The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-03-13
COMMON CRIME


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terrible czss ~ snorinE wss Developed
The snofsf as Apparently occapfinE
= berth near ihs middle ~ the car. snf
his snofihE sss ~ loud ans dep ihsi
ii partially dfgEnss she noiss Of the
train. The outrage uas endured fof
soms hour. When fnallY one % ths
miners announced that "ihishyr thing
had gone far enough" and thcrenpoH
anpse and called on his comrades g.
ioin him. They did ~. and. proceed.
inE 10 the berth from which this snof.
inE seemed 10 ooms. they threw aside
nc curtains aud roughly draEEei out
The astonished theological student
Charged with persistent and iniolcr.
able snoring. be dld no, deny bis guilt.
but listened In silence 10 the abuse
ieapcd upon him. and made no re-.
sisiancc when he was hustled 10 the
extreme end Of the car. and placed in
4 seat with a miner sitting next to
him. and pledged 10 watch him all
night and "puncn' him the instant he
should attempt TO resume snoring.
Pleased with the success OF their &C
ion. the miners. with the exception
II the self-sacrihoing man who had
to watch the snorer. re-
turned TO their berths. amid the CRATE
al applause OF the other passengers
For a time the car was silent. but be
ore very long the snoring broke out
gain, as loud. as deep and AZ madden
ng as ever.
II was evident that the miner on
guard over the culprit had fallen
sleep and neglected his duty. The
'ther miners turned out again. re-
olved this time To wake up the snorer
% thoroughly that repetition of his
rhine would be impossible. To their
urprise, they found HIM wide awake
nd perfectly silent. and IL was
lear that the car contained second ,
norer. AS before, the sound seemed
o come from the middle of the car,
nd when the miners had satisfied
themselves as to the precise berth from
Which the snoring came, they pulled
ut the culprit with more violence than
hey had pulled out the theological
tudent. To their unspeakable horror
hey found that the snorer whom they
ad so rudely handled was none other
han the beautiful young lady from
an Francisco.
Over this awful scene 1t is well to {
raw veil. 1t is proper, however, to
id that the theological student con
sssed that he had refrained from de-
ying that he was the snorer, solely 4
4 order to protect the young lady, 1
UGH chivalrous conduct is worthy of 9
ne highest praise, and the incident |
hould teach us that, contrary to the
lew upheld by great American story q