warning to those
of the aforesaid teachers who con-
template q Journey on the railway {:
An indianapolis schoolmarm of
doubtful age LETT Indianapolis few
evenings since for the purpose of
visiting friend in Cleveland, who
was very ill. which was proper
enough, as everyone must admit.
Soon after the train pulled away
from the suburbs, Satan, in the form
of sleeping car conductor,
passed down the aisle in which
was piled the Indianapolis maiden's
wardrobe, done up in bandboxes,
shawl straps, etc, soliciting GUS
toners. The schoolmarm in q mo-
ment of weakness subscribed for
the lower half of middle section,
and in due time was transferred to
the sleeping car, and soon after
began her preparations for retiring.
Ii was her first experience, and no
wonder she blushed as she hung her
corkscrew curls on the foot of her
bed and tied stocking around her
neck as q preventative of bronchitis.
After becoming accustomed to the
jolting of the cars she dropped off
into a contented doze, fully expect
ing to find herself in Cleveland
when she awakened. Suddenly she
was startled by a snore, the first
male snore that had ever fallen upon
her maidenly ears. She sat up and
listened, and blushed again when
she saw her shadow upon the walls
of her berth, but heard moth
ing, and, preparing again to court
the rugged embrace of Morpheus,
began to fall back on her pillow,
when her sharp eye detected some
thing suspended from the regions
above. In the excitement of the
moment she plucked at the object,
and with a scream of fright leaped
into the aisle, for the thing proved
mediately put IN an appearance, and
explained to the trembling school
marin that sections were composed
of lower and upper berths, and that
she was occupying the section with
a sore-eyed man from Syracuse, who
would not harm her, as he was out
of reach, being separated from her
by the bottom of his berth and the
accompanying bedclothing, but the
| female would not consent to the
mans remaining, and willingly paid
for the entire section, and the man
generously consented to remove
himself to the lower portion
of the adjoining section. This
arrangement, when completed, gave
satisfaction all around, and the night
wore on pndistnrbed. except by an
occasional snore from the sore-eyed
individual and hysterical twitter
from the indianapolis woman. Just
as the clock in st. Johns cathedral
tolled the hour of three the school
marin awoke with yawn which
awakened wicked Chicago drum
mer across the aisle, and also sig
nailed the catastrophe which fate
was rapidly bringing down npon
the occupants of the car.
After the maiden had adjusted her
night-cap and attended to q few
olher necessary matters, she made
up her mind to arise and get drink
OF water, a habit which she had In
dulged herself in for many years.
Before doing so she drew back her
curtains and peered forth; the most
perfect quiet raigned, which in
stilled courage into Der heart