St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-29

kick.
~ wouldn't have lost it for $780," ne
said to the clerk. at was of no value
to any person except myself, and l can
not replace it, am very sure"
"What Was it?" asked the clerk.
ut was faded flower" was the sad
reply. 81 had some little disagreement
with a young lady with whom had
been keeping company for some time,
and it was ali l had to remember her by,
of course with the exception OF her
memory. | always carried 1t in my
pocket book, but last evening | sat up
quite late, and | had it on the dresser
looking at 1t. | suppose l left it there.
The chambermaid saw it there, thought
it needed to be attended to, and threw
it into the slop jar. Now am at loss
to know what | am going to do about
it."
"Why don't you make up with her?"
asked the clerk, 'then she will give
you another.
81 believe 1 WILL" said the young
man.
One of the guests at the Clifton played
a very mean joke on the occupants Of
the hotel and the management recently.
He came into the hotel at about 3 o'clock
in the morning, and, as he had been out
with number of friends, he was in
condition bordering on the hilarious,
although he did not make the fact pub
lie.
The night clerk sat at the desk eating
his lunch. and, after few deSultory
remarks on the subject of spring and
Other topics, the guest was given his
key. About this time the young man
noticed a dog, a half-grown puppy,
eating some of the night clerks supper.
while the owner was getting the key
out of the rack. The clerk did not no.
tice the dog until the rafting of the
dishes called bis attention to the an
imal, and then in response to the in
quiry of the guest he said that the dog
had arrived the evening before, and he
was going to keep him for a watch dog.
The conversation lasted for some time,
and in the meantime the dog disap-
peared. Finally the guest started up
stairs. On reaching the second Or third
floor he was considerably startled by the
approach of some animal which he could
see moving in the dark. He stopped,
and was undecided whether to yell and
run or to boldly advance on the intruder
and find out what it was. 1t was the
dog, which was making tour of the
premises, as was proper in his capacity
of watch dog. The dog made friends
with the young man at once. and fol-
lowed him up the stairs to the top floor,
where the young man had room.
Then he was seized by an inspira-
ton of mischief. He called the dog to a
vacant room which was locked, and,
opening the door, the animal unhesi-
tatingly entered Oh a search for the
"rats," which he understood were in
there. Then the young man locked the
door and went to his room. In the
course of few minutes there was a
sound of scratching on the walls of the
room where the dog was, and soon
low whine followed. Then the air was
filed with the melancholy howl Of the
dog, the sound filling the court and
floating down the stairway, where the
peculiar construction of the building
prevented its being heard in the office.
. In the rooms could be heard the sound
of persons moving about. and one or
two windows in the court rooms were
opened. Down i'll the office could be
heard the jingling of the call-bellS, and
in the midst or the general awakening
could be heard the sound Of the howl OF
The dog again.
The bell boy Oh duty ran up the stairs.
aud the guests were soon asking him
what that I'D noise" was. He could
not tell. as the dog had become quiet on
hearing the sound of footsteps OH the
stairs. doubtless thinking that some one
was coming to release him. No sooner
had the boy reached the Office than out
on the stiffness of the night came the
loud ''y-e-w-l-l-l-l-l" of the dog.
For about an hour the comedy was
kept up. The dog would not make a
sound when the boy was in the hall,
and he did not hear sound. All OF the
guests were awakened by the noise.
and from the hearty manner in which
they cursed the author of the disturb
ance they proved themselves conscien-
tiouS and untiring students of prOfan-
ity. The dog was finally located and
released.
'sDo you know that the matter Of
toothpicks and matches to be placed on
the hotel counter is large item of eX
pense?" asked Chief Clerk Ehle Allen
at the Merchants yesterday, as the
GLOBE man took a quantity OF each and
placed them in his pocket.
Every day we place large quantity
of matches and toothpicKs in the boxes
OH the counter, and they must be re-
plenished every little while. 1t would
seem that the guests of the hotel con-
slider it their duty to take handful of
them every time they come to the
counter. But the worst is the
man who is not a guest. L
believe that there are lots OF
men IN st. Paul who never buy matches
or toothpicks for their homes, but
take them all from the hotels. 1t is the
same way with letter paper and en-
yelopes. l have known men to carry
away all of the letter paper i'll the box
or the counter and place it in tbei1
trunks. They can never use it all, and
it is wasted. What can we do? We
can't do a thing. There are about two
dozen men who come to the hotel every
day for tie purpose of writing their
letters, and they have no right to be in
the hotel at all. l have known one of
these fellows to leave a letter, I'M
stamped. on the counter, in the hope
that we would see the letter and. think
ing it belonged to one of the guests who
had forgotten to mail it, would furnish
the stamp ourselves and place the letter
in the box We always do this. Oh, yes"
''Have you heard the new stor y?
asked friend yesterday. "Ill try to
tell it, them" he pursued, when the re-
porter had conceded that lie had heard
nothing fresh and gossipy of late.
'.Down in Virginia they have law
disfrancising citizen who fails to pay
his taxes. At the last election Pat
Maloy was forbidden the right to drop
his vote in the ballot boxes.
, '''Phat's the raySOn? he asked in
amazement. Faith, am Pve always
voted here
"sYou haven't paid your taxes, Pat
replied the election judge.
''Taxes, is it? Nary tax do l owe.'
The Judge explained that he was pow
erless in the premises, and he advised
Pat to go to the city treasurer and find
out about 1T.
Pat complied. for he was jealous
partisan and didn't relish the idea of
losing his vote. The treasurer told
him that the books showed S. against
him.
.'Phat for ?" asked Pat, getting little
warm. ''Divtl a fut av property do
own, at ALL"
..Whara d0 Won livnoO