Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-10-23 | Page 2 | Bellhop Knows His Groceries, but Missed One

BELLHOP KNOWS HIS GROCERIES S BUT MISSED ONE It was after atter midnight and the city was muffled In sleep Joe McGee sat dozing in the bellhops bellhops' bellhops bellhops' bellhops bellhops' bell bell- hops' hops corner at the Cullen hotel dreaming of the day when It would be unlawful to forget to tip Front boomed the voice of ot Paul Purdue night clerk and the sickly Ingle of ot a key stole In upon his dreams II Here ere take tale this key and go inspect In Inspect inspect in- in Number said the cl clerk rk as ashe ashe ashe he flirted the tho tagged emblem of servitude across to the sleepy Joe who muttered something about guests that wouldn't be at all aU niceto nice niceto niceto to r repeat peat Joe switched the elevator to the third floor found the room fitted the key opened the door and switched on the light This 1 la is what he ho saw The bed pulled to the window which was open out of which trailed a rope one ono eid d of ot which was tied to the bedpost Joe didn't linger linIer to do any Sherlock Sherlock Sherlock Sher lock He made the staircase staircase staircase stair stair- case In nothing flat and the lobby in the tho same timeA timeA timeA time A mant committed suicide up there out the window he yelled to the night clerk clerIc as he shook hotel dust his from heels and nd disappeared through the street door at top speed Investigation revealed that It was just another caso case of beating a room bill bUl removing luggage via the windo win win- dow do iI i I I guess hes he's still sUll running s said id Assistant Manager B. B O. O Yeamans grinning this mornin morning but buttell tell Joe he ought to come back and get his hat bat