Dodge City times., 1889-08-01
EATING. HOUSE REVENGE.


SAD Fate Of Frenchmau Whose Triekexy
csrsed Him Considerable Trouble.
fariez vcus Francois, monsieur?"
Not by "a Ia ge majority" replied,
somewhat harshly. for did not relish
having my meditations disturbed by q
oegear. 'Pardonnez moi. monsieur"
lie manner of the man was charm
ing. Despite his seedy clothing and
the battered tile which he held in his
hand he looked like a gentleman. or
one who had once been a gentleman.
IF you can spin your yarn in En-
glish I'll listen to it" l said, still
somewhat brusquely. for was skep.i-
cal on the subject of beggars, and be-
lieved that indiscriminate almsgiving
was mighty bad thing for society in
general.
In broken English he unfolded a
piteous tale of woe He was a dentist
He had come over from Rouen a month
before. He had spent all his little
store OF money trying to get work,
and now he was reduced to the painful
necessity OF appealing for charity.
All! monsieur, you have ze courage
and ze confidence OF re young; but,
monsieur, ze SHOWS of ze winters are
beginning to come on me, and when
one suffers ze hungare re heart gets
ccld, and it is very bittare, monsieur"
Skepticism couldn't withstand such
talk and such a manner. / took him
to restaurant. gave him a good din
ner and dollar bill and shook hands
with him at parting and wished him
good luck: and when | went home and
smoked my cigar felt on mighty good
terms with myself. And / cougratu-
lated myself that | was not like some
people who stick to cast-iron princi-
pies and never discriminate in their
application.
\ week later saw my French gen.
tleman again. He didn't see me. He
was doing the blind-peddler act on
the Bowery. The spectacle was dis
astrous TO my self-esteem. All this
happened several months ago.
The other day familiar voice
sounded in my ear: ..Parlez-vous
Francais, monsieur
In moment | conceived fiendish |
plot to secure revenge. He had OBJ !
viously forgotten me. listened to his |
pathetic story. | took him to a cheap |
restaurant. where price and quantity !
are supposed to atone for all defects in
respect 10 the quality OF the fare |
served.
Monsieur is too good" said the
Frenchman when we reached the en-
trance and could sniff the odors that |
came from within. Il fear Eat trouble |
him too much.
'Not at all. not at all. l intend To
give you a treat that will make you re-
member me.
He shrugged his shoulders slightly,
bat stepped in. / informed the pro-
prictor privately of my little scheme. /
and gave him the order for the French
mans dinner. | wasn't hungry my
self; l would smoke u cigar. First
there was set before him fve-cent
bowl of steaming soup. into whose in
gradients it would not be judicious to
inquire too closely.
The Frenchman made slow work
with it, and hadn't half finished it /
when he protested that '.ze hungare"
was satisfied.
"You will oblige me by eating it
ALL"
''Pardonnez moi, monsieur"
You Internal swindler ii you don't .
cat every thing that l have set before
YOU, I'll have you arrested
''oacre.' Kissed the Frenchman.
rising with the intention of boiling I
the door.
sit down. you chump"' exclaimed J
the proprietor, putting a heavy hand
Oh MS shoulder and forcing him into /
his seat.
Before he got cut that Frenchman
eat mess named Irish stew" an al
.eged beefsteak pie, Il plate loaded
with something that bore an outward
resem mblance to sausages, assorted
and couple of so-called
ninee pies.
The suTerings OF the Frenchman
we're piteou5 to behold; but revenge
Is sweet" Besides. it was cheap, for
it cost only twenty-five cents. Should
we ever meet again, that Frenchman
will remember me.-Sheffield (Eng.)
Telegraph.