New-York tribune., 1903-04-14
TIE TroGedY of the Cafe Mor1ilI1
BY w. PETIT RIDGE.

One becomes acquainted with Signor Battista
eR 5 visit visit to he saf n n Wahg hs e
a RInGe,3ez his opinion OF the if
che ought stop. he go too far, yes'D and his
freubles be with young Waters e get too arga for
but to push open the swing doors of the restaurant
his hands in the manner Of recognizing dear
fence Of command I sends the WIN two "a low
ers to take the request and then comes from be
hind the counter ana routing them with bitter con
tumely himself shouts tTanslation Of the & orders
I1Mh Gh I'M Ile speihls " i - q
mediate submission of her husband 1t is not until
and ability being shown to answer the question OF
@ Ies s Se d % 70 bono
of her acquaintance is permitted; She has an alert
The things these lads don't know" she said
Me and Battista, We engage them raw. and Directly
minute they're good for anything on they Pop 10 10
pg' et fgG ad e N, ..Tf seroio With care and an
proaching the Counter BEGAN the usual afternoon
work of placing exact quantity of tea
the Pqomss on the Walls Of the Cafe
made fresh for every customer" 'Pierrei Leave
She out. bringing some small socks with her,
was clear that nv marvellous effort in mental
arithmetic had gained several steps in her estina-
Its darn darn darn" she remarked cheerfully.
al day long when there's Youngsters abe about rer
estimation did it compare with England?
go 10 2 No aE Tfh nave to- so eo
to Saffron Hill. where there's a sister-in-law Of
mine lives and that's quite enough for me / tell
you. said madame. lowering her voice coniden-
to me nose ali the time AND that's how"-hsre
she laughed-"that's how get the reputation with
times rather difficult to deal with.
You form idea" said madame, thought
fully. 'CThe toe and the eel you see; that's where
lot but he was bit queer When first married
him IN b II you weren't in 3u =,
I'VE took place first of all. you must know
BIT f'l put '' by in t the e9 savings Wings bank % and Bat
ttsta, he'd saved, because they pick up a good
Could te What the trouble was going to Be- Bat
tista jealous jealous. OF course I'm
speaking now of some eight years ago; as time
goes that sort of feeling works off, and even a
foreigner becomes more rational. If I said good
Gay to gentleman @ & m te used Td to dag get oH wh5 6
them made me present Of his evening paper l
the spot. 1 wasn't bad looking at that time.
.'Ah,. said madame. signing. cafe work don't
,elp your looks you don't find many types Of Eng
the time I'm speaking of there was me- anxious to
@ ieaIous as poss5e oyep te Ieastest thing one
day Mr.. Pullar called. don't know whether you
at that time he was NOBODY partcular-just a
rather nice hammered young fellow with slight
Newman-st.. had known my people when was
'ands Oh, dear, oh, dear. the fuss there was
about that after he'd gone! Anybody would have
away from him forty 'undTed thousand times
Nag, nag, nag; tell you. l got tired OF IL aHd
quite alf his talk in his native language; that
aggravated than anything. If you under
stand what mans saying you can answer him
back, at least can. but Il you can't why, where
are you? See? All the same. | talked to him
pretty plain.
:" Understand this. B.. I said 7 like you as
like else. I shouldn't have married you
But I want to business a success. and that
won't be done by both of US making ugly faces at
customers. II you can't be pleasant, why must
And for you daring to dictate to me who shall
shake hands with and who I Shan't, why never
card Of such impudence. From a 'usband. too Of
Ill people in the world! I'm surprised at you. SO
there.
'Battista was more sensible the next day but
! let him that I annoyed and ] took him
up pretty sharp once twice before the walters
I was rather in hopes young Mr. Pullar would
in again. and if he had I'd made up my mind
TO treat him just the as I had before. He
didn't call. but when the post came in the evening
10 and behold there a note from him. 1t
went like this
Dear Nellie: Can you at my mothers
house tomorrow afternoon? l want you to do me
great favor. Wear your smartest hat Yours
faithfully. --'
who is the Ietta? asked Battista
From friend I said.
&C. A LADY,?