The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18
ARr1srro
new = snubbcd Elevator noy squared Accounts
with u stout Stcnorrnpher.
From the chicago Record.

From the Chicago Record.
Tho elevator boy was II genius, although moth
ing of tho kind had over been charged up against
him. When tho fnt-that Is to say, stout, for
only men Gnd tho lower animals are fat, women
Of that style OF architecture being Invariably
stout when tho sioit stcnographer on the
niuth floor rupulsed tho admiring advances OF
the elevator boy she did not know that she was
laying a mine for the destruction Of her peace Of
mind II not Of herself. Tho elevator boy broodcd
upon tho snubbinz he Ind received and resolved
that he should re gloriously revcnCHd.
But howl "a the cheap novels say, .
The elevator boy did not know at nrat, out inc
next time the. stout stenographcr entered his
car to ride 10 the ninth floor nm inspiration came
TO him.
Tho inspiration came on Monday morning.
At noon of the same day tho elevator, boy.
shooting downward from the pinnacle or the
building, found the stout stenographcr waiting
at he ninth floor TO 20. down and get her cup OF
coflce and peach PIE a la mode.
The lift stopped, and with great dignity and 10
likeness the elevator boy opened the door. The
foot pressed the floor Of the cage tho elevator
sank two inches. The elevator boy closed tho
door without 2 word, a glance. or a smile. Al! and
three men who wero in the dropping box, how
ever, gazed about with n wondering expression
on their faces. When their eyes took in the
proportions of the stout stcnographer a salts
fled look came into their countenances. They
inches under The p pressure. The stout stenoxrs.
pher colored a rich, autumnal red, and looked
daGgers, sabers, broadswords, and other cutlery
foorSail' out!S
After the luncheon hour the stout stenographer
sauntered into the rotunda of the big building
once more. She had forgotten the incident OF
the two inches. Going up!' cried the elevator
the lift. -Four men and two women were inside.
door open, She entered. At the pressure OF her
Tho four men. aroused from aftcr-luncheon re-
Elections by the sudden lurch. looked about in
and smiled. the two women smiled With smiles
or even greater dimensions and duration. The
d dHs Ws' f T eo stout ins ssemosrsp St '@ rlsred aSoas
her. She half suspected, but could not be Ger.
In the evening It was the same way. When
tho stout stcnographer entered the elevator to
ride down to the street she gave 1t a two-inch
her rather alphabetically. and she knew that
they were wondering how In the world she
, spoRoI rb to i SaH lI the > hot n,t, weo at Ter ca but nobody
1t was in this fashion that things continued for
six days. She tried to catch, the, boy. off his
was attracted to other things-.the cigar stand.
for instancn-but all such endeayors were I'M
manifested itself. She felt that she was a
marked woman and the talk Of The town, Once
s satb rssG 9b"n s to %alk S np tss nine in sb tiis iNso of s5%i rs
the tif,h foor; disheartened and pe5,spirinx, she
to catch mt on this floor" she said. But he did.
She stepped inside. The elevator dropped. An
on the eleventh floor. snickercd. The stout
stenographer turned upon him. but, seeing the
quiet, solemn face Of the elevator boy, she re-
membcred in time that she was n perfect lady.
On the sixth day the stout stenographer ca.
pitulated. She caused this advertisement to be
inserted in n newspaper:
wantcd-A position by a capable stenographer
wages rot so much a consideration as a position with
a firm doing business on the ground door.
H. ..-t L.. n A. III
building. The boy found the advertisement in
the paper and pasted it up in his cage, where he
could see it all day long.
Such is adequate, beautiful, glorious revenge
when undertaken by an artist.