The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-02-15
AGREWSOME WAITER.


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~ francisco Areonsse
Ihe quality q HI v0ecs mrs. assfacsed
my ateentons aItbouen win came the
unconfortahle sensecon snas ! nad BEEN
stotsn upon uueWafse. some one came
behind my chair and sasd: - think. sif.
you VIII hnd : ssat ovsr there ~ the
window pEsfsrahis to this-
AZ al timee given 70 b siiGhuy nervous,
positively jumped IN icing thus spoken
%. First. ! say. bscauss o. me quality OF
~ vodcs. Il was heavy ana dep. hke one
q Ne bourbon pares o an oskan' ana was
q such volums ard vicfasosy power tnst
Is sounded painfully N my ears. Inen,
100, there wes the suddsnnsss.
turned quickly, and then u va MS APP
pearsnce shst enaceo al Pfecedin8 sensa-
uons. He was unusually tail, q massive
though angular frame, bus - was ms lace
that uas me point Of attraction. Upon
shoulder Of thae peculiar nrsadth and
squarsnsss which often mark the con-
sumptive, va 80 head q such dispro-
portionase smaiinees mat u locked Ike
little appie on BIG limb. The faos Was
sven small fos The small head. but. :.
though nature had ben ssised with at OF
whimsical compensation. the features we're
sfotesqueiy lar9A Ihs cyss, o. % pale
blsle - % b almost colOriess. occupied
such vide spece that mey seemed actu-
ally TO intrude upon The root o. the nose,
which 1ustsd forward hse m eessss beak.
The mouth was extenslvs and ragged In
outline. while the ear senck out like the
handles of IN antique vasoI
- ] have ueed he word 'sGfoeeeque"
In attempting 70 describe the mans ap-
psaeance. This h wrong. for I should
rather hsvs said appalling; and. - I
looked ct him, found myself wondering
how the shrswd manager Of IL oan Juan
Capistyano hCtei could have engaged 50 re-
pulsivs crsature. Before many days had
passed. however. found that his service
Was nearly perfect. and that behind that
distressing max there lay IN Intelligence
Of = peculiarly high order.
II am The son Of IN English clergyman, |"
he told me one day. had spilled the salt,
and ~ did 70 / said: Dear me, that
means bed luck. suppose"
Never mind, SIR" he eaid. "throw .
little over your left shoulder, and say,
sAbracadabra. I"
'swhers in The world did you ret that
conjureasionf"
I'm the singoldsby Legends - we'll q
remember" be answered. and then came .
conversation ON readiue--for am not ex-
clusivs-out OF which grew the remark
about his beine the son OF an Eneiish cler-
eyman.
II know, Of COURSE" he said, in that
treat b~Ilov az Ma. s.that there il : tine rer.
ulation favor about this--still Il Is true. Ii
Il also true. sir. that you win ind my name
on the books of Rrasenoss college. ct Ok
ford
"well, then, my good fellow" I said.
sswhat In the name OF eli that's UNPLEASANT
brings you hsrsr"
.Drink. !" was the lacouic reply.
"Ah. the old story" said.
mo, By no means the old story"
.sWhat IL il. then 20 persisted.
.sDon't ask me. please. he pleaded. and
IN the mirror. which was At the foot OF the
table. saw that his eyes we're drawn down
o. IL In pain, and that his huge mouth was
ali Of 8 trsmhle.
WAS interested, must confess. but I
vas also . little chssrinesi 10 think might
be allowing smart impostor 10 play upon
my feelings. | therefore shruxred NV
shoulders. lie was Quick TO read The
sign.
.snonf think am attempting 10 excuse
nysesf or impose on you. sir. he said !.
..let me come TO your room this evening
and | shall b able 10 explain mvself
fully
hesitas<d . moment and then con-
penteSa.
Iwas sistinr out on the balcony smoking
Q cigar, listening 10 the heavy wash Of the
Pacific on the sands and watching the foe.
hank slowly s<stlinr down over posn,
Iousa. when he RAPED n mar door. He
had exchanged his waters sos for = loose
sast d tweed. He ssk~A pr,misssan "a
bring another chair OUTSIDE nav w,naov
and. having lie . cigar. he .pok. :, fol.
lows.