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Show I HOTELS HIS WAITING ROOM St. Louis Rural Visitor Camps In Lobbies Lob-bies of Big Hostelries to "Walt for Train." St. Louis. A rural visitor from "near Jefferson City," six feet three inches tall, and imbued with a belated be-lated Labor day spirit and several other kinds of spirits, came to St. Louis, and like many other strangers went out for a stroll before train time. When he became tired he walked into one of the most fashionable hotels near Forest park and sprawled him self out for a rest in a rocker in the center of the lobby. By and by the clerk asked him for whom he was waiting, and the etranger replied "for I a train." I The clerk explained that trains did V- not pass the hotel, and asked a po-3 po-3 liceman to direct the ruralite to the Union station. An hour later guests at another large hotel saw the stranger strang-er walk in, remove his shoes and settle set-tle down for a quiet sleep. Again a policeman was called and again the stranger replied ha was "waiting for a train." This time the policeman accompanied him on a 6treet car to , the Union station. At the station tie stranger, still , blissfully ignorant of his mistakes, , remarked: "Fine lot of stations you ,'. 8ot in this town." |