St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-04-29

ecross the lobby. The clerk looked a,
him occasionally in minqlcd anger and
amusement Presently the man walked
out into the center of the lobby, glanced
slowly around and walked deliberately
out OF the hotel through the writing
room and the ladies' entrance.
| Il wish somebody would invent q
sure crank-killing machine" said tho
clerk. after the man had disappeared
THAT fellow was the sixth tonight y
what do you mcan?" asked the re.
porter.
II mcan." he replied, "that that fe..
low knew when he came here that no
such man as he inquired for had ever
stopped here. In fact, the name he
mentioned was all there was OF his pre-.
tended friend. When he came here
and asked 70. the myth Of his own
creation. he knew that he was simply
bothcring me. What was his object?
oh, simply to create an impression on
the pcoplc standing around. Did you
notice how his voice rose when he
talked OF the myth rs the big million
arc" Don't you know there are men
who arc constantly craving the noto.
rlcty that is associated with riches?
Haven't you heard men in restaurants,
elevated trains. horse ears barrooms
and elsewhere talk about big
deals bonds, vast sums of money.
their social position. intimacy with
great men, and all that sort of
thing? OF course you have. and have
known all the time that they were
merely taking. Well. that sort Of man
comes in here nearly every day and an.
noys the life out of us. This fellow
you saw has been here SO MANY times I
am dead on to him. He wants to show
of his clothes and imitation diamonds.
and m axe people think he is big gun.
Most of them arc not SO we'll dressed as
ne IL Some are countrynen who have
heard a good deal about our lobby and
the men who frequent it, and ask ques-
tions about persons who don't exist AS
an excuse for coming here They seem
to think that being seen in converse.
ton with the clerk gives them o sort
OF right to stay here and satisfy tho ir
curiosity. They have an idea the de. !;
tectives will come around and order
them out unless they do something Of
The kind. frightened one Of these
fellows nearly out of his wits one night
lie was perfect jay, and suffered.
lie asked il Howard johnson was in.
Yes l said, there he is and l
ont our detective, who wa,
close by. MIR. Johnson I
laid, heres man wants to talk to
'oa. winkcd 10 the detective and he
umblcsl. What did you wish of inc,
ar" he said, crowding him up into this
'orner. The fellow turned blue with
right. g-g-gucss m-m-ade a m-n,.
mistake. he suffered You asked for
Toward Johnson I said, severely.
And that's my namc.' said the dc,cc.
i've. taking the hint 'Y-y-yes.' said
he fellow. 'bb-but I g-s-gucss y.you
ir d-d-diffcrent H-H-Howart,.' lie
,cpt cd@ing OF rs far as he could, and
naily bolted. II
'SOmc of the cranlSs got up great
stories One fellow
allied the other night to know If
lr. Harris had left pair os opera
iasscs TO: him. There had been no
uch guest here. During the last cam
aign, when the papers were full of
tories about the big men here. wc had !
5 many as thirty or forty cranEs pes. :
.ring us every day. A favori.e trick
nth some of them was to wait until
nc papers announced the departure of
big gun, and then CONS here and :,
ester us with questions about when :.
c would return. Tncy always pre-
ended surprise when told he had gone
ithout leaving messages TO- them,
nd would try to talk confidcn.ially
ith us, in tones loud enough to be
earl fifty feet away, about their inti- :.
ate relations with the hi. men. We
ere overrun with them. and found it
fiicult to attend to our business, for
ley stuck like Iecchcs. It was great :
lief to sec them drop of after the
but we arc still annoyed by
lough to make us sore at timeA"-N
Sun. II