The Red Cloud chief., 1882-06-15

4 Hsaery MASS Experience In Ienden.
, This man. this weak. foolish vessel.
treut ouf 10 breakfast one morning 81
Ten O'Clock. Being q generous and for
giving person. he selected the place
where he had dined the night before.
Some Of the shutters were stiIl OF the
windows. He went, in. however. The
long narrow apartment; was full Of dust.
the chairs were all piled upon the tables.
and a man was sweeping the dry floor
with n dry broom and the most bcwi-
dcring energy. The prospect WAS not
promising. but no; altogether chcene-s-
Il was clear proof that people dld ONE
times sweep in London. The dust vas
a little too thick for weak lung. how
ever. and the stranger wen, out He
walked 10 several other restaurants aud
Couldn't get in at all So he driiiei
back again. rejecting tha; IL vas prob
ably a holiday Of onc kind OF another.
By this time the tables were partly coy-
cred. and one or two Of the walters had
arrived The stranger sat down and
looked around. Nobody took the
slightest notice VI him. and after awhile
he raped for a waiter. Then q of
them came, staring at him un-
pleasantly. The American sail he
would take breakfast The waiter re-
Fled that they did not serve anything
Until tw elye. Everybody brcakfasie !
at home. Well. yes. he would try and
get something for the gentleman, but il
was against tho rule. lie departed.
having left this suggestion u an extra
fee. BY ard By he came back with
fried sole. eggs, coffee. rolls and a chop.
The American ate yoraciuu,ly. and
called for the bin. Iii. waiter rcckoned
it up rapidly in his head at seven shill-
ings. or Sl.75. and the foolish stranger
paid him a shilling besides. Two or
three days later he discovered that he
had been overcharged by three shiil-
ings. Thus il cost him just one dollar
Of stealings and fees 70 learn to eat
breakfast at home. Thi, same man
made a nice row in a restaurant n din
ner one night when he first arrived. He
had been warned TO keep on the look
out for ovcrcharges. and by the time
his meal was finished he was in a good
IllDbl IbT tilil SUI vi u tlli-. ~ III
arrived in the restaurant at tive o clock,
and had called for a I'LL Of fare. Ii Wa
printed on n sheet Of paper just the size
of n page of the Chicago NeUs. Half
the items were in red ink. This indi-
Gated that they were special dishes for
that day. He had soup, and ordered
boiled mutton in red ink. The wait, II
consulted with the cook. and said the
mutton would be done in three
minutes. The stranger waited. In ten
minutes the waiter came back and said
the cook had concluded not To serve
any more mutton that day. The Amer
lean said he would have a lamb chop
also in red ink. Another consultation,
and another disappointment. There
were no lamb chops. Would he try n
fllet of beef. rare? Yes, he would.
The waiter looked rather ashamed rs he
came back this time. He had no need
To speak. The truth was written on his
face. There was no fillet. The Amer
lean was angry, but calm. lie said:
"Bring me anything you've got in
your measly old ranch. l don't care
what it is. Only don't keep me in sus-
pense. / don't want TO make up my
mouth for any more things and not get
them. Get me anything you have got"
He received n fair sort of q dinner,
but he was out of sorts all the time. II
is nc laughing matter 10 work n 5
Imagination up To n thing and get an
other. When it came to making ont the
bill YOU may image how carefully he
watched his man putting down the
items. As the waiter wrote. he talked.
This is how il ran:
lone soup, one radishes and butter.
one new potatoes, one turbot. one steak.
m asparagus, one peas, one Bass
low many brcadsp"
..What?"
"How many breads?'
"NOne of your business"
"Well. I'll have to charge for two"
Charge? You don't charge for
bread?'
..Ycs. sir. A penny for each bread"
"Humph! Well, l had one" This
very sulkily.
"How many buttcrs:?'
s.Eh?''
'.Iiow many butters.o"
"Butters-Oh! You charge for but
ter? All! Isee. Two buffers. There's
nothing mean about you. Oh. no. Hold
on there. Don't adj her up yet. You've
forgotten the salt. l had some on my
radishes."
'No charge for salt"
What? Is there anythingyou don't
charge for in this Internal country? Per-
haps you want to tuck it on for that glass
of water l had n mouthful out of.
No? Well. this is simply p~aralyzing
l~iberality."
And he went out muttering. This
actually occurred in n restaurant where
fully five hundred people dine every day.
| know, because l have seen the man. l
see him in the mirror every morning
when | am dressing.-London Cor. Chi
cd9o Ncus.