Daily Republican., 1881-10-14
CHARGE 1T 70 BUSTER.

"Excuse me, sir, but have you a
check ."
ayes, here it is" and the guest pass.
ed ont his little brass ticket to the clerk
at tho Lindell and was soon ON his way
up st +irs.
eve have to insist" said the clerk to
a reporter who was standing by. "It's
no use. With all my experience l
can't tell one of those fellows yet"
"You have met with many dead beats
in your time? ."
well, should say | Lad. There
have been very few cases in this house.
prime pally btcause everybody is So
closely watched, bat az other places
vine have been the work Of this
kind done has been simply enormous !"
"What is the usual clay" With hotel
dead beats"
son, it's as variable as The weather
in Colorado. They try all kinds Of
games. A frlloH comes in, signs his
name in the register and then appeals
to me about III, baggage. Sometimes
he even has IA check. 1t has been left
sUmrw here, it is behind, something is
the matter He reluamS day, ex-
presses his disappointment that his
ruck" has not turned up, goes out the
next morning to look it mp and wa see
him M more. Most botelS now III Ike
II rule that no man withOut baggage
can stop without paying his bill in ad-
vance. We can generally tell however
and we do not draw the rule too string
ent.y.'
"Do you often e., left by not dra wing
the rul. 100 tight"
"Oh yes" tho clerk replied, while
another who was standing near laugh
cd long and loudly. ''hefore l came
here All old gentleman, or rathe-
id cid scoundrel took me III nicely.
He looked so venerable, and good, and
noble like, you know. DE registered
his name and then told ire that his son
left him at New York, expecting to be
- st. Louis as soon as he Was, tlat he
expected him III that night, AID that he
was unable t. get along without Char
lies care, and all THAI kind of thing
After dinner he came down to inquire
again, aud in some way he found out
that | used IT, live down East, and he
soon knew all about ne. Well, guess
got stuck on the Old rooSte.. He re-.
maired three day, without putting up
anything, and the proprietor began 10
l1i,k k, bu. said, cali night, III be re
spousihle," and then he said, "All
right" On the fifth day the old gen.
tleman, ! mean the-well, never mlnd
showed me- a telegram from his sou
dated Chicago, and asking should he
come ON. Tue Old gentleman asked
me to v rise the answer, which he iln-
mediately srnt, tel ing him to come ou
a. oace This afternoon he thuurhl
he would take "A yak, inquired about
the Court House and ether public bni!d.
ings here, Sauntered down Fifth strer t
leisurely, and was never seen again.
he cost me S23 -.
"Did you ever hear from him?"
"No. | never expected to. | tele-
graphed the house in Chicago where he
said his son wa staying, and | found
that another fellow about his age had
been working the same racket there,
waiting for his father, aud all that.
They played it tine on both of us, but
The experience is worth the mon, y |
lost"
"You are sharper than that nov, ar"
you no'?"
"Well, it don't do to bs too smart. |
lou may make mistakes the other way,
which are twice Us bad. The other day |
! man, rather diiapidated, came in here.
lie had not much taste in DIR. sslDg-
mad sEed his collar, and his shirt was
by no meaus AS clean as it ought to be.
lie registered, said nothing about a
check, and was sent up stairs. by and
by | wrote him short note and sent il
up by the bell.boy, stating that it wa,
customary with people who had nC ba,, :.
gage to pay their bills beforehand, He
jJld the boy he would be dow n Present
y, and sure enough down ne came. He
Excused himself, said lie had forgotten
bout his checks and handed me over
our Of them. Then he asked me- if |
would keep little property for INN ia
he safe, and of course said yes. He
'egan to disgorge, and yon bet opened
ny eyes. First h. hauled out roll of
in which there must have
,een AT least one huudred bills He
'his by raking out roll. from
learly every pocket he had, aud theu
living me nearly $1,000 worth of dia.
nonds belonging to his wife to put away
or him. was very much set back.
lie never even 81 lied, never remarked
hat he guessed he was good for his bin,
ever showed the least signs Of beng
ngry about my suspicious against
i'm. IT he had gone to the proprietor
nd make kick, you see | would be in ,
d. of tix."
"How?'
"Well, hotel proprietors are usually d
cry queer in their ways. Anything d
hrt goes we'll is all right, and VICE ver- l.
=. The clerk must sh uller all the re- I,
pOn IihIlity. Ii you let d man pass, de- n
Aivcd by his appearance, and he b ks a
on, you arc to blame. IfLn tie her q
and yon draw the rein too close and r
me guest like the one just told YOU +
JJui gets pii cled and mad and squtals u
} Jne proprietor, then you a,su catch
azas. so YOU are Oh the tendt rGooks n
| the ti,ue.'
SIS the old game of loaded carpet Y
,cks and trunks worked much at pes
NJ" p
"Well, no, although every house gets
tltIl v WIS tIludib IltSC IpN ttUl "
en. Ia! glad to say that it Is d., Ing
1t 10 some exteut.' 7
"W hat is the usual racket now"
"On, notes, drafts, etc, which they A
aut c.shed, or which they deposit As
il lateral. Ne take all that kind Of
ing a. a usual rule, but before the
lest has turned his back to 90 up stairs .,
g h I'VE begun to telegraph TO find ont a., a,
| abou, him in this manner we pre- NV NV
mt him getting in On us very heavi- IN M
:" ~
'Is this item of loss large one?" ~ -,
"Yes, larger than you would think ar
In some of the Eastern houses it runs ~,
,m 81 900 to 81 .0OD year. To this ~ ~
ght to be added the coupe of thou. :,
llds Of dollars paid to extra help to nv r
itch this class. no
'Hew is 1t out West ?" A
"Wel, there are not so mary slick u,
Is travelling here as in the East. The ~
uses here get plnched some, however,
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