, 1885-03-18
4 Mixed BEVERAGE.
Puzzled walters and Interested Spectators
"A Sensitive Customer

"A Sensitive Custome=.
New York sun.l
A quiet little man, with a muller around
his neck, mittens on his hands ear tippet'
on his ears, galoches, and the various other
appliances by which men who arc always
troubled with colds may be distinguished
from men who are not. entered the Astor
house rotunda the other evening, removed
his wrappings. limbed upon n stool, and
patiently waited to catch the eye Of tho man
who was attending to the wants of those at
the luncheon counter. There were a num-
Der Of mon about, and the place was rather
quiet The attendant came briskly 70 { o
counter, slammed down a napkin, a kn q
and fork, and a glass OF water with ono tu .
OF the wrist. looked tho little man very haul
In the eye, and said;
swell, sir, what's yoursf
"A little mince pie. please"
Mine pie, Jerryl' the attendant yelled
TO tho man outside. Then the quiet little
man said impressivoly; "pd like YOU, il
you please, to get me a cup Of coffee with "A
little ton In IT. Don't mako a noise about It.
you know, but just do it quietly, seer
"All right, sir. Jerry, two cups Of coffeo-
Els Oh, no, Jerry, two cups OF tea-whats
that sirf Why, OF courso, Jerry, make that
a cup OF coffee and toa."
jerry. who had been standing of about
fifteen feet, looked panied and undecided,
then shouted back: "How many cups Of
coffee do you wantf'
BY this time the little man was very rcd,
and he rose slightly on tho foot rail and
leaned over the counter. "Say, j don't SEQ
why tho hull house should be taken into this
thing" he said plaintively to the attendant
"Just order mo one cup Of coffee with a
little tea nit"
Jerry, one cup of coffee-no, ono cup of
coffee with a little tea in It."
1How much tear yelled Jerry.
AUST a little tea" said the attendant
briskiy, and hurry it up, will your
Nov. that's "a very strange thing to drink, y
said q very large man with a rod nose and
glasses. to the late conner. "s that a drink
that Is common in your part OF the country
No. snapped the little man, it amt"
eThen another diner a little further along
lookel at the little man a moment and said:
as that a good drink for dyspepsia, SIR
The little man discouraged all references
10 the drink, but the interest in 1t was enor-
nous. Jerry fr-t arrived with a full.
Gedged cup OF tea, and then he went hacl;
and brought some coffee, but before tho tea
was put into It he wanted 10 now II tho man
wanted milk In the tea before the tea was
mixed with tue coffee. The housghad heard
It, and three or four loungers had gathered
around by this time, and when the bovefagi
finally arrived in proper shape there
was a band Of spectators around the lite
man. who was gradually growing excited.
lie gulpod down u portion OF the cup am |
the comments of tho by5tanderS w~ho~vero
all very courteous, aud, then asked the at
tendant huskily for a check. Here a now
difficulty arose, and It was not until thu
opinions Of several Of the bystanders wers
had on the subject that a single check wa
finally agreed upon After tho mar had
grabbed it %nervously and paid il, Jerry cains
blithely into tho room, bearing the minco pi.
aloft. The man had paid for it, hut In thi
excitement OF the coffee and tea episode hae
forgotten it, and the pie remains to his crcdi
at the Aston house to-day. The chances ato
however, that he will never claim It.