The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-03
A NEW. ONE ON ERAsrUs.
Visit of a Man With Nerve and Hare Lip
tn. Snlo In,

Visit OF a man with Nerve and Hare Lip
to a. Saloon in New Haven. ,-..-.a,
The man with the hare lip opened
his new year successfully by teaching a
new trick to Erastus. the bartender who
toys with lemon peel and hot whiskey
shades of "Mory's.' He entered the
saloon and called for a 'hinty hot ale"
emphasizing the second word.
beg pardon?" returned Erastus,
thinking that the name of some new de-
coction was being sprung upon him.
''Hnty hot ale" repeated the man as
before.
You'll have to come again. I don't
get that" replied Erastus.
"Hnty hot ale!" returned the stran-
ger, this time quite loudly.
"Oh! a whiskey cocktail, eh?" re-
echoed Erastus triumphantly.
AT ut I ted!' was the reply, with the
emphasis this time on the last word.
"Whaa-at?' asked Erastus again.
AT ut l ted"
whats that?" Erastus inquired once
more.
AT ut I ted!' this time loudly.
Needn't holler," blandly continued
Erastus. Il amt deaf. Try it again,
please"
AT ut I ted!
That's what you said? Oh, yes! Of
course, 1 beg your pardon again." said
Erastus. "Of course you did," and tn IN
he set his arms at work among the
fluids behind the bar with the sweep
and grace of a Dutch Windmill. When
the drink had been created and drunk
the hare-lipped one sat the glass down
on the mahogany before Erastus with an
air of satisfaction and said with some
earnestness:
IS La il Hnff
What is that?" queried Erastus.
AT ut l ted"
"What?"
AXE it oo,'
snake it two?" guessed Erastus half
alphabetically.
AXE it oo!''
''Oh, all right. Make it two. Glad you
like EN-" And Erastus proceeded with
the exercise preliminary to setting an
other of the seductive drinks before his
customer, who, when it was done, quick
ly tossed it where it would do him the
most good, and then calmly gave this
proposition to Erastus:
"Hake you haw um?'
do WHAT" was Erastus inquiry.
''Hake you haw um?"
II don't catch your meaning this
time sure said Erastus.
'.Hake you haw UNI! Hake you! Hake
Sou. pipeu tHe ldle-Ipptu illdll Sllll
more earnestly.
Shake me for 'em?"
AT ut I ted"
We'll, say" went on Erastus, you've
got beautiful nerve. Why didn't you
ask me at the beginning if I'd shake?
Come in here and take up my time for
half an hour trying to interpret your
jargon, and now you want to shake dice
with me for drinks you've already had
Well, you beat em ALL" And the dis
corning Erastus began to conclude that
he was being worked and successfully
worked. too. Tell you what I'll 10,
though, he went on, half in love with
the hare-lipped mans plan of action,
III toss up coin with you to see who
does pay for 'em. Here's a quarter
Whatll you take, heads or tails?''
Hay" responded the hare Tipped.
and Erastus, understanding him to
mean heads, filliped the coin. 1t came
down tails. 1T is tails" joyfully COM
mented Erastus, turning to the stran-
ger.
AT ut I ted" was the sententious le-
ply of the hare-lipped man.
Erastus looked aghast for the mo-
ment. For an instant he glanced at the
club behind the bar. Then he realized
that d quarrel with a hare-lipped man
was not in his line, and so, when a
quartette of Yale students who had
been the witnesses of his discontinue
cried out with much sound of joy over
it, he Joined in the laugh, and the hare
Tipped man improved the opportunity to
go out.--New York Sun.