Telegram-herald., 1889-07-11

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before Eoaa.
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lis lnoshcs ~ Las soss hack kssh sszsllss
cut into the street. eressod osex - CaAsn
benches there - think over the szEusEan-
To Dc sure. he had been al college fos
tmo years, sald had worked - "a inae-
pe1dt.nt a&n ol Tie fsEsnsled fsee
iaAoe, tut Le had never felt the perfect
emancipation from al restraint that hs
realized st this moment Al college he
was htgle more than . school Toy, and
GA The Free Lance he had lived 81 home.
bat nov he had ous sdrift and ~as about
% set up for himself. Win al his ella
ton . touch of honae sickness came oveG
HIM, and for . moment he felt wild
desire - take . late train and safpfiss
tho folks az farnsts&d- Not Of course.
that be wanted 70 80 ths.n - much, bxt
they would BE- - delighted 10 see hizai
However, he gave up that idea and he
came interested in looking ss the people
around him untn his country sppetite
warned him that il was rlIne 10 get some
thing 20 eat
He knew the principal streets and
hotels Of New York, but he had only q
general idea Of the plan Of the city, and
Of ANYTHING on the beaten track he
knew absolutely nothing. Setting cut
in quest Of a restaurant, lie walked down
Fourth avenue from Fourteenth stxss<
until lac came 90 a place where sign ~
:he door ansounoed French aud Italian
Restaurant. Tab,e-dhote dinner, with
wine, rs cents. Mscaroni o speciality" :"
Going up flight of stairs. he entered q
room at one end Of which black eyed,
curly haired Italian ~ st . desk EAk-
ing change. On either side were rows
of little tables, between which dexferous
walters bearing aloft dishes cf smoking
viands hurried to and fro. Rush Hurl-
stone was not man to be dsunied by =
new experience. When he was un-
familiar with the ways Of place, he
took la the habits Of It's frequenters at q
glance, and did as they did. 1t troubled
him for q moment 10 know whether any
language except Italian was spoken. but,
remembering that many Italians speak
French. he was just about 10 hail =
waiter in tho latter language, when the
man called out 10 him, ia excellent Eng
lish:
"This way, sir. IL you please"
Rush seated himself 1t one Of the little
tables and took up bah Of fare. still
firmly believing that he would have TO
give his orders in French; but before he
had made up his mind what he would
have dish Of steaming soup was laid
before him. This was followed by fish
and meat, and then a heaped up plato Of
macaroni with It's savory sauce. topped
with Parmesan cheese. The only maca-
roni Rush had ever eaten before was the
sort best known in American cocntry
towns, which is covered with slices of
cheese and baked in an oven. The Eng
lish call IL "cheese pudding" and serve
it after the salad The Italian spaghetti
was new to him; but he saw an Italian
eating it at an opposite table and fol-
lowed his example with something Of
tho sensations OF Sir Walter Raleigh
when he first lighted a pipe Of tobacco.
He wound the slippery ropes around his
fork and finally ate them with as much
enjoyment as if seventy-five cent dinners
in Italian restaurants had made a part
of his every day life. Birds, salad,
cheese, fruit and coffee followed In easy
succession Everything tasted good ex-