, 1890-11-07
FEATURES or noIeL u.
Guests Who Create roubIe over Their
Own 1houghtlessnesa.

FEATURES OF HOTEL LIFE.
Quests Who Create Trouble Over Their
Own 1houEhtlessnesL
II tell you, my son, behind the coun
ter of a hotel Office is a good place to
study human nature, and he must be
very obtuse who stays there very long
without gaining a as amount of Ell
perience, /" said the clerk There are
men and there are hogs, gentlemen and
cads, in fact all sorts and all condi-
tons of humanity are to be met at a
public hotel, and the clerk soon gets to
know them all and estimates them ac-
cordingly. OF course / realize there is
no particular credit in being honest,
but at the same time ! like to see hon
esty acknowledged. | remember an
old gentleman lost a jackknife in his
room once at the Sherman house, and
the girl sent 1t down to the office. 1t
was not worth ten cents, but the owner
was so pleased with the girls scrupu-
lous regard of property rights that he
gave me 81 TO sent up to her
about a week later this same girl
sent down a fat pocketbook, which she
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the first opportunity ! opened it for eI-
animation, and found it contained near
Iy 6, 600 In bills, bonds and certificates
of deposit Two hours later in caine
the owner, a man of about So, with
gray hair and beard He asked for his
key In nm excited manner, and without
another word rushed for the elevator.
Pretty soon he returned white as a
sheet 'Oh, sir. he sighed, I've lost
my pocketbook, and with II all have
In the world
"'Where did you lose itf I asked
IL don't know | can't tell thought
It vas In my room. but ! have hunted
all through II unsuccessfully
Is your room made upI' inquired
No; that Is. the bed Is not, but the
sheets have been taken out, | notice
Then l asked him to describe the
pocketbook and Its contents, which he
did very accurately, and as he finished
] pulled out the lost article and laid il
before him I wish you could have
seen his face change color; it wa a
revelation. He laughed and cried by
turns. and then asked the girls name,
30 hat he might reward her substan
TALLY for her honesty. Well, the old
fellow stayed a week longer, but after
receiving his bill one night he dis
appeared, and not only never remem-
bered the chRmbermaid. but aver for
got TO settle his board bill 1t is base
acts like this that occasionally make
n lose all faith in human nature.
Lots of men will come down stairs.
eat breakfast and go about THEN bust
ness and then return In half an hour
or so in a great hurry, saying they left
their money or gold watch under the
pillow, and a%nriously inquire II the
money OF bills have been found. To
the credit Of the chainbermnids ! am
glad to say that rarely have l found
them dishonest, and anything left in
the rooms under their care is rs safe as
II In the office vault. And yet how
often are they accused falsely"
Il shall always remember how ]
roasted a man once at the Sherman
house" resumed Charlie Hilton, when
George paused for breath. II was on
the afternoon watch when | saw the
check boy approaching the desk hang
ing on 10 an overcoat at which a guest
OF the Aotel was tugging ~viciously.
Both IA and boy were excited and
each tried to speak Mt once.
This Goa belongs to me, and l In
sist upon taking II. asserted the man,
making another desperate struggle at
the desired article.
why don't you show up your
check thenr sung out the lad in the
same breath.
lyon didpit,@' me a check.
81 did II you left your coat,
You did o laid my coat on
the counter and you forgot TO give me
a check. This is my coat and | am go
ing to have it
by this time a crowd had collected,
and after the man had ceased | ordered
the youth TO release the garment and
let the claimant try 1t on. With a sneer
of triumph he grabbed the article and
crawled inside, when he found to his
intense astonishment 1t was at least
four times too large, and plainly belong
ed to some one else
Among the spectators Of this com
edy was an old fellow who had been
writing letters all the forenoon, and
when the row began he slipped away,
returning Just as the guest was trying
TO sneak of n id the jeers Of the
crowd.
HI. therel See here said the old
gentleman, holding up a brown over
GOAT. 1 guess this is yours, found
It on the armchair where you threw ii
this morning when you came in to
write some letters
THE man snatched the coat and
wns breaking away when ! called to
him and gave him the worst tongue
lashing he had ever received. was
pretty mad. and / let loose for all l
wa worth. Everybody enjoyed it ex.
eept the victim. for all knew he richly
deserved the scoring. He finally es-
capped, and only returned that night to
pay his bill. He left without. having
had the grace to apologize to the boy
for the many gratuitous insults lie had
inflicted Chicago Herald.
The Invention of the wheeIharrow.
The invention of the w~heelbarrow
has been credited commonly to Pascal,
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