Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-21
TAKEN For A TRAMP.
a Clerk who Expected to Paralyze a
strange Gue-t, but Was Pulverized.

strange Gue-t, but Was Pulverizsd.
Neao Yorb HergI3
There is no denying the fact that he
looked seedy. His bat was at the "sbOck-
IN bad" or, err. the cut OF his coat of an
tiQGe sfyie. his general make-up of the
modern tramp school. Trying 10 dodge u
cart il crossing upper b Dad way recent
ly. gentleman answering the above de-
,cripti0n blundered against "A vehicle
coming from the opposite direction and
sUear0,. his hand With tar grease OoZlug
t-om one of tue hubs. 1t is a good thing
sd haYe clean hands, although manual un-
cleanliness is no uncommon thing IN TINS
great. bad CITY. W8lkiH. into an ad-
jaceHt hotel, the man of smeaTed hand
Proceeded TO wash himself 10 one OF the
marble basins for layatOTy use.
Cant you readW asked stylish
young man with a cutawag coat, richly
parti-cOiUred scarf and a glittering dia-
mOnd scarf pin.
81 can" answered the stranger, as he
vigorously ru bed the ball OF sIaD over his
smeared hand 'Nhy DO you ASK -
because there Is u pringed notice over
your head you should read and heed"
'-Ab | see," was the strau eT's cool re-
jOinder. raising bis eyes and reading the
notice, "F0r exclusive use of the guests"
and then be continued in the same cool
tone: Il had not observed the notice be-
fore. Il is not an original idea, by any
means. nave seen il frequently in no
tells, but it's intensely stupid, has no
meaning in It. One Of the rules OF the
house, IS it? What nonsense! What con-
stitUtes hotel guestP'
II don't wan any Of your cOnun-
drums, old fellow" Indignantly inter-
rupted the young man, ms flashing dia-
mOnd paled by the fiery flashing of his
eyes. "'YOu are not guest of the hotel,
50 get out OF here"
''W he are YOU that you should talk to
me in that way - asked the stranger in
the same tone Of imperturbable caimHess
and scanning his interloeutOr with Keen
Iy scruuniziug gaze as he b gan 90 wipe
mis- hands on the Immaculate towel sus-
pended from a roller.
81 belong to the hotel. l am the clerk"
quickly answered the young man, with
that professional air of colossal impOr-
lance and supreme contempt for ordinary
mOFtals which It is expected vii! be fol-
lowed by an immediate paralyZing effect.
Then l don't mind" said the stranger.
i am not as frightened as | might have
been. [ thought surely the hotel belonged
go You instead Of your belonging to the
hOtel.T
Il don't want any more words; you get
out Of here quick"
Young man," and the words were ut
tered in a stow and deliberate tone, Il
want TO give you some advice; it's very
old and trite. but it is very good for a fast
young man like you. Think before you
speak; = Never judge from Appearances
Impress these aphorisms on your feeble
brain. The fact is"
But Ul YOU again, get out Of here"
fairly screamed the young man in his M
creasing IA re, -''or FL call policeman"
81 won't get out OF here, and M police
man viii put me out. either. You insult
ingly called nay attention to that printed
notice, Far exclusive use OF the guests
Now understand clearly, the moment a
stranger steps- loot over the threshold Of a
hotel he is the guest of that motel and Ell
TITLED 10 It's privileges ard comforts. For
all the privileges and comforts he chooses
t. avail himself OF he can be charged.
There IS no law restricting him III the
fire dom of his choice, aGd neither is there
any law compelling him TO stay longer
than he wIsnes. desire TO await myself
of nc Urther privileges At this hotel, and
l propose TO leave at once Now | want
to see the proprietor and pay my bill.'
There's nothing to pay. and il there
was yuU probably haven't dime about
your clothes. There's the door"
My young friend l see tnaJ avenue Of
egress, and | propose to utilize It in Ey
u
advice. Eve only one word mOle
with you" taxing the young man by tue
collar, who paled and quiyeIed under his
wrathful grasp and menacing eye. II
have only lust arrived in this city. but if
meet any more like you / shalt do two
things-enlarge the boundaries of my pri--
Vate burying ground and found an asylum
so long needed in this country for that
large class of imbecile damned fOOls-hc-
tel clerks"
81 have used your wash basin, soap
and towel" the stranger said to the pro
prietOr, whom he found in the Office, land
l want to pay my BILL"
'EThere's nothing to pay" politely an
swered the proprietor.
"But / insist upon it," taking out a
large roll of bills and extracting a SO
note and laying it on the counter, ST it's
more than the bill would be, use the bal
ance in trying to terminate brains and
develop good manners in your hotel
clerk"
"But, sir
The stranger disappeared. Later on in
the evening the gentleman-a prominent
lawyer of this city and eX-Judge of one
of the higher cOurts-recited the above
story to party Of gentlemen dining with
him at DelmOnicO's. He mas Just come
from the mines of California, having gone
there in a spirit of adventure and to i'm
prove his health, and he retained his min
ing garb until after his arrival to aston
ish his friends and amuSe himself over
their puzzling failures to recognize him.
1t is hardly necessary to add that the idea
of an asylum for hotel clerks was re-
ceived as one of the brightest indications
of the progressively philanthropic spirit
of the age.