The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-11
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~ Battista on a first visit 10 the
cafe In ten minutes he has ex-
plalned with great volubility, waving
MS stfong convex pince-nez. his opinion
or the government can swindIa,'l his
1LeWs on foreign immigration Gle
Jusht TO stop, he go too far. yes"). and
- Iouples with young walters Gle
80 700 iarea Tor his bOOt0- After a
11st 4uhcheOn, IL is necessary but 10
I push open the swing doors of the res
/ taarant and the little Italian throws
l Oh MS glasses, raises his hands in the
I-el1iher OF one recognizing a dear and
-ous absent relative, and with swift
sentence OF command first sends the
Two caIIoW walters to take the reolfest
and then comes from behind the conn
/ tSt ana, routing them with bitter con-
! l~li4e4y, himself shouts a translation of
] me orders down the speaking tube.
win madame there is a high wall o.
/ ISSeIte that counteracts the immediate
submission Of her husband IT is nor
until an afternoon when. she is noal<ine~
/ up The accounts, and ability being
SHOWN to answer the question of tbir-
I teen times thirteen she had propounded
70 the Two moonfaced young Swiss
waters, that the honor of her aequaint-
ance is permitted She has an alert
/ cockney manner, and is never idle.
Z The things these lads don't know -
Sne said across the counter, would fiji
the Hotel Metropole. Ne and Battista.
we engage them raw, and directly min
ute they're good for anything OFF thew
pop to bigger place. Carl, down with
II'dI paper, II you please, and see about
these teas The younger waiter folded
up II SecolO with care, and. approach
ing the counter. began the usual after
noon work of placing an exact quantity
oI Tea on squares OF paper, preparing
nus 10 justify the promise on the walls
u the cafe Manilla-"Tea made fresh
4Of every customer" "Pierrei Leave
your head alone and put them tables
SIIdlghI- She came out, bringing
some small socks with her, and sat
down on the opposite side of the tabIet
IL was clear that my marvellous effort
IN mental arithmetic had gained several
steps IN her estimation
It's darn, darn, darn she remarked
eneertully, "all day long. when there's
youngsters about
Had she ever been to Italy, and if so
now, in her estimation, did it compare
with England?
Me?' echoed madame, with aston
lsnInent. Me go to Italy? Not HkeIyl (
1 nave to go sometimes to Saffron hill
where there's sister-in-law of mine
nVes, and that's quite enough for me.
L tell you" said madame, lowering her
voice confidentaIly, I'm very careful
10 Keep me handkerchief to me nose all
laughed that's how I get the reputa- /
ton with my 'usband's people of being
'aughty''
Respectful suggestions that foreign /
ers are at times rather difficult to deal !
with
z. You can form no idea" said ma
dame, thOughtfully. "(The toe and the
eel, you see; that's where they always
20 nrst) Battista's the pick of the lot,
out he was a bit queer when first mar
RED him If you weren't in a 'urry-"
On the contrary. A fun half-hour to
spare
I'VE took a place first of all. Won
must know" began madame, lin the
OlIoway Road. I'd got a bit put by in
the savings bank, and Battista, he'd
saved, because they pick up a good deal
at Gattis, and he always had the one !
ambition Of being his own master. First
day we opened I could see what the
trouble was going to be; Battista was
as jealous as jealous. OF course. I'm
speaking now OF some eight years ago;
as time goes on that sort of feeling
works off, and even a foreigner becomes
more rational. If I said good day to
a gentleman customer B. used TO get
white with passion, and when on the
third day one of them made me a pres
ent Of his evening paper RELY thought ]
he would have strangled him on the J
spot 1 wasn't bad looking at that
time.
Complimentary declaration.
All said madame, signing. cafe, .
work don't 'elp your looks; You don't
md many types of English beauty in
this kind Of business. Any rate, at the ,
time I'm speaking of there was me. I
anxious to see the establishment pros
per and there was B., as jealous as pos '
sible over the leastest thing One day
Mr.. PUlldr called don't know wheth-
Dr111o I
well known now, but at that time he :
was nobody particular-just a rather Z
nee hammered young fellow, with a {
slight mestache- He attended art I
classes round here in Newman street. /
lad known my people when I was Miss
Walsh, and so, naturally enough. he v
shook 'ands. Oh, dear! oh, deari the
-uss there was about that after he'd
gone! Anybody would have thought .
rom b. manner of going on that I'd J
'un away from him forty 'undred thou q
and times Nag, nag, nag; I tell you, i
got tired of it. And quite 'alf his
ak in his native language; that az
me more than anything. If :
'ou understand what mans saying .
7Ou can answer him back at least I {
an, but if you can't, why, where are
Tou2 See? All the same, I talked to c
lin pretty plain.
Understand this, B. I said. 7 like 9
Tou as 1 Ike no one else, or I shouldn't
AVE married you. But want to see s
'ur business a success, and that won't G
'e done by both Of US making ugly :.
aces at customers. If you can't be -
,leasant, why I must. And as for Won 5
airing TO dictate to me who I shall a
hake hands with and who I shan't
WY never card of such inpudence =
from a 'usband, too, of all people in =
ne world! I'm surprised at you, so a
here II
Batt1sta was more sensible the next u
ay, but I let him see that I was an r.
Dyed, and took him up pretty sharpl u
nee or twice before the walters I was +
ather in hopes young Mr.. PuIIar would Il
ONE in again, and If he had I'd made G
p my mind to treat him Just the same
S 1 had before. He didn't call, but .
hen the post came in the evening. 10 Il
nd behold there was a note from him. |
went like this: Of
Dear Nellie: Can you see me at "
" mothers house tomorrow after ~
DON? I want you to do me a great o..
lvor, Wear your smartest hat. Yours "
lithfully, q
sc Who is the lettaP asked Battista. b
From a friend I said. al
=" A lady2' :.
g" You've got another guess said. a.
." Nellie, said B., frownins some
ming horrible, don't you be too care a
IS in