, 1890-07-27

ger also. A pleasing and very thrifty
lavatory, with hot and cold water, is run
in connection with the hotel at q moderate
price per Law.
In the mauger one day l pointed out
on the bill Of fare a breakfast that came
to four shillin', and told the garcon to
give it to me. l spoke in English, such
as we use on Staten Island, for l knew |
was in London, a place which gets its
style and pronunciation largely from
Staten Island anyway. so l spoke il
slowly and distinctly, with that rich tom
%silitis favor which is supposed to 20 with
the London pronunciation. but he did not
understand me, for he was French. Had
he been otherwise he would have been
discharged. He was not en- rapport with
me at all. He said something about
''companee," and | told him l did not
expect company at all, though of course
folks might drop in at any time. My
latch string, as well as my hired girl, was
generally out, so they would be welcome.
He shook his head and went away.
Then he came back and lowered around
me, like a hornet on a hot day around q
full blooded and juicy little primary
cial powers, SO | showed him how | was
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planted down considerable means on the
table in pale Bank OF England five pun
notes, which always looked to me like
specimens OF Spencerian penmanship of
the full arm movement variety. and
which never seemed to me like money at
all.
He went into a brief catalepsy and
then started after Sir Arthur Sullivan,
who asked me in English, with great DIFF
fculty, however, what the trouble was.
| told him that L had ordered from the
bill of fare for breakfast and offered to
pay for it, but | could not seem to get on.
l had never gone hungry in Paris or Ire
land, but here, where the English Lam
guage was supposed to be about the only
thing that led a perfectly pure life, L
could not be understood sufficiently to
keep the wolf from the door.
Sir Arthur asked me to point out what
i had ordered. / remembered the price,
and SO put my finger on the style OF
breakfast that four shillin' would buy. 1t
was as follows: ''Idem servi dams les ap-
partements." | did not know what it
was, of course. but ! knew that / had
roughed it and eaten salt pork and ante
lope straight for " weeks, till l got so
that if you shook a red rag at me L
would bleat and run TOR four miles, and SO
| thought that a little idem with servia
on it, and then dance to my appparte-
inents, would Just hit my rather delicate
taste.
Sir Arthur then told me that 1 WAS err.
roneous. The order l had given, he said.
was for ditto served in the private
rooms" Ditto. of course, meant that l
could get the same breakfast as the one
described Just above it for tour shilin'.
This was so clear that l thanked Sir
Arthur and he went away. Looking at
the item above 1t l found that it read,
''Dejeuner a la Franchise a la carte servi
dams lie Grand restaurant (vovez lie menu
de jour- de l1.0 a 80 heures-'
/ told Sir Arthur as l passed out that !
was not well at all. and that the ride
across the channel had knocked me hori-
z~outally and perpendicularly and diagon.
ally. 80 that / guessed l would omit
breakfast a prix 6xe, or a la carte. or sale
q manger. / then went out to a little
hole in the wall and get a good breakfast
tor oue-and-six, and when / gave ths
waitA . sixpence for his attention be va,