The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-02-08
TRAGEDY AND PIE.
Frightful Experience of Pretty Restau.
rant Girl.

A pretty little waiter girl sat behind
q counter in one of the downtown |
restaurants one evening recently, de- |
vouring the pages of a cheap but very
exciting novel, says the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette. She had got to a
part of the story where a climax is
about to burst, and the brilliancy OF
the incandescent lamps was paled in
comparison to the glow of expectancy
that flashed in her gray eyes.
The book went on to say: "And AL
fred gently placed his left arm around
the waist Of"
When tall man entered and a5-
ruptly called out for ham sandwich.
The pretty waiter girl glared, and
under her breath she muttered: "You
old fool, why couldn't you have staid
out few minutesP"
When the tall man began the masti-
cation of his ham sandwich she went
back to her story.
-"Maude, and, although there was
a slight hesitation in her step, she fol-
lowed mechanically by his side to
thickly covered arbor, where they
seated themselves on low bench.
| Alfred still held the beautiful girl
close in his embrace. When they
were seated he bent over and"
"Gimme a glass of milk and piece
of Washington pie" said little fellow
in an impatient voice.
The pretty waiter girl placed her
| book upon a shelf behind the counter,
yanked piece of pie upon plate,
drew glass of milk from gushing
faucet and slid it along to the custo-
mer.
II hope it will choke him." she
Kissed.
twas about to implant an impas-
stoned kiss upon her pouting red lips
when a ghostly form fitted by the en-
trance to the heavy-leafed arbor.
Maude saw the apparition and gave a
blood-curdling shrek and fell fainting
in the arms of her lover. Instantly he
rush out into the darkness. A few
| PAGES beyond the arbor his foot struck
something in the grass, and he stopped
down to make an investigation, when
horrors"
"Can get piece of huckleberry
pie and a glass of cold coffee here?"
inquired man who held a gripsack
and appeared impatient to get away.
were never before served with such q
snap.
"What are they all coming to my
counter for?" queried the pretty waiter
girl. "There appears to be special
spite against me-"
upon horrors! There in the tall
damp grass lay the form of Alfred's
wife, dressed only in her night-clothes
What could he dop He must notl Ell
the fair young girl in the arbor into
the secret of his duplicity. Just ther
, he heard carriage rapidly approach
; ing, and stepping to the edge of tht
road he gave low whistle. The vehi
Gle stopped and Alfred found that tn,
driver was well known to him. H,
had the secret of the mans escap'
from state prison and now was tn,
time when he could put this knowl
3 edge to good advantage.
g a.There is the body of woman ly
ing there in the grass and I want yol
= to take her to the old house at the cor
t ner of the little lane just this side o
a Snake pond. Remember the secret.
9 "The man hastily got down from hi
carriage and they Both proceeded t
= the spot where Alfred's wife lay uncon
: scious. AS they bent to lift the pros
. trate form the sharp report of pisto
= rang out upon the stiffness of tn
night" :.
"I'll take piece of squash pie, wit
$ two pieces of cheese" said messen
Q ger boy whose head barely reached t
the top of the counter.
l The. pretty waiter girls cheeks turr
= ed the color of Jack rose, while Mar
pink glory was as nothing to the II
l. tensity of the light that danced in he
e eyes. She came very near plankin
!" the pie right on top of the little me!
e senger's curly head.
!" Haven't you given me the wron!
changer" inquired the customer VIII
had called for the huckleberry pie an
y cold coffee.
a "No, haven't" she snapped out.
n "Why, I gave you 81 bill and 20
= have given me change for $2."
The pretty waiter girls voice wa
;. Immediately pitched in a new key, q
II she thanked the man for the return {
y the extra change. Then she droppe
l a coffee cup that broke into sma
J fragments and which attracted the a
tention of the proprietor.
The flash novel was instantly col
g cealed and finished when the prett
d waiter girl reached her own room.
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