The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-02-19
A he'd on THE CARS.
Mistakes and Mishaps OF u Night In a Rail-
way Sleeping Coach,

ABED ON THE CARS.
Mistakes and Mishaps Of a Night In a Rail-
way Sleeping Coach.
ut seems az II the devil had broken
loose among our passengers last night"
said the conductor of q sleeping car TO
two OF bis comrades, one of them a re-.
porter, % no sat twirIing hls blonde
m%ouetache. "We had the liveliest kind
OF u time pretty nearly all night. Oh,
! could split my sides laughing when |
think OF the two Dutchmen, the nervous
man and the old dame In berth No. 10.
Then there was the bald headed man,
too. Ha, hal
"You want the yarn, do your Well,
I'll begin by telling you that we had q
big load that Ia, a big load OF passen-
gers. We were we're 30 full that In sew
eral cases we made two friends Oc.
cupy the same berth. The first incident
that occurred to make things lively was
q row, or, rather, q sort Of ontburst of
popular Indignation against that pest
or the sleeping car, the restless chatter
box. IL was q little after II o'clock and
we were bowling along at tho rate OF
about forty five miles an hour. MOat
everybody had retired to their berths
and was trying to get to sleep,
YAw AND NAV.
"They were seriously disturbed In this
attempt by a couple of German fellows,
who occupied upper berths close togeth.
err, and who persisted In jabbering away
TO each other. Had they talked German
II would have been bad enough; but,
like most foreigners who cannot speak
our lingo, they chose TO use English In
preference to their own language. And
never has English been worse maltreat.
cd than II was by those two fellows. Az
for the nature OF their conversation, II
was just OF that kind which Ia calCu.
lated TO put murder in the heart of the
man who Is compelled to listen to II. II
was j0st about like this:
"'Dn, Yustayt'
"'Chaw.'
"Kann you schliep, youT
"'HawY d.
"'Kaun you schliep, you2'
"0p | echliep kaunp'
"'Yaw.'
"'Naw.'
"0r the talk might turn something
like this way
"'Du Yustayp
"'Chaw.'
"'You know der Ludwig Piaffenhim.
melberger, der pig lager peer prewer,
yot maffiet der Lumpenfeiner's toch'
terp'
"Hawr'
"'You know der pig lager pier prewer
der Ludwig observation-disclosures, vot Ia
der Lumpenfoiner's tochter marriet
wasp
"'op I den observation-disclosures
knowf'
"'Yaw.'
"Meem dot der lager pier prewor
wasp
"'Yaw.'
"'vot married den Lumpenfeiner's
tochterp'
"Yaw.'
"'Nvu, kenne nlcht.'
"'Nawr
"'Naw,'
ihE NhhNOuS MAN
ut was about the ~Afty.nlnth time
that 'Du Yustayp' had been begun when
suddenly the head OF q thin faced man,
with small black eyes aud q big black
fr0wn, pr0truded from the curtains of
berth next to that occupied by fritz
He was evidently q nervous man, and II
was also evident that he was wrought
up 70 che highest pitch.
"'You dod'gasted Dutchman,' no cried
furiously, who In the name OF ensan.
guinea Hades can get q wink OF sleep
with IN " informal yaw.ing and naw-inp
dinging In ones ears2 It's worse,
swear, than two tabby cats on a house
top. You've kept II up long enough
Shut up now, both OF you. or III build 4
head on you as big as Pixies Peak
"hurmurs OF approval OF this threaI
came from behind several curtains In
the immediate Vicinity. For u few min,
utee there was quiet. But, presently
Frlt2's voice was again heard
"'Du, Yustayl"
"'Chaw.'
"'yot yos II dot Teller say about der
Bikes Beak2'
"'Hawf'
".,yot dot fcllcr der Bikes BCak apout
"'0p | know der Bikes Boak apoutp'
"'Yaw.'
"'Naw,'
CON-.
AT this instant the curtains Of the
nervous mans berth flew wide apaTt and
Tho nervous man sprang out on The floor.
Ho stepped up TO Fillz's berth. All the
fury OF his manner had disappeared and
had been replaced by n sort of calm,
cool, determined deliberatiOn. There
WAS q glimmer, though, In his eyes
which was not pleasant TO look NJ.
"'Seo here, Mr., Dutchman,' no said
very slowly and quietly, it's u question
OF elth0r you or | leaving this car. II
This Thing was kept up much longer
thcre'd DO n homicide here. That's
whata the matter, Either you'd pitch
out OF the window or | would. Now,
shall | murder you or will you murder
meY. Which Ia II to bop
After some little argument between
Fritz and the nervous man tho affair
came TO on end something In this wise:
"'Yustay, shall ye stay hler TO DO NOR
tered by der gombany'a garp"
bep"
"'Yaw.'"
"'Naw.'"
"'Don wee stay op und 90 schmoke a
plperY'"
"'0p yOo stay op und 70 smoke u
lferP'"
"'Yawp'n
"'Yaw,'"
"a few minutes later, followed by
whitening looks from the nervous man,
The two Germans were heavily plodding
their way toward tho smoking cur,
ecREAMs FROM NO. 10,
"For q time there was peace and quiet
In tho sleeper. The car lamps burned
with u dim aud yellow light 90 tho train
rushed through the darkness with n
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