An Inhuman Outrage.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1902, 13 September 1884, Page 6

An Inhuman Outrage.

At Übet, M.T., during tho cold snap in January, one of the mo&'j inhuman outrages ' known in the annals of crime was perpetrated upon a young man who went West in the fall, hoping to make his pile in time to return in May and marry the New York heiress selected before ha went. While stopping at the hotel two frolicsome young women hired the porter to procure the young man's pantaloons at dead of night. They then sewed up the bottoms of the legs threw the doctored garments back through the transom and squealed "Fire 1 " When he got into the hall he was vainly trying to stab one foot through the limb o£ his pantaloons while he danced around on the other and joined in t*"o general cry o! '• Fire 1 " The hall seeme* iiled with people, who were running this v, &,y and that, ostensibly seeking a mode of egress from the flames, but in reality trying to dodge tha mad efforts of the young man, who was trying to insert; himself in his obstinate pantaloons. He did not tumble, as it were, until the night watchman got a Babcook fire extinguisher and played on him. I do not know what he played on him. Very likely it was, " Sister, What are the Wild Waves Saying?" Anyway, he staggered into his room, and although he could hear the audience outside in their wild, tumultous encore, he refused to come before the curtain, but locked his door and sobbed himself to sleep. How often do we forget the finer feelings of others and ignore their sorrow, while wo revel in some great joy. — Bill Nye in Detroit Free Press.