The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-15
CLEANED BY A GIRL.

T. was ct the Mckinley reception II
+be hie lam which waited at the doors
for 4 passing glimpse OF the wa
don't The S urdy policeman olu ms 80
10 ae1,,re the crush of humanity that 1ae
f:oors weu & net open. but tney "ei
skenticai and laughed In MS race aNz
n;ith the despera ion born OF tof!of
[,re sye7tered ard showed, aad pushed'
arr waited ,,.
e,oi. hat adorned with an unusually lonS
G,,iT. and az she strur@!ed TO move ~
the crowd which nernnred her in the sun
..,.ill brushed She phIleemaHs race il0
,7,-re the gentle torture 5000 hu1nofee' y
ar1 the girl continued to inlet Il uhAh
G man behind her called his companion
.+tAntion to il She turned then ana
I,.o!<s6 nm at the big man in blue with
coffdIng but apologize smile. and later
vban the doors were thrown sudden
o,1e,, 70 let out the crowd and feaffu!
stcmrede occurred among those on Tue
sidewalk. the officer exhibited the 81 eatest
so;icitude for the girl WI h the long Quli,
There are two girls In the city who have
on barzed upon the exciting adventure OIL
N I< excepting in a few tiny rooms IN
small fat. Sometimes things go very
Wall indeed and they are wont upon sucn
lines to congratulate themse. yes upon
the comforts Of their own small nome;
but there are other days when things go
very i'll indeed. and then the girls keep up
their spirits by assuring each other that
the;r lie is almost Bohemian, and that
they must be cheerful even though their
tay stove refuses to work. and the
la?der ard the purse seem to have formed
a mutual agreement to become empty at
the same time.
Their stove IS Of the deadly gasoline
srecies ard at first the girls were so
afraid Of it that they kept 1t In the base
n.ent ard lit 1t only once in while
When they had been keeping house only
a few days the stove fist manifested
disposition to mi. behave, and af, er vafniy
trying to light it they conc uded 20 take
their meals down town. But at length
they decided to enter a complaint at the
furnitu IRE store where the stove was
bought. 1t was q member Of the firm
who heard their woeful story concerning
the shortcomings Of the stove. and as he
lives somewhere in the vicinity Of the
little Hat he promised to call that evening
while on his way home to dinner and
rieht the wrong.
To reach the basement it was necessary
TO walk up one fight of s.airs and then
down two: and when the furniture man
called. he ard one of the sirls, like the
king of France with his twice ten
Thousand men, mai he'd u ttla way and
then-marChed down again.
There s. God the innocent-looking stove
Respondent in It's new black enamel. The
man locked at 1t critically. but could dis
cover nothing wrong. He then turned a
screw or two and turned them back
! again. Then he went up two flights of
: airs and down one to get a wrench from
! his bicyc e, and trod again the numerou )
stair Steps in his return to the fed Of
operations. He frightened a screw or two
ard loosened two others. Then to the
girl looking admiringly CIR. he seemed
seized vi an inspiration. He looked IN
the can, and then shook it. 1t was as
cry as a bone. He looked as IL he
wanted to say something sarcastic, but
ne contented himself with saying: You
cant expect cur stove to burn well with
no gasoline in the can Then he filed
up the can and lit the stove It went
beautiful y, and as his retreating foot
sters died away upon She last of the
forty seven steps, the girl gave a little
sfudder of abiect humiliation and wiped
away few resentfuf tears. Beth.