The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-02-04
IN AN UPPER
Berth
SIMON PuRE's TRIP TO NEW
YORK

There was a pathetic droop to his
mouth. Simon Pure had lost the
humorous expression which made the
face Of the sage Of Sprlngwslls so At
tractive.
Why, Simon. what 10 the trouble?"
Il seen IT," he replied lowering his
voice and looking around 40 II afraid
of seeing 1t again.
Seen what?"
New York"
You don't mean to say"
Yep" he interrupted. nodding his
head vigorously. 81 seen It from tn
top t tn bottom. an Inside out-Good
Lord!"
Tell W about It."
WAL, it's Just this-away. An Of
uncle 0, mine passed In his ch-chicks
an left me a hull thousand dollars. I'd
hearn an read 10 much O. Gotham.
says t Mandy, Mandy. 60 T. town an
buy tn best suit y kin get fer SO.
and pay IS much as two dollars an
q half fer a hat, an we'll 90 t New
York
Simon ses she T. me. Simon.
you're fool asst her why an she
sed we he'd about as much use fer
New York as dog hes fer side peck
ct. Thet made me mad an tole her
t 60 t thunder an I'd go-an' l did"
What did she say to you when you
got back?"
"Ske sed | WIZ burned sight big
ger fool than wuz before / left-but
then y know she was mad because
didn't take her. Wa.al, putting nine
hundred in tn bank, TUX a hundred
an few dollars Mandy had layin'
round loose, tellin' her t draw ten, II
she needed 1t whilst | wuz gone. and L
took tn train. AS l WIZ a-goin' i
thought I'd 60 right, so takes pull
lem sleeper Thet 10. they calls 1t
sleeper. but what for I'm burned II
know.
when I showed my ticket Z the
man at tn gate he sized up tn new
suit case an kind o grinned. but he
didn't say nuthin'. so ! went ahead
a-lookin' fer car six. I couldn't find no
car six. ! walked up an down. an
all l could see wuz some highfalutin'
names, jawbreakers wors'n the Skis
tibet hes tn ducks out my way. Finally
walks up t q swell coon with gold
braid on his cap an ses. Please, mis-
ter. kin y tell me where In thunder
car six is?'
Right In hyar, sir, right In hyar,'
sss he. smilin' and perlite. It made
me swell all up with pleasure, an
went into dark hole of hallway
an didn't know but what tn cuss
he'd got me into the wrong pew. There
wuz some. men behind me. an one fell
ler sings out, Well. 60 In or come out.
I don't give d--m which Thet didn't
sound SO all Aired perlits. but what
could understand 1t. SO I made a bee
line through drape tibet hung up, an
found myself In q nice box with lesth-
er-covered seats.
Finally a lot O. swelis came In an
set down. They looks at me as II |
he'd no right there. an 1t made me
feel gol-durn mad. Then along comes
tn conductor an takes my ticket an
tn slsspin' car tab. sivin' me q little
pink slip.
Here, consarn it, yelled, GIN
me my ticket. hain't got L New
York. TIL conductor told me { keep
my shirt on. and tn crowd OF swells
hollersd an laughed. lowed hedn't
begun t 90 t bed yet. and tols tn
brass-bound gent not t git sassy. He
seed meant business and kind O.
cooled down bit. telin me Id git my
ticket in tn mornin'.
Upper ~. sarl' ses tn darksy,
you berth IL oil ready. sar.'
"Wa-all. sir. tibet coon takes me
back through tn center aisles between
q lot O drapes that was q noppin'
round my shins t. where there wuz q
stepladder He pinted t It an
mounted, an there was, sure 'nough, q
bed made up on q shelf. looked II
over an 1t looked good { me, but |
climbs down an huntin' up tn coon,
who then he'd on q white coat asst
him where l could hang my clothes.
He sed he'd show me. could see he
wuz tryin' powerful hard not t. laugh.
He pointed to a hammock made outen
nsh netting swingin over tn bed. ]
told him tibet wouldn't do Is my new
suit would Git all creased UP tn wrong
way.
Seem nuthin' else Z do, l climbs
up, an sittm on tn side OF tibet two
story bed, takes off my boots an
drops EN- on tn floor. They certainly
did make q noise, an a galoot sticks
his head outen tn Grapes up-a.ways
an wants t know what t'hell. ! grins
at him an tells him t keep his night
shirt on. He wuz tibet mad tibet he
shook his fist at me. Seem no pegs
l rells m coat up an puts 1t In tn
fshnet, an crawls In between tn
sheets with the rest OF my clothes on
BY tibet time l wux real dozy. Jest
a. wux fallin' t sleep there comes
. bump an / thought | wux bein
driven through tn trent en- of tn car
l sticks NY head cut an asst tn coon
what the matter wuz He SEES we wuz
only stoppin' at a station. l sed II tibet
wus tn way 1t wuz done 'sposed II
wuz all right. an tried t sleep, but tn
wind come whistlin' through some
where-1 tell you them pullems orter
be caulked. / took my bumps till
mernin, an then made up my mind
tn day coach wuz good enough feI
me. l would at least know where
Was at.