Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-25


A Jolly ereinHaes at the Motel Nor- |
uaandis reg.lsd two OF three friends |
thasly reoeutly while enloyses al After
dinner cigar.
had whole exposition coming IN
over the 6rasi Trunk last night la he
smoker discovered one OF tAose LITTLE
faced naea whos1 features strengthen the
theory Of evolution. and whose style u
wearing bis struggling red beard in,en'
siied the faith Ia . eoeoanat throwing
ancestry.
lcouidnt help discovering him, for he
Was bumped Gp ia his seat and snoring
SO loud thar every other noiss was
drowned, and You had 10 look out the
window 10 see whether the train was
running or resting on side track He
snorel in and out. kept bis nose and
mouth both busy. twitehed, groaned,
granted. wh-ezea. pulled. bowed. snort
ell and wound ap every series OF strange
sounds with a prolonged p-i-s-h. that
created an alarming impression that hot
steam was escaping In the car
There were q los Of high headed, I'M
sociable people in the psrior car who
hadn't taken kindly 10 nay advances. and
was inspired with plan for revenge.
I shook the little man mp. and before he
could opsn up his walls Of wrath, as he
WAS evidently bent on doing. ! said:
Here. my friend. you're not sleeping
comfortably. Come back here and I'll
Tx you up"
I'm 30 you. SIR" was the response,
and ! took him, bushy hair. rumpled
clothes. wrinkled boots. bushwhackin3
beard and all. right into tho parlor car.
got him stretched out in two chairs, put
y footstool under his fiery head and told
him to go IL. Three minutes after his
wonderful snoring machinery WAS i,
active operation. The ladies elevated
their pretty noses and wondered how
that horrid man ever got into their car.
was behind n paper shaking ms if in an
ague hit, but doing all my laughing in
ternally.
why, that's too bad, doncher know.
rll-ah-Ill just excuse the crethah,"
volunteered the httlest dude Of the
party, and he started airily on his dan
gerous mission. He delicately nudged
the snorer with one finger and said: "Ah,
| say, my dean sir, this is too much.
Cahnt you change caws, my deah fell
lah?" ! gave my guest sly but solid
| kick, and he came to with u snort that
| made the dude jump three feet back
/ ward and look wild. The red headed
man had caught the last request and let
go.
"How the devil can l change 'caws'
when we're travelling mile a minute?
| You're talking the same sense as You
look. What right have you disturbing
sleeping gentleman like that? Get out
of this you pipestem imitation. or I'll
throw you out the window"
BY this time the diminutive champion
was half the length of the car away and
white AS ghost. but he managed to
stammer out:
But we're all so disturbed, my good
fellah."
"Well, sir; my little whiffet. dom.
you be trying to make your disturbance
epidemic here. l am comfortable and
you people are not in my crowd. Pm
with this gentleman. Now keep away"
There's long run after the conductor
first goes through ont Of London, and
for over an hour reveled in my sur
roundings. The little man snored as
though snoring for revenge, the enemy
sat glazing in impotent rage, ostenIbly
read a paper, and when the conductor
came through it was only to intensity
the fun.
Dollar. please, he said to the snorer.
"Fve paid my fare, sir. aud first class
1T that"
''But this is parlor car"
"Then I'm looking in the parlor. am Il
Where's the sleeping apartment"
'Here, have no time for foolishness.
.Then I'll not detain you. Good night,
SIR"
The conductor was about to lunge
when slipped him dollar, he passed
on. the man only waited to say, II knew
could bluff that ticket puncher," and
then away to the land Of Nod, only tc
awaken when we reached the Brush
street depot got even. and when one
Of the ladies remarked for my hearing
that the specimen had picked up was
really better looking than l., l knew that
It was only her head that talked.-De-
troit Free Press.