Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-17
A MODERN ELIJAH.

INFERIOR race, iuftt WIZ HNtiiAn - -.
appearance 10 suggest the hero, and II
You had told him that he was hero he
would scarcely have known what you
meant An unschoolcd, illiicraie. ugly,
bullet headed negro, he had nevcrihe-
less been baptized by the same spirit
which had caused tho face Of 81. stephen
10 shine ~ the face Of nm angel
One winter day-alinost year before
the event which gave him chance 70
show tho stuff that was In him-he
came into the hotel looking for job.
The Office was brilliantly lighted and
filed with crowd Of handsomely
dressed men. There were politicians,
club men. men about town. rcporters
many members o. tho sporting fnter-
nifty. the usual ioungcrs and hangcrs-
on, an occasional hayscci--all forming
a very startling background for tho
rags aud nth Of the poor, shiycring.
half starved little larkey. II was no
easy matter for him TO steer his c0urse
20 the dosk. and when he got there tho
fplcndor u tho man behind Il dazed him
~ that his yoico almost failed him. He
had. however. even al his early age,
reached tho point where be had 30 work
or aiarye SO his necessities made him
eloquent His cloqucnce prevailed. Ho
was on tho next day placed on the pay
roll o. the great hotel.
Asa bell boy be- was not mcccss. |
fear must confess that ho was lazy
People HE'D him do not know why
aud for soino reason or other DO was a
fayorite with bic employers. n be had
not been they would have dismissed him
before hia first week was out. Instead
Of doing that. they concluded 90 iiud
morn cungcnial work for him. ~ thoy
put him In charge Of ono " tho cloya.
tora
Among the passcugcru who usci 10
rido mp and down with tho boy was q
little fyc.yoar.old girl. the daughter u
q family living In tho hotel She was a.
perfect type Of her race a. no was Of
his With her fair. white skin. golden
bair, deep blue eyes aud pretty womanly
ways, tho child waa general fayoritc.
EyoD ono know hors every ono loved
her
Between her and tho boy n great
friendship had sprung up 10 was de-
voiion itsolf. and hts attentions 10 the
little Caucasian were 40 groiesqucly
ohisAlfvus ne TO b. almost pathetic. sho
accepted them all with - dignity aud
gnoo that wcrc charming Her family
lived on tho top floor Of tho huuso. aud
a. sho always rode In his elevator when
sho could manage 90 do -, tho boy aud
girl saw much Of each other. once -he
was M. The medicine that helped her
most was wrcichcd little bouquet sent
her by her duslsy friend.
II was winter again. Tho evening u
which write was very cold and clear.
Tho stars wcro diAmondlike w their
brilliancy. Everything wa frozcn up
the wheels crsnlscd on the snow.
Tho hotel was crowded with guests
Not more than two Or three Of the hnn.
drsla 81 rooms v-rc unoccupied. A bo-
lated traveller, who had been on awca,h.
er bound train, came In at I o'clock,
trcd and cold. Ito ordered fifu In liia
room and then won't 10 tho bar Tor q
drink. A Tow minutes later ho stepped
Into tho boys elevator and was carried
10 tho top floor.
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