| 单词 | hotel clerk |
| 例句 | “I’d like to try one of the hotels, but, God, I’m in no mood to argue with a hotel clerk about my color.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “May I help you?” says the hotel clerk, looking up as the bell above the door announces our arrival. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z "Boring, you mean," responds the makeup artist, echoing the earlier sentiments of a hotel clerk who dismisses French films as being only "for intellectuals." 'The Portuguese Nun': An unconventional, engrossing odyssey of self-discovery 2010-12-02T21:35:00Z He threw a telephone at a hotel clerk in New York because he was frustrated he could not get through to his wife in Australia. Russell Crowe's divorce auction: what's under the hammer 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Sam Rockwell rounds out the cast as an overly curious hotel clerk. Spring and Summer Theater Listings 2010-02-21T00:33:00Z First, he secured the perfect job in which to hone his craft — working the graveyard shift as a hotel clerk in Provo, Utah. Brandon Sanderson Tops Best Sellers With ‘Words of Radiance’ 2014-04-16T21:20:10Z One night, William tries to explain the importance of his discovery to a hotel clerk. Dinosaurs — and Michael Crichton — roar again in ‘Dragon Teeth’ 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z “I just didn’t want to look like everybody else,” said Mr. Perri, 31, who is now a hotel clerk in New York and rides his single-speed bike around Brooklyn. Young Mormons Find Ways to Be Hip 2011-10-26T20:31:24Z Tourist maps are abundant in big cities, and many hotel clerks and concierges are eager to pencil in directions. The World's Best City Walks 2010-08-18T22:45:00Z Scott Thomas, dolled up in a blond hairdo and slinky clothes, has wicked fun with her role, spitting obscenities at her son, his girlfriend and a hapless hotel clerk. Only God Forgives: A Red Light for Ryan Gosling 2013-05-22T18:15:59Z In “Arcade,” Sam — who, like Smith, works as a hotel clerk — can’t keep himself away from the bookstore, although his interest is as much anthropological as sexual. Sex and Texas: Drew Nellins Smith on fiction, fact and his debut novel, 'Arcade' 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Late that afternoon the hotel clerk put me in touch with Abdullah, a grizzled boat captain who spoke some Italian but no English. In Eritrea, a Diver’s Dreamscape 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Early that morning, I chatted with the hotel clerk, an immigrant from Tijuana, Mexico. Cultured Traveler: A Tourist Revival in the Heart of Bogotá 2012-09-14T16:39:05Z In May, The Washington Post ran a story about a hotel clerk at the Country Inn & Suites by Radisson in Newport News, Va., calling a black guest a “monkey.” Hotels Grapple With Racial Bias 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z For instance, when Case asks the hotel clerk for directions to Ada Tarr's house, he's told to look for a white house. 'A Good Man': the aftermath of Custer's last stand 2012-01-11T22:09:07Z The hotel clerks, all of whom seemed to know the man in the white robe, eyed me with amusement. "We were homeless in Marrakech": When budget travel with two kids goes sideways 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z He memorably also appeared in 1976's The Pink Panther Strikes Again, playing a German hotel clerk in a scene where Clouseau is bitten by a dog. Pink Panther actor Stark dies at 91 2013-10-30T15:55:09Z “We commend the skeptical hotel clerk who saw through the scam and alerted law enforcement, bringing this scheme to a halt.” Wu-Tang Clan imposter gets prison for cheating hotels, limos 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z One after another, with voices that Mr. Noonan distinguishes with modulations in pitch and an occasional curse, they serve Michael: the asthmatic cabdriver; the obsequious hotel clerk and bellhop; the room-service worker; the grumpy waitress. Review: ‘Anomalisa’ Pairs Charlie Kaufman and Lonely Puppets 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z “We’re all going to drive up one day, and it will be gone. The hotel clerk will say, ‘There was never a Chinese restaurant here.’” In Louisiana, Love for a Chinese Restaurant and Its Magnetic Owner 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z “The agent, the hotel clerk, the car rental person is usually not the reason for the issue,” Friedman says. Perspective | How to get a travel company to respond to your complaint 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Another would be to offer sightseeing and restaurant advice, as a good hotel clerk or concierge would do, while making it clear that you do not offer escorted tours. Miss Manners: There’s no point in hiding a gift card’s amount 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Which is, perhaps, why he gets “Johnny who?” from hotel clerks. Johnny Mathis, the voice of the ’50s, was always ahead of his time. Now he’s ready to talk about it. 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z U.S. federal prosecutors have cited a statement Bruce Beresford-Redman allegedly made later to a hotel clerk in which he admitted he and his wife had been arguing. Producer charged with killing wife fights case 2011-06-14T00:38:09Z In 2012, Mr. Newton was charged with punching a hotel clerk in Miami. Matthew Newton, Director With Domestic Violence Record, Departs Jessica Chastain Film 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z On our next vacation, he told the hotel clerk it was our anniversary, so they upgraded our room and served us Champagne. Modern Love: How I Got to Here 2013-06-20T19:01:38Z Dolled up in a blond hairdo and slinky clothes, she spits obscenities at her son, his girlfriend and a hapless hotel clerk. Only God Forgives: No Absolution for Ryan Gosling 2013-07-18T09:45:42Z An insensitive colleague resurfaces nasty rumors about her; a hotel clerk, seeing that she’s unmarried, tries to turn her away and orders her to tighten her hijab. Review: The serial-killer thriller ‘Holy Spider’ gets stuck in its own morally murky web 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Now in his 70s, he works as a hotel clerk in Little Tokyo. L.A.’s last Japanese boardinghouse is safe, for now. Elderly tenants still worry 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z After graduating from high school, Ms. Henderson worked as a switchboard operator, saleswoman and hotel clerk. Hazel Henderson, environmental activist and futurist author, dies at 89 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z The passport was stuck between slips of paper, and the hotel clerk’s reassurances just made me spin my wheels. How to keep your travel documents and luggage organized | Travel Troubleshooter 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Another person repeated that bartenders, waiters, hotel clerks and others who work nights in the service industry are scared to walk home after their shifts. Unsolved murders and Petito case leave dark cloud over Moab 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Many of the jobs posted on her site are for such work as hotel clerks, building receptionists, tour guides, security guards, nannies and caregivers. Pandemic caused many boomers to retire. What that means for the economy — and everyone else 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z So if a restaurant server, hotel clerk or airplane seatmate might be at risk or unvaccinated, what would ethics and public health experts say about the idea of you traveling? Help! If There’s a Chance That I Could Endanger Others, Should I Still Travel? 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z "We commend the skeptical hotel clerk who saw through the scam and alerted law enforcement, bringing this scheme to a halt." Wu-Tang Clan imposter gets 100 months in prison for cheating hotels, limos 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z Many former waiters or hotel clerks may be ill-suited to becoming construction workers or software engineers. The economy is (almost) back. It will look different than it used to. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z It has also shuttered businesses and threatened the livelihood of bartenders, waiters, entertainers and hotel clerks. Topless clubs among businesses that can reopen in Vegas 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z He struggled to hold a job, he said, including stints as a hotel clerk and sandwich maker. He pretended to be Trump’s family; even the president was fooled 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z In addition to two people outside, the impact also struck the hotel clerk, who was in the office on the other side of the wall. Driver 'intentionally' rams into Anaheim hotel, injuring 3, authorities say 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z And hotel clerks have alerted law enforcement to rooms frequented by a suspicious number of men in a short period of time. Editorial Roundup: Texas 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Booming Atlanta relies on hotel clerks, nannies, gardeners, house cleaners, car washers, Uber drivers, janitors who clean fancy gyms and couriers who deliver from trendy restaurants. Beverly Hills, Buckhead, SoHo: The New Sites of Urban Unrest 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z A man in Texas tried setting a hotel clerk on fire during a robbery Sunday night, according to a report. Texas man tried setting hotel clerk on fire, investigators say as video released 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Many of these women held some of the lowest-paying jobs — the cashiers, hotel clerks, office receptionists, hospital technicians, teachers’ aides. Women have been hit hardest by job losses in the pandemic. And it may only get worse. 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z They were mothers and grandmothers, women who struggled to pay bills and beat addiction while working as dog groomers, hotel clerks and nursing home aides. ‘We’re going home!’: more than 500 Oklahoma inmates freed in historic release 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Frank wanted to photograph them in a Main Street flophouse, the band storming downtown in a convoy of Cadillacs, but he didn’t have the $15 to pay the hotel clerk for a room. Robert Frank appreciation: Why his greatness went beyond 'The Americans' 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z I’d require encryption for all personal information that you are asked turn over, including when I hand my passport to a hotel clerk. From Bubble Memory to Hot Spots and a Fly Rod 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Tracy, an out-of-work hotel clerk in her late fifties, was lamenting the damage at the other Prince’s and decrying its rivals as diabolical impostors. The Family Business That Put Nashville Hot Chicken on the Map 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z A Florida hotel clerk was lucky to escape after she was captured on video fighting off a masked man who held her at gunpoint while demanding she open the cash register in a near-five-minute struggle. Florida hotel clerk fights off would-be armed robber in dramatic video 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z An officer in Sidney, British Columbia, forwarded her statement to an Edmonton police detective, who obtained additional evidence, including statements from SkyWest and a hotel clerk, Morgan said. Flight attendant sues SkyWest Airlines over alleged drugging, rape by captain during layover 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Henry Taylor III, aka Trip, left his job as a hotel clerk to open his first bookstore in Seattle in 1995. Downtown Boise bookstore yet another small business closing 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z The Houston native was unfamiliar with the area and asked a hotel clerk to recommend a safe route for an early morning run, she recalled. An assault at age 21 has helped set the political agenda for this Democrat 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Taylor was arrested for allegedly confronting a hotel clerk with a baseball bat and demanding money from the register in June. Man convicted in 1970 Tucson fire pleads guilty in robbery 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z He took a job as a hotel clerk and lived for the next 2½ years at the downtown YMCA. ‘In the Beginning: Minor White’s Oregon Photographs’ Review: Committing Himself to Portland 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z According to a Hamilton County court affidavit, a hotel clerk said Brumett was upset his keycard didn’t work. Prosecutors drop charges against ex-ETSU assistant Brumett 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z According to a Hamilton County court affidavit, a Chattanooga hotel clerk said Brumett was upset that his keycard didn’t work. East Tennessee State fires assistant facing assault charge 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Former Case Farms workers turned up everywhere—the hotel clerk in Aguacatán, members of the local church, a hitchhiker I picked up on the way to another village. Exploitation and Abuse at the Chicken Plant 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Pay for forklift drivers jumped 13.8 percent and hotel clerks rose 4 percent. Fewer workers, higher wages: Japan Inc feels demographic pinch 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z The hairdresser and hotel clerk aren't creating wealth, they're simply participating in the sloshing around of wealth that already exists...which, in the era of trade deficits, its a diminishing quantity. Why Are Politicians So Obsessed With Manufacturing? 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z But the police said officers had interviewed the hotel clerk and concluded there had been a “clear miscommunication” with her relatives, and that Mr. Menhali had not made “any statements related to ISIS.” Emirates Warn Against Traditional Clothing Abroad After Man Is Mistaken for Terrorist in Ohio 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Hilal Kizilkaya, a 20 year old hotel clerk, was in an Istanbul subway station on her way to work when she heard the blast at 8:35 a.m. this morning. See the Scene From the Istanbul Terror Bombing 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z The story’s protagonist, a hotel clerk named Jonathan Pine, finds himself recruited to work undercover on behalf of the British intelligence service MI6, in order to catch an international arms dealer. Face to Face With Hugh Laurie 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z One hotel clerk demanded a case of wine, which Hicks supplied in exchange for a list of residents. Election fraud Chicago style: Illinois’ decades-old notoriety for election corruption is legendary 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z The hotel clerk who was abducted in Alabama, Kyle Dease, told Al.com that he spoke with his captors during the nearly two hours he was held on the drive from Tuscaloosa to metro Birmingham. Authorities: Couple suspected in crime spree found; man dead 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Notice how Del is on a first-name basis with hotel clerks, cabbies, train conductors, and how he has “a friend” at seemingly every port of call along their journey. ‘Planes, Trains & Automobiles’ still the best Thanksgiving film 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Other men got work as janitors or hotel clerks, or they drank. Tap’s Tangled History 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z He speaks regularly to only one of his children, his oldest son, James Washington, a 50-year-old hotel clerk in Texas. Nearly naked outside the White House: How Nature Boy became a Washington fixture 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z Waiters and hairstylists, librarians and hotel clerks offer similar refrains: I know somebody who was there. In Close-Knit Oregon Community, Few Are Untouched by College Killings 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Beside the murderous chants of a mob or the bland courtesies of a hotel clerk, the natives have no dialogue. Review: ‘No Escape’ is taut but deeply troubled 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z Gus the hotel clerk showcases yet another of Hughes’ abiding strengths as a director. ‘Planes, Trains & Automobiles’ still the best Thanksgiving film 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z She found them across the country, from New York to Alpine, Tex., and in advertisements for a variety of jobs from hotel clerks to hog butchers. This 14-year-old Sidwell Friends student outwitted a college historian 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z She recalled going to New York as a teenager and feeling embarrassed when a hotel clerk couldn’t understand her request for a pen. A push to restore pride in the way Appalachians speak 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z A recent study concluded that most tourism jobs in Los Angeles County are low-paying and include waiters, hotel clerks, maids and theme park attendants. California tourism surges, but strength of U.S. dollar threatens growth 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z One worked as a hotel clerk for two years. Espionage Threatened the Manhattan Project, Declassified Report Says 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Before his rediscovery in the early 1990s, he had been living in Cleveland and working outside music as a hotel clerk and a cook, among other things. Jimmy Scott obituary 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z By that time, Scott had returned to Cleveland, where he worked as a hotel clerk and nursing home aide before returning to the stage in 1985 and resuming his recording career in 1990. Jimmy Scott, jazzman with ethereal voice, dies 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z But instead, Martinez, a former hotel clerk, lives in the euro zone — a partially integrated group of 17 nations from Germany to Greece, Finland to Spain that share a common currency. Europe races to make big fixes in the euro 2012-06-08T16:00:00Z "I'll build the fire," cried Leicester, "just as soon as I select my room from the hotel clerk." The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z ‘I’m caged,’ says the bank teller, and echoes the hotel clerk. How Do You Tell If Your Boss Is A Robot? 2012-02-09T16:54:39Z Chase was originally a Saratoga, N. Y., hotel clerk and his partner Chuck was an Austrian emigrant, kitchen worker. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z It was an awkward moment, and the hotel clerk realized his position exactly. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z Just as I was cleaning up the last of my letters, the hotel clerk introduced me to the “Society Editor” of The Dalles Chronicle, who wanted an interview. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z And surely no typical hotel clerk, even though decorated with the traditional diamond pin, could show a more faultless array of official-looking desk-furnishings. The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z He walked rapidly into the lobby, gave his name to the hotel clerk, and awaited the reply with beating heart. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z Bab found the number of Marian’s room from the hotel clerk. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z Matter of fact, a hotel clerk on a fishing holiday, he lay there in his blankets, merely wondering and puzzled. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z "My son," said Mrs. Dillon, who saw the other had talked to the hotel clerk. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z “Oh, what a lovely place this is,” said Nan to Bert, while their father was talking with the hotel clerk. The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea 2011-11-04T02:00:25.553Z They came down the street in a hurry looking for the place William had described to the hotel clerk over the telephone. Ned Wilding's Disappearance or, The Darewell Chums in the City 2011-10-11T02:01:05.260Z “The hotel clerk knew,” replied Billie, “because we asked him about the road.” The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z Had a message for you, and the hotel clerk directed me to your room. The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z He had talked to the hotel clerk, and although he had not found out much from Laura, he had found out something. Northwest! 2011-11-22T03:00:09.880Z Mr. Crawford Stanton's attempt to find out who Smith's dinner companion was began with a casual question shot at the hotel clerk; with that, and a glance at the register. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z Before retiring we left orders with the hotel clerk to rouse us in time for the northward bound train, due not long after daylight. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z The hotel clerk should be informed of these at the time of departure. Glacier National Park [Montana] 2011-06-21T02:00:29.217Z But being a hotel clerk did not rise out of my college work. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z That was in 2005, when the Australian actor was arrested for throwing a fit and, in the process, throwing a phone at a hotel clerk. City Room: Don't Forget That Other Sex-Crime Case 2011-05-17T13:02:52Z Men in all ranks of society, from cabinet ministers to hotel clerks, are apt to underestimate the true importance of Little Things. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z Fortune favored them during the next week, for Bethune secured a post as hotel clerk, and Moran went inland to assist in repairing a railroad track which a snowslide had wrecked. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z They were introduced to Mr. Purdy, the land agent, by the hotel clerk, and from him they obtained a map of the county. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z "No gentleman of that name has been staying here, sir," replied the hotel clerk. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z "Beg pardon, sir," said a voice at my elbow, and looking up, I saw the hotel clerk standing there. That Affair at Elizabeth 2011-02-14T03:00:36.587Z Things will then change for hotel clerks, head waiters, and all the million other satellites, that prey upon the wonderful good nature and kindliness of our cousins. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z There is no royal road to success for the hotel clerk, steward, manager, or housekeeper. Guide to Hotel Housekeeping 2011-01-27T03:00:39.557Z While waiting for the hotel clerk, he looked through the visitors' or arrival book. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z She followed the hotel clerk into the building. Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z Mr. Khan, a 28-year-old student and hotel clerk, was detained for five days at a high security prison in Santiago under Chile’s antiterrorism law. Pakistani Man Charged in U.S. Embassy Chemical Case in Chile 2010-05-16T02:21:00Z Someone said that America having refused to have kings and dukes, had enthroned hotel clerks and head waiters in their places. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z A person robbed a hotel clerk of personal property and cash at knifepoint. Montgomery County crime report 2010-04-08T04:00:00Z Looking over the staircase, he saw on the ground floor two policemen talking to the hotel clerk. '?19,000' 2011-01-14T03:00:45.303Z The publisher consulted with the hotel clerk, and returned to report that only two rooms remained available. Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z It was past eleven when he arrived, and the hotel clerk looked curiously at the figure in the ulster who asked for a room. The Princess Galva A Romance The American hotel clerks, the "e" pronounced as in jerk, are veritable tyrants. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z “With all that money,” adds the hotel clerk, “they must ’a’ had to walk bow-laigged.” Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher And, well anyways, I waited and he brought out a letter from his overcoat pocket and it was the very one he had wrote me first and I had returned it to the hotel clerk. Believe You Me! Penny recognized one of the night hotel clerks. Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z "It runs in my head," said he to the hotel clerk, "its name is something like whisky straight, though that is not it exactly." Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions The pair hesitated at the doorway, and after questioning one of the hotel clerks, came towards us under his guidance. Lafcadio Hearn Nothing "in heaven or earth beneath" can surprise a New York hotel clerk. The Dual Alliance You do not have to dig up the hotel clerk when you want to bathe, which shows the inferiority of Vancouver. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Penny climbed the stairs, and in the hallway leading to her room, met her father and the hotel clerk. Voice from the Cave 2011-01-04T03:01:09.533Z "Breakfast from seven to eleven, luncheon from eleven to three, dinner from three to eight, supper from eight to twelve," recited the hotel clerk glibly. Dinners and Luncheons Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions This was arranged by Cronin's occupying a room engaged by another party, so the hotel clerk had no idea that the man was in the house. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin The hotel clerk's directions, obtained before they ate, had been very good. The Golden Skull Poor fellow! how grateful he is to the hotel clerk who sometimes—alas, very seldom—will chat with him for a few minutes. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things One is polite in exchange of courteous word even with one's hotel clerk. Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home “There’s the desk,” said Walter, pointing to where the hotel clerk stood behind the counter waiting for the party. The Motor Girls on the Coast or, The Waif From the Sea But though the hotel clerk reported to him daily for several weeks, there was not one foreign letter. An Artist in Crime I must now pack my trunk and then see the hotel clerk about getting it to the railway station. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century As a rule the hotel clerk is a mute, who assigns a room to you, or hands you the letters waiting for you in the box corresponding to your number. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things He had a fight with the hotel clerk, but he got away with the money, and he got away from the town. The Wishing Moon A hotel clerk who became human once in my presence told me all about it. Seven Keys to Baldpate The rule is that the hotel clerk discovers a vacant room, a ticket speculator disgorges a front-row seat, and the ship’s doctor sells you a berth in the sick bay. With the French in France and Salonika Perhaps I should explain that the hotel clerk was a party to the conspiracy. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories The next morning Mr. Andrews went out to get a cabinet-maker to make a small book-case for his room, and the hotel clerk directed him to the shop of Mr. Breed. The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller “Maybe you can impersonate him and touch the hotel clerk for a loan of ten or twenty dollars.” Dave Porter and His Double Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune "A mixture of sea, hotel clerks, and honeymooners!" the seeker for solitude had sneered. Seven Keys to Baldpate The principle may be illustrated by the hotel clerk's method. Elementary Theosophy Phil spoke to the hotel clerk, who shouted for the bell boy. The Spoilers of the Valley This will be an easy matter, as hotel clerks are known by hundreds of people. The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller When Grace Duvall, accompanied by the hotel clerk, found Ruth Morton lying on the floor in the parlor of her suite, her first act had been to call for a doctor. The Film of Fear As for Charlie, he insisted that he would keep out of the sight of the hotel clerk, until relief came in the shape of money to pay their bill. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas "Mr. D. Reed?" asked the hotel clerk, pointing to a bulky envelope half covered with postage stamps. Donald and Dorothy You've been doing business here before, the hotel clerk tells me. Joe Strong on the Trapeze or The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer There's a shot-gun here," said the hotel clerk, who had overheard the last remarks, "if that would suit you. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West The hotel clerk, the proprietor and three or four of the servants all had increased the crowd there. The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise Charlie was certain that no hotel clerk would be willing to give them board and lodging, penniless wanderers as they were, with nothing but one small valise to answer as luggage for the party. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas Why does a hotel clerk always try to give you some room different from the one you ask for? Continuous Vaudeville After all, you are basing your conclusion upon a number of minor details, upon the observation of hotel clerks. A Royal Prisoner They were registering at the hotel desk, and making arrangements about who was to room with who, when Joe heard the hotel clerk call Mr. Watson aside. Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles “Yes, I guess we’ve got the men you want,” he said, with unusual civility for a Western hotel clerk. Lorimer of the Northwest I had to smile and nod and play my part whilst the little lady was sending the jewels off to the safe custody of the hotel clerk. The Slave of Silence "So I thought; but the hotel clerk told me that sharpers often appeared like this Mr. Graham, if that is his name." The Young Adventurer or Tom's Trip Across the Plains Stepping out of the elevator she turned with hasty step toward the office where sat the hotel clerk, pen in hand. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan "Bad news?" asked the hotel clerk, as he noticed the look on Joe's face. Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles But of course us hotel clerks don’t see anything! 'Firebrand' Trevison But it was not the hotel clerk after all. Crooked Trails and Straight "Great Heavens! you don't mean to say you proposed to carry another hotel clerk on your staff?" queried Fogg. A Pirate of Parts "Give me the key to No. 157," he said, to the hotel clerk. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success Before leaving, he arranged with the hotel clerk to tell Rad that he would meet him at the theatre. Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles A third followed; she did not know him, but Corrigan would have recognized him as the hotel clerk who had grown confidential upon a certain day. 'Firebrand' Trevison The hotel clerk would not swear positively that the prisoner was the man he had seen with the other rustlers. Crooked Trails and Straight One by one I sent each hotel clerk back to his employer, with a check for the money I owed him in his pocket and a receipted bill in mine. A Pirate of Parts He might be a head salesman in a department store, or a hotel clerk, or a train dispatcher, or a broker, or a treasurer of something. The Lost Art of Reading A telephone message to the hotel clerk brought the information that Rad had telephoned in himself, saying that he had been unexpectedly detained, and would meet Joe at the theatre entrance. Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles However, it would surely be as safe in the care of the hotel clerk of the Clifton as in any hotel room, and probably even safer. The Erie Train Boy His testimony, as well as that of the hotel clerk, was positive. Crooked Trails and Straight It was usually a query with hotel clerks and porters, who the auctioneer could be and where he slept and took his meals. Twenty Years of Hus'ling The clerk, like all modern hotel clerks, was exquisitely arrayed, highly perfumed, and too self-important to be obliging, or even courteous. Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House I've a good notion to tell the hotel clerk he's here. Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles To think that after all his careful planning everything should be jeopardized by a hotel clerk's error. The Erie Train Boy I inquired whether any members of the Galleotti family were sitting for her, but the hotel clerk did not know that. Gossamer 1915 He confides to the hotel clerk—who is a Y. M. C. A. secretary back East—that he should not care if it was even fifty dollars a day, he could pay it. Maw's Vacation The Story of a Human Being in the Yellowstone He rose, found his way into Charing Cross Station Hotel, and obtained a copy of “Who’s Who” from the hotel clerk. The Man Who Lost Himself With us a porter would help him out, a hotel clerk assign him a room, and that would end it. A Gentleman's Gentleman 1909 He reflected bitterly that but for the mistake of the hotel clerk, he might be at ease with his booty on the Canada side. The Erie Train Boy “Dynamite!” exclaimed the hotel clerk; “do you think it could be that, officer?” The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast The highly specialized hotel clerk admits that it is not reasonable, that nothing is reasonable, that he has spoken to the Giantess a dozen times about her irregular habits; but what can he do? Maw's Vacation The Story of a Human Being in the Yellowstone Everybody that the man from Kansas tried—waiters, hotel clerks, shop people—all spoke patois. Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge A little skilful quizzing of the hotel clerk confirmed in every detail Annabel's remarkable story, and in his own room Justin sat down to think the matter through to a conclusion. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Meanwhile I had made friends with the hotel clerk, without, of course, explaining my business, and he had promised to tell me of all new arrivals. The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia “Is—is that right?” asked the hotel clerk, doubtfully. The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast I wish I had a movie of the Y. M. C. A. hotel clerk when he is off duty at the desk. Maw's Vacation The Story of a Human Being in the Yellowstone "The police will have to settle this," said the hotel clerk. From Farm to Fortune or Nat Nason's Strange Experience Speaking of accommodating hotel clerks," remarked a Portland commercial traveller, "the best I ever saw was in a town near Bangor. The New Pun Book I recollected my friendship with the hotel clerk, and my eagerness for the arrival of the travellers. The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia “Well, you haven’t any more infernal machines; have you, boys?” the hotel clerk asked them when they came in to get their keys. The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast His next act was to telephone the hotel clerk to send up a time-table. Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty "Keep my valise—I'll catch him if I can!" said Nat, to the hotel clerk, and off he sped, and was soon ahead of the others who had joined in the chase. From Farm to Fortune or Nat Nason's Strange Experience Below them sat the regular boarders at the hotel, hotel clerk, the bartender, miners, traders and the woman who kept the saloon. A Woman who went to Alaska He said he was going to blow up the hotel, and this declaration did not add to the peace of mind of the hotel clerk and the guests. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police Bookkeepers, hotel clerks, and women who do fine sewing at night should be cautioned against such work, if they are myopic. Five Lectures on Blindness Later the hotel clerk was asked to summon an automobile. Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty "Well, how did you make out?" asked the hotel clerk, upon his return. From Farm to Fortune or Nat Nason's Strange Experience "What's the matter, old chap?" asked the hotel clerk, with ready sympathy. The Boy from the Ranch Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences Two officers and the protesting hotel clerk were present at the opening. A Wounded Name But the hotel clerk saw that Ralph was green, so he took no responsibility upon his own shoulders. The Young Bridge-Tender or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle The hotel clerk had been standing exactly where he was now, sorting the morning mail, stopping every now and then with a troubled frown to make out an indistinct address. The Triflers By bribery he may wring an admission or obtain an address from the hotel clerk; but the ménage to which he is directed is, alas, not what he seeks. Europe After 8:15 "There's a note for you," said the hotel clerk to Roy as the boy entered, and he handed over a sealed envelope. The Boy from the Ranch Or Roy Bradner's City Experiences The hotel clerk put it in the safe and went on vacation, and there it had reposed all this time enjoying its fatal work, no doubt. Chapters from My Autobiography They had scarcely entered the door when the hotel clerk came forward with a cablegram. Jack Haydon's Quest He had actually turned to the door in order to summon the hotel clerk when that worthy himself knocked and entered. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York And the rat-faced, filthy little hotel clerk turned out to be a bootlegger.... Murder at Bridge The hotel clerk remarked on inquiry, "If I only knew the numbers of your checks, I would have no difficulty in tracing your trunks." The Reminiscences of an Astronomer I am not sure that this young man wore a braided cutaway and a white carnation; I only know that he affected me as hotel clerks in braided cutaways and white carnations always do. American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' As the hotel clerk or porter attends to all passport details, few foreigners see the inside of the office, or hear the catechisms which are conducted there, as I did. Russian Rambles "My wife and I have been detained in New York this evening unexpectedly," explained Curtis to the hotel clerk. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York This she did on the following morning, inquiring of the hotel clerk about the man who had so strangely called on Miss Elting. The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills The Missing Pilot of the White Mountains In his most characteristic development the American hotel clerk is an urbane living encyclopædia, as passionless as the gods, as unbiassed as the multiplication table, and as tireless as a Corliss engine. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin The hotel clerk says it is possible to reach the Junction on horseback before any trains leave there on the main line. Beth Norvell A Romance of the West Quest took the dispatch which the hotel clerk handed to him one afternoon a fortnight later, and read it through without change of expression. The Black Box "We read about you in the paper, and we heard of you from the hotel clerk in Sycamore." The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida "How about dinner?" he asked, almost as though the young fellow were a hotel clerk. The Bad Man Almost the only field in which the Americans struck me as showing anything like servility was in their treatment of such mighty potentates as railway conductors, hotel clerks, and policemen. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin They hastened upstairs while the hotel clerk was writing Gibson's name on a card, and the boy knocked at the door of No. 76. The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler or, Working for the Custom House The hotel clerk had pointed out the best road to Mt. The Harris-Ingram Experiment After dinner I had some conversation with one of the hotel clerks. Jacqueline of Golden River He also noticed that the hotel clerk seemed to know who she was, for he was more affable to her than to anyone else. Glen of the High North The waiter sometimes rivals the hotel clerk himself in the splendour of his attire, but this does not render more appetising the spectacle of his thumb in the soup. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin As Mark passed on his way to the dining room, the hotel clerk gave him a note, remarking: "That's a bad-looking hand you have, Mr. Griffin." Charred Wood "Run down and tell the hotel clerk at once." The Rover Boys on Land and Sea The Crusoes of Seven Islands You say the hotel clerk told you I was here. The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story The Senator, discovering to his surprise that the hotel clerk was a lady, lifted his hat. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') The evening previous--"Show Mr. Chester to three-thirty-three," the hotel clerk had said, and presently Mrs. Chester was all but perishing in the arms of her son. The Flower of the Chapdelaines "The hotel clerk, who is friendly—for a consideration—telephoned me that the Englishman was out at the time of the accident, and that his hand was burned slightly, and showed powder marks." Charred Wood "You didn't leave your key at the desk when you went out," cried the hotel clerk, struck by a sudden idea. The Rover Boys on Land and Sea The Crusoes of Seven Islands Before becoming a hotel clerk he had worked in a grocery store. More Toasts But one does not bandy words across a thousand miles of country with a hotel clerk, so I merely responded: "Very probably." A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') In his immaculate evening dress, he was a Beau Brummell among hotel clerks, that man. The Man with the Clubfoot He had not been observed to speak to anyone except the hotel clerk. Famous Modern Ghost Stories At this the hotel clerk gave a long whistle. The Rover Boys on Land and Sea The Crusoes of Seven Islands "We will do our best, Mr. Sprawl, to make you feel at home here," smiled the hotel clerk, who had acquired the idea that it pays to be good and kind to all. More Toasts I reflected that while I in Chicago was speaking to the hotel clerk at half-past nine o'clock, the hotel clerk in New York was speaking to me at eleven. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') His barbers, barkeepers, hotel clerks, theatrical box-office clerks, hotel managers and the stars and singers of the street knew of it and him. Twelve Men He slept till late, ate breakfast leisurely, and after an hour of looking over the paper and gossiping with the hotel clerk about the holdup he called casually upon the deputy sheriff. Mavericks The hotel clerk found the windows closed and locked. The Rover Boys on Land and Sea The Crusoes of Seven Islands The hotel clerk had hailed him as he passed and had inquired for Johnny. The Thunder Bird He coughed once or twice and made some indistinct inquiries of the hotel clerk. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') He related his adventures in Scotland, his pursuit of Daly, and his surmises about the gang, and then going down, asked the hotel clerk to witness his signature and put the document in the safe. Carmen's Messenger Lincoln once remarked to Mr. Gillespie that he never felt his own unworthiness so much as when in the presence of a hotel clerk or waiter. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him Upon hearing this the hotel clerk and the detectives insisted upon knowing who Dan Baxter was, and the boys told as much of the bully as they deemed necessary. The Rover Boys on Land and Sea The Crusoes of Seven Islands What, for gracious sake, was a hotel clerk for, if not to tell a person what she wanted to know? The Thunder Bird The hotel clerk's voice was silken with courtesy; there was no telling with what important families these two were connected; and it would not do to give offense. No. 13 Washington Square So there was absolutely no reason for the mood Andy was in when he accepted his key from the hotel clerk and went up to his room. The Happy Family An obliging hotel clerk—clerks were always obliging to Miss Jeffries—gave her the number and she slipped into the booth feeling a ridiculous amount of excitement and suspense. The Fortieth Door It suddenly seemed impossible that she could have tolerated the existence of a hotel clerk for a single week. Tales of the Five Towns And the hotel clerk found your plane was gone, so—" "But I never said I'd come. The Thunder Bird A hotel clerk had turned his back on her! No. 13 Washington Square One has to ask the hotel clerk to find out whether it is New York or ——. The Art of the Moving Picture Dorian enquired of the hotel clerk if he remembered the lady. Dorian Perhaps the woe in my face touched him, for he descended from the eminence of the hotel clerk where he dwelt apart sufficiently to add, "Is it important that you should see her?" Spanish Doubloons There was a delay while the hotel clerk obligingly sent a boy over to where Johnny kept his airplane. The Thunder Bird So Peck procured from the hotel clerk a list of the country clubs in and around San Francisco and started calling them up. The Go-Getter The manager who served you in his shirt-sleeves as his own hotel clerk, is gorgeous in broadcloth, and needs to be reminded of the first meeting. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) "What is the matter," the hotel clerk was saying. The Blood Red Dawn I got there, in a boat hastily commandeered by the hotel clerk's deputy. Spanish Doubloons He had left that as his forwarding address, the hotel clerk said. Ethel Morton's Enterprise "The lady's waiting in the veranda now," said a hotel clerk. The Port of Adventure Hampton was a quiet little country town of about five thousand inhabitants, and Tom soon learned the address of Mr. Bentley, Andy's uncle, from the hotel clerk. Tom Swift and His Sky Racer, or, the Quickest Flight on Record The words of the hotel clerk came to him—"I began to think you had committed suicide!" The Blood Red Dawn Just as I was writing yesterday Dr. Gratzl sent up the hotel clerk to ask us to dinner. A Young Girl's Diary Here again the hotel clerk told him that Mr. Clark had gone on, this time to Washington, the seat of Washington County. Ethel Morton's Enterprise "There's a telegram for you, Mrs. May; just this minute come," said the hotel clerk. The Port of Adventure One of the hotel clerks and the county clerk himself were the witnesses. Danny's Own Story The hotel clerk stood at the side of his bed. The Blood Red Dawn After dinner—a most excellent dinner, with melons from La Junta and trout from the mountain streams—I descended on the hotel clerk with questions. Under the Andes After a bath, breakfast, and a visit to the barbershop, he inquired of the hotel clerk the way to the office of Dr. Green, his mother's cousin. The House Behind the Cedars She was vaguely conscious that the hotel clerk who had given her the telegram was hovering distressfully before her. The Port of Adventure He would have made the most splendid specimen of North American hotel clerk look like a scullery boy. Emma McChesney and Co. The hotel clerk measured that man quick, and he pulled the envelopes and paper out of a drawer, threw them across the counter toward the young man, and then turned away to his books. Acres of Diamonds: our every-day opportunities They were American citizens doing homage to a hotel clerk. An International Episode A hotel clerk on the Riviera sometimes has this lift when he tells you he has not a bed in the house and you tell him he—prevaricates. The Under Dog A singularly sympathetic and apparently intelligent hotel clerk not only advised a motor for sightseeing in the neighbourhood, but recommended one owned and invented by a friend. The Port of Adventure It had been Emma McChesney's boast that her ten years on the road had familiarized her with every type, grade, style, shape, cut, and mold of hotel clerk. Emma McChesney and Co. I am acquainted with every hotel clerk that amounts to anything from New York to San Francisco. In the Midst of Alarms "If I had killed your hotel clerk it would have been due to emotional insanity, and I should expect an acquittal—and, perhaps, a testimonial." Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks I heard from the hotel clerk he had waited here for us two days, and then went back, leaving word we could come on to the ranch, or wait for him. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range "Just send up my card to him, please," he requested the hotel clerk. The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar His wife and daughter hung back to avoid being spattered with the gore of the unfortunate hotel clerk. We Can't Have Everything The hotel clerk handed her two telegrams as she passed the desk. The City of Fire What was there in this pale little hotel clerk who drank too much that lifted him out and up into a sort of radiance? Hidden Creek He had been in town for two days, the hotel clerk said, but, at that moment, had gone to see some friends. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range Inquiry of the hotel clerk gave Blake and Joe the information that Mr. Alcando was in his room, and, being shown to the apartment by a bell-boy, Blake knocked on the door. The Moving Picture Boys at Panama Stirring Adventures Along the Great Canal The hotel clerk, an old resident, to whom I went in my perplexity, was as much surprised as his questioner. A Florida Sketch-Book Then, as M. Zola had no luggage with him, he was requested to deposit a sovereign with the hotel clerk and to inscribe his name in the register. With Zola in England This rendered them all a trifle uneasy and when they left the dining room Arthur went to the hotel clerk and asked: "Have you seen Mr. Jones this evening?" Aunt Jane's Nieces out West They registered, and, in accordance with their directions, left a note with the hotel clerk for Enos Hardy. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range When he went off the other smiled, for a hotel clerk is not often cheated, and he thought he saw where Lister's remarks led. Lister's Great Adventure Buntline immediately obtained a supply of pens, ink and paper, and then engaged all the hotel clerks as penmen. The Life of Hon. William F. Cody Known as Buffalo Bill the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide He had been sent out from the telegraph office and the hotel clerk had told him where we were. The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way "That's all right—we are used to confidences in this business," said the hotel clerk. Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane Accordingly Nat got a letter ready, and intrusted it to the hotel clerk, who promised to send it to Double B ranch at the first opportunity. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range As a rule, a Canadian hotel clerk knows something about everybody of importance in the town. Lister's Great Adventure "Senator August left ten minutes ago," said the hotel clerk affably as he caught sight of the inscription on the card which Tom Collins held. The New Boy at Hilltop But meantime— meantime… There is no doubt that when the frantic man realized his befogging ignorance, and found himself involved in this dreadful delay, the hotel clerk's apprehensions were, at least for wild moments, justified. The Iron Woman He realized that he must confide to a degree in the hotel clerk. Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane Men from it frequently rode into Fillmore, and it was by one of them the hotel clerk proposed sending the boy's letter to Mr. Kent. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range It was a pretty good shop and the hotel clerk declared the people were all right. Lister's Great Adventure You couldn't possibly have discovered anything in their manner to remind you of hotel clerks you may have come to know in your travels. A Fool and His Money Men with tragic faces and bewildered eyes are not welcomed by hotel clerks. The Iron Woman After dinner I was standing by the cigar case talking to the hotel clerk. Tales of the Road Oh, yes, and I put a flea into the ear of the hotel clerk, too. The Rover Boys out West Or, The Search for a Lost Mine She was considerably provoked by the ignorance of the hotel clerk, who not only did not know the publishing house of Carson & Brown, but could not even direct her to Weston place. The Perils of Pauline She found herself hoping that the hotel clerk would not class her with her companion. Roast Beef, Medium It must take a good deal to surprise a hotel clerk. Kent Knowles: Quahaug Mr. Smith surrendered his hand-bag to the bell-boy who was reaching out impatient hands for it, grasped his wife's arm, and, following his small guide, walked firmly into the presence of the hotel clerk. Many Kingdoms An interesting fact is that your chambermaid, bellboy, hotel clerk, taxi driver, dressmaker, saleslady, cook and laundress, hairdresser, waiter and bootblack may all and each be a so-called divorcee. Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information The hotel clerk said that he noticed there was murder in the woman's eye when he saw her. The Gilded Age, Part 6. They were handsome enough fellows, that was evident, browned by out-door exposure, and with a free and lordly way about them that almost awed the hotel clerk himself. The Gilded Age, Part 3. It is the pride of our average hotel clerk to know nothing whatever; it is the pride of the portier to know everything. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 When they came down in the morning the hotel clerk winked at them. The Rover Boys at School The clerk touched a bell, and a porter presented himself: "Here are the keys of sixty-six and sixty-eight," said the hotel clerk. The Young Explorer Mr. Coleman spoke in an easy, off-hand way, that might have taken in some persons, but hotel clerks are made smart by their positions. Struggling Upward, or Luke Larkin's Luck He's only got to ask the hotel clerk and the cashier and the bell hops, and when I've told my story as I'll tell it—he's liable to shoot you. Writing for Vaudeville Slater turned a resentful, smoldering gaze upon the hotel clerk, and looked about him for a chair with a detachable leg, but the object of his regard disappeared abruptly behind the key-rack. The Iron Trail The boys had found out from the hotel clerk how to reach the address in the Bronx, as the upper portion of New York city is locally called. The Rover Boys in New York Or, Saving their father's honor This was typewritten as speedily as possible, and then Andy Royce signed the confession in the presence of one of the hotel clerks and a notary who lived at the hotel. The Rover Boys in Business Or, The search for the missing bonds "Chicago seems so very much like some great town," he explained to the hotel clerk in the evening. The Adventures of a Boy Reporter Hey, you cow-wrastlers!" said a not unpleasant voice, and they turned suspiciously as it continued: "You've shore got to hang up them guns with the hotel clerk while you cavorts around on this range. Bar-20 Days "Hurrah!" cried Tom, when, on the morning of the third day of their enforced stay in New York, a letter was sent up to his room by the hotel clerk. Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground In Venice not only the guides and the hotel clerks and porters but even the simple gondolier has a secret understanding with all branches of the retail trade. Europe Revised He had walked about in it freely, if somewhat irritably, following certain vague directions of the hotel clerk as to the finding of Johnston's wharf. The Window-Gazer Instead of that petty tyrant the hotel clerk, a young woman sits in the office with her sewing or other needlework, and quietly receives you. Winter Sunshine Certainly they were, as any hotel clerk with plastered hair is ready to laugh with the son of a multimillionaire. Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich "There goes the richest woman in America!" said the hotel clerk for the benefit of anyone who might care to listen to the announcement,—"Morgana Royal!" The Secret Power The hotel clerk put it into my trembling hands. Simon the Jester Yet he still wished the little sister had not been made to marry the cross-eyed hotel clerk. Merton of the Movies The hotel clerk had obligingly given him the names of a number of the quieter saloons, where the boys "hung out" between bursts of prosperity. The Blazed Trail He inquired concerning him of the hotel clerk, who, like all Washington clerks, was a walking edition of "Who's Who at the Capital." Cy Whittaker's Place "Put not your trust in hotel clerks," was the sententious observation. The Puppet Crown Must I prove this?" she added, smiling; "for I can probably do so, by the hotel clerk and by my maid. The Gold Bag "And to think you didn't know him!" repeated the hotel clerk wonderingly. A First Family of Tasajara The hotel clerk judged me a criminal before the act I had not even had time to meditate. The Mutiny of the Elsinore I thought the hotel clerk looked at me five seconds too long. Strictly business: more stories of the four million Andy agreed with me, but after we talked the scheme over with the hotel clerk we give that plan up. The Gentle Grafter The hotel clerk told Lonny that a famous artist from New York had arrived in town that day and was in the hotel. Roads of Destiny In his state of tension he felt that the hotel clerk's eyes were suspicious as he retained the two rooms for another day, and that Bill watched him out with more than casual interest. The Breaking Point The hotel clerk handed her into a taximeter cab, and gave the address to the driver. The Illustrious Prince Babbitt had spoken with the deference which all the Clan of Good Fellows give to hotel clerks. Babbitt Suddenly, while passing Orange House, Jasper swerved and went in, or, rather, rushed in, startling Gomez, the hotel clerk, very much. 'Twixt Land and Sea |
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