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Show ! THOUGHT HE WAS A MORMON. Laughable Incident at the Palmer House A ManUato Man's Joke. Yesterday morning, at 11 o'clock, a 1 man with sandy hair and complexion, ; about forty years of age, dressed in a ' dark suit of clothes and wearing a fur 1 cap of about three winters' wear, marched I into the rotunda of the Palmer House, : and, stepping up to the counter over ; which Copeland Townsend, chief clerk, was presiding, inscribed upon the regis-terj regis-terj "C. D. Taylor, Mormon elder, two wives." "I would like one large room, if you can accommodate me," he said. Mr. Townsend, with a look of genuine surprise on his face at the thought that a real installment from Salt Lake City was i lO De Slienereu wucmu uic iivoynaun- i roof of the Palmer, assigned him and his i attaches a suite of rooms in No. 461. i After the party had deposited their bag-j bag-j gage and chattels in their new quarters, j they went to do some shopping. Meanwhile, Mean-while, Potter Palmer came in, and, on learning of the new arrivals, said to Mr. Towsend that they could not remain in the hotel an hour unless they took sepa-; rate and distinct rooms. They were ac- j cordingly assigned room 427 and 435, and j the baggage was also changed. Guests were meanwhile gazing at the register and were standing aronnd to see he whom they supposed was the true disci-. pie of Mormonism, "Elder Taylor, and I especially his two wives. Mr. Taylor, j however, did not return till late in the ? afternoon, and he was at once brought ' forth ffr an R-x-nlanat.ion. and was told ! that his party could not remain unless they took separate rooms. "Why," he remarked, "I only intended that for a joke. One lady is my sister and the j other a ladv friend of hera. We are from Mankato, Minn.,, and are going out on the evening train." Mr. Taylor soon learned that the joke was only appreciated appreci-ated by himself, and felt rather "broken up" over the affair, inasmuch "as it returned re-turned to plague the inventor." They left on the 9 o'clock train last evening. Chicago Herald.' |