The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-03-27

BecOnu uay inter the news oil the en-
gagement had startled the hotel.
Bibbs was seated outside the open
door of his elevator waiting for the
stragglers, and two of the "night
hawks" were drawing him out"
'Did You know, Bibbs, that Mr..
Maynard is going to marry the Proc
tor grip" asked one of them.
"Did I know il? I haven't heard
anything else since yesterday. You've
got smart lot of people around this
hotel. I've been on to that for six
weeks, and everybody else here was
picking MIR. Branford. He wasn't in
it Mt any stage of the game. re-
member the day Miss Proctor came
here with her father. took them up,
and Mr.. Maynard went up the next
trip. He says to me, Who's the new
girlP' and told him she had come to
Chicago to study music. He says TO
me- She's dandy That's the first
time 1 ever heard him say anything
about girl in the house.
"Well, I s'pose it was week after
that, both of 'em got in the elevator
together. Mr.. Mnynards good
locker, you know, but shy of women.
He took off his hat and kind o. turned
his back to her. let him off at the
second and l saw her looking at him,
so spoke up and says: That's Mr..
Maynard. She laughed and says TO
me: Who's Ny. Maynard?' / told
her he was good fellow, and then,
just for kid, told her what he had
said about her. She blushed and
said: The idea. You know how they
Gun do it. I amt been runnin' an
elevator for two years for nothin'. If
you want to stand in with women Just
tell EN- anything you hear real nice
about 'em-understnnd? 1t makes 'em
awful mad, but they remember you at
Christmas.
"The very first ball that Miss Proc.
tor went to she made big hit. That's
the night Mr.. Branford got stuck. /
could see it, He marched her all
around the first floor here and nearly
talked an arm off her. We run the
elevator late that night and when l
took her up she asked me if Mr.. May
nard ever went to the Saturday night
dances told her no, that he didn't
care much for girls. As soon as got
a chance l told Mr.. Maynard what she
had asked me, and he wouldn't be.
lieve it at first 1t was none of my
business, of course, but he's nice
man and amt stuck up over his
money, and he's done me good turn,
and 1 thought I'd put him on to this
girl asking about him. Mr.. Branford's
all right, too. but he makes me kind
of sick at times.
"The first dance after told Mr..
Maynard he came down looking out
of sight in his full-dress suit and loaf
cd around the Office like chump, in
stead of going in where she was.
Purity soon she came out with Mr..
Branford and saw Mr.. Maynard. l
guess she must have asked for an in
PRODUCTION; anyway they went over,
and Mr.. Branford gave her knock
down to Mr.. Maynard. Mr.. Maynard
got as red as beet, and she had to
do most of the talking. s'pose he
didn't ask her to dance; anyway,
some one else came after her, and he
went into the billiard room.
''That was about the time that
Willie chats what she called him
when she was with the girls) began to
make hard play. I guess she had
lots of fun with him, and was ready
enough to wear flowers if he wanted to
send 'em, but knew all the time that
she wasn't stuck on him. When she'd
leave him and get on the elevator he'd
grin at her and say in that soft way he
has: 'Good-by,' and she'd say Good.
by, but as soon rs we got past the
first floor she'd laugh out loud, and
I'd have to laugh, too. She knew ali
the time that was on.
"Mr. Maynard met her once in Q
while in the elevator, and she acted
different with him. amt very keen
but l think 1 could have caught OIL
quicker than he did that she liked
HIM, but didn't want to tell him so il
just so many words He didn't really
net like sucker He's been around
too much for that But she'd throw
out little hints, and he didn't seem t.
un1aratonI What sha paant