A SLEEPING CAR EPISODE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2270, 22 October 1891, Page 3

A SLEEPING CAR EPISODE.

“ Mr and Mrs Whiffin were on their way to the Hot Springs, where Mr W. intended to get relief from his rehumatism in the baths. On leaving home Mrs W. prepared for an emergency by taking mustard for plaisters, with which any pains incident to the fatigue of railroad travel might be relieved. At a wayside station a drunken travelling man boarded the train and was put to bed in the berth next to Mr and Mrs W. by the steward. Shortly after Mr W. woke up with a dreadful stitch in his side. Like a good, dutiful wife Mrs W. arose and went to the lavatory to make a strong, extra strong, mustard plaister with which to relieve the pain of her liege lord.

“On her return she pulled the wrong curtain and placed the plaister upon the stomach of the senseless, drunken drummer. Then she went to the lavatory, washed her hands, and returned to her berth, getting into the right section and finding Mr W. asleep. ‘ The plaister has relieved the pain,’ said the good woman ; and with that thought on her mind she fell asleep. Nothing disturbe dthe sleepers except th' 3 rattle of the wheels jumping rail joints for some minutes. Finally a loud groan was heard, then these words; ‘ Oh, my stomach, my s-t-o-m-a-c-h; oh-h-h I” This was followed by ‘ I’ll never touch another

drop, as long as I live, Oh, it’s burning a hole in me, oh-h-h !” “ By this time heads were peeping out from behind curtains, and the steward was on his way to travelling the man’s berth. Of a sudden out came the bed clothes from the traveller’s berth, and a cry of ‘ Oh, ray, there is my stomach; I’m dead !’ The exclamation was topped off by the mustard plaister being thrown into het asile of the car. The steward then grabbed the inebriate and shook him until he awoke. During the first stages of sensibility, he muttered; ‘ Oh, my stomach is gone, gone !’ ”

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