Show A GENERALS SHOE I 1 how it haidea a hotel darkey to pina its mate telegraph Some funny things happen at the hotels I 1 eard a comical story reh bently about general belver that has never beatt printed the actors in which were tile governor rid a hotel porter in Ilar i ze ancient colored man who used to polish shoes and ifie about heavy trunks it d do odd jobs about the hotel was named box stuart as he a a known to the guests flight general beaver stopped at tile loch ie I 1 and as Is customary put out in tile hallway on retiring his one shoe to be polished it is understood that the ge gemeril wears but one shoe swing to a rebel bullet at reams station on august 24 1864 depril ng him of a leg when box collected the shoes I 1 n the li allway in the early morning be was half asleep and notice that he had ant but one shoe at a lain door ile went down int 0 chiq boudoir and put a silver shine on all the bhoge carefully sorting them out in pairs until lie the generals solitary shoe then lie was assed and thoroughly awake for the life of him remember what he bad done with the other shoe and he I 1 hought he had lost if 11 ado a vigorous hunt through tile halls and searched high and low but without avail and at last he returned to the cellar and carefully care fally hio tile one shoe away hoping to find the mate before there was a call for it about half past seven in the morning there was a vigorous ring from t lie generals thorp and a boy wen t ahen lie got baciho said ayd w ants his shoes c to inter v low box which lie did deeda aint a hoes said box berene in the fact that he had but one shoe then there was another rack ot ivna tile aall hwo maids and pretty nea aly ever y D dy else started on a hun t for go n e r ai beavers shoe tut they failed to get it finally will cornman box and informed him that general beaver had blared his one shoe outside of I 1 is door to be 1 I 1 11 and it had not yet arnod op had box seen 10 A my of light dagnel on 1301 lie tried to ex plain that lie saw thing like one shoe somewhere and would hunt for it A inita te liter lie scooter otei tile wit k carrying lie nilsine illch hell ADded into the denend genend and eipl tina I 1 tile wh y and here fare of the V pro ai ely tito denoral I 1 it gowl and did not take I 1 L amis that behia a lato thit th it 9 0 co 0 0 A drozd ll 11 n xa the judge nice and quiet it 11 ere she field as he led lafin from the crowded parlors and sat oil t lie stairs yes agull be a fine to hung tile 1 oil 0 no the art lily ii i I t Is so dark here that it ne esstry es str double beadet as it etro bodron Ir erald it tile price of lead keeps on going w a should a big 1 ur war up in ht bo aceil lai I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 lial 4 f I 1 I 1 I 1 t 1 |