Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1895-05-17
HUNGRY ON AN OCEAN LINER.
dn't Know What "Brealfast" Meant and
So Got Nothing to Eat.

ldn't Know What "BrealSfast" Meant and
So Got Nothing to Eat.
When a man who is on board big ocean
: bling steamship, with his fare paid for all
e service of first cabin, goes without
ting for "a hours, it is usually because
is seasick, but that was not the case
it'll Weber. Weber, after serving his full
me in the German army, decided to do
l thousands of his oountrymen had done
nd come to America. He thought New
rleans would be n nice place to make his
ome, but there were no steamers leaving
erman ports for New Orleans, so Weber
ecided to buy a ticket for New York and
len to re-embark for the southern port.
@ landed in New York all right and
bund that his boat for the south was to
have the same night. The task of getting
lis baggage through the custom house,
urchasng his ticket an1 getting aboard
4 he second boat kept him so busy that he
had no time to get-any thing to eat. AS
blder he knew how to fast and decided
wait until the morning meal. So he
ought his stateroom and went soundly to
eep. He was awakened in the morning
the sound, rs he called it, of a tomtom
eaten with considerable force. Opening
he stateroom door, Weber looked out and
hw a big negro walking down the CORR
or, beating gong and calling in loud
bnes, Breakfast, breakfast"
Now, Weber knew half dozen CONT
entail languages, but he did not know
lnglish. Having heard that Americans
Fcre half savage race and feeling by the
bllingo of the ship that she was out at sea,
g thought that the negro and the gong
rere part of some propitiatory rite to Ncp-
lne But the word breakfast puzzled
i'm, and he determined to find what it
leant Getting out his dictionary, Weber
boxed for breakfast. 1t was an hour
efore he found the right word and dis
pvered it's meaning. Then he made a
asty toilet and rushed to the dining
bonn, only to find the door closed and
reakfast over.
The morning passed. He had had moth
ng to eat since noon of the day before and
Pas getting decidedly hungry. He did not
liant to be cheated again, and getting out
lis German dictionary learned the English
uuivalcnts for all the words he could
blink of that had anything to do with eat
pig.
At II O'Clock the negro and the gong
gain appeared. This time the negro was
'houting, Lunch lunchv
Lunch" was not in Weber's CASTRO
omical vocabulary, and for time he did
OF regard the summons as having any
hing TO do with the dining room. Then
Q searched his dictionary. 1t was small
he and did not contain the word. An
our was spent in the search Then he
easoned that if the negro and the gong
heant something to eat the first time they
ppeared it was probable they meant the
hme on the second occasion. So he hur-
led off to the dining room. The doors
Gere just being closed when he got there.
Determined not TO be cheated again,
Weber decided to watch the negro for the
est of the dag. All the afternoon he
rallied him about the ship. At 5 o'clock
he negro picked up the gong. Weber
ashed for the dining room.
"Dinner!" shouted the negro.
"Humphp' said Weber. Il need not
ave worried. knew that word. Chi
ago Tribune.