The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-10
A LADY PASSENGER.
How She Travels in a Sleeping Car
A Monologue.
New York Mail.

"A I4O1lOAVe5uO.
New York Mail
"Thank You. porter. Yes, you may
open that other window. It's SO stuffy
in mere. II always is in sleeping cars
before they start. Can you get me
n fan? forgot mine at the last min
ute. Yes. that will do nicely. Thank
you.'
To newsboy): "No. No magazines.
l never read on the train, particularly
at night. | knew a man who went
blind, and they said it was because he
read so much while he was travelling,
SO We been afraid to look at Il book
since except when I was perfectly
stationary.'
You needn't offer me any candy
either. | am on diet. and the doctor
do"Sn t allow me any sweets | would
like some chocolate pcppcrmints,
though. Wait Il minute, you may give
me halfpound box. III eat the pep
permit for the sake by my digestion
and try to forget the chocolate.'
'To conduetor) "Both my tickets? {?
| thought You wanted only my rail
road ticket. But always forgot. You
know we travelled SO little alone.
Now here's my railway ticket, and
where did put the other one? I
thought il was in the same envelope.
Dear me! ! wonder if We lost it Oh,
no. here it. is 1t looks like that last
prescription that | haven't had fill
ed that overlooked it. 7 wonder
what I've done with the prescription
now? You don't see it anywhere on
the floor. do you?'
tTo pnrter): 'Whose suit ease is
that: Belongs to the person i'm the
upper berth? Oh. dear! hope il s
Il lady. though | do feel sorry for
any woman who has to risk her life
in one of those things. \ man, YOU
say; we'll now, isn't that Il nuisance? :?
Men are $" apt to Snore awfully loud,
and then | like to have the upper
berth to spread my skirt and waist
out i'll. You couldn't possibly give him
another berth, co.;ld you2'
Gro woman across the cary every
warm in here, isn't il? Are You going
all the way to Chicago7 Yes. thought
so; you remind me something of Il
Chicago woman | met last srmmer.'
"No, you don 7 look like her exact
~. but she had Il suit and hat some
thing like yours. Probably they came
from the same place.
"You've never been TO Chicago?
Well, now that's funny; neither have
!. ! am going out to see my brothers.
family. They've wanted me to come
for a long time. bnt didn t want
to take such Il long trip. don't like
my sister-in-!aw very much. anyhow -
"I just dread this night. never
sleep a wink on sleeper, do you? |
don't like TO take all my clothes off
for fear thcre'll be wreck and I
won't be decently prescntablc, and if
! leave some of them on | get so
warm that | almost suffocate.'
eyes, and then I can't help wond-
ering who slept in the berth last. OF
course it don do any good to wonder.
You'll never know, and it's great
comfort to remember that they clean
cars with compressed air these days.
There's less danger of germs and all
sorts of things, but when you can't
sleep you know you really can't help
borrowing trouble. Sometimes 7 think
| might just as well sit up all night.
I'd be quite as comfortable as smoth-
ering to death behind those awful
curtains.'
(To porter:) "Yes, you make up my
berth now. Don't forget to put
screen in the window, and there's
blanket, I suppose, and make the bed
with my head-now which way is it9
Oh, yes, with my head to the engine.
| never can like it one way and some
like it the other, don't theyq"
"Be sure and put the number in
plain sight. have perfect horror
Of making a mistake and trying to get
into the wrong berth. heard once
Gro the conductor:) "Oh, conduc-
tor, You won u FORGET 10 civ" my ticket
back to me in The morning! You knOW