The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-09-10
Sleeping in a Car Seat.
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 What this country wants is for some man to invent t small yali,e tha; Nlll hold enough stuff to iast a man day ur two away irom home. and which $ so con siruc;ed that he can use Il for q pillow. or to ehnk up the corners n q rar at so he can sleep. l here j. no pace on earth that is so lily constructed fer taking t nap as 8n ordinary car sea. and fl r,iil- road companies should study for cen tur1. to Con>trGei something that Was more uncomfortable. they woala fail. l. Is possible they fn ( the car seats sn on purpose. in order - .-,ake 4 man appfe- cate sleeping berth more when he gets into one. II s Salise WIS made rIght | could be great help to man when he Is trying to sleep in car seat. but the way they are noa he migh; as well iry to tuck a breaking plow down n the cor ners of the seal to sleep on. The outside oi a sallse may be-of sof, leather CT canvas. and the man will think he can sleep on Il like child Iii is mothers arms. but he vii ind his mistake in ten seconds from the tune t begins in pound hi> ear. Me watched man coming up from Ghirago Monday night trying to sleep. He had 4 lame back to star; m on and he WAS mad .di the tune. lie had h!s nishr ,hrt rolled up carefully nn the inside oi his Na!sc so II would make the ilse ,eft. and before he pu; ffs head ,.a3n hc pa;tct. he sal,sc. Ind smiled ls hc notiecd hos sufi T Was lie iaid down and closed his eyes. and adjusted his lame back "a ht the cushion. and then Ill was stll fur | moment Then he opened his eyes. looked astnnishcd. raised up and felt uf the side of the yalise and II Was evident he felt something stiff and hard m that night shirt. He raised up and opened the valise. unroled the night ,hiT, -lnd= there MAS q tooth-brush- handle that had been sticking into his ear He ar ranged the night ,hir, ,@ain and banked Il up with dirty shlrt rolled soft. q nd some socks. and shut II and laid down again. and for five minutes he seemed as oontenicd as man who has just go, d letter from his best girl. but suddenly he rose up with a cross expression such IS a man would have who had been seq sick He opened the vallse again and ioand that halr brush and a bottle of tooth medicine had crawled around and got behind the night shirt He stopped and looked as though he couldn't account for It. He sat up straight fer a moment. got sleepy, took linen duster and laid |, on the window sill for d Il pillow and placed his feet out in the aisle under the seat. and was just getting ready to snore. when woman who was gelng through the car after a drink of water, run her knees against his feet and nearly broke them oil at the ankles. The Turk awoke That bright dream was his last. He hauled in his feet and looked at the wo- ulan as ii he would like to throw his va iise at her head. and she drank couple of quarts of water and came back and he scowled al her and sat his valise upon the end and laid his head on il and closed hIs eyes. By that time the hair brush and 9ooth-brush handle. and pocket riasHhad got into the end of the valise to hold a convention. and he changed ends with the valisc. when he found that collar box and button hook had got there before him. and he got up. Then he leaned his head on the back of the seat Tn front of him. on his arms. and tried to sleep. and just as he was feeling that he had struck II al last. the man in the front sca, raised his head and struck the sleepy mans forehead. raising a bump IS big as q hickory nut. Both were mad. and each man waited for the other io apologize. but both looked ou, of the window with ,her hands on their heads.
 The man sat up the rest of the way and tried to think oi an invention tha, would make valise q combination of feather pillow. d spring mattress and blanket. as well as d mosquito bar and window screen. He has got it down pretty fine. and some day such valisc will be on the market.