The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
A True Hialg STONY.


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ia illc lloor. he rang tAr tse.l Cor !
By Yesterday morulns aud told him IA
he was III and "a have a barber .rnt q
his rUosn. ] ae invalid thought the y,rysu
negro messenger manifested more q
element than the simple reques; cali,
for. and he thought CORRECTLY Tie b.
instead Of telsphoning down stairs a
usual. ran NIL the way downs 10 a.,
captain" aud shouted. DE man in I =
wants tAe Bible scnt 10 has rcosn--
Wants whatg~
DE Bible"
The Bihles"
YES, that's what I said: what de
preacher r,ads frtan."
The captain passed the word un ~ Cici
Raidt.
Mr.. Raidt is accustomed 10 responding
quickly to every demand that is made.
but for onss in his career as hotel man
he was nonplused.
A Bible" he repeated. "a man in 81
wants a Bible. Miss -" he said ~ {, 4,
cashier. n We you go, Bibloy'
AT home"
In this hour of perturbation =. forgot
his politeness and shouted. What good
will that do sick man at the Great
Northern
He sent one boy to the barber shop,
one to the bsrroom and one 10 the young
lady typewriter. No one had Bible.
Just then Mr.. Eden came in. His fore
sight had provided for everything bat
Bible. but 20 his intense relief he saw
Mr.. Iiurlbut approaching.
Mr.. Hurlbut," lie said. "a gentleman
up stairs wants Bible"
"A what
"A Bible"
spell it,"
"a Bible"
We'll. that's the best joke I've heard
for year; come, let's have somcth"---
"No," replied Mr.. Eden; this is no
joke: I'm III earnest. The gentleman is
sick and wants a Bible"
He must be dying" said Mr.. Hurl-
but; better get a preacher too. Where's
the directory! Here. boy. take this and
find preacher"
In the meantime Mr.. Eden had dis
patched a boy to the nearest book store TO
buy Bible. But before he returned an
imperative demand came from the gentle
man IN | 35 to hurry up; that he was
tired of waiting.
Mr.. Eden sprang into one elevator, Mr..
Hurlbut into another, and bell boys were
dispatched in various directions to beg.
borrow or steal Bible
One of them ran into Commissioner
Wickersham's room and told him of the
exigency. All he could find was bound
copy of St Johns Epistle He gave it to
the boy and babe him fly. The boy
rushed into the invalid's room. Here's
the 'pistle of st. John, sab. all he could
find, but Mas Eden. he's sent out for do
whole Bible"
"Bible?" shouted the invalid: what
in - do want with Bible? want "A
barber just then he saw how the mis-
take had occurred. and when his physi-
clan, DR.. Tallman, came into the room
he thought his patient had jumped from
pneumonia to apoplexy. While the doc.
tor was using all his skill to quiet him,
fearful of the consequences to one so
weak. MIR. Eden rushed in with a new
Bible as big is Webster's Unabridged
Dictionary. After putting Mr.. Eden ont
in the hall Dr. Tallman remained with
hts patient the rest of the day.
But there is an interesting sequel to all
this local comnotiop. When the boy
went to the store to buy Bible, he re.
lated something Of the circumstances. A
lady member of the Chicago Tract soci-
ETY. was standing near and heard him
AT o'clock last evening consignment
of 500 small Bibles was sent to Hurlbut
81 Eden by the Tract society, with the
polite request that one be placed in each
room. Hereafter the guests of the Great
Northern will find Bible chained some
where in the room. So good colaes out
of evil.-Chicago Inter Ocean.