The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-02
BAZOO GOSSIP.

in one OF tie SeialIa hotels, % the
Gossipper as he sat behini the coun-
ter smoking Il finely Favored cigar.
"Why. what now: interfogaied
the Gossipper.
"Tll tell YOU. AMI while | don't
care about newspaper not,riety, YET /
would like one man in this world II
know that ava Oh 10 his racket
said the clerk as he ejected a cloud OF
smoke from his noStrils.
"Whv. who, WHAT" were the words
fired at him by the Gos>ipper.
"A few months ago" said the clerk
as he pulled the visor of his cap down
TO shade his eyes from the electric
light which hungimmediateiv in front
of him, "a man residing in neigh
boring town came to Sedalia one day
and registered. This was TO unusual
occurrence, Tor he comes here often, a-
he has property interests here.
He is a pillar in the church at home
and passes for very moral man and
/ guess he Is moral in his way.
About an hour after Nj. Blank
registered, Il woman, perhaps FORTY
wears old, walled into the hotel and
registered from another town in the
same county that Blank resides.
She was a comely lady oi good
appearance, and dressed with taste
and neatness-
/ noticed her particularly
because there was demeanor
about her that attracted my attention.
We are no geesers, if We do appear
$ about half asleep.
|, l assigned the lady to room No. y
and started the bell boy to show her
the room.
This was about five o'clock p. m.
and the DAYS were short.
At six, Mr.. Blank. came in. glanc-
ed over the register and went TO his
supper.
After supper, say 4 80, Mr.. Blank
walked up to the counter and said:
4 am going to Kansas City on the
early morning tram and want you
to put me down for a call at ) a. m.
and as it is 50 early, | believe will
retire so as to yet good rest.
/ assigned him to room No. II, and
sent a bell boy with him to the room.
l stationed a negro porter to watch
room No. II.
Blank had been in the room but a
short time when he came out and
went along the hall looking at
room numbers.
He burned matches and looked at
every door on that floor. Then he
went to the floor above and looked at
every door.
"What was he looking for" asked
the gossiper getting interested.
BLANK then came down stairs and
walked up to the counter and looked
at the register to see if he was not
mistaken in room No. y. That was
what he was looking for.
Again he made the circuit of the
halls burning innumerable matches,
but he did not find No. -, for there
was no such room in the house. The
lady was in room y and | reversed
the figures to fool old smoothness
Blank, after his second trip over
the hotel retired to No. II and moth
ing more was seen of him, for | hal
the room watched all night
The hero of this was called at
3 a. m.
In due time he came to the Office.
again looked at the figures -, paid his
bill and departed for Kansas City.
About eight o'clock in the morning
the woman came down, ate her break
fast, paid her bill and departed going
south.
I want him to see this and / want
him to know that we are up to his
tricks.
His name, we'll l could give you
that, but an innocent wife and family
shall not suffer by any act of mine.
He's we'll known in Sedalia. He is
a man of considerable property and he
is very smooth but hotel clerks, and ]
repeat it, are no geezers.
When the story had been told, a
drummer who sat hard by was wide
awake, a negro porter who was loung-
ing and listening had his ivories ex-
posed, and the gossipper had heard
every word
And the above is no fiction. 1t is
all fact even to the matches Blank
had burned in his fruitless search for
No. Y.
Sedalia society and customs were
primitive once.
Il I'll, 1899