The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-01-21
HOW some WASHERS WE'RE Fooled.
The Hotel Detective Interferes with Them
at Critical Moments.

A paie-faced young woman with deli
side the telephone closet in the reading
room of IN uptown hotel the other day
reading a hook.
xvi YOU please ring up 1923 Spring
for me?" asked a young lar who had
just come in from the lobby.
The tone of his voice was familiar and
patronizing and he looked down at her
with u very friendly smile. She, how
ever. did not smi 9 in return. but looked
extremely bored. Without making any
reply TO his question she went into the
closet and rang the telephone. The
young man stood just outside the door
and leaned against it.
3This is Il lovely" he began, but
was interrupted by tho girl's reaching
out her hand. apparently in a mechan-
ical way, and pulling to the door. He
got out of the way just in time and
stood biting tha>ends of his mustache.
Presently she pushed open the door
again.
"Three hundred and twenty-nine is at
the telephone" she said.
Kindly ask if Mr.. Joe Jones is there"
he said very sweet y.
She shut the dooragain and addressed
the person at the other end of the tele-
phone. Presently she wheeled around
in her chair, opened the door. and said!
"They say they dou't know any such
person."
There was a frown on her face, but it
did not in any way discomfort the young
man.
20. pshaw," he said, II must have
made a mistake in tho number. Never
mind; how much is it?"
Fifteen ccn1s."
He pulled out a roll of bills, which he
displayed ostsntatiously and then thrust
back into his pocket again. From an
other pocket he then drew out the exact
change. which be handed to her. At
the same time he beamed on her ia a
, languishing manner, but, AS her face
was averted. all this effort to impress her
was lost. As soon as she received the
money she resumed her seat, recorded
the transaction on a slip of paper, picked
up her book, and returned to her read
ing. The young man did not leave,
however, but tried to engage her in con.
yersation.
Il am awfully sorry to have to put
you to so much trouble needlessly," he
began. "but-"
At this moment he was interrupted
by q sharp-eyed, strongly-bullt man
who had been watching hin, for some
time from u corner of the room. He had
stepped up u~nnoliced and suddenly ran
against the young man as if by acci-
dent.
BEG pardon" ne said. as if in a great
hurry, "but I want l,04l Courtlandt
right away. Miss"
The girls face frightened IS sha
jumped up and entered the closet again,
while thu young man looked savagely
at the intruder, and then walked of
d!sg0sted. As soon rs he had gone the
slo nan tapped on the windo. OF the
clio and wmked significantly, and
the .c.ephone girl called into the trans
mittnr:
Never mind, Central. it was only an.
other one of those dudes. He has gone
nyAw. thank goodness"
The stout man walked buck to his
corner, aud the girl resumed her read.
ing.
Every day similar scenes are enacted,
although sometimes there is delay re-
fore the rescucr arrives. owing 10 his
being busy ELSEWHERE.
you see" he said in explanation OF
one such %occnrrenc there is q lot of
weli-dreSsed fellow who come in here
aud patronize the bar more or less who
like TO iirt with the cir, and it wouldn't
no to have any rulmpus about it. So
Whenever | SEQ any Of them around l
steer in here and watch them. When
they get too fresh give them this sort
of IA sony and dance. 1t always works,
toO."-N. Y. Sun.