The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-27
LOCKED AN OFFICE.
Senator Houston, Jay Minter and Jim
| Fisk Know How Their Clients Suffer.
They Alarm a NeighbOrhoOd and Call
for the Police


"rrappcd." spoke JAY Mintcr in hollow tones
as he gazed inquiringly ut Senator Houston
and Jim Fisk in his Office in the Devinc build
ing yesterday.
"Eh! What! You don't mean it," calculated
.JimlFiSk, drawing his rOtund form from Il re
cumbcnt posture to his full five feet eleven
inches, and letting the unctuOus smile which
Overspread his cOuntcnance fade away before
the agOnizing thought that perhaps he would
miss his sunday dinner.
- say we re trapped, locked in continued
Mr. Mnter." Can't You fellows suggest some
means of eSclpc:"
thought of dinner would have been accOnpa-
MED by visions of dyspeptic parOX-
ysms, cOolly suggested that his com
paniOns prepare brief to forward to the jan
itOr of the building and added that
| if Il favorable verdict were not instantly re-
turned he would move the state assembly to
take immediate action for the brrat ion of one
of its members.
"Bosh,' commented the perturbed Minter.
"Wcll," said Mr.. Houston; IF were really
locked in this place we may as well make the
| most of our position. Throw Il stick of wood III
there, Minter, please.
THE fire is out" returned Mr.. Mintcr, after
| making an examination.
''Thc fire out. said Fisk.
"IhO fire out y. grOaned Houston.
"lcs, and its getting colder" said Minter.
80 am L." said Houston. Lucky fellow you,
Lucky ~ roarcd Fisk. firm bigger than
you, sir, I've got more flesh to get cold, SIR
Now let's think about this" said Mnter.
Mice thing that thinking, when fellow :
teeth are notwithstanding and did his bib
Ody shi-ivcring," put in the member for the
| san Antonio senatorial district.
"A-a-kchew, uh,' sncczed the gentleman
| whose features were studied by the artist that
| in EmcrsOn'S window.
AS this is my office, he said, rubbing fiery
red silk handkerchief on his blue nose, 81 ought
| to be able to devise pan." He paused for Il
| moment and seemed to be delibcluting AT
| l;,st his face lighted up "l've got it" he de
| clared.
What :" asked Houston and Fisk in unison
| Jumping from their seats and listening intenty
AN idca," replied Mnter, IAN idea that -"
mo repetition Mr.. Minter, the time of the
| court is limited and you needs must he us con-
else as possible" said Fisk who had recovered
his wOntcd good humOr.
81 was going to say ] had an idea that we
can't get out till somebody unlOcks the door.
49," grOaned Fisk, sitting back in Il chair.
Houston said nothing, but looked volumes.
Cold, hungry and tired the three sat in Mini
| ter's Office and stared bankly ut the walls.
Finally Fisk proposed to break the door open.
To this the Others agreed and so they battered
| the obstacle till their hands ached, their fee,
were swollen and the shoulders of their coat
were worn white.
Then they resumed their former positions
There was u window in the Office, but it was some
twenty feet distant from the ground and Il fal!
from it would have ensured broken bones or i,
spriin to the cOrpulent Fisk and Houston am,
Mintcr would not desert their companion III
misery.
At last Fisk spoke. "Though my religious,
principles have hitherto prevented me from
| making such u suggestion, yet, after mature
thought, have concluded that we shall in no
manner be dcsecrltny the Sabbath if we cal
out the police, alarm the fire department am.
incitc Il riot in the streets. Therefore, my
friends join me in shout. Now, one, two,
| three, help, help, help:
Help, help, murder, fire, police, rats,
snakes. yelled Houston,
"HoOmy for Irelund.' piped Minter.
They, continued shouting for some time.
| Then they initiated Il band of music-Minter,
the cOrnet, Houston, the clariOnet, and Fisk.
| the drum. The noise they made was so great
| that everybody in the neighbOrhood became
| alarmed and Il crowd soon collected in front OF
the building.
'Send for the police, cried u citizen.
foot, tOOt, tOOt.
Bun st open the door"
''ruh tub, tub, a-tuh.'
"Ill geta cop" volunteered frightened!
soung man who started on Il run toward the
| corner of Main Plaza and Soledad street.
"Rub-a-dub, dub, a-rub-a-dub, dub, a-duh,
dub, dub. Ha. can't some of you fellows get II
key and let lis OUT" beat the drum.
'Or sect the h-hOuse on fire. chartered tn,
cold cariOnet.
go get a key somewhere and unlock tn,
door, advised the cOrnet.
In the meantime policeman was found.
,'Thcres big row up here in the
Dcvine building and think one or two men
must have been killed by this time. Escaped
lunatics, maybe, and yclIs murder police fire
and pretending to be musicians. he was i'll
formed between putfs of breath by the ey-
hausted volunteer. The officer twirlcd his
| moustachc, gr;Sped his baton firmly and
leisurely proceeded to the scene of the suppo-
| stitous tragedy. The door was broken. an ex-
cited crowd craned their necks to- better salts
ty their morbid appetite for the sensational,
and three grinning men advanced shivcrin@
and thanked their delhcrcrS. 1t seems that
Maj. Tcel, who has an Office in the same build
| ing, thought that all the Offices were unOccu-
pied, and took the preCulltiOn, before going to
dinner to lock the door which opens into the
hall. thus barring for nearly three hours the
progress of the three gentlemen who were in
Mr.. Mintcrs room.