Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-10-26
ALnOsr SITTING ON A NAT.

An UDelaimstl Keiic Of fsshiOn ut Del
mensoo's sod M Uspssd nan ss Dunlap's
New York SUN.
A letter enclosing = bill from Dunlap
for q new % silk hat, and addressed t.
William II. T.avsrs, the Wall street vete-
ran, was sent by 'nall several days ago by
Mr.. William p.ttit, Of the importing
house of John Petit Of 240 Pearl street.
Mr.. Petit had bought the new hat to 70.
place one that Mr.. Travers had sat ON,
more or less at DelmOnicO's. in Fifth
avenue.
Mr.. Petit is slender, dark young man
fastidiOus in his dress. He takes his meals
at DelmOnicO's The night the hat was
sat ON he went into the dining rsOm and
set the hat in chair ut one Of the tables,
at the same time running his cane through
the rungs Of the back. Then he sat down
on the opposite side Of the tabas, and pick
ing up an evening" paper, read it while he
waited for his dinner.
While he was thus engaged Mr.. Travers
sauntered in and began to talk with friends
at table in frcht Of Mr.. Pettit's. 1t should
now be understood that this is Mr.. Psttit's
narrative. Mr. Travers laid bold of tho
back of the chair ON which the hat was set,
and began to drag the chair toward him.
Ha continued to drag it with him whom ho
crossed over to speak to lady 1t third
table. Then he suddenly wheeled it around
and sat down. It was at this point that
the hat WAS ruined. .s nm ...
All the walters looked around at the
noise, and Mr.. Petit glanced up fiOm his
paper and over the top Of it at Mr.. Travers.
MIR. Travers, fearing that something had
happened, got out Of the chair, and, turn
ing half round, looked down and saw that
it had.
Picking up the wreck carefully. he
handed it to Mr.. Petit. 'I-almnst sat
ON your hat" he remarked with . winning
smile r....,..
Mr.. Petit says he waited for an apology,
which Mr.. Travers did not offer. Then
Mr.. Petit walked over to tho clerks Of
tice, and handed him disreputable look
ing hat, said:
''Tbat il left in your care for Mr.. Travcrs.
whenever he chooses to claim it."
Some days later Mr.. Petit consulted his
for the value Of the hat. 'If Mr.. Trav-
ers,' Mr.. Petit said to San reporter
yesterday, chad apolOgized or had offered
to mako the loss good, why, Of course
should have accepted the apology and said
no moro about it. have heard, however,
that Mr.. Travers is not that sort Of
man. Tho hat which he said he had almost
sat upon was, as q matter Of fact, broken
in two places and ruined. Tho crushing
in of the crown could be heard twenty feet.
indeed, it was the noise that first 1t
tracted my attention to Mr.. Travcrs. In
view Of the fact that Mr.. Travers did not
apologize. but went from table to table
joking about the incident, determined to
sue him. Isought Evarts, Southmayd &
ChOatr, who are counsel for our firm, but
was dissuaded from tho attempt to 10.
cover damages by the lawyers remark
1t would give Mr.. Travers moro satisfac-
ton to brag over being sued for % than
you wOuld get by making him pay it,
Afterward sent MIR. Trayers . letter,
enclosing . bill for the hat l bought to
rcplase tho one he spoiled. TIE nOto
read
"W. A. Trauers, Esq.
DEAR SIR The hat which you sat upon
in now ut DelmOnicO's awaiting your dis
pOsal. Tho enclosed bill for a duplicate
also awaits payment.
Respectfully,
"WILLIAM PETTTT."
Mr.. Travers paid NO heed to this let
ter, and have now let the matter drop.
I can stand it if he CAM
Mr.. Travers was at the Racquet club
when the reporter called. He was sitting
upon q wicker sofa in the dressing room
hunting through a file of the SuS. A
peaked jockey cap, striped with bars Of red
and white silk, was perched upon his gray
hair. A smoking jacket enveloped his
chest, aud his legs were muffied up in
gray blanket.
"Ob, yes, about Mr.. Pettit's hat
It's AL joke, said he, looking up from
the file o: papers Pa" It's all q joke, that's