Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-03

His Adventures and Experiences In
sleeping Cars.


Sleeping Cars.
Ne,o York Times.
The old traveller paused. He sighed.
He drank a cup of coffee. tie ate roll.
He reflected.
Il SUPPOSE he said at last, ''that my
experience last night was punishment
for some very sharp practice on my part
the last time / came through bunalo,
when did a eountryman from Elmira out
of his lower berth and made MN sleep IN
the @lpper one. 1t was clever play,
though You see, when ! went to buy
berth at the Pullman ticket ONCE all the
lower berths were taken, and 1 Aad 10
take an upper one. But l didn't intend
TO sleep in it. / knew / could get my
work in on somebody on that car, ana sure
enough l did. AS soon as the tram start
ed | saw that one section on tne oPPosi1T
side of the car was un0ccupled, ana
took occasion to present the porter
with quarter. Then asked MIN
careIessly who had that section over there.
He said it belonged to gentleman VINO
was going to get on at Elmlra, ana told
him | thought so; that gentleman was
particular friend of mine, and l had been
expecting him. lied, know, and az
nit it was wrong, but l chose the lesser
of two eyils-whether to harrow my soul
with the guilt of lying or my body with
the anguish Of being jOlted IN the root OF
sleeper. / concluded that my soul could
stand the strain hest. Well, went over
to the man who had the top berth OF that
section and lied to him, too. | told him
that particular friend of mine-the
same friend l told the porter about
was going to get on at Elmira, and
would he mind changing berths, so that
nv very dear friend and l could De
together? He very politely made the
change. and l ordered the porter TO make
up both berths before we got to ElmIra,
which we reached along in the middle OF
the night, so that this dear TREND might
find his bed ready as soon as he got on TO
the train. Then. at bedtime, / got into
the bottom berth, and fell into tue sweet
slumber of tire righteous. Along about
midnight | heard the voices OF the porter
and a stranger mingled in conversation
at my side, but l kept my eyes closed,
and. so far as outward appearances went,
S lept on peacefully.
sfsGOI darn itv I heard the stranger
say, i ordered the lower berth a. pur-
pose. cause ! can never sleep in top
one. Wake the fellow up and get yer lad
der for him.
81 tell you the gemmen's friend of
YOURS | heard the porter say. he bought
dis here berth a. puppus cause you had
the other
t.tLet,s have a lock at him., growled
( L
he said. after peeping between the cur
tains. He looks like bank robber. bet
he carries a pistol, and / guess might as
well get up on top. I've no use for arrlY-
ing i'm New York with bullet-hole in my
system. He did get up on top, and in the
morning the porter and the man who had
exchanged berths with me, and the dutter
who slept above me were all very much
surprised to see how cOOlly i ignored my
very dear friend. But | think from the
way the porter chuckled when / gave him
| another quarter that he 'tumbled to the
| racket to use vulgar metaphor.
| ssNeyer was so amused in my life" said
| calmly the old traveller, "as one time
when | was travelling in the western part
| of the State. There were two awtully
| stunning young ladies in the sleeper who
| occupied the seat next to mine. They
were travelling with the father of the older
one. and he and his daughter had the
| whole section on the opposite side of the
| car. and the other had the lower berth OPP
| DOsite that one. and consequently next to
mine. | sat with my back to them ana
heard thom decide to sleep together that
night in the berth next to mine, and they
said they were so glad that top berth
/ wasn't Occupied because they wouldn't
1 be disturbed by having anybody
! climbing up there for anything in the
world. and then it was such lovely place
/ to put their things for the night. Wei,
| everything seemed prOpitious for their
/ plans until, just as they were preparing
! to retire, fellow got on at station. lie
was one of those would-be Washers, you
| know-a regular swell. He got the top
/ berth of theirs, it being the only one in
| the ear that was vacant, and the porter
came and told them they'd have to take
! their wraps and their hats and all their
/ other things out of it.
! .'Isn't that Just too horrldP said one OF
the young ladies.
sFThe masher was close behind the por-
ter, and he got up most delightful smile
and said:
Q 4 really trust, ladies, that | shall not
j be very disagreeable.'
stWell, they retreated to the shadow OF
4 the parents wing, and heafd one OF
| them say: He shan't think he's made
conquest of u.s. / don't believe he did
think so the next morning. He went to
| bed i'm the top berth, but not to sleep. The
| two young ladies were underneath, and
| the stern parent slept in the top berth
| opposite. Suffering Moses. how that
| stern parent did snore. Why / never
/ heard ANYTHING like it. Then the torture
! of that unfortunate masher began. on,
4 do Just hear that hOrrid man up above us
| snore. young lady No. | would say, in
! perfectly audible tone, as her father
/ gave vent to a particularly violent
burst of music. Then the masher
would cough to show that he was awake
and guilfless, and the young lady, per-
| fectly aware who was making the noise,
would remark: 'Poorpapa. He can't get
to sleep because of that awful snoring any
more than we can; oh, dear1 The masher
would cough more violently, and then his
4 fair tormentor would say: i declare, If
he don't stop snoring | shall rap on the
4 bottom of the berth with my shoe.' And
sure enough she did, and they lay and
! giggled half the night about it. And you
| should have seen how lamb-like and inof-
/ fensive that masher was i'll the morning.
l was really sorry for him."
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