Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1893 — Obeyed Orders. [ARTICLE]

Obeyed Orders.

One of the worst cases of a literal mind is reported by the Chicago Mail: A guest hurried up to the hotel clerk’s counter. He had just ten minutes in which to pay his bill, reach the station and board his train. “Whew!” he exclaimed. “I’ve forgotten something. Here, boy, run up to my room, B 48, and see if I have left my tooth-brush and sponge. Hurry; I’ve only five minutes now.” The boy hurried. In four minutes he returned, out bt breath. “Yes, sir,” he panted. “You left them.”