Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-06-29
HE ATE FOR EIGHT.

YERR Leisegang, a land owner in
the district, had come into the
~ town on business and put up at
Y the hotel, which we may call the
"Kaiserhof.''
- AS he sat at the well-arranged
table d'hote, his eye was constantly
wandering between his plate and the
door. He seemed to be upon thorns, for
his train was timed to leave at 23O.
At last dinner was finished, and des-
sert was being handed round. just then
his expected lawyer appeared, apologized
for his lateness, and handed the papers
to his client. He then seated himself in
an unoccupied chair at Herr Lesegang's
side and began to discuss various mat
tiers with great animation.
The waiter came round with almonds
and raisins.
Entirely occupied with the subject of
discourse, the solicitor put out his hand
mechanically towards the dish, and
placed some of the fruit on the table be-
fore him, without, however, touching
them further.
Herr Leisegang and his solicitor sat
for some time longer talking of business,
and then rose to go. They were just
about to leave the room, and the lawyer
had already grasped the dOor-handle,
when the suave and deferential chief
waiter stepped up 10 him with bland
smile and littlepreliminary cough.
"Excuse me-" he said, with profess
sional bow, "but the gentleman has for
gotten to pay"
The man of law looked with surprise
at the speaker.
'sPay?' he inquired. "For what?"
''The dinner, sir-five marks, if you
please"
"You are mistaken; 1 only sat there
for little, but ate nothing" said the
solicitor, with gesture of Impotence,
and was about to follow his hurried
client without more ado, but the waiter,
with the most polite smile in the world,
again assured him that he must have
five marks.
"YOu are mistaken, sir-yOu have
eaten something" he asserted, pointing
to the plate upon which the almonds and
raisins still lay as ''corpus delicti."
''Call the proprietor 20 the solicitor or
dered. He was getting hot over this i'm
pudent demand.
''Certainly, SIR" said the waiter.
The ceremonious waiter with the am
brosial locks went off, and returned in
few minutes with his master.
Sat your service, sir" said the pros
porous Landlord.
II merely wish to request you to re-
prove your chief WAITER" said the law
yer, as calmly as possible. ''He demands
five marks for some almonds and raisens
which did not eat. This seems to me
little too much"
The waiter whispered something in
reply to the inquiring glance of his mas
ter, who then stuck his fat thumb into
his capacious white vest and began shak
ing his head slowly from side to side.
''I'm very sorry, sir, but my waiter is
entirely in the right"
s'Indeed! Such thing is unheard Of !!
You ask marks for an I'M
ordered and uneaten dinner! And sim
ply because / sat here on chair for 10
minutes" The lawyer by this time was
boiling over with Indignation.
ssSir," answered mine host. as he
raised his eyebrows with surprise, ''you
were sitting at the table d'hote."
'sAnd you took almonds and raisins,
sir,'' INTERCEPTED the waiter.
ssAnd for these three raisins l am to
pay five marks?'
to table and takes anything must, of
course, pay for the whole table d'hote
dinner, whether he takes much or little
it really does not matter"
The solicitor was red with anger. He
drew himself up, and was about to say
something which, to judge by the swol-
len veins Of his face, would certainly not
have been flattering.
Something else, however, struck him.
He put his hand in his pocket, paid the
five marks, and left the hotel.
He accompanied his client to the sta
ton, and went home in a temper. He
sat down to work, and busted himself
with his papers for time. He then
looked out of the window in deep thought.
1.-THE rascal!' he circulated. "Ah, so
it really does not MATTER" he muttered
angrily.
Suddenly his face was lit up by a
bright thought, and sort of malicious
smile played about his thin, firm lips.
He laughed. He then rose and went to
the door.
.Just wait bit, my friend!" he MUIR
INJURED to himself. Then in quite another
voice he called into the next room "Herr
Sittig, just moment, please!
ttWe'l paw you out for this. Ha-ha-ha
With your 1T really does not matter!' y
A tall Young man entered the room
and bowed awkwardly to his superior.
WYou called me, sir, think" he said
somewhat timidly.
ayes, my dear Herr Sittig," said the
solicitor, jovially, II did. But come and
sit down."
Sittig did not know what to make OF
"Dear Herr Sittig!" VIVA; could have
happenedp His master had never ad
dressed him so before.
ST wish to invite you to dinner will
me to morrow,-no,th the day after, said