Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-08-29

What 40 you notice mostly about the
guests when they come in?"
Wen, Judge them good de al by their
bags. You can't always tell by clothes. but
baggage means good deal Fresh people
have fresh-looking. shiny baggage. Ex-
perienced travellers have sensible but mora
or less weather-beaten bags and trunks"
What Is the general failinp nmono
guests?"
The general failing is to return the kew
to the room. went up with man yester-
day that said his key diln't ut and he
couldn't open his door. When l looked at
the key / saw it belonged in Philadelphia.
He laughed kind OF foolish and pulled out
the right one as he supposed. but it be-
longed to Young's Hotel in Boston. He
had key in every pocket that belonged to
some other hotel. Then some folks get
the number of their room mixed up with
tne number they. had perhaps in another
city day or two before. We had a case OF
that Kind last week and it would have made
great deal OF trouble ii tho matter had
not been hushed up Mt the Office"
hotel?"
Why Front whoever Front happens to
be at the time. is expected to go and pull
the handle off the guests bag, carry il away
and conceal it somewhere and then re-.
iuctantly find 1t when the owner puts up for
it,"
do you have many squabbles with the
other bell-boys?"
fuss; We swap stories too when we have a
slack day. and get little Iun that way ]
knew bell-boy once that used to work al
the Lahr House. at Lafayette. Ind. He
worked there quite awhile. One day they
sent him up to call No. 10. No. 13 didn't
say anything, and so they concluded that
something might be wrong and they told
this boy they would have to put him over
the trunsom to see if No. 10 was there"
Who was number 1872"
hn w - inv
how. He had been staying at the Lair
House q week or so, l believe. and carry
ing up tools and pieces of board and stuff
because he was building some kind of u
machine and was quiet about it Tor fear
some one would beat him out of the patent.
he said. Well. anyway. they put this boy
up to the transom and it was dark in there.
so they allowed he'd have to get inside and
light the gas TO sec what was the trouble.
1t was little feller ana nimble as n weasel,
and so he got over there and struck IL
match. Shortly after that he came out
again by unlocking the door from the in
side. He was quito pale and said that he
wished that hereafter they would put some
other boy through the transom whenever
they had any curiosity about people. Other
wise he would want more pay. No. 13 had,
1t GEMS. got his machine done the night
be ore, and had tried it to SEQ IL it would
work. 1t was a kind of meat AK. running in
groove like the French Dofunny. and it
was hung with n cord and trigger, fixed so
that little thread that run the trigger was
| pulled through u wax candle. man could
load uD with morphine or something kind
OF soothing like that. lay down with his
head on tho upholstered head-rest.
light the candle and go to sleep.
lie had CREASED up the running
glass of tho thing and then began to
experiment. 1t worked first rate. They
didn't have an autopsy. Friends thou ght
| it wasn't necessary The practice of putting
bellboys into rooms that way is becoming
outre, think. We could not get any reply
out OF an old man in AZ last summer. an
so the clerk put me in over the transom.
The old man was somewhat deaf and did
not know what my motive was in coming
TO take a bath us l came in. He was not
! expecting me. but he rallied and took me
by the clothing with firm grasp. He then
inserted me in the bath tub six or eight
times and threw me out through the tran