The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-05-30
~ WASHERS Fooled.
The Hotel Detective Interferes With tn erz
at Critical Moments.

at CrIt1cai moments.
A pale faced young woman with
delicate features and auburn hair
sat alongside of the telephone closet
N the reading room of an up town
hotel the other day reading a book.
"Will You please ring up 329
Spring for me?" asked a yong man
who had just come in from the lobby.
The tone of his. voice was familiar
and patronizing, and he looked down
at her with very friendly smile.
She, however, did not smile in re-
turn, but looked extremely bored.
Without making any reply to his
| question, she went into the closet
and rang the telephone. The young
man stood just outside the door and
leaned against it.
"This is a lovely"-h he began, but
was interrupted by the girls reach
ing out her hand, apparently in
mechanical way, and pulling to the
door. He got out of the way just in
time and stood biting the ends of
his mustache Presently she push
ed open the door again.
'Three hundred and twenty-nine
is at the telephone" she said.
Kindly ask if Mr.. Joe Jones is
there" he said very sweetly.
She shut the door again and adj.
dressed the person at the other end
of the telephone. Presently she
wheeled around in hel chair, opened
the door and said:
"They say they don't know any
such person.
There was a frown on her face,
but it did not in any way discomfort
the young man.
"Oh, pshaw," he said, II must
have made mistake in the mum.
Der. Never mind. How much is it?"
Fifteen cents"
Hepulled out roll of bills, which
he displayed ostentatiously and then
thrust back into his pocket again.
From another pocket he then drew
out the exact change, whichshe hand
ed to her. At the same time he
beamed on her in languishing man.
ner, but as her face was averted all
this effort to impress her was lost.
AS soon as she received the money
she resumed her seat, recorded the
transaction on slip of paper, pick
ed up her book and returned to her
reading. The young man did not
leave, however, but tried to engage
her in conversation.
II am awfully sorry to have put
you to so much trouble needlessly,
he began, but
At this moment he was interrupt.
ed by sharp eyed, strongly built
man who had been watching him for
some time from q corner of the
room. He had stepped up unnoticed
and suddenly ran against the young
man as if by accident.
beg pardon, he said as if in
great hurry, "but ] want 1041
Cortlandt right away, miss"
The girls face frightened as she
jumped up and entered the closet
again, while the young man looked /
savagely at the intruder and then
walked off disguised. AS soon as he |
had gone the stout man tapped on |
the window of the closet and wink. |
ed significantly, and the telephone
girl called into the transmitter:
Never mind, central; it was only |
another one of those dudes. He has
gone now, thank goodness.
The stout man walked back to his |
corner, and the girl resumed her
reading.
Every day similar scenes are en-. |
acted, although sometimes there is
delay before the rescuer arrives, ow.
ing to his being busy elsewhere.
You see, he said in explanation
of one such occurrence, "there are a
lot of we'll dressed fellows who come
in here and patronize the bar more
or less who would like to fiirt with
the girl, and it wouldn't do to have
any rumpus about it. So whenever
/ sec any of them around steer in
here and watch them. When they
get too fresh, I give them this sort of
o song and dance. 1t always works
too New York Sun.