Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-22

Much to the Discontinue of the Res.
tnurant Keeper. who Thought His
Features BeIied His Real Character
and Acted Accordingly.
1t happened in a restaurant not far
situated from the busy down town dis.
trict. That there were no arrests was due
to the fact that the policeman on that beat
arrived at the place about two minutes
after the walters had finished cleaning up
the debris of broken dishes, bottles and
glasses, and the victim had been taken to
a nearby physician for repairs.
As the stranger entered the restaurant
the trained eye of the waiter sized him up
as one of the class of big, coarse, over.
bearing fellows met in all public places OF
a big city one who If allowed his way
would terrorize the peace loving people
who happened to be near, but who would
succumb and conline himself to the space
occupied by his unwieldly self il given to
understand that size and tough man
ners had no special tcrrors for a man with
pluck enough to back up his rights and
self respect. In brief, he was a good speci-
men of the bad" man whose broad shout
ders, big hands and ugly facs terrorized
women and children wherever he happen
ed to be.
He gave his order In the manner expect
ed. The waiter received it neekly, care
fully arranged the linen, SERVED the meal
and inquired of further wants as faith.
fully and promptly as If serving one OF
the regular patrons, who always concluded
with a remembrance to John IN the shape
of the odd change that happened when
the bill was paid. The meal did not suit
The butter was vile, potatoes not su1fi'
GENTLY fried, meat required an AKIN
fact, everything connected with the meal
was unsatisfactory to the bad" man
This was just what was expected and ac-
cepted by the waiter with tn, resignation
that accompanies acceptance Of the in.
evitable.
When he grew abusive, the proprietor,
who had been observing thu man since
his entrance, was appealed to. The "bad'
man refused to accept or pay or the meal,
nor would he listen to reas,n from the
proprietor. Reasoning wasn't his forte.
His arguments were made with fists, and
he had made up his mind on the subject
under discussion, and nobody ould change
1t. He also intimated a desre to clean
out the restaurant in order tat possible
future customers should not b made vic
tins of, as he had been.
The proprietor all this tine was ell
~deavoring to restrain himsef, but from
the determined expression on his face had
the "bad" man been observait he would
have discovered that unless Unchanged his
tactics something would hapIsn, and that
it would happen to him. When in EN-
phasizing an expressed determination not
to be swindled the ''bad' nan appeared
to forget himself and brough. his big fist
down on the table with sufficient force to
jar a dish from the table, cusing 1t to
fall to the floor and break, thl proprietor,
known as a man of determination, but
few words, lost his self restraint.
Then it happened. He too hold of the
bad" man and started to dag him out
of his chair and to the front oor. 1t did
not last long. When the excitement was
over, the walters dragged tie quiet but
determined proprietor from beneath the
mass of crockery, glassware parts of the
table and other remnants accumulated
during the battle, while thu "bad" man
walked slowly down the sired and into a
place where, judging from tie absence of
excitement, he found the citing more to
his liking.
All of which led to a rMlark by one
customer who had been an apparently dis
interested spectator thai sometimes
people are as tough an the, look. Gin
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