Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-08-10

cAc'aims ne, MI this water-pitcher, and
give me the walnut kctchup" This man.
date being fulfilled, he proceeded to lay
waste the hash. After finishing that, with
which he devoured halca.dozen slices of
bread aud about quarter Of pound of
butter, he tumbled the remaining slices
into tumbler Of milk, the pitcher hap
penipg to hold about two quarts. Seeing
nothing else to eat on the table except a
plate of pickles, lie swallowed them all re.
gardlcss of curds, probably considering
that he had stomach enough for anything.
BY this time Leonidas Lunch appeared
to have got quite comfortable, for, titing
his chair back against the wall, cross
ing his legs and folding his hands, he fell
into a snoozc, having achieved one of tho
cheapest dinners on record. In a little
while he began to snore harmoniously, re-
sounding blasts of victory.
" | say, Jack" said one waiter to an
other, "who is that snoozer out there asin
the wall ?"
" | don't know. Thought you did, he
makes himself SO much at home. lie
called for a plate of hash about two hours
ago. Said something about not being in
hurry to go to the City Iall--clcrk, per-
hnps."
Il noticed he swallowed all the bread
and milk and pickles, and thinued that
butter down.
"What makes him snorc so:"
g s'rosc it's the pickles quarrcling with
the milk"
At this moment Lconidas sncezed with
such violence that his chair tilted forward,
and he awokc amidst peal of laughter
from the waiters-thc customers having
long before gone about their business.
"Ilad good sleep, sir?" gravely in
quircd waiter, as Leoui!as strobe up to
the counter TO settle for his hash.
"Slecp? Me? Yes, l believe l did
doze little. Ten ccuts, | believe 2"
For the hash." said the clerk, laying
particular emphasis Oh the word.
"l-e-s,' said l.conidas. airily stroking
his English whiskcrs. "Oac plate only,
| believe, Of the Hash ?"
" Ten cents plate for hash only" re.
piled the clerk, winkipg slyly to the watt
crs, who were making all sorts of grim
faces.
l.conidas put his hand in his pocket,
and after fumhling awhile, he drew out
from corner u dilapidated ten. cent stamp,
so wrctchedly wi,lcrcl and dcfaccd such
Il mu,ilatcd evidence Of the evils of civil
war-:hat the clerk started aghast at the
sight.
THAT amt worth more than Eve ccuts,"
said he fecbly. 1t looks sick-had the
smallpox, or must have been badly vac
cinated."
"Oh, never mind" said Leonidas, with
lofty carclcssncss, and yawning. Il shall
ccme in aud take dinner every day. III
pay you the other five cents next time l
like your hash-and when l like place
l stick to it,"
His threats of coming every day in
creased the clerks alarm, and he thought
it best to be rid of such n customer rs
soon as possible.
"Very WE'LL" said he, forcing a smile.
" It's small affair, any way"
"Of course" replied Leonidas, with
happy coincidence of opinion. Have
you got such a useful trAe as a penkuife
about you?'
The clerk looked rather savage at this,
and felt as if crrving.knife would have
been more serviceable just then. lie
thought of Felix Larkin and John Glass,
but with heroic self-command he smoothed
down the bristlcs of his indignation and
presented his penknifc. Leonidas took it,
and commenced pairing and cleaning his
nails, apparently unconscious of being
the "cynosuro of neighboring eyes"
"Jack," shouted the clerk, fercely,
"put another cord of pickles and another
mountain of bread on the table out there,
and see that we take an extra gallon Of
milk after this"
EYES," shouted Jack, "sure not to for
get it,"
"Thank you, sir" said Leonidas, re-
turning the penknife. "Oh, by the way,
suppose you don't care about that even
ing paper out there. There's an article in
i: am anxious to preserve--a money
article"
"Jack," cried the clerk. biting his lip
in despair, hand this gentleman the even.
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