The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-10
Beauty on the Beat

Your kew. Mrs. ~, repIicl tht
clerk. with the inr.rturblbilty OF IN,
breed. is here; aud he ratified hls
hand along tie key rack.
..I'lcn give il to me instantly, -ald
the lady.
The clerk extended his hand, With a
significant movement of the tinger-, as II
/ handling a bankuote.
business is business, Mrs. ",
he responded as politely as ever.
The LADY began to plead. Her clothes
were all IN the room; she would nave a
check tomorrow; her banker was cut OF
town. Then she became indignant and
finally violent. The torrent OF fl abuse
she poured out on tie unmoyti clerk
was extraordinary, 10th for violence aud
voluminoueness. But the cic K took II
all till he grew tired. Then hc made a
sign to the detective of the house, who
had been all the while look NJ on. IN a
minute more the eloquent blonde vas on
the sidewalk, where the detective sand:
Come back here again ard ! vii put
you under arrest"
The fury cursed him anl the house
and al about it with hystericl' violence,
till a crowd collected and a policeman
came up. Then she got into hack ana
was driven away.
at looks rough" said the clerk TO a re-
porter, but it ism il the east. That
woman is the champion female hotel beat
Of the city. She is the divorced wife ol
a well-known Judge, am her husband Is
a perfect gentleman. Although she
was convicted Of bctraylng him IN the
most fragrant manner with aStable hand,
IN fact-and the law gives her no claim
on him at ali. he still pays her a regular
allowance. But he will not pay any of
her bills, and so She zoe from hotel TO
hotel spending her allowance as pocket
money. and beating her Wy.
.'Iier husband and she lived here while
they were together, and she turned up a
couple of weeks ago aud got a room be-
fore She was j. c0guized. When we found
who She was. We decided, for her hus
bands sake, 10 get rid Of her easily. She
was notified that her room was wanted,
but paid 10 attention to the notice.
Neither did She to the bill we sent her.
The rest you saw. She has a couple OF
trunks upstairs. These We will send her,
If she demands them. We never hold
the baggage of such people. The trouble
of storing and selling it Is not repaid by
its value.
At another hotel the proprietor pro
iuced an album Cor the reporters lnspec-
ton.
1t is our 'rogucs gallery said he.
Every man and wona III 1t is i known
beat. Most Of them have worked New
". III are operating elsewhere, but a
rnw L 7. htag oar here.
REwARr nr YELLOW HAIR.
IL, c%oiiectnu presented the pho
roarefh= ~ Il is one Individuals Of
l,,. ni.e were women. All were we'll
lr >scd. auf more or less distinguished
q. king OIi'y emo i al the women
bu.two were blondes.
Do blonde hair and h tel beating 20
.ra.hcr? asked The reporter.
lie hu e ma iaughel: 1t Is curl
ms said he, But they seem to. We
never see a blonde woman approach with
~ su.ragt.ug her. The very worst te-
NAE beat W. ever had TO deal with was a
blonde from California, VI 0 run up a bill
to SD aday Tor three weeks and then
ried to shoot me because | asked her to
settle. ! sent her to the Tombs, and
he would have gone to the Island, too,
IF some friends had not helped her out.
These women all have friends of infu-
enee. My experience is that they are
never aveNe to combine a little blackmail
with their ordinary business as beats.
They get their hooks on a man and .hen,
.'Heavcn help him"
In front of the Sturdcvant House a
veteran hotel man aud the reporter were
chatting together, when a big, snowy
woman, splendidly dressed. came along
with the throng. She walked with her
head up, and an i%nsolent h~aughtiness
about her manner, her eyes glancing with
restless v~ivacity all around. suddenly
her glance fell, and a pallor came over
her face. She FASTENED her steps, and
vanished around the corner. The hotel
man said:
she recognized me, and | guess it
.,~ spoiled her promenade"
How SOP asked the scribe
~ cause if | chose | could send her
to ill. That woman Is "A most notorious
hot,l beat blarkmailrr. She worked
nv house once ard was only saved from
arrest By a Young lawyer, whom she had
some mysterious pull on, paying Fer bill.
[ host s,ai.to her some months ago., but
she Las been working her way along
among other houses here, | guess, for |
have heard of several operations, which
remind ne of her,
Il suppose you suffer considerable loss
from such operator y observed the re-
porter.
LESS than you would suppose" was
the reply. Our house is a little too
h~igh-toned for them
They shun the cheap hotels md the
lri,tucratic ones. 1t is the middle grade
places that suffer. Oh hotel, have bad
customers, Of course, but it is the Sec
ori rate ones which get it worst from the
beats. They are afraid Of our swell
houses, with reason, for their characters
would be spotted on sight, and their APP
plicatiuu for accommodation refused.
That woman would never have got into
me had she not brou.ht a note of intro
,@iuctioU from an Old customer, whose con
id1nce she had wormcd herselfi into. She
was supposed to be the widow Of a Mich
igan lumber millionaire. and lived ike it,
until we sent a bill to her for a months
entertainment, which amounted to over
$500. Then She commenced 10 back wa
ter, and We took her in hand without de-
lay. ! had a warrant for her arrest, but
her lawyer friend came to the front and
settled up
a case of nash, eh?'
Not much. He paid it as if he was
parting with ey.-tecth, aud only after a
very stormy interview with her. Bat she
held some secret over his head,
ana he cavcd IN. Oh she's a smart
one in her line, none smarter than |
know Of
I'VE experience much less trouble
from female svindlers han you would
magazine, said the manager of the Sur
tevant H4uSe. Not because the fair sex
is more honest than our own. On the
contrary, although the statement is ex-
tremely ungallant. I'd rather trust a