The San Francisco call., 1904-12-14


places to dissociate the unsophisti-
Gated traveller from his ready money
and II was with the confidence Of
seasoned habitue that he ignored alike
the Establishments Of the sirens and
the rougher overtures Of their mascu-
line consorts, firmly declining either TO
trip a two-steD or purchase liquids.
But not until the man behind the bar
began TO regard him with baleful eye
did Mr.. Collier realize that the estab-
lishment was not maintained for the
purpose Of providing inquisitive tour
lists with gratuitous glimpses of the
under world and that his refusals to
spend money actually put him in the
light Of an intruder.
Shocked By the realization he has
tened TO order for himself one glass of
beer. in payment for which he rendered
a IS gold piece, having no coin of
smaller denomination. The foaming
beverage was placed before him, the
golden disk withdrawn from his gaze.
and as he slipped and waited for his
change he was rather surprised to see
how suddenly the business Of the bar
picked up. Every one in the place
seemed TO have been abruptly seized
with a thirst that would not be denied.
Men and women focked from all parts
of the house and ranged themselves
along the counter until they were lined
up two deep, and the mixologist sum-
moned an assistant to aid him in serv-
ing them. Even the orchestra, COM
posed of piano. cornet and snare drum,
ceased torturing the atmosphere and
augmented the bibulous thrOng- What
also struck Mr.. Collier as somewha I
remarkable was his meteoric rise in
popularity. Ere tipping their glasses
the thirsty ones favored him with
friendly mods and drank TO his per-
petual retention of good health. The
days, kiddo," while the men varied the
toast by exclaiming: How. young fell
ler'' and "LOokin' at ye, kid"
When the crowd had been served
and the barman was leisurely washing
and wiDing glassware Mr.. Collier ex-
pressed desire to get the 81 95 for
which he had courteously waited until
the rush subsided, but, instead of the
money, he was given an intimidatory
glare accompanying the information
that beer equivalent in value TO the
entire V had been consumed by those
whom he had invited TO drink with
him. Mr.. Collier endeavored to explain
that he had not invited any one, but
his explanation went for naught. and
he was requested to walk out and thus
avoid being thrown out. A hostile
upon him like a pack Of wolves the
very folk who a few moments pre-
viously had pledged him in white
topped beakers, and he was compelled
to smite several Of them 10 the floor
ere he could make his exit With the
pack in full cry at his heels he ran
down the street and was probably
saved from serious bodily injury by
Patrolmen Skain and Holmes, one Of
~r-hnrr hold the rnnh q haE vvhfla the
other arrested the pursued one for car
rying deadly weapon, the same being
club.
Il have discovered" said Mr.. Collier
10 Police Judge Mogan, that just as
soon as I placed the IS on the counter
the bartender surreptitiously touched
an electric button that summoned all
the people in the place to step up and
drink
He was given till next Saturday to
make and report further startling dis
coveries.
Mrs. Kate Gallagher deplored the
fact that her twenty-seventh appear
ance as a defendant accused Of drunk
enness was made before Judge Conlan.
who had sent her to prison about
dozen times.
Sure an it's a new lot Of Judges
We want" she remarked. Then, leer-
ing coquettishly at Bailiff Laws. she
said: An it's sorry I am that you're
not the Judge, for I've known you
ever since you were a kid an threw
rocks at me-"
The Bailif blushed and the Judge
prescribed, thirty days for Mrs. Gala
CHER.
When the selection Of a new carpet
for Department No. was submitted
bv the contractor to the attaches of
that tribunal he suggested that the
color scheme be a dark red shotted
with black, but Clerk Barney" Con-
Ian opined that plain emerald green
would harmonic better with the en-
vironment, to say nothing of its ex-
ceptfonal benefit to the visual organs
of those who uod II. Bailif Neil
Carmichael. however, thought that
Macgregor tartan, which Is dark
qUadrangles on a crimson field, would
be most pleasing to the eye as well