The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-14

has only three or four Bavarinne: fes,
| MI send you to him Tor to-night.T
Fifteen minutes later our wagon 9rew
up before the door OF the ohark. on .ne
way unfolded little plan 70 my COM
panions, with which they were oe-
lighted.
| When our worthy host saw us ne was
radiant with delight, and his sausiac,
tion was apparently increased Wheh We
texcused ourselves for troubling hini
again'so soon, and begged that he woulo
have our tired horses we'll attended TO.
| "Oh, you are very welcome, gentle-
men," he replied, rubbing his hands
with sort of satanic glee. "You 40
my little house great honor" ("uere l
have the eight ounces again." ne thought
to himself.)
| We made ourselves as, comfortable as
possible, and, in our enaeavors In this
direction, we were ably seconded by our
host. When he asked us how many
rooms we wished, we mOdestly replied
| that we were by no means particular
how many we had; whereupon ne hast.
ened to allot to our occupancy eight
rooms in a row, up two flights OF stars,
which, he assured us, were as comiorta-
BILE rooms as any rooms in his mouse,
and l have no doubt that, in making the
1
truth OF ordering our supper we mace
equal by light work, leaving the selec-
| tiOn. of the bill of fare entirely to him.
Yes,we went even SO far III evincing
our confidence In his judgment and DIS
cretion as to allow him to select our
wine for US.
.Perhaps shall put bottle Of cham
pagne on iceW he suggested. 81 nope
Messieurs les Prussienes found my
! wiSe to their taste the other evening"
"If you choose you may put two on
iceY' l replied.
"Perhaps three, messieursw
"Four, II you like"
"Beu, let US say six"
"You are very kind, monsieur
My duty, my duty! 1 think l know
what is due to such guests as you are,
gentlemen"
And so we continued to compliment
each other until our jaws were busy
| with supper, which, thanks to the gener-
osily Of our host, was truly Lucullin ian
| its character.
Our host watched our glasses with
Argus eyes, and hardly were they en-
PITY when the walters, in.obedience to his
| wink, filed them again; this we gave
| ly, especially when he brought on the
Champagne, which, to do the shark JUS
tlce, confess was very good, and, un-
like mis- claret, had not been watered.
| We sWallo wed with heroic courage what
ever was set before us-and 10 Is aston
ishing what eight healthy, willing fellows
can accomplish in this direction, under
I proper encouragement, after a hard
days MAJ Oh, especially II they had been
On plain fare Tor lew days. We re-.
| pealedly drank the Sharks health, an
| h0nor the significance OF which he was
destined not to learn until the next
morning. Finally at ate hour, with
| heavy heads and Timber Knees, leaying q
formidable battery Of empty bottles
behind us, we retired to sleep the sleep
of-the avengers.
| The next morning, bright and early,
late as.it was when we went to our beds,
we were assembled round the table en-
joying our Gaze an ldit, and in all the bet
ter humof i'll consequence of the success
OF our little plot. 1t was with sort OF
satisfaction that l watched our host, as
we drank our coffee, making copy OF
what seemed to be an interminable fist
OF entries III big account book before
| him.
Snow he is slaughterimg u.s." whis-
pered to my comrades, just as one of our
| drivers, a staiwart Pomeranian, present.
ed himself at the door, and cried out,
seTne wagons are ready, gent emenW
+ Before our landlord could recover
from his astonshment we were out OF
his house and in our seats. But he was
close upon US with his bill, which could
have been measured with yard-stick
glanced at the sum. 1t was as we in.
tended it should be, larger than the
previous one.
"What is it, you witch?' asked, with
all tue naivete l could command.
"rhe amount of my little bill, me'.
sieurs, if you please" repeated Lne
Shark in his blandest tone.
+ "Your. bill now? why, We were quar-.
tered with you"
/ "En! wh-what! quartered with mer'
he sLammered, and at eacn syllable his
under jaw fell lower and lower.
"Certainly! Is it possible that l for
got last evening togive you our billeti
Why, here it is nOwp' ana | drew The
document from my pocket and handed il
to him. II beg a thousand pardons,
mon cher monsieurl Driver go on"
!, And away we drove, laughing heartily
The Shark, however, did not seem to
relish the joke. AS long as we were in
sight he stood still, "with murder in his
MEN," looking nowsat us, and now at
his s'little bill" ......
We, however, for the thousandth time
struck up our favorite song, which Fang
, merrily on the morning air:
"Lieb vaterand, mag.t rubig sein.
/ Fest stebt and treu die Watch an Khein."
Does any body doubt that the landlord
/ | of the Shark looked after the Quarter
, |billets little more closely alter thi
= adventure. Probably not!