The sun., 1890-01-05
NOT SUtERSTITIOUA.
Four Men About Town who Were Quite
Above Any Such Weakness.
Prom ths PAIldde,pAIa Inqutrer.

from u0 PhttddttpAto 1nqeT6.
They were four OF the best-known men
they we're students, more or less, Of human
nature. human ioibles. and human frailtiea,
time. True. they worked. but theirs was the
ardpous task Of the gourmet Of the bon vivant,
spective 'I searches. the resiiSation a Of Which
was simply NJ rdu!led by the frpition Of an
to They aS SSs
it brought zest TO bIass aDpetites; They
were around the most famous table In town:
safely fiaVorsd Of the fnny tribe. while red;
have H reSeiied. only ;erved as a isade? e the
Gamiest OF game birds. the quail. which had
other en9rjes @ s and courses. ' each had daiilsd
with his R9cheiort cheese and black coffee and
snee s ns bo v ' ths st%s tgs
lence OF reelection and satiato .Dalates It was
Q time ior, reflection, aud the silence ,was
whQ s sstd evidently following line Of thought:
from the lips Of his ielloW-dnefs
BaEs Son ksoS be 50
GROSS In trout Of him on the sidewalk. Said he'd
biarF cat crossed bis path. Such nonsense
never saw f. m liie: Any you isrfSf rft"n. I"
~. Never ulu never was buporsutloub In m
Saw the word In a dictionary" drawled an
other. Too laborious to remember definition"
last n to,speSE G i" nSr W6Sts { ~ mean 'u '"0
No one youchsaled an answ or, and Ihe silence
was only broken by the voice Of the 1rst BDeGk-
er, who said after proper pause: ,,,
Tired smoking: let's Play game billiards"
donnins their ovorcoats assisted by, the waiter.
Wtb 70 sn bill
nafA nnnh m CnIa yVA
enough Tor an sxpert. Presently. after the
assa R
en- husiasm large enough TO, cause anxiety
among their acquein,nneos. II any such had
preached and said:
hlch is Mr. Fitzjohn%
There's messenger boy here. sir. as has
ssffssr ssa a1% Is sSs The esy and With
John" H. took the message and read rS ,so,. II ,.
'9 9sr ady said =; Rs got or re-
VIII iansuid s inSisHa;ion i" H.ziohn" eazsd
at the daring youth &,. tnstantIy Ms Whole ds;
anIefy IN hs Voice he saiS: ofia Oh
Boys. rm ahead but I'm going to lose this
game. and an IN nay ior it nov. LSok at the boys
looked al with such, eyes, There's Your an
sEer." writing It In the boys ready pad.
his cue. The others kept on playing for a few
minutes "Firzjohn" had left. Presently Kelso.
whose turn It was to play; glanced up and saw
q man with q decided sQuint In his eyes watch
ing his play. Instantly he dropped his cue re-
marking:
Never could win a game with a squint-
eyed man watching me"
FltZJohn and ke elso funny chaps" remarked
tho diner, who had called attention to Blakes
superstition regarding, cross-eyed men and
oysters. If 'taint superstition what is ttP
Missed that easy one! Go on, Jef."
But jeff was putting up his QUE and In re-
sponSe to The anxious query OF his fellow bill |
linrdist. why he did so. said:
Just saw o. wall l,eyed female with rcd hair |
In alley back there" pointing to the rear OF the
billiard hall Never won game in m life
when saw such woman same day"
We'll I'm blowed" WAS tho only comment |
Of the remaining diner, as he. too. put up his |
cue. But beyond that he said nothing.
80, Let US take parting white cocktail" sug-
They presently stood before tho buffet
Cant drink here" said the. oldest diner. as
he stood before the carved mahogany, Won't ,
have any luck for year II drink here.
There's that new bart ender with only one eye;
Never won thing whom I drank one'eyed
mans dose. Let's get out"
They got out