Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-02-04
A Singular story,

A few weeks since. q man only. some
Eve and-;hirty years old. went into the Cafe .
Anglaise, Paris, aud said to the mistress
II wish you would retain No. l3 for this
evening. Lay plates for eight, aud have
dinner on the table at seven o'clock pre-.
cisely. leave the selection of The dinner
to you. Give US dinner of four dollars
a head, wine included. Here is a bank
note Of $40; four times eight are thirty
two; the change. eight dollars is for the
walters" AT quarter before seven he 70.
turned he was shown into No. 10. . He
asked for pen. ink and paper. After be
| received them be tore g sheet Of paper, ia,
to eight several parts, wrote something on
each of them, and placed one of them on
each plate. Wnen the clock struck seven.
be said 10 the waiter : II viii wait TIT
half past seven" At the appointed time
be took his seat Q, the table aud said ia
| the astonished waiteesr "Ssrve the dinner
just the same as if oil my guests were pres.
ent'" The waiter obeyed, aud placed q
dish of soup on each plate. managing while
doing SO to read the names on the plates.
He found nothing on the bits Of paper
but re, me. fa. Sc, Ia. si, do. When ho
went back 10 the kitchen, he told the ser.
want the odd guest he had in No. IS.
The rdmor reached the ear Of the master
of the house; Ire AZ onee. stspected some,
thing 'vas wrong "How is the gentiedren
dressed ?'hs asked the waiter. He il
dressed in black. When be went toto the
room be took of his oyeTcoat and placed
il on the piano. where it still remains.
Bring me his overcoat. II doubtless cen.
tains letters or visiting cards. aud we shalt
6nd out what sort OF guest we have.
Act cautiously aud be quick The waitof
sooucd re- urned with the oyercoat Mas
ter and servant Instantly searched The
pocket; they found neither letters nor Sis-
iiing cards; bat they discovered two small
pocket pistols which were capped aud lcads
ed The master drew the charges, LEFT the
caps on The nipples, replaced iAent IN tbs
pocket, aud made the seryanc%cerry the
overcoat buck TO the private rpom. AS
he was eating dessert the waiter asked him
Il mean this strange Gorsl--if he " Guild
take coffee. Yes. How many cups. Eight
of course, The. eight cups were fIied.
Now leave ine; when want you Ipwi {
riug the bell The waiter retired, shut the
door, aud put his eye TO the key hole to see
what Was going to take place. : = y
AS s,on as the guest was alone be heav-
cd deep sigh. rose, went To- the piano.
opened IL. played an air from one of VERr
DI's operas. aud tried to sing-in vain.
His voice was completely gone. aHis hands
fell into bis lap. aud the tears esnrsed
down his cheeks. He marmured :b All II
over IT'S hopeless my voice is bro
ken shall never again DO able te OBJ
tain another engagetneut. ny career q at
an end aln dead msn Then ts
added, with hysiericsi laugh !: Gods
-sasn't ita devlish ingenious assion ehs1
10 give s'farewsi dinner 20 uy potssssa
pariisg banqaet 10 those poeR .neI9s Hhiel1.
last year., vsre.so bsiiiispt and pare 10 NJ
, throat Artists alone eau conceive sn(
, execute such ideas All I poor fsllow; tbs
, game is up with you; pothlps d len yod
Ibnt TO die He put bis hand iu ~ poc!
!. OF Of his osercoa'. took out The 40 pisscI3
. placed The mnzzis Of sssb u iseeh of hi
: ears, and pulled the Wl(xorA Ih< ~
sxplodsd. aud ths poor ieliey Al sessaIeI
J on the carpet. M