Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-01-20
AS BAD AS HE LOOKED.
One Time That the Had Man Was Not
Overcome by the Harmless
Little Man.

It happened in restaurant not far
situated from the busy downtown dis
trict. That there were no arrests was
due to the fact that the policeman on
the 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 nearby physician for re.
pairs.
As the stranger entered the restau.
rant the trained eye of the waiter sized
him up as one of the class of big, coarse,
overbearing 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 neqr,
but who would succumb and confipe
himself to the space occupied by his
unwaeldy self if given to understand
that size and tough" manners had no
special terrors for man with pluE ok
enough to back up his rights and sep f-
respect. In brief, he was a good speci-
men of the bad man whose broad
shoulders, big hands and ugly face ter
rorized women and children wherever
he happened to be.
He gave his order in the manner OK
rected. The waiter received it meek.
ly, carefully arranged the linen, served
the meal. and inquired of further wants
as faithfully and promptly as if serv-
ing one of the regular patrons, who a.
ways 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. Tie
butter was vile, potatoes not suffi-
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 accepted by the waiter with the res
ignation that accompanies acceptance
Of the inevitable.
When he grew abusive, the propri-
etor, who had been observing the man
since his entrance, was appealed TO.
The "bad" man refused to accept or
pay for the meal, nor would he listen to
reason 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 could change it. He also
iItimated a desire to clean out the res
taurant in order that possible future
customers should not be made victims
CT, as he had been.
The proprietor all this time was en-
Geavoring to restrain himself, but.
from the determined expression on his
face, had the bad man been observant
lie would have discovered that unless he
changed his tactics something would
happen, and that 1T would happen to
him. When. in emphasizing IN ex-
pressed determination to not be swim
died, the dad" man appeared to forget
himself and brought his big fist down
on the table with sufficient force to jar
a dish from he table. causing ii to fall
to the floor and break, the proprietor,
known as a man of determination bnt
few words. lost his self-restraint.
Then it happened. He took hold Of
the "bad" man and started to drag him
out of his chair and 10 the front door.
It did not last long. When the excite
ment was over the Writers dragged the
quiet but determined proprietor from
beneath the mass of crockery, glass
ware, parts of the table and other rem
nants accumulated during the battle,
while the 'bad' man walked slowly
Gown the street and into place where,
Judging from the absence of excite
ment, he found the eating more to his
liking.
All of which led to remark by one
customer who had been an apparently
disinterested spectator, that some
times people are as tough as they lool. :"
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.