The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-15
THE MINISTER'S BAD TEMPER.
Reason the Third Floor Flat Lady Needed
An Extra supply of Ice.

An Extra supply of Ice.
From the cavcrnous depths Of the shaft he had
already yelled "Ice!" in a way to assure each fiat
dweller that Il was he and none other. hut the
third floor lady evidently wanted To be quite GER
tain on a matter Of SO much importance, for she
opened the door and put her head into the shaft
and asked: rs that you, .lceman? oh, Is that
your" Her voice was husky, owing TO e bad cold
or perhaps TO something else Yet none the less
il not difficult in all the other ats on the same
shaft 10 hear her remarks.
"fcs, maam." replied the ceman for he had
learned that in that one instance IL was Just as
we'll to subordinate his own personality
well, you can send up two Jumps of ice this
morning want one tu crack"
Il can send you up n box of cracked ice for you.
and oil you will have To do will be to sprinkle the
salt on it you put il in the freezer How'll that
do, ma ann"
Il aint going TO freeze icccream," replied tho
third floor lady, tartly. "And don't need your
way Of doing things. You send mo up small
lump for my refrigerator, and then you send me
up a big lump 10 keep me in cracked ice all day.
and that's how I want it, Now. do you under
stand"
My But you must have the lovely head
ma am" said the iceman, 10 whom heads and ice
cream freczers all one long as they bring
of envy in his tone.
oh, me! oh. my: but you'd better believe it,"
replied the third floor lady. Il had bad attack
last night Of my old enemy. I'd have been all
right II II hadn't been for the bad temper Of the
| minister that lives across the hall from a
minister 8 got no call getting angry: It's forbidden
in his ordination VOWS or somewhere Sure
Isn't there text Let not your angry passions
rise, for It's their nature to- know it's some
where. but I've forgotten the cha pier and verse
Just now And any way. il a minister does get
angry he's got call 10 pitch into nobody but his
own parishoncrs He's got right 10 leave me
alone, I'm sure; don't go TO his church"
How big lump shall send up for you 10
crack. ma am" asked the cemen. who had
professional antpathy TO orthodoxy because il
! threatened the ultimate ruin of his business
| The biggest you've got in your wagon was
| the prompt response, but hold on bit. until l
tell you about this attack Of my old trouble and
| then you how much ice I need It's
| dreadful thing to have your nerves that high
| strung, particularly when the minister that lives
| across the hall from you has got such a temper.
| Well, when got home last night was feeling
| fine. There wasn't an ache or pain in my whole
| body. Well had something on the ice; always
keep little something in case of sickness, but il
Now mind you, il wasn't bit later than O'Clock.
and body has perfect right to play on the piano,
began see il could play the bass solos Of this
| rag time music. You know the bass is Just the
same in all Of them, and il you get thalenrned
you've got half Of all the latest songs even before
they come out. was getting along fine when
heard the greatest kind OF a noise in the minister's
| flat across the hall from me. Maybe he threw
| chair across the room, but then thought he may
have acciden,ly knocked II over and ! wouldn't
is; on as though heard j. so he wouldn't know
Suppose send up tive, ive-cent Jumps and
another ilve,cent lump ready cracked? Then you
"a raft irraFa fnF and
Don't be in such rush." replied the customer.
! you know how much need And that's what
! I'm telling you So Just then the janitor came
membcred, tina, there wasn't half enough on the
! icc and had used il al! up anyway. and gave
| him the can and the price and he said he'd go out
an old vslse that my husband used to carry and
/ there were some letters in i didn't like. Now
| ! wasn't going to keep, thing like that in tho
tony own husband So took the valiSe
on, INTO the hal and Kicked It down stairs IT
onto that landing and kicked it down another
flight I'D have kicked it all the way down, but
do catch my breath Then when got my door
shut what does this minister do He sneaks
out in the hill and he sets that vasc the da rkcst
turn Of ,ac stairs having regular trap and me not
belonging T. his congregation either! So pre- ty
soon the nn'"r comes M back with the can and
valise and it threw him down the flight Of stairs
! with an awful racket him and the vais and the
/ can all humping separate all the way down And
! the beer was split two pints Of dark it was
! OF course ] gave, the poor man the price again
| and he went back for more and he was on the
lookout for any more trick Of the minister and
had the beer all right and more On top Of that Just
! Ia show that didn't 60 TO his church and he
| couldn't take up collection of 81 us So now
| you can see how much cracked ice III be needing
TO put on my head and you send up plenty and III
! put II by in the stationary tub But up to last
| night always thought that ministers took vows
not to get angry and show their bad tcmpers
BE sure and have that extra lump big enough "