The Progress., 1893-04-15
A TRUE BIBLE STORY.
4 Nistai," - Sc Hotel EoiI Roy Ca"ses .
Tremendous Gon,motion.

4 Nistsi" - n Hotel EoiI Roy Ca"se-
Tremendous Commution.
An earthquake or fire could not hav,
caused much greater commotiou aud cy
citcmout "A, the Great Northern Than Ill,
the simple mistake rf a bell boy \ gen
tlouau had been IN for somc days ~
what is called. i'm the technique Of th'
house. Il -. This meant room No. a
ou the n,or. He rang the bell for
boy Yesterday morning and told him tha
he WIS IN rud to have barber sent I,
his room. Tho invalid thought the worm,
negro messenger manifested more O.,
citemouf than the simple request cullo.
for. and hc thought correctly. The boy
instead of tolephoning down stairs p.
captain" and shouted. DE man IN o.
wants the Bible sent to his room"
Wants what"
DE Bihlo"
The Bible
Yes. ,hat'e what said; what i,
preacher reads from"
Tho captain passed tho word ON to Clcrk
Raidt.
Mr. (aidt Is accustomed tu responding
quickly to every demand that is made.
but for once in his career as hotel mau
he wae uonrl1scd
~ Bible" Lc repeated. 80 man in g.
wants u Ilhlo' Miss - he said to tn,
cashicr. have vou got a bjblc:"
AT home
I'm this hour Of perturbation he forgot
his pohtcrees and shouted. What good
will that do SICK man at the Great
Northern
He sent one hoy to the barber shop.
one to the hgrroom and one to the young
lady typewriter No one had Bible.
Just then Mr. Eden came i'm. His fore
sight had provided for everything bat
Bible. but to his intense relief he saw
Mr.. Hurlbut approaching.
Mr.. Hurlhut he said. "a gentleman
mp stairs wants Bible"
~ what
~ Bible"
spell it.
a Bible"
well. that's the host joke I've heard
for n year: come. lets have sonoth'---
NO" replied Mr.. Eden; this is Ne
joke; I'm in earnest. The gentleman j,
sirl, and wants q Bible.
He must he diving" said Mr.. Hurl-
but: "hc;ter get preacher too Where's
the directory: Here bov. take this and
find a preacher"
In the meantime Mr. Eden had dis
patched - boy To- the nearest book store f.
buy Bible. But before he returned an
mpcrativedemandc came from the gentle.
man in - to hurry mp: that he was
tired Of waiting.
Mr.. Ellen spranC into one elevator. Mr.
Hnrlbut into another. and bell boys were
dispatched in various directions to beg
borrow or steal Bible
One of them ran into Commissioner
room and told him of the
'xigency. All he could find was bound
'opy of St Johns Epistle He gave it tc
he boy aud babe him fly. The boy
'ushed into the invalids room. Heres
iN Ii'i4' " ~. ''lii. sui. III Ic fnliu
ind, but Mas Eden, he's sent out for dc
whole Bible"
"Biblef' shouted the invalid: what
n -- do ! want with Bible? ! want
'arbor. just then he saw how the mis-
AXE had occurred. and when his physi-
ian. DR.. Tallman. came into the room
e bought his patient had jumped from
to apoplexy. While the doc
or was using all his skill TO quiet him.
carful of the consequences TO one So
weak, Mr. Eden rushed in with new
bible rs big as Webster's Unabridged
dictionary. After putting Mr.. Eden ont
n the hall DIR. Tallman remained with
is patient the rest of the day.
But there is an interesting sequel to all
his local cOmmotion. When the boy
rent to the store 10 buy n Bible. he re-
lted something of the circumstances. A
,dy member Of the Chicago Tract soci
ly was standing neyr and heard him
# o'clock last evening a consignment
500 small Bibles was sent to Hurlbut
, Eden by the Tract society. with the
olite request that one be placed in each
pom. Hereafter the guests Of the Great
'orthern will find Bible chained some.
here in the room. So good comes out
evil.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Extraordinary Cure by Faith.
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