The Progress., 1893-07-22
A True BIBLE STORY.

A True BIBLE STORY.
A Mistake of a Hotel Bell Boy Causes .
Tremendous Commotion.
An earthquake or fire could not have
caused much greater commotion and ex.
citement at the Great Northern than did
the simple mistake of a bell boy. A gen.
tleman had been i'll for some days in
what is called. in the technique of the
house, II 35." This meant room No. 81
on the | floor He rang the bell for a
boy yesterday morning and told him that
he was i'll and to have barber sent tc
his room. The invalid thought the young
negro messenger manifested more ex.
citement than the simple request called
for, and he thought correctly. The boy.
instead of telephoning DOM stairs as
usual, ran all the way down to the
captain" and shouted, de man in 35
wants the Bible sent to his room"
"Wants what?"
"De Bible"
THE Bible?"
Eyes, that's what 1 said; what de
preacher reads from"
The captain passed the word on to Clerk
Raidt.
Mr.. Raidt is accustomed TO responding
quickly to every demand that is made,
but for once in his career as a hotel man
he was nonplused.
"A Bible" he repeated, "a man in 81
wants Bible! Miss -" he said to the
cashier, have you got Bible?"
AT home"
In this hour of perturbation he forgot
his politeness and shouted, "What good
will that do a sick man at the Great
Northern"
He sent one boy to the barber shop,
one to the barroom and one to the young
lady typewriter. No one had Bible.
Just then Mr.. Eden camein. His fore
sight had provided for everything but
Bible, but to his intense relief he saw
Mr.. Hurlbut approaching.
"Mr. Hurlbut,' he said, ga gentleman
up stairs wants Bible"
"a what?'
"a Bible"
spell it."
"A Bible"
"Well, that's the best joke I've heard
for year: come, let's have someth"-
No" replied Mr.. Eden; this is no
joke: I'm in earnest. The gentleman is
sick and wants Bible"
He must be dying" said Mr.. Hurl.
but; better get preacher too. Where's
the directory? Here, boy, take this and
find preacher"
In the meantime Mr.. Eden had dis.
patched boy to the nearest book store to
buy Bible. But before he returned an
imperative demand came from the gentle
man in 3j to hurry up; that he waa
tired of waiting.
Mr.. Eden sprang into one elevator, Mr..
Hurlbut into another, and bell boys wers
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 de
whole Bible" ;.s, o:.
"Bibley shouted the invalid; what
in do want with Bible? want
barber" Just then he saw how the mis-
take had occurred. and when his physi.
clan, DIR. Tallmsn, came into the room
he thought his patient had jumped from,
pneumonia to apopleIy. While the doc.
tor was using all hts skill to quiet him,
fearful Of tho consequences to ono 80
weak, Mr. Eden rushed in with 4 new
Bible A. biso - ,Webster's Unabddged
Dictionary, After putting Mr.. Eden out
In the bah DR.. Tsliman remained With
bis patient Ne rsst Of the day. -. o..
- But thefsis an interesting sequel to all
this local oommotion. 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 a consignment
of 500 small Bibles was sent to Hurlbu.
& 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 comes out
of evil.-Chicago Inter Ocean.