The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-05-14

10 the dreariueSs OF her cO-untenauce
that makes you think OF divorce
courts. She is h~nutterably weary,
and only 10 the sleeping car Is she IN
artistically SC. She consults the time
card, and looks broken-hearled. She
heats up her pillow, and settling back,
closes her eyes; II is no use. She picks
up the dOg.eared New England maya
zine for the fOrtieth time and yawDs.
Then she rings for the porter and has
him carry her satchel ahead Of her to
the dressing room Bye and bye she
energies with some sign OF having
tinkered With her hair, but her heart
wasn't in it. She is, however, sternly
resolved On bearing the ills Of life
phllosophically, aud for something
like an hour she succeeds m~easurably.
Before shutdown she is a model Of
utter wretchedneSs-the picture of a
lost soul.
The sleeping car child-did you ever
read The House OF the Seven Gables?
Miss Hepsibah Pincheon's lone chick,
sole descendent of her a~ristocratlc
barnyard pair, was doubtless con-
ceived by Hawthorne while riding in
a sleeping car The sleeping car
child-there never is but one in the
sleeping car family-is always a girl
about nine years Of age. her face
looks twenty. The Joy Of living has
long since departed. She is utterly
destitute Of s~pontaneity. She never
calls to her mother TO see the COW out
the a window, NOR forms friendships
across the aisle, as day coach children
do. Her parents are SOLICITORS about
her health and ask her how she feels.
They try to tempt her appetite with
fruits and dainties which they have
carefully kept hidden, but they can't
surprise her-not the sleeping car
child,
Such is the sleeping car by day
ugh! I'd rather be drowned in vim
ter time.
But in the day coach 1t is different.
The conductor hustles through at a
sound trot. He carries out tens Of
luggage and helps old people of the
cars. He gets a yellow telegram and
waves to the engineer. Some Of the
passengers always know each other on
a day coach and talk about things adj
jacent Of geographical interest;
They got on at Prairie Point and are
going only down to, Spring Valley.
like the people who go through
Heb easy stages. They are more
interesting than those who go further
and even when they are not you soon
rid Of them. The day coach passenger.
has the look of one who is ENJOYING an
unusual experience. Day coach child-
rem are rampant with life and spOntan-
city. The day coach woman has holt
day look Of JOY and expectancy. Day
coach officials are devoid Of preten-
tious condescensioh. The comments.
Of day coach passengers on things obs
served out the window are accurate
reliable and full Of interesting infor.
nation. When a day coach passen.
lger remarks on a field Of alfalfa it is
alfalfa and not castor beans. When
he says that fifteen years ago John
Smith bought five sections Of land.
fright over there" at 90 $50 per acre
and sold it a few weeks ago at s29 per.
acre, he has given you some interest
ing information and enlarged the sum
of your knowledge. When day coach
passengers discourse Of the old graz.
ing days, Of the early experiments In
crop farming, Of the passing Of the
old native grasses and the coming Of
new ones, Of altered seasons, Of mans
adjustments to physical conditions, Of
the wild animals they have known and
now know no more, the rejecting
listener feels more refreshed than by
the perusal Of a hundred pages Of ALI
sons Enthusiastically comment upon
the state Of Europe.
1t may seem to be a singular reiec-
tIon, but no man can travel much
without noting that railroads come 70
have a character of their own like In
dividuals. Some Of them have a
chronic habit OF being behind time;
on some the employees from iagmen
up seem to be laboring under imper-