The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12

The Passenger Who Wanted to Sleep Dis
covered lie Had Lost an Opportunity.

The Passenger Who Wanted to Steep Dis
covered lie Had Lost an Opportunity.
My determination to make mayscif comforta-
bio under all circumstances has been a matter
Of regret oftcner than / can tell you Is the way
in which easy going Sou,hcrner began In an
uptown club, what turned into an interesting
story q have always or nearly always in.
sisted on having my sleep when felt SO inclined
good many wears ago was In tho Far " est
where stage coaches were considered a luxury
took my place in one from the door Of miners
tavern In a mountain town. the namo Of which
/ long ago forgot t was dark when the driver
started the horses. | was the sole occupant OF
the old Ia',ic,rap, and drawing my, buffalo robe
a s,ands,'ll. The driver and some one afool were
engaged In conversation. l could hear only
the sound Of the voice Of the man in the road, but
distinct heard the driver say thai II was darned
strange PERHAPS the language was stronger
thai man should want 10 get into Stage at
such a place Then he said 10 the applicant
a. Vel, crawl IN ther' aud dont GIT gay with
OF you II put you down In coyote camp and
You won't know you was ever hvin','
od rnG stranger 60, IN and was %y vis.avts
conclude he would like to be companionab BILE.
lie bcGan by saying he didn't blame the dnvcr.
Picking up a passenger IN the dead Of night in
such a howl ling wilderness not safe said.
mo and shut up The strange, said j, was a
messed a lot Of them made 40 reply. but no
pTOcreded. The last heard him say at that
time was something about a mountain storm
IN which lie had an experience he would never
forget. determined not 10 hear IL, and didn't
went 10 sleep / don't know how long | slept
" hen hwOHe The driver was al one of The doors
Of the coach. Mat the conversation was about
or why the driver concluded 10 get off his box
and look In never know. heard him growl
at the stranger
"'l on shut ~ and keep quiet or you get out
You was the last in. and tother passenger was
fusl In, and el hr don't want 10 CAB you hush up
From The strangers reply | nj once concluded
that he was gentleman, and that he had done
nothing 10 excite the driver. However, | had
not hnIahed my sleep, and rolled over TO begin
agHin, The stranger laughed good naturrdiy
and began another story was Determined !
would not listen and didn't l went 10 sleep,
Along about daylight the Stage stopped before
another mountain tavern. The snow was blow
lug in every direction \ blizzard was on. The
stranger left me al that place. tie wished mo
very pleasant journey and rid In a sort OF CHEEKY
way that lie hopCd that driver would be- moro
sgreoHhlc; Al the same time he said that drivers
were not 10 In feared that NJ n cp4s they wrTo
II s"rr-d odd in that Y odfOrSakrn country ia
a stage coach, too for "A stranger to he 50 cour-
teous People seldom do that IN a railroad train
showed the card IN my pocket was suil dTowsy.
| fear | may have appeared EruiI, | slept until
reached my destination. Later 10 the day |
unoNdcd my pocket and the card turned up
Then knew had, in my Termination to no
comfortable lost the opportunity u hcnrng some
good s'ories from man who became one Of the
foremost writer's Of his time. The name on the
ard WINS Bret Harte"