The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-13

II got into a mighty peculiar tangle this
morning" said the clerk at one OF >the
large hotels, according to the New Or
leans Times Democrat land l had to do
some of the liveliest kind of wrigghng to
straighten myself out. The way it hap
pened was this: Four or five days ago
a tall, dark, very MISUNDERSTANDING
man, evidently a Cuban or SPANS
lean, walked in, and when the night clerk,
who was on duty at the time, handed him
a pen to register, he made an off-hand
swoop at the page and left the most re-
markable autograph l ever laid eyes on.
If you can imagine a boa constructor in
the throes of an electric fit you will have
some idea of its general appearance, and
as soon as the night clerk saw ii he as
signed the stranger to one of the best
suites i'll the house. He knew he was d
person of Importance, because no ordinary
man could possibly write such an ex-
traordinarly bad hand, but he prudently
left the deciphering of the name to the
room clerk, who keeps a record OF the
guests by means of little slips of pa per,
attached to a numbered chart back OF
the desk. When the room clerk tackled
the register later on 90 enter the new ar
rivals on the chart, he saw the St. Vitus
dance autograph and booked startled.
Great Scot! said he, what the dickens
is this" just then a newspaper reporter
who claims to be something of an expert
in chirography strolled in and the clerk
called him over. Here's a name l can't
make out he said; what is it, anyhow
'Hangdihno,' said the reporter, after stud
wing ID a moment. 'What% said the clerk.
'Hangdihno,' repeated the reporter and
walked off to escape further questions.
The clerk turned to the desk, wrote Mr.
Angdifino' on a room slip and stuck it
up on the chart. That fellow must be a
Jap he remarked 10 one of the house
boys. Next morning when ] came on duty
] noticed the peculiar name among the
new entries and was a little surprised at
its oddly, but when the man himself came
through the corridor after breakfast !
saw that he was a Spaniard or Central
American, which seemed to fully explain
anything unusual. In fact, l thought no
more about him until this morning, when
he called at the office to pay his bill.
How much ez eet?' he asked. Let me
! see,' said l, glancing at the chart, lis this
for Mr.. Angdifino? What you mean,
sir-ri' he roared, bursting suddenly into
a terrific rage; you mean you be 'anged
| eef you know me? You mean you be
| anged eef you want to know me? Eez
ct an consult? wat you mean? Tell me
queekr Why, Andifno-' 1 began, in
| tending to say that 'Andiino' had been
| put on the chart through some clerical
error, but he exploded again before l
| could get out a second syllable. There eet
| ees another time morep he shouted. One
more eensulti b-r-r-r! At that time
hadn't the faintest idea how the name
had found it's way on the chart, 80
wasn't in very favorable position to
make lucid explanations, but luckily the
cashier speaks Spanish, and, between us,
We managed to convince the senior that
no affront was intended. At least he
AGREED to forego shedding my gore. At
| terward l unraveled the mystery. In
future no Journalistic experts will be
called in to assint in deciphering the reg
lister They are too flippant.'