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in this fashion, one of the guests rang and complained of a water pipe located just above his bed, which had burst suddenly and awakened him from his beauty sleep. His indignation was unbounded and in the morning he demanded an apology from the manager, which was smilingly forthcoming. But that individual did not think it necessary to explain to the irate guest that the room above his (an unoccupied one) had caught fire and that the lives of some five hundred guests had been quietly and quickly saved by an inconspicuous "sprinkler."
