HOW THE CLERK SUFFERED.
After a little dissertation on the trouble and annoyances of hotel clerks, the San Francisco " Call " relates this anecdote. A recent visitor from Australia was rather taken aback the other day by the politeness of the Hotel, where he had taken up his quarters. The day after his arrival, which happened to be one of the windiest of the season, he went out for a stroll around the streets of 'Frisco to see the sights and exhibit his linen covered helmet. Ho returned to the hotel rubbing his eyes and very muoh -disgusted, and remarked to the clerk: I •' You have a great deal of dust here fn San Francisco ?" " Y-ae," drawled the clerk, " I suffer from it myself." " Weak eyes?"inquired the stranger. " No, sir." " Your lungs are affected, then ?" " Not muoh," yawned the clerk. " In what way, then, ■ do you suffer from the dust ?" asked the somewhAt surprised Australian. '• By hearing about sixty times an hour every fool who comes in here say—" Y>u have a good deal of dust here in San Fran* oisco."
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2127, 17 December 1880, Page 3
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180HOW THE CLERK SUFFERED. Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2127, 17 December 1880, Page 3
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