The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-10-04
FURNISHING A HOTEL BEAT.

FURNISHING Il HOTEL BEAT.
On Saturday last a well-dressed man
registered at the Palmer House as "L.
Summer, Louisville" and was assigned
to room. His baggage consisted of a
valise of ordinary size, which he had
conveyed to his chamber. An examina-
ton showed that the contents of his grip
| sack were meager, and a second and
third observation disclosed the fact that
they were being daily reduced and sur
reptitiously carried ont of the hotel.
This confirmed previous suspicion, and
on Thursday evening the suspected
boarder yas presented with his bill. He
had no money, of course. Did he expect
to have any? Certainly; a friend of his,
who was stopping at the Sherman House,
would settle. He gave the name of the
generous friend and was permitted to
retire. A messenger was meanwhile dis
patched to the Sherman, and in due time
he returned and reported that no such
man was a guest there. Chief Clerk
Nipples plans were quickly laid and as
quickly executed. Summers room was
entered, and not only his valise, but the
clothing he had Invested himself of be-
fore retiring, were taken possession of
and brought to the office, leaving Sum-
mer with no other garment than the
equity sack" in which he was sleeping.
Although the door was not locked, Sum-
mer did not appear at the breakfast
table. The hours wore away and dinner
was announced, but still Summer was
invisible. AS there was nothing to eat
in the room but cake of soap, toward
night it occurred to Nipple that the
guest might need little exercise to get
up an appetite. He accordingly trun-
Gated at the knees pair of well-worn
pants found in the valise, frescoing the
margin in scoops and scollops, and in
company with two or three porters pro-
ceeded to the prisoner S room and dressed
him in the brief and fantastic unmen-
tionables. They then escorted him to
the greenhouse, on the upper floor,
where photographer was in waiting
with camera to take his picture. Sum-
mer had held out well till now, but the
sight of the instrument was too much for
him, and he broke down completely,
crying and begging like child. His
captors, therefore, desisted, and, taking
him to the freight elevator, they escorted
him down to the main floor, with the in
tention of turning him loose at the State
street entrance. But Summer didn't
coincide with their views, and, seeing an
exit to the back alley, not a dozen feel
away, he made a desperate lunge, q
bound, and was out and away in his
comical garb, breaking for Adams street
like quarter-horse.- Chicago Times.
GENEROSITY OF THE RUsSIAN
SOLDIER.
In Mr.. Forbes account of the battles
in the Schipka pass he pays the follow.
ing eloquent tribute to the generosity OF
the Russian soldier: GA leader may
see his soldiers falling around him. They
go down in fair fight. They die, SO tc
speak, in the way of business but tc
know that on their staunchness and skill
hang the lives of countless women and
tender babes must be terrible. Yet how
glorious to realize and be equal to the
burden of responsibility I am sure
the Russian soldiers fought none the
less stoutly because for two days before
they reached the scene of action they
had been marching with plying hearts
and cheering words through the miser.
able Iugitives covering along their path
[ saw the noble-hearted fellows empty
their haversacks of bread into the laps
of the starving Bulgarian women and
children, although the act left themselves
foodless, without guess when they
should eat next. I saw them with in
finite patience cropping into corners Of
reconcile pockets, fish out the poor
coppers which they had been saving fo,
schnapps and tobacco, or perchance te
take home to their young ones in the
humble cabin in far off Russia, and be-
stow them instead ca the gaunt children
of the fugitives, with some expression Of
rough POPULARITY Which was but cloal
for tear and ii blessing"