The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-18
a RAILWAY EXPERIENCE.
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other. East of Buffalo parlor car trav-
elers are stiff and formal and rarely
make acquaintance, but west of that
point formality is practically unknown.
On this train this lack of stiffness was
unusually pronounced, so the men all
sought the smoker and talked about
| the strike, and the women, left to
| themselves, exchanged papers and mag
( aZines and petted the babies. Within
al hour the strangers had been trans
formed into very jolly family party,
and the men were dragging their new
made acquaintance before their wives
and sisters and introducing them with
us much heartiness as though they had
been bosom companions from childhood.
Among the passengers IN the first
parlor car was a German-Araerican
He was man past middle age, with
| blue eyes, rather forid complexion,
and long, carefully-trimmed brown
beard. He was accompanied by his
wife and two children, little girl and
boy, the latter just emerging from
| ba byhood. In the next seat to the
| German sat a brown-bearded man, and
in the general mellowing of hearts
| these two became quite confidential.
Eyes, l am a Chicagoan," said the
| brown bearded man, land manufac-
turer of fancy goods. l am going 70
New York on little business trip.
You, should judge from the presence
of your family, are bent on pleasure. |,
The German sighed deeply.
Il regret to say you are mistaken"
said he. ''This trip is the saddest
ever took in my life. 1 belong to Mil
waukee. l went to Milwaukee twenty
years ago, when it was a little town,
and l have grown up with it. All my
friends live there. l made little COM
potency there and 1 dislike very much
to leave it. But must go away. My
doctor has told me that l must go
abroad, and as it is uncertain when L
will be able to return am taking my
family with me-"
"That is too bad" said the Chica-
goan, ''but you really don't look i'll at
all; in fact, should pick you out as a
man of remarkably good health"
eyes, yes, l get no sympathy" said
the German. My appearance bellies the
facts. / don't feel i'll now, but might
be dead next minute. / have heart dis
ease, and my physician tells me that I
may die at any moment. There is q
fatty degeneration of the heart, or
something of that sort, do not know
just what he calls it. Anyhow, he
told me l must 60 to Baden, and that
Is my only hope. I sm constantly in
fear that will not live to get there.
Anyhow, I feel sure / never will re-
turn"
The Chicagoan moved little I'M
easily in his chair, and as soon as OPP
portunity offered to break off the con-
versation he retired to the smoker,
where he breathed sign of relief and
attempted to divert his thoughts from
the unfortunate German by smoking a
cigar. He kept away from the Ger
man during the evening, and had al
most forgotten about him when
bedtime arrived. After he had got
into his berth, however, the recollec-
tion of the Germans presentiment oc-
Cured to him and interfered with his
going to sleep. He tossed about for
some time rather nervously, but had
begun to doze gently when he was sud-
denly aroused by the voice of child.
He sat up in his berth and heard the
child's voice saying in a low, frightened
whisper:
'Papal papa!'
1t Immediately occurred to him than
the German had retired with his little
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tently and again heard the child call
his father. There was no response and
no other sound in the car save the roar
of the wheels and the occasional creak-
liz of windows as she train turned
around curves. The idea Immediately
struck the Chicagoah that possibly the
Germans prcsentimestt had come true.
Perhaps he had died IN his sleep.
The boy continued to call to his IA
ther, the voice becoming louder and
more frightened as che calls failed to
elicit any response. The Chicagoan
was very much alarSaed. Possibly the
cigar had been too isavy, or his dinner
did not sit we'll Hs felt nervous, and
unpleasant fancies would not leave him.
He was almost certain that the German
was dead. The thought of the little
boy in the berth alone with the corpse
of his father made him shiver. He
didn't know whas to do. He didn't
want 70 arouse the other inmates of the
car, and at the same time he felt that
it was only humSne to make an in
vestigation. He rang the electric bell
in the porter's room, but that worthy
was probably asleep, for there was no
response. After repeated efforts to get
him the Chicagoan thrust his head out
between the curtains and tried to look
into the berth occupied by the German.
All he could see was tiny hand
thrust out between tho curtains Of the
berth The child was no longer call
ing, but was sobbing in low, fright
ened voice The Chicagoan got up,
and. tiptoein2 over to the berth, pulled
the curtains aside. The German Law
on his back. breathing gently, with
his mouth slightly open The Chiea-
poan returned to his berth and went
to sleep. He said nothing 20 the Ger
man the next day, but he told his
friends afterward that the suspense
and fears of that night had spoiled his
trim. He never found ont whether the
German reaebad his Destination safely
or not.
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