Show the old settler my 21 dear san Jua ners I 1 I 1 hate drags but there are things worse I 1 hate to vitiate nature with some bedeviling concoction but sometimes nature is already bedeviled to a vicious degree and any change must be for the better that was the line of argument which induced me to carry in my briefcase a bottle of sleeping pills and I 1 had that briefcase right side of my bed now just in case this strange bed to which I 1 had come late and very weary we had wired ahead for three rooms and three beds stating the hour at which we would arrive in the afternoon but we were delayed and delayed more when we arrived after dark the beds were gone the best they could do was one room two beds one I 1 of them a double bed when the I 1 foreman assigned me to that single bed I 1 had just one more anxiety would he be and his secretary sleep in a brotherly live and let live way or would they slumber right out loud in heartless monopoly of the night when it comes to beating the professionals to the draw in a snoring contest I 1 simply dont s zore score and I 1 sank with fond hopes into my sheets struck my most drowsy attitude and tried to resolve myself into unconsciousness when I 1 heard rising sounds of an ominous nature from that double bed my heart sank I 1 turned over I 1 turned over again I 1 hoped it was a false alarm it they snored in harmony they snored in discord they snored like a balky team where one horse jumps forward breaking a singletree and then the other horse plunges after him they snored period I 1 turned over eighty seven times and when I 1 looked at my watch it was two a in the next day holy smoke I 1 knew id be a ner nervous vou wreck before daylight I 1 reached my briefcase my sleeping pills I 1 hoped the noise would disturb them and give me a chance while they turned over for a new start it disturb them in the least I 1 I 1 swallowed a tablet two of em I 1 may have screwed the lid on the bottle but I 1 felt desperately tired and lost account of the whole affair it seemed but a few minutes till the foreman called me it was seven wed have to hurry or miss our appointment I 1 sat up looking at him in a daze my goodness man youre a sound sleeper hew he was saying assaying and he had shaved and dressed and was ready to go 1 I had bad to call you four times I 1 was wondering whether it was really day or whether I 1 was dreaming pardon me for mentioning it he went on but you are one of the most vicious scorers I 1 ever had to spend a night listening to I 1 think we had dozed off when you got to sleep but you woke us up and we lay there listening to you all night long called to you several times but you snored right on I 1 should think be 1 worn ou out my I 1 was worn out but it was I 1 worth it I 1 had bad beaten two professionals fessio nals ALBE T 11 lyrian LYMAN |