Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-11-14
DIDN'T KNOW LILLIAN
RUSSELL'S HUSBAND
CLERK NJ Hotel artiniqne Thought Man
Was Crazy when lie Said lie Was
Expecting ais from Notable
PersonaRes.

NEW YORK Special The CLERK ]
al me Martinique h0tel Was spring
lng from mali box 90 register Sunday
afternoon. Tnen a tail. Impressive
4coNlng man stepped up 10 the desk
a11 -xraspru pen. Tn clerk stopped
IN hiA night While the man registered
Room o. asked the clerk. whisklng
his blotter upor the signature.
And bath" sRid the man. his strik-
INK eyes flashing at the clerk
remembrance FOR being 80 laconic.
Yes. sir. responded the clerk
briskly. Any other little thing We
can % Tor you"
Three was the answer. 4 am
/ expecting two visitors and one long
/ distance telephone call. Miss Lillian
I Russell and Or. Munyon viii call and
/ Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will tele-
/ phone me from Oyster Bay
! The csrks right foot slipped and
ne refl=l back against the mail box
i t--E your pardon. but I've been
suffering from broken ankle Tor
! three ~ e-tls." said the clerk, smiling
from the corner q his mouth.
no apology required. said the
man "a Just wanted 90 add that 4
may be in my room FOR only few
minutes. in the event that the visit
OPS and the telephone call come while
! am out OF the room want you
60 have me PACED PLEASE make - a
point 20 md me
You can't escape" the clerk re-
The nan went 20 HE room. The
clerS ran 20 the telephone girl and
The psyohopathie ward Il in Belle
we. isn't IT."
~If they haven't moved 81 thb
morning" she replied.
And the telephone number - Mad
Z icon SQUARE 4f007'
/, You've a wonderful memory"
~An right. Re ready 20 call % wheE
4 ] whistle
2 The minute hand on the hotel olocl
= had not finished hall a lap when
wonderful sOnan--wonderful %
n sress. wonderful IN FORM and won
cerf1i 81 face. appeared az the desk
Q Il am expected she said b
good enough 10 announce me In
n - lss Russell
, The clerk was extremely hesltan
a labout asking the name OF the persol
- s- Russell wanted 20 See. lie ha'
. examined the register for twenty min
utss. hut ne couldn't cecipher tn
= name. So ne sent her upstairs-
Q. Another visitor He wore FIAT
N topped derby and the Index finger O
. mis- right hand Was wedged betwee
- the fret and second buttons OF III
coat 20 keep 70 from pointing straigh
= toward the sky.
20 There is-paroon me- ne zaic
y y am Dr. &unyon. A gentleman
"a expecting me. believe"
~Yez. sir. Front. SHOW tkis part
q 90 room 3OS."
% And saII th~ Name MOcked.
r. Again the clerk bent low over IN
o. register and trged 10 dscipner ~
n, hleroKlyphfca % his myntifying CUES
He couldn't nor could the cashier.
le ring a. the telephone IL s. ar
be .ss-s-Hyi There's somebody on a
a. wire Who wants 20 talk with SON
IN pusson whose name ] get a. umptl
K imp. This one says rs impor ~
Z Oyster Bay. DO you know any goo
" Bal Moose listener hereT
III 90 anything thrice" the WOrris
or ? clerk answered You cant DO an
- thing worse than connect him with ~
= zos II lose This job ] know ~hei
can get better one
The connection was made.
be The ouartefts Of exciting events "a
a. placed on the clerks cheek the col
on 81 the sinking sun and 81 his eyes n
- / aDrearsn ne % one who does not kn0
understand But he was curiouA
A man the clerk knew. q newspa =
man who has had oifhcuity fn fRurir
\ a cot whether fhe auditor has wriffen
I'D his envelope ai.ooe or 81. came ga at
greeted the clerk. The clerk shot O
&c his hand ard said.
'm Help me. What IL this Ean
n The inteIiirenf reporter looked. "a,
lts stepped back and laughed.
-. Why. he's only Alexander u. Aoos
% Pittsburg. You kn0~-Lbian HI
sells husband"