The morning call., 1893-05-31
OBEYED ORDERS.
How an Old Soldier Tried
to Do His Duty.
WOKE UP THE WRONG MAN.
rIajor Warfield's Fifty-Year=Oid Bell
Boy Was Anxious to Please
the Boss.

Recently Major r. FL. Warheld, manager
of the Baldwin Hotel, instituted a slight
change in the service at the hotel and the
change caused funny little circumstance
to occur.
Major Warfield discharged the bellboys
at the Baldwin and put in their place a
number of husky. full-grown men, some
Of them even being on the downhill slope
of life.
There was one of them in particular who
is the hero of this tale, aud who is also a
pretty solid chunk of lad. Albeit he is
about 90 years old and served with distihc-
ton during the late unpleasantness be-
tween the north and south ends of our
great and glorious country.
In fact it was this fact OF his having
once served his country in his country 5
hour of need that got him the job at the
Baldwin.
That's the sort want" said the Major
softly to himself. Hes an old soldier
and I'll bet he'll obey orders. Blast the
small boys; they never would"
So one day the old soldier reported for
duty and was given his instructions.
Don't allow strangers to lounge in the
chairs in the office under any considera-
tioD." said the major TO him. IF you see
any suspicious characters hanging around
why just tell them TO get out as soon as
possible. and then if they object WHY
show 'em out; you know how TO do that"
and the major winked and went through
the motions of putting out an imaginary
EObo.
1t was on the second day of the old SOL
dier's service that the thing happened.
Chief Clerk Hardenburg had just finished
his turn behind the counter and George
Baldwin had taken his place while wait
ing for another clerk to come in.
'IH just wait here in the reading room
until he comes" said Hardenburg. So he
went and sat down in a coZy chair, and
soon his eyelids closed and a spell of the
sweet restorer of nature stole DER him.
1t wasn't long until the eye Of the old
soldier fell upon the sleeper.
"Ah. ha," thought he, there's chance
to get solid with the boss"
He remembered all orders to awaken
sleeping persons in the Office, and if any
objected and looked at all suspicious to put
them out as quietly and quickly as posi-
Bile, and with as little disturbance.
Softly he stole to the sieeper's side. He
was little excited, and the hand he laid
on the shoulder nearest him touched not
lightly. 1t jolted the owner of the shout
der out of the land of pleasant dreams and
back into the hard cruel world pretty sud-
denly.
Seeing strange face before him and a
strange hand resting heavily on his shout.
der the awakened clerk felt that the time
for action ana not words had come.
In less time than it takes mic.obe to
wink its left eye, the forms of the two men
were locked in close embrace. and the
atmosphere around was full of gyrating
arms and legs and coat tails.
1t took about all the help in the hotel to
get the two men separated. While they
were being held apart and stood glaring
at each ether like fierce Bengal tigers.
Major Warfield bore down on the scene OF
the disturbance and some general explana.
tions followed. -
Soon after the. thing quieted down the
new ffty-year-nld bellboy, who draws a
pension for the fighting he did over twenty
years ago. sidled up to the major and said /:
Them was orders from headqu rters,
warn't they. major? l was only trying to
do my duty"