The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-02-11
English spoken Hore."

Tibbitts tried to worry one of these Paris
ian statesmen and for once succeeded. He
stopped the party promenading with him on
the Boulevard DIES Italiens at jewelers., who
displayed in his window the legend, English
spoken" The 'English spoken" in the
shops is good enough, as a rule, to explain
the nature and quality of the goods and that
is all. Further the English-speaking
salesman has no more idea of English than
he has Of Ashantee. Tibbitts marched boldly
in and the English speaking man appeared. He
was, well-preserved, bald-headed man of 80,
and at him Tibbitts went.
'Do you speak English?"
"Oiu-yees, monsieur"
Tibbitts grasped his hand enthusiastically
cts refreshing to meet one in strange
land who can speak ones own language"
"Yees, monsieur"
DWELL, what want to know is, is the Chi
cago and Northwestern railroad cutting rates
the same as the other roads and do they cut
for western-bound passengers the same as fol
eastern, and do you have the remotest idea
that the cutting will be kept up till September
when return,and does the Pullman sleeping
car company cut the same as the railroad COM
panies."
och, monsieur? Geese Watches"
"You don't quite understand me. You see
the Pullman sleeping-car company is quite
distinct from the railroad companies, and one
may cut rates without the other. See? Now
what want to know is"
The bewildered, Frsnchman,w who spoke Eng
lish, stared in wild sort of way, but bis
politeness did not desert him.
"Ees eet re watch, re diamond, ze-"
'rNot yet. What want to know is, who
is Lapham and Miller who have been elected
to fill the vacancies occasioned by the resig-
nation of Platt and Conkling and is Miller go
ing to be a tail to Lapham's kite, or are they
both square, bang-up men, and :"
"Will monsieur look at ze goods?"
"No, no. Is the Chicago and Northwestern
in this row."
By this time the Frenchman was out of pa
thence.
"Monsier talks-wat you call 'im-gibber-
ish. fave not re time to waste. Eef it eet
70 watch"
"Sir," replies Tibbitts severely, "when you
announce English spoken you should speak
English, or at least understand it. Good
morning, or as you don't understand the plain
est English, bong-swoir."
He had succeeded this time, and should
have rested on his laurels. But Tibbitts
aIdnJ always OfoIuU Wuhb Guoy uuuSItaho' III
had attracted so mnch amusement from hil
first experiment that he tried it over again tht
next day. He entered similar place ant
commenced the same thing.
"What want to know is, is the Chicago ant
Northwestern in the railroad war, and do yoI
suppose the cutting Of rates will continue til
| September, when l return, and ="
'Indeed, cannot tell you, sir. 1t is some.
thing do not keep the run of. You had bet.
ter apply at the American exchange or tht
Herald Office"
This in the best and clearest American Eng.
lish. Poor Tibbitts had fallen upon brigb
American, who was turning his knowledge o
French to good account by serving as
salesman in Paris. Mr.. Tibbitts smiled
smiled CHASTITY smile as he bowed himsel
out of the place. Bad marksmeD, who b,
chance hitI the bull's-eye, should be yer!
modest and refuse to shoot again. E7el
Napolean, great as he was, fought one BATH
| too many. Toledo Blade,