The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-03

-McClure's Magakine.
WIDOW AND THE WAITER.
Did you ever have ahyUne fail i'll love
with yuu ON first sight?" asked the giYl
Of the widow.
NO." said the widow, Il can't say That
| did, but once made big hit. 1t
came nearer to love at first sight th,tii
anything else l ever cxlerierced. have
the basket yet
The basket? Di,i he send you flow
crs?"
NO, new potatoes and things. 1t hap
pcncd this way. | passed a market Win
dow in which there were some beautiful
grape fruit | had been able to get none
where l lived, so l stepped in and picked
out two. Then paid for them and wait
ed for the clerk to do them up for mo.
But he brought over book to take my
address. i am going to tuke them with
me-, said: Il live out Of town. OWN, THAT That
them. That evening my bell rans about
. o'clock. There stood gorgeously
dressed young man in Il nigh hat and Il
long Overcoat, smoking Il huge cighr,
which he had removed for the monent
~ have brought the grape fruit lie
said. Then l nuticeu that there was IL
new basket by his side, and | recognized
WAS 'daZed by his magnificent attire. He
stepped i'll and stood i'll the dining room
while opened the basket iii the Kitchen.
The first thing that met my eyes wis Il
dozen beautiful oraMgts. The GRAPES
We're done UP in tissue PAPER. and THEN fol-
lowed a basket Of Strawberries, sohie as
paragus and some new pOtatoes-all Of
expensive delicacies. didn't know
whether to laugh or to cry, He stood
there with his cigar still smoking in his
hand-a good one it wis, tbo-and he
was smiling in such, evident pleasure
| that l hated to say what 1 had tt-thtlt
"'Not at all lie said, I wish you to
try those things. | want you to call and
see us again." I'm sure you are more
than kind l said, handing him the bas-
kct. 1 certainly shall call again. but
my orders are very. very small-not
worth much at all. | only buy for one,
You see That's the way it is with me, ,
he said: I'm alone in the world, too
1t WAS all l could stand.
THANK YOU very much | said. moan
Ing. for him to go. You are welcome,
said he, with ii bow, turning away slight
ly disappointed, it seemed. think he
had come to spend the evening. But the
basket l said. Keep the basket he
said; with that same magnificent wave of
his hand. You are more than welcome
to it, Then he passed out of my life"
Its always considered encouraging Il
man when you let him buy things for
YOU said the girl.
"Oh. don't know" said the widow.
The only man l ever thought was rude
in that way was Bobson. Positively he
made me feel like pauper. Why, he
party. and the next time l met him was
at the grocer's. | bought ain extra lot Of
things that didn't want, and IN the
meantime BobSon went out. when
asked for the bill the man said:
1.-The gentleman has paid the bill
What gentleman? said l aghast. The
gentleman who Just wcnr out I didn't
mind that when l saw Mr.. Bobson l
would tell him exactly what thought: !
never could learn his address, and had
forgotten the incident when l went into
the restaurant one evening for dinner.
There sat Robson, dining with lady
Somehow the incident had lost it's inn
portance, and | cherished no resentment
toward him, but l said. If that man
Robson thinks I'm too poor to pay for
what l buy I'll show him. So my dear
girl, l ordered all sorts of thingS-entrees
and ices and salads and delicacies of al
sorts in such a way that the waiter
eyes stood out. Finally Robson started
to go out. | was congratulating myself
as he went out that if he had any idea
he Was the only swell person on earth
he must have changed his mind when he
saw the feast l had been consuming.
Then asked Philippe for the bill.
NJ Slenr RobSon has paid everything
like to know the amount "" ~llnot
tell, madame. 1t wo:'l displr,$c NJ <ieur
Robson. I've never seen him sin e."
But. on. that's nothing to-" she low
cred her voice. Have YOU ever had Il
waiter fall IN lo:e with your
"A wa;ter?"
Yes. and bring you extra things that
YOU didn't order, and thru not ,hargc
them on the check. lt's terribly ubar-
rasSing.. | have had that cy.,eii II o. |
h ,;,, to give give up going to Cutra,eS for my
n,., "That was foolish: WHY didn't you
"E't to notice it,: Why, everyone no.
ticrd it. simply couldn't cat ANYTHING.
lf' stoc! there gazing at ne all the inr,
ana II l moved to get anything he'd
lM''lnce over to the table like Il pu,,her,
tie would hardly let me pick ND n,y own
knife and fork. 1t get to be terrible. |
used to go to Cutrate's because it * nice
yen know, and the prices are low. Henri
he told me his name was Henri-used
I t" wait Gu me and kept seat for me ut
Il corner table. The first thing | no.
tlccd was that he began to put flowers
on the table every day The only table
i'll the room that had flower an it was
mine. Then he had way of lowering
around and fixing things, and all that
was M,nire that I thanked him.
thceS,-madcmoise In beautiful
Swc>tzcrland- ah-no-with the beautiful
! mcuEtains-and the lakes-it is net like
, thccSe."
Then he told me about his youth and
his coming to study music and how he
got SO poor that he was going to kill
himself, and how a fellow countryman
Of bis persuaded him to take Il position
a! Cutrate's. and how degraded it made
him feel. Of course l was very much
int rested. and | suppose | talked to him
more than | should and tried to cheer
him up. The first day offered him a
tip when | paid for my luncheon. He
pushed it back and bowed very low, with
his hand on his heart, and said:
"'Ah, mol cannot, mademoiscllc!
Ncvair from you! NO-no!'
very unpleasant One day l didn't go
out to luncheon at all. l was making up
my mind l should have to find some 9TH
CT place: yet there is no other place as
good The following day ! went III with
kittic Tapkeys and there was Ito Henri
in sight. l was relieved. hoped he'd
left Or something. But the head waiter
camc~up and said that Henri was very
i'll: that he had been obliged to go homo
tn" afternoon preceding. Of course I
was sorry. butt couldn't help wishing he
would never come back, so that could
still 20 to Cutrate's for my luncheon, but
the next day he was there the same us
, cNe;, and as he was helping me off with
my coat | said | was glad to see him
again.
'Ah, madenoisellc, he whispered. it
was that when-you stayed away thn 9TH
er day | hought-thought you would
come no more