The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-30
AN 1NsorRNr HOTEL CLERK.
He was Forced to APOLOGIZE to All Of
Those to Whom He Had Bean Rude.

CGbleoram to the Setc York Sun.
Col james Pepper. of Pepper whisky
fame, who has been on wedding tour in
Europe, sailed on the Seryia to-day for
New York, followed by the blessings Of
many American visitors to London. who
have stopped at the Hotel Metropole The
employees Of this establishment have never
been noted for courtesy to American guests.
and this has been the case during the pres
ent season. particularly as the great influx
OF transatlantic travellers has made the
hotels feel Independent. 1t was reserved for
Col. Pepper, however. to introduce disci-
pline. The colonel and his wife came home
from the theater one night last week aud
Mrs. Pepper at once got into an elevator
while her husband stepped up to the desk
for his key. The night clerk, particularly
naughty and pomp us person, was talking
TO an Engiishman close to key board, but,
though Col Pepper asked him three or four
times for the key, the clerk paid not toe
slightest attention until he had finished his
conversation. Pepper took this calmly
enough, but when ne got inc the elevator
the E1glishman, VINO had been talking to
the clerk, said: 81 beg your pardon, sir,
but think you really ought to know why
that clerk was so inattentive. He said to
me when you first asked for your key he's
only an American; let him wait
The cOlonel's Kentucky blood suddenly
rose to the boiling point He sprang from
the elevator and whipped a huge pistol
from his pocket
''Come out from behind that desk" he
shouted to the clerk. Come quick, come
a-runnin'"
The clerk came and he came running
likewise, perspiring with terror. His face
was ashen, and though he was trying to
speak his lips moved like the Jaws of an ex-
piring trout, and no sound came from them.
Fifty people in the great corridors rushed
Up to see what was the matter.
Get down on your knees" cried Pepper.
In an awful voice, relapsing into the Ken
lucky vernacular. Get down on your
knees, or I'll shoot your years off,"
The terrified clerk hesitated but frac-
ton OF second, and came down to his
knees on the marble floor.
Now" cried the Kentuckian, you
apologize to every American that ever
stayed here for your impudence to
the people that keep your hotel going.
Repeat after me what | say: i apologize
to all the Americans in London Say it,
quick"
81 apologize to all the Americans in Lon
don" stammered the clerk.
For all my previous incivility," con-
tinued the colonel sternly.
For all my previous incivility," faltered
the victim.
-" And hereby solemnly promise to treat
all Americans with respect and consldera-
ton hereafter Quick, say it''
The mental obeyed and Pepper then
allowed him to rise and retire behind his
desE the humblest and most crestfallen
clerk in any hotel anywhere. Then the
colonel showed his pistol to the assembled
multitude. "It is one picked up in a curl
OSlLV Eh0n in Paris for friaud ..yho hoz
collection of ancient firearms he said
land 1T has not been loaded for hundred
years, and the lock is rusted out"
Up to date the Metropole clerk has kept
his vow to treat all Americans with respect.
and the reverence he manifested when Col.
Pepper was about during the remainder of
his stay was touching.