The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-21
ANGELIC TEMPERS.
A CARLOAD or TRAVELLERS AND NOT
A KICKER AMONG THEM.

rhes Had to Change sleepers In the Mid
die Of the Night. and Yet They Remained
Good Humored-This was an Exceptional
Party. Even For Americans.
Although Americans have the rep
ntation of being born kickers. " said the
traveller. ''once in awhile they give sur
prising exhibitions of philosophy and
good nature.
ION q hot night / started on d trip
up the state. ] had been careful to en-
gage my berth In the morning and had
selected it in the center of the car, so I
felt assured that I would be reasonably
comfortable. It SO happened that travel
was heavy that night. and my car was
crowded. To my great disgust, too, il
was o very old car. I ann too old q tray
ellen to fret, however, and T went into
the smoker with q calm mind The train
rolled out, and soon the porter began to
make mp the beds. We all turned in
early, and ! was in my berth before the
train had got far beyond Mott Haven.
81 adjusted everything carefully, re-
moved all my clothes, donned some nice
cool pajamas and lay back ON my pillow
sleepily. / had Just begun % doze off
when ] was aroused by . queer. rum
bling noise. It sounded as though some
thing was the matter with the running
gear. ! listened for awhile and then
closed my eyes again, thinking perhaps
that the noise would stop. IL didn't,
though, and presently others appeared
to be disturbed also. Heads were poked
out between the curtains, and passen-
gers asked each other what the trouble
was The porter was summoned and in
terrogated, bat he knew nothing that
could enlighten rs and said he was sure
it was nothing serious. By and by some
of the calmer spirits like myself felt re.
assured and dropped off to sleep in spxe
of the noise and jolting.
81 was in the midst of q dream about
falling elevators and similar pleasant
fancies when / was awakened by some
body yanking at my arm. It was the
porter.
81 am sorry TO trouble you, boss,
he said, but one Of the wheels ON this
car has gone wrong, and the conductor
is afraid we will have q smashup If we
don't take the car OF. You'll have to
get mp and get ont, for we are going to
run this al into the shop and put ON
another.
Naturally ! felt o little annoyed.
When q man is sleepy, he doesn't like
20 be told he has got to get mp and dress
and fuss and bother. It isn't the easiest
thing in the world to sleep In q stuffy
car ON . hot night anyhow, and inter
ruptions are not apt to compose the
mind. However, there was no use of
kicking, and sc I got mp and dressed IS
quickly as Icould, gathered my traps
together and prepared to move. The car
was full of people In various stages Of
undress, and it took some little time TO
clear them all ont 30 that the car could
be taken OF the train. We found our
selves at Albany. We had 60 wait on
the platform for nearly half an hour
while the car was rolled back ont Of the
way and another brought out Of the
yard.
IF the first sleeper had been old,
this me was antique. It must have been
one Of the first of the Wagners to be put
in service. lit was smaller and had few
err berths than the other car, and - it
hadn't been cleaned for some time it
was very dirty. Every time we touched
anything our hands were covered with
dust. We stood around while the CON-
ductor tried to arrange for our accom-
mediation, and n the berths were differ
emily arranged this took some time. In
the meantime the train had started
again.
1.-THE conductor was am amiable per-
son and tried hard TO hurry things as
much as possible, which relieved the
situation q great deal In allotting
space to MS he came finally to an old
gentleman who lived mp in the country.
i ann very sorry, : he said to him. but
I'll have TO put You, sir, In the state
room. There are no more berths left
Tt occurred to all simultaneously, i
guess, that that meant an extra charge.
Great Scotti' exclaimed the old GENTLE
man, have ! been yanked ont OF my
sleep and put TO all this discomfort to
be compelled to pay double fare? oh,
of course notr said the conductor. In
asmuch as it il our fault, we won't
charge you extra fare. The old man
smiled broadly ut that, for the idea of
having a stateroom all to himself was
naturally agreeable, but when he came
TO find out later that the stateroom in-
clnded the Mushroom and was anything
but pleasant to sleep in his smile be-
came rather sickly. After awhile things
were Strengthened ont. but it was fully
an hour from the time we left Albany
hefore we had turned into our bexths
again.
Naturally you would imagine that
everybody would have been i'll temper
ed after all this fuss. but the truth is 7
never saw . jollier lot Of people in Ill
my travels OF course sleep wa inn
possible for most Of us after all this dis
t1rbance, 50 we kept mp running ere
Of conversation. Jokes were ratified on
in q DELIGHTFULLY."- impromptu fashion,
and everybody who had had amy expert
NICE On sleeping cars reeounted them 20
the ~edihcation OF the others. Although
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