St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-10-10
AN INTERRUPTED HONEYMOON.


| Dessn Pitchers q lee water Sses -
Bridal Chs0bss.
"Tho funniest experience ever had,
aid Col l. A. Leonard. Of Cincinnsti.
recently, twas during . visit I recently
made to New York in company with
ny sister. We went 70 the Grand
Union hotel, and requested the clerk
70 give N . couple Of adjoining rooms.
II understood the clerk to say that
We were assigned to rooms Noa oS and
lOl We were conducted 70 the rooms.
and I was shown 70 No. % Shortly
afterward my sister informed me that
she could not succeed in getting anyone
TO answer the bell, and requested me to
ring mine and order . pitcher Of ice
water for her. rang and requested
the boy who responded to take . pitcher
Of ice water to room No toL Before
going down stairs. few minutes Later.
I asked my sister II she had received
the ice water, and was informed that
she had not rang again and told the
second boy TO take pitcher Of ice
water to room No. 10l went below
and soon returned, and was surprised
to learn that no ice water had been de-
livered in my sisters room.
''By that time I was interested. and
told my sister that would see that she
got some ice water il I had to 60 after
It myself. So I rang once more and
told the bell boy that . pitcher Of leo
water must be taken to room No. 101
right away, and he said that he would
surely attend to it
"After waiting some time made in
quiry of my sister again, and she said
that NO ice water had come, and begged
me not to bother myself about It. Is it
seemed to be . hopeless task. Bat
replied that water was cheap. and she
should have some sure. Iwent to the
person in charge of our corridor and
preferred . request that . pitcher Of
ice water bc sent to room No 10L ]
received . promise that it should be At
tended to instanter But il wasn't
my next attempt was to prevail up
on the elevator boy to take . pitcher Of
ice water to room No. l0L He declared
that he would do 50 ON the next trip.
HE failed In despair / went to the
Office Of the hotel and asked the clerk
II it were possible to have . pitcher Of
leo water sent to room No 10l.
Certainly was the answer: that
can be done without any trouble
Il have been trying to have it done
ever since / came here, and / haven't
made the rifne yet. said. and II it IL .
possible thing I would like to have it
done -f-s- ez=fs "a
later I stepped into the elevator.
and the boy there asked me il were
"'Yes,' responded 'Why?'
ga hundred and ono viii throw you
out Of the window II he catches you
said the boy.
"'what are you talking about?' ]
aeked G feS
"'Why there is bride in . room in
1ol and you have been firing ice water
into their room al the evening, and the
man is wild He swears he will muir.
der you
upon Investigation / found that my
sisters room was not 10l 1t III. but was
o.. Ny room was 70, and. ~ my sisters
room was next to it. I thought it was
1o1. There had sent about ten pitch
ers of ice water to 10l, and didn't know
it .f-Ft1sG.,
II had left . call in the of3ce for 9e
and l0l for o'clock the next morning
when was down stairs last and never
thought to have IL changed 30 at
o'clock the bride and groom ;were
awakened BY laundering knock at
their door. which made them furious.
and they were firmly persuaded that
the early call was = part of tho ice
water f3end's scheme to annoy them.F
II escaped with my lie and was glad
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