Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-06-28
he MADE NO SIGN.
How = Chicago waiter Resented an In
suit to Ills Dignity

suit TO Ills Dignity.
There Is no hardened wretch Of poker
sharp ON earth who can carry In his coun- !
tenanco an expression OF absent-minded |
guilelessness while his.brain is Matching
out devilish plots, more successfully
than this average hotel waiter. just az
was sitting down TO breakfast In one
Of the popular hotels of Chicago a day
or two ago, man next 10 me asked the
aristrocratic looking waiter for glass
Of milk.
ayes, sir. in one momont," said the
waiter, as he handed mo the bill Of fare
and inclined his ear toward me.
asked for some grapes. He brought
them and waited for my order for break
fast.
Bring me that milk, please, said my
neighbor.
fright away, sir" answered the
waiter.
"Wcll, want II, and want IL nor.
/ smiled inwardly then, for knew
what the result of that imperative de-
mand would be.
The waiter got the milk without
word or the least change Of counten-
anee. Then he took our orders.
Whom he brought tho food mine was
all right lie placed butter, sugar
cream, salt and pepper within my reach
and then stood behind the other mans
chair.
II ordered coffee, not tea" said that
guest
81 beg your pardon, sir, I'll change
1t" answered the waiter in an apollo
getic tone, and he FASTENED toward the
kitchen with the tea. He was gone for
some time and as the man had no fork
he continued reading his newspaper
until the waiter reappeared.
Fork, please" he then said with q
shade Of annoyance.
The waiter handed him the fork and
then had an errand which took him
aaross the room for u moment.
My neighbor examined the dishes,
dropped both hands TO the table and
stretched his neck around to get the
walters attention. which he finally did.
~ ordered baked potatoes, not fried,
and you've forgotten the breakfast
bacon"
Tho only expression in the walters
face as he started off 10 correct these
errors was one Of deep regret. He was
gone longer than seemed absolutely
necessary and my ncighbor appeared to
think so, too. He stuck his fork into
the steak and Withdrew 1t again; he
broke a roll in two and then laid it. down
because he had no butter, he reached a
sugar bowl, put two Jumps into his
coffee and then looked in vain for q
cream Jug. lie waited in gloomy silence
until the waiter returned; then he
asked YEARLY for the cream and butter.
Considerable time had elapsed since
his breakfast was first brought out.
had got well along with mine and was
! enjoying It. but he couldn't seem to en-
Joy his. l judged that his steak and
coffee had cooled somewhat, for he
tasted OF one and slipped tho other, ats
part Of roll and then laid down hi,
, knife and fork.
The waiter. ready to execute hi
slightest order, leaned forward anc
asked in soft yora IL he. would liki
some nice wheat cakes
The man made no answer lie got "
from the table, picked up his paper an(
left the room greatly detected.
The waiter quickly gathered together
thedishcs without even CHANGING towar,
the departing guest, and the closes
scrutiny failed TO discover a CLEAN o
the eye or softening Of the line
around the mouth to indicate the salts
faction which he felt az having deliber
ately spoiled She mans breakfast in re-
.urn for the insult he had received II
being asked 10 bring that milk ''a0p 5"
Detroit Free Press.