Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-12-04
THE WEEKLY STAR

| and piece Of the breast ~ when hand ma.
laid on his shoulder and the clerk Of "a, bo,.
said, In n voice Of authority:
Further down. Further doTn, We want
| these seats for ladies'"
Tilghmsn hesitated.
Quick quick 80 urged the CLERK
There was a rustling behind him Of lsdies
dresses, and cur gentleman felt that he must
| move In his eagerRess &C. secure another
place he stumbled over n char and came near
| fallpg PROSTATE. At length he brought up
! the lower end Of the table.
| Waiter" he cried, as soon as he found a
new position, waiter, want some Of that
roast turkey
The waiter did not hear, or was too busy
with some one else to hear
| 30 loudly and earnestly was this uttered
that the observation Of every one at that en-
\ OF the table was attracted towards the yours-
man. But he thought Of nothing but securing
| ms prsvender. At length he received his
turkey, when he ordered certain vegetable.
and then began eating greedily, while h..
| eyes were every moment glauciDg along O..
table to see what else there was TO tempt his
palate.
Waller he called, ere the first mouth
ful was fairly swallowed.
The waiter came
Have you any oyster ssuce7"
NO sir"
Great cooks! Turkey without cys:e--
sauce. Bring me a slice Of ham"
Z" Bottle Of ale, waiter" socn issued from
his lips
The ale was brought, the cork drawn, ard
the bottle set beside Tilghmsn, who, in b..
haste poured his tumbler two-thirds full e.,
the contact Of air had produced effervescenc.
Tho consequence was that the liquor fowec
suddenly over the glass, and spread its creamy
Foam fcr the space Of four or FIVE inches
arOnnd e,,s l.
taken more interest in our young gentleman
who was looking after nnmber one, than in tho
dinner before them, and when this little moi
dent occurred, could not suppress a litter
Hearing this, Tilghmsn became suddenly
conscious of the ludicrous figure he had made,
aad glanced quickly from face 10 face
The first countenance his eyes rested anon
was that Of the young man who Lad been his
stage companion near him was a lady who
had thrown back her veil and whom he in.
stantly recognized as Helen WaIcot She il
was who stood behind him when the clerk
elected him from his chair, and she had been
an eye witness OF his sayings and loings
since he dropped in his present place at the
table. 50 much had his conduct affected her
with a sense of the ridiculous that she could
not suppress the smile that curled her lips
smile that was felt by Tilghman as the
deathblow to all his hopes Of winnns her Gov
his bride. With a substance Of these .ss
slsO-tbst is, from the table, without so much
as waiting for the dcscE: On the forward
deck he ensconced himself until the boat
reached South AmbOy, n. J., aud then took
care not to push his way into the ladies car,
specimen of sclfdenial TO which he was lot
accustomed.
Six months afterwards-he did not venture
to call on Miss W alcOt-Tng gilman read the
announcement Of the young la1y's marriage
to a Mr.. Walker, and long afterwards met
her in company with her husband. He proved
to be the travelling companion who had been
so disgusted with his boorish conduct y ien on
his las. trip to the East
Our young gentleman has behaved himself
rather better since when from home, and We
trust that some other young gentlemen whe
are too much in the habit Of taking care of
number one when they are among strangers,
will be warned by this modification and cease
to expose themselves 10 the ridicule Of we'll
bred people.