Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-05-22
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He was a man with a triangular smile,
a cold, steel-gray eye, and face as clean
~ shaven as priest. He sat down at the
end of the dinner table, tucked napkin
under his chin. smiled patronizingly upon
the bowing waiter, and said:
Bring me good tony dinner, Thom-
as. No soup o-day-thanks."
"Yes, sah.n
Plenty of ubstantials-turkey, Sec
ond joint, remember"
Yes, sah."
/" With dish of cranberry sauce"
Yes, sah."
See that the vegetables are all warm"
Yes, sah."
" And. Thomas" calling him back;
I" the roast beef must be rare and fat
don't forget"
Yes, sah.--yes, sah"
Then he stroked his face with the air of
man on the best of terms with himself,
dipped lump of sugar into his glass of
water. crushed it in his mouth, dropped
back into a graceful attitude, and occupied
himself in watching the other guests until
the waiter returned with his dinner heaped
upon tray.
Thomas" he said, rs the waiter rang
ed the dishes in semi circle before him,
"you must do better if you expect me to
remember you, as I'm in The habit of
doing. The last time l was here-the day
Senator Matthews was with me-you
brought us dinner good enough for a
king. But this is shabby, Thomas-very
shabby, after the way I've always looked
after you, tapping his breast pocket
significantly. The baked oysters on the
half-shell are missing, Thomas. | don't
see any lobster salad or wine jelly. You
must use better taste, or | shall have to
wade through the bill of fare myself.
Thomas, and | have such headache |
don't like to do it. This beef seems cooked
to crisp, and looks as tough as finance.
Take it all away, Thomas, and try again.
See if you cant do justice to your reputa-
tion. Remember | am i'll, Thomas, and
don't be sparing of the dainties. You
know my weakness-touch the palate in
the right spot, and it's the same thing as
putting your hand in my pocket" with
wink that opened the darkey's face from
ear to ear.
"Yes, sab, h,-yes, sab. Get it right dis
time. Gen'l. See de mistake-took We fo'
Gov'neh williamsburg pardon, sah-beg
pardon-didnt see We fa'h in de face. We
all gifts fused sometimes-so many GEM
men comin'.n
And the waiter, with many apologies,
lavished his best bows upon the self
assertiye stranger as he gathered up the
dishes with great alacrity. In few mo-
ments he returned with the choicest viands
the house afforded, and this time met with
such unmistakable evidence of approval
that he stepped over to a brother waiter
and informed him in an exultant whisper
that he had just foldered member of the
cabinet with the best of satisfaction and
would get five dollar fee sure. The other
offered him dollar for his chance, and
lost his friendship from that moment.
Thomas
" Yes, sah.',
The waiter was bowling at his side in an
instant, and received the order for dessert,
which he proceeded to execute with the
utmost dispatch, not forgetting to include
a good display Of rare delicacies, as his
own voluntary tribute to greatness.
With folded arms he took his position
behind the chair of the stranger, and wait.
ed impatently for the moment when he
should see something glitter us it was sly
y slipped under the edge of the plate--for
he felt that member of the cabinet could
not consistently swerve from the gold
standard.
Thomas"
"Yes, sah."
These figs have been exposed to the
air for some time"
Yes, sah.n
" Bring me some from fresh box,
please. My stomach is very delicate to-
day."
Yes, sab"
The eye of the stranger watched the re-
treating form of the sable child OF hope
until it passed through the door, and then
the man arose and hastily left the room.
Gentle reader, would you know who it
was that so basely abused the confidence
of the susceptible son of HamP You shall
it was Chicago drummer!-Breakfast
Table.