The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-06
M1LLGoNArRE.s REVENGE.

Chief of Police Charlie Jones, who last
week returned from an extended visit and
trip in Michigan. tells an amusing tale of
how Detroit mfllionaires play even with
officious and headstrong hotel clerks Two
of the wealthiest capitalists of that veal
thy city happened some time since to be
in Toledo and ran on to each other there.
They started out for a good time and
finally tired out and sleepy sought hotel.
OF course they went to the best hosiery
in the city and 1t was late at night. A
new man was at the desk acting in the
capacity of night clerk. and sizing them
up as just ordinary belated travellers
thought he would get rid of them as cas-
lily as possible and assigned them to the
sky parlor on the twelfth floor The men
took the elevator and sailed heavenward
more and more disgusted and indignant
the farther up they got. When assured
by the bell boy that there was no mistake
they wrahtfully took their apartments
and then and there determined to show
the clerk that they We're not used to that
sort of treatment and their manner of re-
venge was both novel and destructive.
They removed their coats so they could go
at it in a buslness-like way. Then one of
them took off his boot and smashed out
whole plate glass window front, sash and
all. Then they proceeded to gather up the
loose furniture and hurl It all out Of this
opening down twelve stories to the pave
ment below. Chairs. wash bowls. pitchers.
rugs. pictures. bedding. mirrors. curtains.
all went crashing and humping down to
the street. Then they demolished the bed
steads and in pieces these too went ca
vorting down to terra firma. and by the
time the frightened and panic-stricken
clerk. followed by squad of night patrol
men, had reached the rooms. the latter
were literally cleaned out Of every article
of furniture save the carpets. and both the
sweating. putting men had ripped up one
corner OF the carpet and were tugging
away tearing II In shreds, and when the
clerk demanded to know whac on earth
they were trying TO do. they paid no heed
until every vestige of the carpet was
jerked of the floor. and after they had
rolled II into a convenient roll shey fired
IL out along with the rest Of the wreck
and then sat down on the bare floor to
mop their brows. To the excF5ed demands
OF the enraged and dumfourded clerk one
of the actors in the farce comedy very
coolly explained in a high saueaky voice:
''You see. young man. am troubled with
heart disease and this altitude is too high.
10 high say. and so we just thought We
would move down below where the con-
ditions were better. Yes. tina; is all: We
Just didn't like the altitude. young man.
and so moved the belongings out and
down below"
Luckily = was late and not many pedes-
TRANS passing in front OF the hotel or
some one might have been killed by the
raining bed room fixtures. The men were
at once assigned better apartments on the
second floor. and peace and quiet reigned
for the resi- of the night. and in the morn
ing the men. of course. gave their checks
for all the damage done. and when the
man with the high squeaky voice gave a
bland cordial goodbye 10 the crestfallen
smart clerk he made the remark: you
see my heart trouble can't stand so high
an altitude. young man. and 50 we Just
thought we would move and So down De-
low"