Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-03-10
The Bad Drum mers.
AND HOW THEY MAKE LIFE A BUR-
DEN DURING A HONEYMOON.
Packs Sun

Peck's Sun.
s'Say, what kind of hotel do you
keep ?" said a green looking man as
he stepped up to the counter, and
registered his name, and added "and
wife, after it. "Can newly mar
ried couple settle down here for two
or three days and have a quiet visit
with each other, and not be scared
out Of their boots ~
The hotel man said they could go
right to their room and stay three
DAYS or three weeks, and never come
to their meals if they didn't want
anything to eat. But what is the
matter ? Have you been annoyed ?"
asked the hotel man.
"Annoyed ! That don't express
it. We were married day before
yesterday, at st. Paul, and the trav.
cling men out up "a job to make me
tired. There were about hundred
of them showed in at st. Paul, and
Ill be darned if they didn't keep us
awake all night. They knew we
were a bridal couple, and they brib-
ed the bell boys and porters to let
them act for them, and when we
rung the bell for bell boy, a drum
mer for Chicago tobacco factory
came in and wanted to know what
we wanted. / ordered a pitcher of
ice water, aud Milwaukee drum,
mer for grocery house brought it
in, and he looked at my wife, who is
bashful, and made her feel real bad
/ didn't-know they were drummers,
until the next day, or ! should have
killed some of them. [ rung the
bell for coal, and a travelling man,
who posts railroad cars around, and
works up excursions, he came in
and fixed the fire, and he stayed and
poked it for half an hour, and he
had more gall than | ever saw. He
asked so many question about how
long we had been married, that |
wanted to thump him, but my wife
said we did not want to have "A row
on the first day we were married. |
rang for chambermaid to clean up
the room and bring some towels land
1t was about half an hour before she
came, and | went down to the office
to see about my trunk, and the
chambermaid staid about an hour,
and was very interesting, and my
wife said she was "A real pleasant and
affeetionate sort of creature, much
above her station, and | tell you |
was mad when ! found out it was a
handsome, smooth faced young Jew
ish drummer for Milwaukee cloth
ing house, who was in with the gang
and he gave the chambermaid three
dollars TO loan him an old dress SO
he could play chambermaid. When
my wife told me that he she had pat
ted her on the cheek and said that
she was the sweetest bride that was
ever in the hotel and asked for one
kiss, and my wife thought it would
be no harm TO kiss poor chamber
maid, and encourage her, | wanted
to kill him, and | went down to the
office the next morning, but the Jew
had gone to Fargo. 1t was all the
landlord could do to hold me. Well,
while we were at supper, some one
got into the room and put cracker
crumbs into our bed, and we found
a cold oil-cloth floor mat over the
top sheet, enough to freeze anybody.
But the worst was at night. We
had just got comfortably in bed,
when there was a knock at the door,
and | got up and the Waterman was
there and he said he wanted to point
out the tire-escape, so | could get
out in case of fire, and | went out
into the hall and he took me away
out to the end of the building to
show it to me, and while | was look
ing out the window, my wife came
running down the hall, and begged
me to save her. asked her what
was the matter, and she said as soon
as | went out, a man looking like
porter, came into the room and told
her to fly and save herself, and to
follow her husband. She felt awful
when she found there was no trou-
BILE, and we got back into our room
half froze. I have got them fell