The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-19
HE MADE NO SIGN.
He Got His Revenge on the Man Who
Had Offended Him.


He Got His Revenge on the Man Who
Had Offended Him.
There is no hardened wretch of a poker
sharp on earth who can carry in his coun-
tenance an expression OF absent-minded
guilelessness while his brain is Matching out
devilish plots more successfully than the
average hotel waiter writes Morris Waite
In the Detroit Free Press. just as L was
sitting down 10 breakfast in one of the
popular hotels of Chicago day or two ago,
man next to me asked the aristocratic
looking waiter for glass OF milk. Eyes.
sir, In one moment" said the waiter, as he
handed me the bill Of fare and inclined his
ear toward me.
l asked for some grapes He brought
them and waited my order for break
fast.
Bring me that milk, please" said my
neighbor.
Right away, sir.n answered the waiter.
"Well, want it; and want it now"
smiled inwardly then. for knew what
the result of that imperative demand
would be.
The waiter got the milk without a word
or the least change Of countenance. Then
he took our orders.
When he brought the food mine was all
right. be placed butter, sugar, cream, salt
and pepper within my reach and then stood
behind the other mans chair.
II ordered coffee, not tea, said the guest.
II beg your pardon. sir; I'll change it,
answered the waiter in an apologetic tone,
aud he fastened toward the kitchen with
the tea. He YVES gone for some time, and
as the man had no fork he continued read
ing his newspaper until the waiter reap
peared. Fork, please" he then said with
a shade of annoyance.
The waiter handed him the fork and then
had an errand which took him across the
room for n 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.
Il ordered baked potatoes, not fried; and
you've forgotten the breakfast bacon.n
The only expression in the walters face as
ne started OFT to correct these errors was
one OF deep regret. He was gone longer
than was absolutely necessary and my
nelghbor seemed to think Sc too. He stuck
his fork into the steak and withdrew it
again; he broke IA roll in two and then laid
IL down because he had no bu, ter; he
reached sugar bowl, put two Jumps into
his coffee and then looked in vain for a
cream jug. He 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 enjoy his. l judged
that his steak and coffee had cooled some
what. for he tasted of one and slipped the
other, ate part OF his roll and then laid
down his knife and FORK.
ne waiter, ready TO execute the slightest
order, leaned forward and asked in a soft
voice If he would ike some nice wheat
cakes.
The man made no answer. He got up
from etabie, picked up his paper and left
the room greatly detected.
The waiter quietly gathered together the
dishes without even glancng toward the
departing guest. and the closest scrutiny
failed TO discover CLEAN of the eve or a
softenlng of the lines around the mouth to
indicate the satisfaction which he felt at
having deliberately spoiled the mans break
fast In return for the insult he had received
In being asked to bring that milk now"