Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-02-10

coffee-room of the Temeraire, that hope
began TO revive within u.s. We began TO
consider that perhaps the lonely traveller
had taken physic, or done something in
| iudicious to bring his complaint on Bull
| finch remarked that he thought the waiter
who ought to wait upon us had Enlightened
little when suggesting curry; and al
though know him to have been at that
moment the express image OF despair, !
allow myself to become elevated in spirits
As we walked by the softly tapping sea, all
the notabilities Of Namelesston, who are
forever going up and down with the
changelessness Of the tides, passed to and
fro in procession Pretty girls on horse
back, and with detestel riding masters;
pretty girls on foot; mature ladies in hats
.spectacled, slrong-minded, and glazing
at the odposite or weaker sex. Tho Stock
Exchange was strongly represented, Jeru-
salem was strongly represented, the bofes
of the proster London clubs were strongly
represented. Fortune-hunters ofall de-
nominations were there, from hirsute inso-
yency in curricle to closely button-up
swindlery in doubtful boots, on the sharp
lookout tor any likely young gentleman
disposed to play game at billiards round
the corner Masters of languages, their
lessons finished for the day; were going to
their homes out of sight of the sea; mis-
tress of Accomplishments carving small
portfolios likewise tripped homewards;
pairs of scholastic pTpils two and two,
went langudly along the beach, Surveying
the face Of the waters as ii waiting for some
ark to come and take them OF Specues
of the George the Fourth days lifted un-
steadily among the crowd, henring the out
ward semblance ofancient dapdies oi every
one of whom il might be said not that he
had one leg in the grave, or both legs, but
that he was stepped in grave to theRummlt
of his high shirt-collar and had nothing
real about him but his bones. Alone sta
tionary in the midst of all the movements,
the Namelesston boatmen leaned against
the ratings and yawned, and looked out to
sea- OF looked at the moored fishing boats
and at nothing. Such is the unchanging
manner of life with this nursery OF our
hardy seamen, aud very dry nurse they
are always wanting something to drink.
The only two nautical persons detached
from the railing were the two fortunate
possessors OF the celebrated monstrou5 un-
known barking fish, just caught frequent
ly Just caught off Namelesston,) who car
ried him about in hamper, and pressed
the scientific to look in at the lid.
The sands of the hour had all run out
when we got back to the Temeraire. Says
Bullfinch then to the youth in livery, with
boldness: "Lavatory"
When we arrived at the family vault with
skyhght, which the youth in livery pre-
scented as the institution sought we had
already whisked of our cravats and coats;
but finding ourselves in the presence of an
evil smell, and no linen but two crumpled
towels newly damp from the countenances
of two somebody elses we put on our era
vats and cOnts again, and fed unwashed to
the coffee-room.
There, the waiter who ought to wait upon
us had set forth our knives and forks and
glasses on. the cloth whose dirty Ncquaint-
ance we had already had the pleasure OF
making, and whom we were pleased to re-
cognize by the familiar expression Of its
stains. And now there occurred the truly
surprising phenomenon that the waiter who
| ought not to wait upon us swOoped down
upon us, clutched our loaf OF bread, and
vanished with the same.
Bullfnch with distracted eyes was fol-
lowing this unaccountable figure 'out at
the portal" like the Ghost in Hamlet, when
the waiter who ought to wait upon lis ost-
| ler against it, carrying turean,
Waiter" said severe diner, lately I'm
ished, perusing his bill fercely through his
eyeglass
The waiter put down our tureen on a
remote side table, and went to see what
was amisa in this new direction
This is not right, You know. waiter.
look here. Here's yesterdays sherry, one
and eightpence, and here We are again,
two shillings, And what does sypence
mean2"
so far from knowing what siypence meant,
the waiter protested that he didn't kn W
what anything meant He wiped the per.
spintion from his clammy brow, and said
it was impossible to do it, not paIticalari-
zing what-and the kitchen was SO far of
Take the bill to tho bar, and get it alter
ed, said Mr. Indignation Cocker; no to
call him
The waiter took it, locked intensely at 1t,
did not seem to like the idea Of taking tito
the bar, and submitted, ~ new light npOn
the case that perhaps siSpence meant six
pence
II tell you again" snii Mr. Indignation
Cocker, "here's yesterdays sherry cant
you see it2 one and eightpence, and here
we are again, two shillings. What do you
make OF one and elghtpence and two shil-
lipgs?'
Totally unable to make anything Of one
and eghtpence aud two shillings, the wait
er went ont to try II anybody else could
merely casting a backward glance at Bull
finch, III acknowledgment OF his pathetic
entreaties for our soup tureen After q
pause, during which Mr.. Indignation Cock.
er read newspaper and coughed defiant
coughs, Bullhnch rose to get the tureen,
when the waiter reappeared and brought
it; dropping Mr.. Indignation Cookers alter.
ed bill on Mr.. Indignation Cookers table
as he came along.
Its quite impossible to do it, gentle
men, mulmured the waiter, aud theki
chen is so far of
We'll. You don't keep tue house III
not your fault, We suppose. Bring sOmt
sherry"
"Waiterl" From Mr Indignation Cock
er, with n new and burning sense OF injurl
upon him,
The waiter, arrested on his way to on
sherry, stopped short, and came back TO sc,
what was wrong now.
will you look hereI This is worse than
before. DO you understand Here's yes
terdays sherry one aud eightpence, an'
here we are again two shillinge, And wha
the devil does ninepence mean
This new portent utterly confounded tn
waiter, He wrung his napkin, and mute
appealed to the ceiling
Waiter, fetch that sherry" says Bull
finch, in open wrath and revolt,
II want to know" persisted Mr. lndip
nation Cocker, "the meaning OF ninepencC
, want to know the meaning OF sherry on
! and eghtpence Yesterday and Of here W
7 are again two shillings. Send somebody,
The distracted waiter got out Of the rooI
under pretext Of sending somebody an
by that means got our wine But the II
J stant he appeared withour decanter, Mr.. II
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