The Romance Of A Sleeping Car

It w:is n the Cedar Rápida fileeper. Out side, t was as dark as the inside of an nk bottle. In the sleeping car, people slapt. Or tried t. ' Some of thetn dept like Christian nif, and woiiicn. Peacefully and sweeUy and quiétly. Otlicrs. -lup1 like demons, malignante hideou.-ly, fiondishly, as lh:u;!. t w tlieir mission to keep everybodj Of these, the tmm in lowi three was the " boss." When it cam (0 a square snore vvith variations, you wantod to eount "lower thrfcé" in. VViih full hand and i pocket Inll of rock. 'e i. i-r heard nything snóre like hun. It was the most systemalic snonnóthat was ever done, eren on one c.f tho t}urnamen(s oí' snórhrg, a sleeping Qjr' lfe didn't begin as the lamps were Utrne) down and every body was ir, bed. Q, no. There v.i-s more cokl blooded diabolism i:i his systcjn than that. ][e waited until everybody liad had a lime taste of sleep, jas t to see how rood an( pleasarit t was. and tlicn he brokeinon liioir slumbers like a wingud, breathihg (]i_ rao:), and they never knew what ]iej wa.s ajrain that nighfe I stíirted out with a tei ■■Cur-i-r-Ü" That opened overy oye in the c a'l hoped it was an accident, howéver, am) trasting that he wouldn't do t again, v all forgaye him. Then he blasted oor hopes and cuvdled the s weet serenitr f otir forvenéès ly a lóng drán '■ i w-a-h-h-h-hah I'1 That sounded too much like busineto be accidental. Then every head in tlm sleeplèss sleeper was held oíf the pillo Cor a minute, waiting, in breathléss suspense, tohearthe worst, and the sleoperrn ■■ lower three" went on, in long drawn regular cadances that indicated good sta;-' ing qualities. "Gwa-a-ah! üwa-a-a-ah I Gsjtwilwah ! Gahwahwah! Gahwa-a-a-, Kvidcntly it was going to last all nigk and the weary heads dropped back on the sleepless pillows and the swearing begai It mumbled along in low, muttering tones, like the distant echoes of a profane tlmde. storm. J'retty soon ' lower three " gaïeus a little variation. lie shot ofi' a spiteful " Gwock ! !" Which sounded as though his nose liad got mad at him and was going to strise. Then therc was a pause and we began tj hope that he had eitlier awakened from sleep or strangled to death, nobody cared very particularly which. But lie disappointed ererybody with a gultiiraj ':Gnrooeh!', Then fae paused again for breath, and when lic had aceuimilated cnough forhis purposes he resumed business with i Stertorou3 ■ Kowpf!" That neaily shoi tbe roof off the w. Then he went on playing such fant trick.-; with his nose and breathing thicji that would make the immortal gods weep, if thcy did but hear them. Itieomeda matter incredible, it seemed an utter, pre]iosterous impessibility that any humanbeïng could make the mon.strous bideoiisDoises with its breathing machine that tue jWlow in " Ion-er three" was makiag wila iiis. He rafa thröngll all the ranges of tte nasal gamut, he wentup and down a very chromatic suale of snores, he ran throui intrieate and tearful variations until it s ;emed tiiat his nose must be out of joiot in a thousaud places. All the niglit, and all night through, be told his story. i( Oawoh ; gnrrrh ! gu-r-r-r ! KowplT!! Gawawwah! gawah-hah ! ghock! gwarrrt! gwah-h-h-h! whoof!" Just as the other passengere l.;id co: Bulted together how they might slay Liin, mornjbg dawned, and i! lower number three ': awoke. Everybody watched tk curtaina to see what manner of man it was that had made that beautiful sleepio car pandemonium. Presently the toilet was completed, the curtains parted. and, ' lower number three " stood rei i Great heavens! It was a fair young girl, witU golden hair, and timid, pleading eyes, likealmntcd fawn's. - Burlington Ilawkeye.