The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-08-09
ANGEI1C TEMPERS.
A0AMoA0 or TRAVELLERS AND NOT
4 kackER AMONG THEM.

4 klckER AMONG THEM.
49, Ch4ngs sleepers In the mid
- 49, NisAk and Yet Thsy Remained
! 49, HsAossdl-zAis was en- Exoeption.l
-1ssey. Even Fox Americans.
Although Americans have the rep
uoneto0 Of being bonn kickers, said the
0eweler 'sonce in awhile they give sur,
Dgll1ng exhibitions OF philosophy and
- nature
!. s'On . hot night I started ON a trir
- no state had been careful to en-.
- my berth ih the morning and had
eceed Il IA tho center Of tho Gar, so ]
- assured that would be reasonably
0nm1nftable Il DO happened that travel
- heavy that might. and my car was
owded To my great disgust. too it
~ . very old oar. am too old q trav-
'olse TO fret however, and ! went into
- smoker with q calm mind. The train
Sulled ont and doom the porter began to
0Ake up tho beds. We all turned in
S9H. aud waa in my berth before the
train had got far beyond Mott Haven.
II adjusted everything carefully, re-
6ovcd all my clothes, donned some nice
eodi pa5amas AMI lay back on my pillow
eaeepiiy. had just begun to doze off
when was aroused by queer, rum
bling noise. ltsbunded as though some
ming was the n| after with the running
1ear. l listened for awhile and then
closed my eyes dgain, thinking perhaps
Inst the noise would stop. 1t didn't,
Enough, and presently others appeared
% be disturbed lso Heads Were poied
out between the curtains, and passcn-
0efs asked each |other what the trouble
WA The porter was summoned and in
tArogated. but he knew nothing that
could enlighten hs and said he was sure
Is was nothing s rious. By and by some
q the calDaer plrits like myself feltre-
assured and dropped of to sleep in spite
q the noise and jolting.
was lii the Elidst Of dream about
falling elevators and similar pleasant
3Ancies when / was awakened by some
body yanking at my arm. 1t was tho
porter.
(. am sorry to trouble You, boss,
10 said, but oEe of the wheels on this
or has conc WRONG, and the conductor
= afraid we will have smashup if VIC
don't take the car Off. You'll have to
1se MP and get cut, for we are going to
run this ear Into tho shop and put on
another
Naturally / felt little annoyed.
when a man is sleepy, he doesn't like
% be told he has got to get up and dress
Ind fuss and bot lcr. 1t isn't the easiest
thing in the wo1 Id to sleep in stuffy
car ON hot hight anyhow, and inter-
xuptions are Eot apt to compose the
mind HCWeyeI, there was no use of
kicking. and so ] got up and dressed as
quickly rs / could gathered my traps
together and prepared to move. Tho car
Was full of people In various stages Of
1ndresS and it tPsk some little time to
eSear them all on Sc that tho car could
be taken off the truth. We found our=
solves at Albany We had to wait on
the platform for Hearty half an hour
while the car was folled back ont Of the
way and anothcrore brought out of tho
yard
If tho FIRST ssaser had been old,
this ono was antidtue It must have been
o0e of the first of sAs Wagners to be put
n service. It was Smaller and had few
y berths than t dther car, and as it
hadn't been cle3dsN> for some time it
was very dirty. Every time we touched
anything our ,ha1lds Npfe covered with
dnsk We stood sfeair1 while the con-
duCtor tried to Arrange For our accom-
and as tte serths were differ
unity arranged this took scmc time In
he meantime ffe train had started
Aeain.
1.-THE conductor was ali amiable per-
son and tried hard I'd hurry things as
much as possible, which relieved the
situation q great dcaE' In allotting
space to Us ho CO me finally to al old
gentleman who lved up ill the country.
I am very sorry, lo said to him. but
I'll have to put Jou, sir, In the state
ROOM There ard 10 more berths left.
Il occurred to hll simultaneously,
guess, that that Iheant az extra charge.
Great ScottP exclaimed the cid gentle
man, have bedn yaikcd out Of my
deep and put to oil this discomfort to
be compelled to lay double fare? oh,
b course not! said the conductor. In
asmuch IS it is Cur fault, we won't
charge you extra fare The old man
smiled broadly at that, fer the idea of
having a staterook n all to himself was
agreeat lie, but when he came
b find out later that the stateroom IL
bluded the washrP COM and was anything
but pleasant to sleep In his smile BE-
lame rather sicklJ. After awhile things
we're Strengthened cut, but it was fully
"A hour iron tt - time VIC left ALBANY
before VIC had turned into our berths
AGain.
Naturally yo4 would imagine that
would have been i'll temper
I'd after all this fuss, but the truth is
never saw JOLT cr lot of people in ali
my travels. OF course sleep was inn
possible for most lof Us after all this dis
lurbancc, SO we Kept up {. running FIRE
It conversation. Jokes were ratified off
ln q delightfully."- impromptu fashion,
md everybody who had had any expert
nee on sleeping ears recounted them to
Ehe edifcation Of the others. Although
Ne did not have any sleep, about every
ne who lert the car the uext morning
wore broad, good humored smile. -
New York Sun.
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