RATHER AWKWARD.
A friend travelling in America writes to us (‘ Gippsland Mercury ’) and, after describing the comforts of Pul man’s cars, he says:—“ There is one thing against them—you can hear the other passengera-talking. In the car 1 travelled in there was a new married couple, and it appears they had a tiff, and the husband, not wishing to go to sleep until he had made friends with his wife, begged of her to kiss him ; she was obstinate, and would not, and all the rest of the passengers were kept awake by hearing the poor fellow imploring his Alice to forgive him with a kiss [ it was a continuation of ‘Alice, do kiss me; oh, Alice, dear, do kiss me.’ It was fun for a time, but we got tired of being kept awake, so an old military officer put his head through the curtain, and sang out lustily, • For goodness sake, Alice, do kiss your husband, and let’s go »tb sleep.’ Wo got to sleep after, that.” ’
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Evening Star, Issue 4129, 22 May 1876, Page 4
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169RATHER AWKWARD. Evening Star, Issue 4129, 22 May 1876, Page 4
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