Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-06
THE MIDNIGHT ESCAPE.
UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS BILL ME
MAKES HIS TRAIN.
An Almost Fatal Delay Which NeceSsitated a
Private Engine and Equipments for a Dis
lance Of Some Miles-lnside View
of Fellow Traveller.
Copyright, 1891, By Edgar W. Nys.
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Copyright, 1891, By Edgar W. Nye.
IN KENTUCKY AND TRECKINa SOUTH,
December.
Much has been said by philosophers
and servants regarding the beneficial ef-
fects of sleep. Natures sweet reSorer,
balmy sleep, has no doubt received as
many favorable press notices as any at
traction, perhaps, that is now candi-
date for public favor, and yet sleep may
be Justly and severely criticised. sleep
and it's beneficial effects are often over
estimated. A travelling man stated TO
me yesterday, as he rubbed up special
gas tip which he uses at hotels where
the tin has been economically pinched
together by the landlord, that he had
observed very often, not only that sleep
failed to refresh, but actually seemed in
furious.
"For instance, last evening | went to
bed as happy as lark, and this morning
when | woke up the first feeling that
came over me was one OF the deepest
sadness. lay it TO sleep. Sleep IS over
estimated. Last night never 1elt more
kindly toward every one. remember OF
hugging the night clerk, man Whom
now loathe. Was it sleep? Sleep had
changed me from glad. merry hearted
boy, whose songs enlivened the night
like the sivery music of a waterfall, TO
the pessimistic and austere cynlc you
see before you. Tonight Will guard
against this much talked OF sleep. l
will stay up all night"
90 UaCtnrn4V
thought of his remark. II anything can
be more injurious than sleep L think II
is early rising. Early rising and an lily
lighted (this word l got at fall open
ing in Chicago stairway threw me at
Benton Harbor and injured my ankle so
that | could not get to the depot with
out assistance. At that hour 1t was
impossible to get carriage, for the city
was vet Young, like the newborn day
itself. The clerk tried to rouse every
or any livery stable in town, but ne
could not.
Meantime lay moaning in the arms
OF an attendant. My breath came In
quick but yet invisiblY checked pants.
The train would be due in eight min
utes. What to do? Anon l heard
dull thud as the clerk broke the door OF
a blacksmith shop and pulled out
piano box buggy valued at $3.50.
Hastily placing me In this Win the
aid of my attendant and Valet' he
started on rua for the station, neigh
ing joyously as he met q team that he
recognized In trice, or possibly
trice and half, we were there. | was
taken ont and placed in berth, where
| .moaned the balance OF the
night away; but l cannot be
too grateful to the clerk of the
hotel at Benton Harbor, where TINS
melancholy accident occurred, Tor he
showed tact, ability and kindness, to
say nothing Of the fact that | found him
to be thoroughly gentle and good
roadster.
AS he left us I wrang his hand two
times for ice water), and, turning
AWAY my head so that he could not see
my tears, l presented him with my au-
tograph. When get home am going
TO send him nice new red fly net for
next summer.
The flight from Benton Harbor was
not much like 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-quarterS of an hour in
less than twenty minutes. This meant
that we would fail TO connect at Grand
Rapids, and so miss Benton Haroor,
where we had agreed to lecture to man
for whom we had a great deal OF res
pect. Every time we stopped we had
10 look out or we would be on the dead
point" of the engine, and then 1t would
lake half an hour with pinchbar aud
some profanity to start again.