The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-11
THE ELEVATOR BOY.
some Personal Experiences az Related
BIZ Himself.

-ome Personal Experiences az Related
By Himself.
The first I knew about Miss Murdock,
the stenographer and typewriter. moving
into our skyscraper was when she sent
Tor ne 70 call at room y I found her 10
Be woman OF forty. and I couldn't say
That she was dream OF loveiiness. She
was tall and thin and scrawny, and her
hair would have beer gray IL she hadn't
bleached it. She put on sweet smile a.
she greeted me, and, Of course. smiled
back
"Sammis." she began. 81 have sent for
you to say that I am all slone-ell alone
In this big world"
''Yes'm."
Which is sad thing for young girl,
you know. / ike the frank. honest look
or your face, and / hear good reports OF
you. and ! have sent for you 10 ask If
you wouldn't be my little brother. l once
had a brother about your age, and I
thought the world Of him. but he died In
my arms. Shall We be brother and siH-
ter. Sammis?"
! told her / was willing. I think that
every elevator boy who has the interest
Of his employer at heart is always will
ms 10 be a son or a brother to any lonely
hearted tenant
You are so good!' she said as she
kissed me on the ear and then stood OF
and tried 10 blush and look coy. 'T shall
| call you Brother sammis, and you can
call me Sister Eva, and we will both
have more 90 live for. Brother Sammis,
do you think your sister a bad looking
girlie?'
You are a dream" replied.
And how old would you say was?"
sAbOut twenty"
i'Ah, you young rogue. you must not
! Halter me- / am almost twenty-three
And how's my walk, Sammis?'
She rose up and wriggled and tiptoed
back and forth, and smiled and simpered,
and told her IL was the gait of a sixteen
year-old maiden. She kissed me on the
other ear for that, and then she told nee
In sistsrly confidence that If any one
sent her bouquets or invited her out TO
lunch ] mustn't say anything about II.
II any one asked her age, was to put II at
twenty-three, and / was to be very. very
discreet in case OF little notes or theater
tickets. Sister Eva and / had a thorough
understanding before l left. but I can't
say that l was highly delighted to have
found her. She didn't offer me a cent
extra TO help pay off that mortgage on
the Widows home. and it seemed as il all
the benefits were to go her way. A week
passed and no one inquired her age sent
her bouquets, or invited her to lunch.
She sent for me to know the reason why.
ana l felt obliged to lie to her 1t is no
harm for boy TO lie to his sister, I told
hef that Mr.. Jumper, on the floor above
was casting sleeps eyes at her, that Mr..
Johnson. on the floor below, had praised
her walk; that the gentleman in room 4s
SAID that her face reminded him of a
Grecian goddess. and the cotton buvAr
IN room "a was dying to ask her out To
iuhch. she kissed me on the forehead
and patted my shoulder and blushed. and
the family conference broke I'D in great
good feeling.
Now and then Sister Eva" had ooIl-
er VINO wanted some work done. hut tho
days passed and the bouquets didn't
shcwer down l kept lying to her in a
pr0thefly way, as it seemed nv
dGty to do, but there came .
day when 1 saw that somethin-
must be done or there would be q
family row. / bought her a big bouduet
ana wrote the name of Mr. Saunders on
card and handed it to her. Mr.. Saun-
GERS Was the gas engine man on the same
noor he was sixty years old, as digni-
red as knot on a log. and few men
cared to speak to him. Sister Eva" was
delighted. When / told her that an invi-
tetlon 10 lunch would speedily follow,
she blCshed and simpered and looked so
coy and shy that / was really proud OF
her / hoped 10 get out of il with the
bouquet, but she kept asking me every
CdV if Mr. Sqnn1apS buA
more, and | was finally driven TO say that
he would call very soon and ask her to
honor him with her company to lunch, I
was wondering how many more lies /
would have to tell to get out of the scrape
when sudden climax came AT noon
enc day Mr.. Saunders called at her room,
with some work he wanted done at once.
She had her Sunday clothes on and as
he entered she simpered and tiptoe6
around and put on her hat and said she
ielt so honOred. He wasn't over two
minutes destroying that poor girls illu-
sion. What he said or how he said il l
don't know. l saw him so in, and, know
ing that all was lost, | hid under the
stairs | heard him talking about light
headed women and she answering back
about fool-headed men, and three min
utes later l was a discovered elevator
boy. Sister Eva" hauled me out of my
hiding place, and the way she did thump
me around left me an almost helpless
wreck. She hauled me into her room by
the hair of the head and said | was no
brother. She boxed my head from side to
side and said the family had been dis
graced. She led me about by the ear and
cast me out into the cold world without
a sister, and three hours later she had
moved OFT of the room and disappeared
] hoped that was the end of it, but il
wasn't. Next day Mr.. Saunders called
me up 10 his room, and, after giving re
a shake which loosened my teeth. he said:
boy. you play another trick like that4
on me and I woa't leave a whole bone In
your body"
IL may be that an elevator boy ought
to be a brother TO the poor brotherless
young women around a skyscraper. but
have tried il, and have decided 10 go out
OF the business ! don't think that family
affairs and elevators mix together in a
way 10 make pleasant dose for him, and
that 1t is better for al lone sisters TO
work up their own bouquets
SAMMIS,
The Elevator Roy.