Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-02
CONE OUT To SEE.
0limpS0S of Life from the Upper
Deck Of a Sleeping Car.
The Prairie BiilOws by Moonlight
Correspondence Of The Bee.

Correspondence Of The Bee.
CHICAGO, April 30.-The first night
In a Pullman sleeper en- route for New
York, If or shaking the dear old dust
of Omaha Of of our feet, is apt to BIO
one OF the experiences Ct life. Re
lessed from the conventionalities ct
home and the anticipation of all the
pleasures Ct a summers vacation only
will overcome the daring and danger
of rash ac', %entrusting ourselves TO
the heaviog deck of a palaces car. We
haven't got our ses.legs on yet, and
are not quit1 accustomed to the sea
m,nltke roll, aud just sufficiently tired
to make a sad sea dog before we get
through We started on a bright,
sunny afternoon, with occasional blows
only, whlrling up the dust and remind
Ing US of the home we left behind Us.
A railroad car Is never psrticu.
larry CHEEKY, and too bu,iness.like
to be picturesque, hut by the
time you get yonr bundles
and satohels disposed Of on the various
seats to the sorrow of the porter;
and the flIwers which Loving hands
have brought to breathe fragrant re.
membrsnce, laid away to the best
advantage, your particular section
puts on a homelike appearance. We
arc yat too paar homa 20 aptr, as.
selves to a dining car, and do not &C.
cept of the invitation Ct the waiter
announcing supper. We are sati,
fed with our carefully selected lunch,
and hope for a better state of our ap-
petite for the morrow. We are flying
through the dark, and do not know
which Is uppermost In our excitement,
tho longing for home or reaching our
destination, Occasional glances out Of
our section show how the rest are
getting along, until nothing Ia left but
the marrow empty walk 10 tho
middle, and we compose our
own nigh'csp to sleep. Every
time through the long night that
the car gives a jerk, we ponder Its
meaning, and every time we hear the
shrill whistle of the engine we draw
our curtain to know what 1t means.
A sense of responsibility remains with
us and We cannot dismis, the idea
that the engineer needs watching and
guidance, We are not ut all nervous,
perfectly cool, but prefer to get up
every now and then to see that things
are properly attended to. Farther up
q commercial traveller sleeps soundly
and loudly; could habit ever make US
30 selfish Bot our sleeplessness pays
In the end. We get 30 much more
for our money. Why here last night
these scenes were like the side show
to a circus throw In gratis, while
We were passing through the
miles an hour over the we'll. packed
and levelled road. bed # the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul. Here an
illuminated village and its dreary
lights shining low like the oil lamps
of a hundred years ago, then Q row OF
tall trees, looking like soldierly ghosts
In the white moonlight, and again the
shadow of a town quietly asleep or tht
hillside, A sym%pathising friend who
heard all this the Lext morning want
ed 10 console us by saying that We
would sleep Ike a tip tomorrow.
think that TO sleep like q top on,
should stay at home; but that's no
what we are going east for. A bette,
consolation WAS a splendid breakfas
In the ciaiug car, Jack snipe an toast
etc. and Strawberries with cream {,
start with, Thanks to experienced
consideration IF the stewart and tn
obliging attention of the Chicago, Mi
waukee & ST. Paul managers. A fe,
hours more and we shall be in Chicago
five minutes agesd CT the rest.
A. Nj.