The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-02-19

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"At this moment there was an excla.
nation OF agony from the owner Of the
legs, az II his ears had been violently
w%renched, followed by m agitation OF
the coat tails. The next instant q bad
head and q very red face were with
drawn from the berth. CHANGING into
the vacancy thus made we all perceived
an elderly lady, thin aud grim looking
and with her hair done up In crimps,
sitting half upright In the berth. Be-
side her lay another female form.
wANTED-A LYNoHING PARTY.
Hastily throwing q shawl over her
head and about her acraggy shoulders
the old dame Just opened on Mr.. Bald,
head for all she was worth. She called
him O mean, c0wardly villain, a shame
less old scamp, who lnsnlted unprOtect'
cd women She said that he ought TO
be lynched, and would be III there were
any men that were men around AT
last ahe was Gained down O bit and her
cnpying the berth with her servant girl.
She had been awakened by a0me one
trying 10 get Into her berth, She had at
once seized the intruder by the cara and
had called for assistance.
"'And very eifectually you did II. too,
madam, remarked the nervous man.
Considering the disturbance that has
been made, | don't know but that you're
right In That there remark az TO there
being a call for q case OF lynching In
this car
"rhe baldheaded man protested, He
told hia story. He had engaged a berth
which no was TO occupy with bla nephew.
The latter had left him some time before
to 90 TO their berth, az no thought. He
had Just finished reading his book In
the parlor car and had come In to 90 TO
bed. He thought he recognized this
berth AZ h!s, and In the Remi'darkness
" was impossible TO distinguish the
1gure In the berth from that OF his
nephew. Just az no had put his head
In no had been seized by the ears and
the screaming had begun. lie really
thought that the devil had taken pos
session OF him. Such a vicious and I'M
reasoning old wretch OF q woman II had
never been hia misfortune TO come
across before. And the old gentleman
put his hand feelingly to his outraged
ears.
"What was the number Of tho gentle
mans berthp No, IA. oh, yes that was
two berths further up, and the porter
took the old gentleman In hand aud
showed him the way, His nephew was
not yet In bedp No; no had been In the
car Il few moments before and had re-
marked that no would join some gentle.
men In q game OF cards In the smoker.
With an angry glance toward berth No
10 the old gentleman clambered into
bed.
THE VIOLET BoRDERED SIGNAL,
at seemed that the elderly lady had
some difficulty In getting TO sleep after
the excitement, Anyway, In less than
half m hour after her encounter with
the elderly gentleman she was seen to
emerge from her berth and 20 forward,
presumably bent on a visit TO the Ice
water tank. Before starting out she
closely pinned q pocket handkerchief
with a violet border TO the curtains Of
her berth, 30 that she should have no
difficulty In recognizing her resting
place on her return. Hardly was her
back turned when the two Germans,
Gustav and Fritz, came laundering
back to their beds. In passing No. 10
Fritz clumsily knocked against the
handkerchief, brushing II away with his
shoulder. IL dropped on his arm, and
after being carried q few steps by him
fell to the floor. In 10 doing II attract.
cd 6ustay's attention. He pointed to II,
and Fritz picked II up and saw the pin
In H..
"Where II belongs'" he asked Of Gus
tav.
where belongs it2"
"Yaw.D
"Daw,' replied Gustav, pointing
sleepily TO the curtains opposite which
II had fallen.
I'm another instant Fritz had pinned
the handkerchief with the violet border
TO the curtains OF No. Ia,
give minutes later the elderly lady
reappeared, She stopped In front Of
where tho violet bordered handkerchief
hung She parted the curtains and with
u chilly SILVER crawled hastily into the
berth.
NO, II IS HEARD FROM.
Gully twenty five minutes must have
elapsed after the Germans had sought
their respective berths, when from No.
II there came an u0earthly blood curd
ling shrek, followed by angry exolama.
lions In n deep basa. Again the car
attaches rushed forward, again alright
Cd aud sleepy heads appeared from be-.
hind curtains, again was the voice OF
the nervous man 10 DO heard appraised
Ia u flowing and prolonged outbnrst Of
profanity. The curtains OF No, II were
torn apart by the porter, aud the elderly
lady and the bald.headed man were
found struggling desperately In each
Others arms. With some difficulty they
were torn apart and assisted from tho
berth. The elderly lady was speechless
with rage; the balt-headed nan was al
most equally, angry. Ao managed to
got the door lrst.
"'l think l am In my own berth thia
Time he cried; i have not moved from
" since got In. This Ia a conspiracy,
say. Ishull sue this company for loss
OF character
"'Whatr screamed the elderly lady.
This your berth, you old ylllainp Where
Janop'
Here, II you please, ma'am,' answer.
Cd tho girl, her head p%rotruding from
the curtains Of No, 10.
"'What are you doing In that berth,
you hussyY
"'please. ma'am, this 10 our berth. l
have not stirred from II since we went
to sleep
"sure enough put In the porter, with
u broad grin, that's your berth, ma'am,
and this ere berth belongs to this gen.
elman.'
"'My berth-his berth--in the berth
with n man--Mary Jane-0hl Oil Hell
Hol -
And tho elderly lady was In hyster.
les.