The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-04-05
Travellers Tales

"The man looked kind OF worn out
and a trifle haggard as he came into
the hotel Saturday night" said Ray
Beale, clerk at the Gardner hotel, yes
terday afternoon as he emitted a cloud
of smoke from his cigarette that would
have put to fight the scent eminating
from any "honk-honk" wagon. "He
said he was tired. but he sat about the
lobby for a long time. and IL was near
the midnight hour when he at last
took the elevator and went UP to the
fourth story. l don't know what pos
sessed me, but my thoughts kept won
dering what made that man act so
tired and have. that weary look. IL
worried me. and when about O'clock
in the morning telephone can came
from the room adjoining his / sort of
gave a gasp. I answered the phone
and the choice of the lady said that /
had better go up stairs and see what
was the matter with the man in 424
lost no time in getting into the ele-
ator, and reached his door, taking
with me the night porter. The lady
at the telephone said that the man
appeared to be singing some of the
time and at others groaning or max
ing a noise as though he had been
eating green apples and they were get
ting in their work. Really it was with
fear and trembling that / approached
the door of that room. and inserted
my pass-key. The man was occupying
one of the best rooms with a bath at
tached. There was no light in the
room, but / managed to find the elec-
trio button which / pressed and the
sight that met my eyes will never be
forgotten.
standing UP in the middle of the
bed was the travelling man. He had
hold of bed sheet with one hand
and in the other was a fan which he
was working in great shape and he
was singing softly, but loud enough
to be heard, Tn in Love with the
Man in the Moon He was asleep
and had been dreaming and after we
had awakened him he stated that he
thought he was hanging on to the
tail Of Halley's comet and thought he
was getting dangerously near the sum-
Frank Reed, a well known citizen
and business man of Bismarck, was in
guest at the Metropole. He says
that there is a likelihood of the city
government beginning work on the
island park that was given to the state
capital about twenty years ago by the
United States government. The island
is in the Missouri river and could be
made very pretty place There are a
hundred acres in the tract. and it can
not be used for any other purpose
than what 1t was given for. He says
that unless the city soon makes some
kind of show of getting to work on
the island to improve it the govern
ment will probably take it hack. Mr.
Reed was of the opinion that Bismarck
would soon be large enough to need
just such park. He said that busi-
ness houses are going up in various
parts of the city and that there will
be many new homes constructed dur
ing the present building season.
Ex-senator II. r.. Hartman of Page
was business visitor to the city yes
terday He came here to secure men
to work on his farm, Cor he is ready
to do the seeding and other outdoor
work. Mr. Hartman said that good
deal of seeding had already been done,
but that the farmers in hi section
were in the same position he was in
short of laborers or farm hands. He
was fearful that the farmers would