The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-03-20

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ing on. delighted and when the party
arose in body to propose for the sew
enteenth time the health Of their prince
Ii was with difficulty that he refrained
from rising too.
At last. though. the frown of the
waiter. impatient to clear his table for
a newcomer from whom lie might re-
ceive more generous tip, convinced
him that il was time for him to leave,
which he did regretfully.
AS lie paid his bill be looked back
over his shoulder Mt the crowd still
standing. still drinking, still lllariously
hurrahing, ana said tilnidly to Beef
steak John. who behind his desk await
ed the advent Of the moth eaten dollar
from the slender purse:
They used to drink in that way to
me. In my own country" lie added, II
am 4 marquis
Reefsteak John clapped his large
hand over his mouth to conceal the
laugh. When he took it away his face
was rigid. but as the marquis stumbled
up The stairs lie leaned forward and
whispered hoarsely to the German
crowd
"There goes marquis.
But the marquis never once connect
ed the guffaw Of laughter which fol-
lowed him up the stairs from the crowd
Of Germans who were so gayly engag-
cd in drinking stems Of beer to the
health Of their prince with himself.
After that whenever the marquis APP
pcarcl in the doorway BeefsteaS John
FASTENED to wave his hand in the di-
rection Of the waiter.
1.-The marquis" he was wont to ex-
claim. And the waiter. entering into
the joke. made mad rush to attend TO
his needs.
Beefsteak John was not without n
sense Of humor lie rclished the 'jol-
Is" that the marquis was giving him.
He amused himself with IT, The mar
quis was duly pointed out TO each new
conner as an honored patron Of the
house. and such history as he could
take time to manufacture was dshed
up 10 them along with the pate de fOie
gras He had castles IN the old coun-
try. He was possessed Of vast riches
1t was only his eccentricity which
caused him 10 run a secondhand shop
full of dust laden antiquities in Ann
street. \ little touched he might be.
no doubt was. but harmless and aristo-
cratic. as one could readily see, with
his gentle ways and his delicate fea-
lures. yellow and immObile as any old
carved curio to be found in his own es-
Establishment
Indeed. il was absolutely necessary
to invent fiction in his case. for after
that first ebuIlition of feeling which
had carried him away to the extent
of revealing his identity the marquis
had not seen fit to reveal anything fur
Their
Bcefsteak John eventually became so
interested in the joke that had been
sprung upon him that he caused a
brand of cigars to be issued and sold
from his desk which he called after
the marquis. THE Marquis Brand.
This brand sprang into instantaneous
popularity among the habitues Of the
place. Whenever the marquis sat nj
his little table Of the white napkin and
cloth the cigars sold with even more
rapidly, for Bcefsteak John, with an
obsequlous bow, pointed him out as he
passed the box. then turned his broad
back to conceal his laughter rs the
marquis. smiling his slow and gentle
smile. returned the bow as one to the
manner born and accustomed to adula-
/ ton.
Then IT came to pass that among
those human ants that swarm along