The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-08

estimated. A travelling man stated to
me yesterday, rs he rubbed up a special
gas tip which he uses at hotels where the
tip has been economically pinched to-
gether by the landlord. that he had OBJ
served very often, not only that sleep
failed to refresh, bat actually seemed in
furious.
For instance, last evening | went to
bed as happy as lark, and this morning
when / woke mp the first feeling that
came over me was one of the deepest
sadness. lay it TO sleep. Sleep is over
estimated. Last night / never felt more
kindly toward every one. | remember
of hugging the night clerk. man whom
I now loathe. Why was it: Sleepl
Sleep mad changed me from a glad,
merry hearted boy, whose songs enliv-
ened the night like the silvery music of
gentle waterfall. TO the pessimistic and
austeTe cynlc you see before you. To
night | viii guard against this much
talked of sleep. will stay up all night"
l got up at 2:30 a. N. yesterday and
thought of his remark. If anything can
be more injurious than sleep think it
is early rising. Early ri and an lily
lighted this word got at fall open
ing in Chicago an lily lighted stairway
threw me at Benton Harbor and injured
my ankle so that | could not get to the
depot without assistance. At that hour
it was impossible to get a carriage, for
the city was yet young, like the newborn
day itself The clerk tried to rouse every
or any livery stable in town, but he could
not.
Meantime lay moaning in the arms
of an attendant. My breath came in
quick but yet invisiblv checked pants.
The train would be due in eight min
utes. What to do? Anon l heard a dull
thud as the clerk broke in the door of
blacksmith shop and pulled out piano
box buggy valued at $3.50.
Hastily placing me in this with the
aid of my attendant and valet, he started
on run for the station, neighing joy
Ously as ne met a team that he recOg-
nized. In a trice. or possibly trice and
a half, we We're there. | was taken out
and placed in a berth, where l moaned
the balance of the night away; but l
cannot be too grateful to the clerk of the
hotel at Benton Harbor. where this mel
ancholy accident occurred. for he showed
tact, ability and kindness, TO say moth
ing Of the fact that ] found him TO be
thoroughly gentle and good roadster.
As he left Us | wrang MS hand two
times for ice water, and, turning away
my head so that he could not see my
tears. l presented him with my auto
graph. When | get home l am going to
send him a nice new red dy net for next
summer.
The fight from Benton Harbor was
not much ike our triumphant entry in
the evening. All the previous day we
had battled against disaster and delay.
As We left Manistee the engine broke
down so that we could only use one side
of it. Rapidly we lost time. Once we
lost over three-Quarte-s Of an hour in
less than twenty minutes. This meant
that we would fail to connect at Grand
Rapids, and SO miss Benton Harhor,
where we had agreed 20 lecture 10 a man
for whom we lad great deal of respect.
Every time We stopped we had to look
ont or we would be on the dead point
of the engine. and then it would take
half an hour with a pinchbar and some
profanity 10 start again.
Finally we got desperate. told the
conductor how we were situated and
asked him II he could hold the Grand
Rapids train. He seemed 10 fear he
could not, as we were already three
hours late and rapidly falling farther
back into the early fall. However, he /
said that all would be well.
It Is very trying 10 SIT and suffer that
way, knowing that there has been an I
advance sale Of $. with the chances Of a /
door sale running II mp 20 Sll or $ll.5o, !
and that bitter disappointment Is likely /
10 fail upon people who have come from |
a diSJance-"our best people" too.
When we GOT 70 Grand Rapids an or I
der was there from Superintendent Con .
ley 70 provide Us with special engine, I
baggage car and coach. and in fifteen 4
minutes we were travelling al a high .
rate Of speed toward orr destination.
Dear reader, did you ever travel By
means Of your own special train? II not
you do not know what real. keen enjoy
nent and vanity Is (or are. ratherl We