The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-13
iir. Eggs and toast, sir 2"

 Precisely, and no delay"
 "Yessir. Pickles, sir P
 Bring all-everything-no, l don't care for pickles, but bring anything you like, and do make haste, my good fellow. Do hurrv up never was so hungry in my life P
 sir7"
 "Thank you, thank youI Nov. for heavens sake, beg of you"
 "Yessir. Immediately, sir; everything ready, sir"
 Everything ready r thought Jack. Beautiful place, a coffee-heuse Fine English place everything SO snug, so comfortable. Have what you like and no fuss about it. What a breakfast shall ea,l And the paper too; horrid murder-mysterious aff .ir-assass,nation Bless me, what horrible things-how very comfortable Waiter r
 "Yessir. Coming, sir. Directly, sir" ]"
 "You've another slice of toast getting ready?'
 "Yessir. All right, sir"
 Let the third be thicker, if you please, and the fourth"
 Everything is served up hot and rich ; eggs, plump; ham, huge; cold fowl tempting.
 Glorious moment 1" inwardly ejacu lated ack Abbott. He had doubled the paper conveniently so as to read the
 Express from Paris" in perfect con- fort Before he had poured out his tea, he was in the act of putting bis hand to o ,e of the inner slices of toast when-aw- ful visitation whom should he see pass ing the window but his friend Goodall. He was coming, of course, to read the papers, and this of all the coffse houses in the world, was tue one he must needs go to What was to be done2 Ack could not hurt anybodys feelings.
 There was nothing left for him but te bolt. Accordingly, after hiding his face with his paper until Goodall had takrH H up another. he rushes out as if a sher. ff was aftey him.
 Jack congratulatisg himself that he had neither been seen by Goodall nor tasted tho breakfast unpaid for, has or. dsred precisely such breakfast, has got the sane newspaper and seated himself as nearly as possible in the very same place.
 "Now," thought he, T am beyond the reach of chance. Goodal cannot read tho papers in two coffee houses. By | love was ever man so huagrv as l am What breakfast shall cat Enter breakfast served as before.
 "Glorious momen; thinks lack again.
 He has got the middle slice of toast in his fingers, precisely as before, when hap. peAing to look up he sees the waiter of former coffee house pop his head in, look him full in tho face, and as suddenly withdraw it. Back goes the toast % tho plate, up springs poor Abbott to the door, rushes forth for the second time, and makes as fast as he can for thlrd coffee house.
 Am never to breakfast?" thought he. May. breakfast will. People can't go into three coffee-houses on pur- pose to go out again. What breakfast l will cat t?"
 JacS Abbott, after some delay, owing to the fullness of the room, Is seated as before. The water has "yessired" to their mutual satisfaction tho toast is done, eggs plump, ham huge, etc etc.
 Ualuckiiy, three pAirs of eyes were ob- serving him all the while; to wit, the waiter ot the first tavern, the walters O. the secsnd, and the landlords of the third. They were now resolving upon a course of action. ack was in the very agonies of hunger By Hercules, what a breakfast will, shall, must, and have now certainly got to eat could not have stood i, any lsuxer. Nov, now, now is the glorious moment of mo- nents" Jack took up slice ot the toast and-~ith a strange look of misgiv. ing laid it down again
 I'm blessed if he's touched it after all, said waiter the first. "Well, this beats everything :"
 He's precious rascal, depend on't," says the landlord. "We'il nab him Let us go to the door"
 "l'n be hanged if he ain't going to bolt again l" said the second waiter
 Search his pockets" sad the landlord excitedlv. Three breakfasts and not one eaten 1"
 "WAat villain :" said the first waiter.
 By this time all the people in the cof- tee-house had crowded into the room, and plentiful mob had gathered at the door.
 Here's chap that's had three break. lasts this morning." exclaimed the land- lord
 Three breakfasts cried dry look ing man in spectacles, "how could he possibly do that 2"
 didA't say he'd eaten them. said he'd ordered them and didA't eat them. Three breakfasts in three different houses l tell you. He's been to my house, and 10 this mans house, and to this maA's, and we've searched him and he hasn't a penny in his pockets"
 "Thars 1t" cried Jack, who had vainly attempted to make himself heard, that's the very reason"
 "WhaIs the very reason ?" inquired the gentlemen is spectacles. "Why, was shocked to find, just now, that had left my purse at home in the hurry of coming out, and"
 "Oh, oh" cried the laughing audience. here's the policeman! He'll settle him." But how does that explain the other