s it
was in the original telling.

THE JOURNEY

Once Ruth's father was going to take a journey. He got out his suitcase.
And in his suitcase he put his slippers, his pajamas, his tooth brush,
some tooth paste, some clean underclothes, some clean shirts, some
collars, some socks and some handkerchiefs. Then he kissed Ruth goodbye
as she lay asleep in her bed and he kissed her mother goodbye and with
his suitcase in his hand went up to the Pennsylvania Station.

At the train he met the negro porter. "What berth, sir?" said the
porter. "Lower 10", said Ruth's father. So the porter took the suitcase
and put it down at Number 10 which was all made up into two beds, one
above the other, with green curtains hanging in front. Then Ruth's
father undressed. And in a few minutes he was asleep behind the green
curtains.

Soon the train started and Ruth's father never woke up. "Thum," said the
train (on many different keys) all through the night. "Thum, thum, thum;
thum, thum, thum, thum; thum, thum, thum, thum; thum, thum, thum, thum.
_Philadelphia!_ Thum, thum, thum, thum; thum, thum, thum, thum; thum,
thum, thum, thum; thum, thum, thum, thum. _Baltimore!_ Thum, thum, thum,
thum; thum, thum, thum, thum; thum, thum, thum, thum; thum, thum, thum,
thum. _Washington!_"

Then Ruth's father got up and dressed himself, for it was morning. The
negro porter carried his suitcase to the platform. "Goodbye, sir," he
said. "Goodbye, Porter," said Ruth's father. And then he went off to a
hotel.

The next day it was time for him to go home. So Ruth's father packed his
suitcase again. In his suitcase he put his slippers, his pajamas, his
tooth brush, some tooth paste, his dirty underclothes, his dirty shirts,
his collars, his socks and his handkerchiefs. Then he went to the
Pennsylvania Station in Washington.

At the train he met another negro porter. "What berth, sir?" said the
porter. "Upper 6," said Ruth's father. So the porter took the suitcase
and put it in the top bed of Number 6. Ruth's father climbed up into the
upper berth. Then he undressed and in a few minutes he was asleep behind
the green curtains.

Soon the train started. "Thum," said the train, though Ruth's father
never heard it he was so sound asleep. "Thum, thum, thum, thum; thum,
thum, thum, thum; thum, thum, thum, thum; thum, thum, thum, thum.
_Baltimore!_ Thum, thum, thum, thum; thum, thum, thum, thum; thum, thum,
thum, thum; thum, thum, thum, thum. _Philad