A Jehu's Courtesy

A noted American singer is fond of telling of a little experience she had in Boston once upon a time. She was to sing at an frvening concert, and a carriage was to be sent for her. She was staying at the time with a friend, who had a suite of rooms in a large apartment house, in which the tube system of communication with the outer world prevailed. It was past the time when the carriage should have appeared, and the lady was growing a little nervous. She was sitting with her wraps on, when the bell rang furiously. Hurrying to the tube herself the prima donna said: "Well?" The reply came in a voice heavily charged with irrltation. "I'm a hackman," said the voice, an' I was sent here to git some cussed lady, an' I don't khow what in time her name is! I've rung ev'ry bell In this house! Are you her?" When informed that the "cussed lady" herself was speaking to him he cooly replied: "Well, come on. We'll have to lope it all the way to the hall to get there on time!"