New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-05
BILL NYE'S COSTLY DINNER
THE PRACTICAL JOKE OF TWO WEST.
ERNERS ON THE HUMORIST.
From The Chicago Record.

extent there were frequent occasions wnen lie got
when they associated there were not tunes IN the
0'a AfIcr Nye had become famous and had taken
~ Iecturi,ig he had an odd adventure WIN DayiA
whom often before ne nad e aar as Inc nv
used to delight to put into nilhI, a9u " Inns IN
possible that he mas no. 'Sg t can skin -
DAYS "aS co Vim him. asked if It were true that
anc coEld get a royal banquet in me G'deh Gate
town the ridiculous p ys Said the or we ,n
"yerdrTwn still one could mann 10 6o eTiss on
What was before him even II ne 'l' not nave
keSim' " t, i''y con what" lie said; you come along
with me dinner ms tyen rS Sr rcsaaraS S2a
Won know where you can ger SOM I,'N5 vi .
cents or If you Pre- rGGiSHr ve Who wa spending SIS
gur'f I'M l1 allowed to breathe N tne Palace
Hotel "A quarter meal ch hrPicd 10 one OF tho
onast e1finS-houses in all the Coast county aad
had brief but conymelnS ~ his I'D man with
pdr, b knew I'VE had had some plelaint cor
respondence and whom me tbc tIeo g5rm es
n1roa a. he'd the lair OF good eating dne menu
cafd was presented IT was aD nd mad Mention "a, ~
aomn1dInrfiI things gastronomical Buy PAYS ana
the other San Franciscan Den'T no yarcty. II was
w h,.er than the 1O-ccnt meals provlnca on REAR
pSs anl hgTe ri, i3fY hc yet, two imnpltny iTecsd
The walters 20 bring eVerythhs ~ a. ~ %, one
hiu and would select SON -.
Os ar, I t' Mr. Nye had very little hair' but what
he had rose in a spiky way. ,,s,o, ",bo, the nric.
- i"cS Soi meal as YOU are ordering IS quarer
o"1VcU" said Davis. in confusion, Oh t GVuISe re. ID
cents would be about me ne, [I ,hc chef today Try
to make out little. and ven 20 sbame a. brinSs
morrow am really n aor w dismal exeuse Tor
d iS but hadn't been in her. Tor month"; ana
didn't kno" ~ nH wise men objected to everything.
,,ba ne ine was not more than twenty yS1rs oid:
uherros they were paying money en ~ - se'
VIII ct1,f; The lobsiers were wrong 10 sDhe way.
he salads were faulty they ihsI.cI ,ro,r,b -, ,bs
tsh uL 81 ico roam and pastry and coffee and
llut .i n, criticised Il might be consider, d pass.
able al a y cents il was inexcusable; The worst
p II wa. that they had guest win men r. tnJ ne
"ouiI ' they again called the proprietor over,
AMI forced him to apoosozGf 70 b IG Ea pld he he
wferhed } th were for 3 cents apiece. ard Ne
nearly tainted when The cashier mummy '''Asa
mn H. rox. day Nyc slipped away from AL fT,niiy
l,,ls ooL secretly went arouhd - ~, ...' u-
4d''r7 Nh 70 lave just one more OF lh3sr -.Iprh
- g,s i. dinners. 50 be odero4 bout
onc-,hrd what he bad tlkrn , 9H becditse r. i 5r9
,tiJ g, generously and at suGh Il pi'~e' ne
ni,,'.a,,lI And Ne called for his chcsK', - =,
somewhat to his surprise the c"e1' "'' ~
rnc pav; dinner had been nice pI@2sa 5hd b
rrsarranpad swinde put up " '"i" anu ''
,'a w., 81 ne same sam" Davis Th9 preVi'' 70
this hal t.en iGr t orr. Site o. North carolina
;hdi"@5 h.. had never been in North taroIra go.
COM Fast ole winter. the man lIoin riNt
s,"ulcd Of at Laramie to renew ms tr9uo.S Ti,a a
NJ who was then Jusiioe, o. te l I y.ien
court was busy win ieSai mex! INN, 'isly
D.ttt .rpoared In the doorway Nys 'HhI'''o'''ep
i,ilad lin forward. 1T, ot,-,ssr,, ~.
, ARM. III affords me peasut" - In'FJliee
chief Irstia WthcrsPoon OF the No' III ri
Siinrer,. court. Judge your ARRIVAL = u ''.,
M. no an mis- case. Join me- on the 1'neh"
Then In a whisper. Back me up -. D::''""' "
I'll commit you for ten IayS a. NOR. yiror Th,
WIS t"' rrrto,r,,od rsll Chief Justice. and they
Eyer ,p most Of H. At Intervals Of about ,.AY
,nin,ei me eminent forensic light from the s2Iln
y.,iII request that tn" court De ceaf"i 50 S'. Nv
,,,,bt ,,If.r with his distinguished col.' 3le
i,d', W. upou some abstruse point. Then "hie
y yrc uyers and others went downstairs by The
n !nt h3"TS cY iauk stairway 10 tho market Of wet
m~r, hardi5c When tn" last attofnry haI i''' ne,
which Nye calmly looked down upon the "u54A's
"a serious doub; has arisen Ihis Is an assa y:
months INST 7 have fined some defendants and
Re- rtscd some. But ind am IL the wrp.s JIiss
lyitn.rspOOu tolls ne that by the common law Of
F.rgi1nI ,ho defendant 3 subject TO capl punish
m,nt. ba"ishmout. line. impr!conmSnt or "p y y
1s TO whether or not under Territorial govern men.
W. are working in tho pu'Ni'w or th., Li" VI }E
W. arc: mayb. not. He promises 20 l2)k !; n2 On
his return homo j. the mean time" n have .rrei
q, previous decisions. he count. - I.3" 90 -.tV
JlnIaeos as indemnify. | may have '"t soine nel
/ fore that as t1yp1Ycr.. up n Nfom tHrl ilhI
loss waud fal' YOU vii agree with ne that il IS
Jul@o Withcr>poon. 'flnE ana ~" jHi-' '''. urs
WIN rlc that " aid bytt dismiss tli' p sen
eminent Judge re]ucsts that We all - down an!
In ia~amIe thy arc stn waiting f5r tia. de-
c,ion Of Judge Witherapoon's