The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-07-13

old maid OH tie seventh floor, and you
cause the fat man on the eleventh to
use cuss words. You are, in love. 1t
always acts this way. Choose between
your engagement and Gold!e"
Il scorn your engagement, sir!',,- was
my heroic reply, and went up to see
Goldie and ask her il she wanted to
live out ut Bensonhurst when we were
wed. She looked me straight in the
eyes and replied:
'Bobbie, you have made mistake In
the room. The girl who Is dying to
wed you Is four doors farther down
the hall"
Through pull with an alderman I
obtained another engagement. The
agent Of the building seemed favorably
impressed with me, but he thought at
to say:
Young man. we want no nonsense
here. Running an elevator is business.
There are no less than four trusts max
Ing their headquarters in this building,
aud. knowing how much the people
love them, they are taking no chances.
Beware Of the typists. Flee from the
s.snographcrs. I, you find love bud.
ding in your young heart come to me
and get II good spanking"
I started In with heroic resolves. but
I was q failure after the first week. A
black eyed typist with much gold In
her front teeth smiled ut me as she
went up, She laughed at mo as she
came down, She chucked me under the
chin on her third trip, and on her fourth
she whispered:
"Sammis, 1t is IL case of love at first
sight. I can't live without you'
Three days later got the bounce.
The trust magnates We're complaining
that my elevator wabbled and that I
showed a desire to run them all down
into the basement or UP against tho
roof. waited In the vestibule for the
black eyed girl, but when she appear
ed and spoke to her she replied:
don't ask me. Bobbie. have ouly
been here n weekw
Six different times have loved, and
SIX different times have received the
bounce. have now ceased to love, No
matter how good looking the girl who
takes my elevator and no matter how
sweet her smile or how delicious hes
giggle, keep my stern dignity and
permit Of no familiarity. There are
occasions when am chucked under
the chin and hear the whispered ex-
clamation Of how sweet ! am, but the
elevator never wabhles by hairs
breadth.
] But Is 1t the same with other elevator
boys? ask. Alas, no. Wherever go
find them growing careless Of their
duties because the sentiment of love
has touched their hearts. A month ago
a young man running an elevator in a
4 prominent skyscmper confided to mo
that he was In love with a stenogra.
pher In the building. She was twenty
four and he sixteen. but be did not caiy
for the difference In their ages In
decd, he thought it better to have an
aunt aud mother and sweetheart
all In one. She had patted him on the
back; she had pulled his ear; she had
4. praised his complexion. In her insidi-
GUS way she was Turing that boy on to
his doom. struggled with him, but it
was no use. His infatuatiOn was COM
plete. Three days later while thinking
Of his darling he bumped his elevator
against the roof and hurt three passen-
gers and got the bounce. When he
i went to the woman Of his heart for
sympathy and to ask her to walt until
he could strike another engagement
she pretended that she had never seen
or heard Of him before and that he
must have become intoxicated on soda
water.
4 Today could name twenty elevator
4 boys who, are in love. That means
4 twenty accidents sooner or later. 1t
.also means twenty bounces. There
should be posted up In every elevator
In the city a notice reading,
4 "Any glrt speaking to tho elevator
boy ON any matter outside Of business
will he compelled to walk up and
down stalrs thereafter"
q II you are about to take public Gle
4 vator look first at the boy who runs Il.
II he is pale faced and anxious look
Ing and seems to have something on
hiA mind turn your back on that cage
and take the stairs. That boy ia In
love and % worrying as to how he can
support q wife on a week,
Il II. ON the contrary, he - chewing
SgNm and whistling to himself step
right In and be hoisted,
That boy has nothing greater on his
. mind than bet on the races.
4 have loved and shalt hove again,
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