The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-08
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Reason the Third Floor Flat Lady
Needed an Extra Supply Of Ice.

New York Sun: From the cavernous
depths Of the shaft he had already
yelled "Ice" In way to assure each
nat dweller that 1t was he and none
other. But the third-hoor lady evil
IDENTIFY wanted to be quite certain on a
matter of SO much Importance, for she
opened the door and put her head into
the shaft and asked; us that you,
Iceman? Oh, is that you?" Her voice
was husky. owing to bad cold or per-
haps to something else. Yet none the
less 1t was not difficult In all the other
OATS on the same shaft to hear her re-
marks.
Eyes, ma'am." replied the iceman,
for he had learned that In that one in
stance 1t was Just as well to subordi-
nate his own personality.
well. you can send up two Jumps Of
Ice this morning. want one to crack"
N can send you up box of cracked
ice for you, and all you will have to do
win be to sprinkle the salt on 1t as you
put it in the freezer. How'll that do,
ma'am"
81 amt going to freeze ice cream"
replied the third-Hoor lady, tartly.
"And I don't need your way Of doing
things. You send up a small lump for
my refrigerator. and then you can send
me up big lump to keep me in crack
ed ice all day. and that's how want it.
Now, do you understand"
"Myi But you must have the lovely
head, ma'am" said the iceman. to
whom heads and Ice cream freezers are
oil one so long as they bring him busi-
ness; yet there was more than sus-
pIcion of envy In his tone.
"oh. me! oh. my; but you'd better
believe It," replied the third floor lady.
81 had a bad attack last night Of my
old enemy. I'd have been all right II
1t hadn't been for the bad temper of
the minister that lives across the hall
from me. A minister's got no call get
ting angry; it's forbidden in his ordl-
nation VOWS of somewhere. surel
Isn't there text Let not your angry
passions rise, for tbs their nature to?'
I know it's somewhere, but I've for
gotten the chapter and verse Just now.
And any way, IL minister does get
angry he's got a call to pitch 1t into
but his own parlshionere. He's
got right to leave me alone, I'm sure;
/ don't go to his churdi."
How big a lump shall send up for
you to crack. ma'am?" asked the Ice
man, who had a professional untIpnthy
TO orthodoxy because 1t threatened the
ultimate ruin Of his business.
1.-THE biggest you've got in your wa
Eon." was the prompt response, but
hold on bit, until tell you about this
attack of my old trouble and then you
can see how much Ice l need. It's a
thing to have your nerves that
high strung. particularly when the
minister that lives across the hall from
you has got such temper. Well,
when got home last night was feel
ing fine. There wasn't an ache or a
pain In my whole body. Well, had
on the Ice l always keep
little something in case Of sickness but
It wasn't half enough. So sat down
at my piano. Now mind you, 1t wasn't
a bit later than Ii o'clock. and a body
has a perfect right to play on the pL-
ano, particularly II her tastes are mu-
slcal. Then l began to see II could
play the bass solos OF this rag-tlme
music. You know the bass is just the
same In all OF them, and II you once
get that learned you've got half Of all
the latest songs even before they come
out. was going along fine when l
heard the greatest kind of a noise In
the minister's nat across the hall from
me. Maybe he threw chair across the
room, but then 1 thought he may have
knocked 1t over and ]
wouldn't let on as though l heard 1t, SO
he wouldn't know that knew how
clumsy he is"
suppose / send up two five-cent
Jumps and another lve-eent lump
ready cracked? Then you can set 1t all
in your refrigerator and can use 1t as
you need"
Don't be in such a rush." replied
the customer. How'll you know how
much to give me until you know how
much I need? And that's what I'm tell
ing you. SO just then the janltor came
along to put out the lights in the hall
and / remembered that there wasn't
half enough on the ice and had used
1t all up anyway. and gave him the
cnn and the price and he said he'd go
out for ME. While he was gone got
looking over an old vallse that my
husband used to carry and there were
some letters in 1t didn't like, Now
wasn't going to keep n thing like
that In the house to remind me of the
anucy mink that wrote those letters in
II, To my husband. So took the va
Use out Into the hall and kicked It
down stairs. II stopped on tho land
Ing below: 30 went down onto That
landing ana kicked It down another
flight. I'd have kicked It all the way
down, but have to be careful OF my
health and those stairs do catch my
breath, Then when got my door shut
whit does this minister do? He sncnks
sn,.sN afANt