Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-04-20
The Hotel Porter's Story.

unless the man happens TO be rich
and has ira, eled about good deal he
will never 60 to the ERIK Tor informa-
ton. The average hotel guest vii
stop e bell boy. or boot lack, or go t.
the newsstand for informal on first or
a. is most likely come to me. The
other 4 " duli-h- king thing cam,
In here til an mn b ella cover ON h II
for a Ncwmal t, AID after waitne
around for while step cd mp To tn
largage hook VIII le had turned IN,
back Lad seen hlm b fore: lie wa
Anew rerorter SO asked one Of the
guests whom ! knew 10 go up to hin
and tell the dude TO >end for his lag
gage He d d il ii e. Theyo ng dud'
TUNED to am with an awful face an,
said lie diun't know ANYTHING ahou'
any baggage. The gue,t replied in
dignnntly-hc made out he vas indig
nnnt-'l d ut " ut any OF your impu
dence. You are the porter here and j
want my baggage, Well, sir, there
wasn't Dom enough for the dude to get
out. He ran against the 90 umns ano
over tie chairs and into the spittoons
T last ! saw Of him he was irving t.
open storm door the wrong way"
ChHH0O HeruiI
Endurance cf Human Fricnd>hlr.
recently had talk with an oil,
gravc-digcer, and drew from hin som
interesting observations pom tic gue
ton as TO who manifest h most 81
when death enters tho domestic circl
and car is oil the loved ones OF til,
hOu eLol1. He remarked:
a mother who Losses her first child IL
about as sad q sight AZ YOU YOU Il car
to see at the ave, and i am posiIiy,
that there is no grief to equal hers
next tic daughter over the loss of eth
OF her parents, or the parents over the
los OF their daughter; then the husband
over the death OF his wife, and lastly
the wife over tie dea.h OF her husband
AS for relatives any more distant than
these Il o liief i oil short duration. OF
course, there are exceptions to this
rule, j am speaking generally. ! have
seen lovers sta Il by the graves OF their
bethrothed and weep with more earnest
ness and show the grief that filled their
hear TO "A much greater extent than
did any parent. a young lady pledged
in marriage to gentleman will show
the most uncomfortable sorrow, and will
often swoon at the grave, but after
marriage she is the first TO get over il.
/ think . mans grief is more lasting
Let me snow You. Here is little
three-ye r-old child's rave; how
net il looks d how fresh tie flowers
are. They were pla ed tn re 10y a poor
mother; now IN this d. is husbands
grave On the slab it says he was but
26 years old l dug tat grave, and
that cross of flowers was placed there
on the day OF the funeral and tie wife
las not EN- here silce Now walk up
this path little way and I'll show
you = wifes grave. But wait, see
that young girl over near the Zig walk
cleaning twigS of that grave with the
wooden GRO 8? Her mother is buried
there and has been for five years, but
every week. when the weather permits,
size comes here TO attend to it. Now,
here's the wife's grave. and that neat
little headstone and flowers we're placed
there Ivy her husband. He's q poor
brakeman on the railroad, and she has
been dead for three years, hut you drop
IN here any Sunday when he's of and
you'll find him here cutting the grass
around it or doing something toward
making IL lock neat and paying what
little tribute he can TO her who must
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