Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-06-09

has PAID his bill. wi h everything
charged extra, and the servants linz
UP ald LOOK appealingly. or mad. as
the case may be. dad is the hardest
man 10 loosen that ever was, but TX
they seem D look the other way. and
not. apparently, care whether they get
a cent or not. dad would go and hunt
them up, and divide his roll with
them. Dad Is not what you would
call tight wad." If You let him
shed his money normally, when he
feels the loosening coming on. but you
try TO wor-. him by bowling and cring-
ing, and his American. spirit gets the
better of him. and he looms upon the
servant as pretty low down. ] have
told him that the tipping habit is Jus.
as bad In Am arica as in France. but
he says in America the servant acts
az though he never had such a thought
as getting a tip. and when you give
him q quarter or other tip he LOOKS
puzzled as though he cid not Jas,
recall what he had done to merit such
:. atment. but finally puts tae money
his pocket with an air as though
he would accept Ii in trust, to be
given TO some deserving person at the
first opportunity. and then he smiles,
and gets away. and blows In the tip
lcr something wet and strong.
Il told Gau ii he would just ignore
the servants, as though he did not I'M
derSti nd that they expected a tip, that
,le YOU'D be ali ri1Li. SO when we got
ready TO move from the hoiel TO pri-
yate rooms dad never gave any serv-
ant tip. Well, | don't know what
the servants did TO our baggage, but
they must have marked il With q
smallpox sign. or something, iur no
body would touch IL Tor Sc, eral hours,
but 1Eaily baggage man took 1t and
started Tor our apartments, and got
LOST. and didn't show up Tor t,yo da, S.
and when ii was finally landed on the
Sidewalk nobody would carry 1t up
stairs. and dad and | had to lug 1t up
two fights. and | thought dad would
have apoplexy
We found guide who could talk
New Orleans English and he said il
would cost three dollars to square 1t
with the servants at the hotel, and
have the boycott removed from our
baggage. and dad paid 1t, and now he
coughs up tip every time he sees q
servant look at him. He pays when
he goes In a restaurant and when he
comes out. and says he is cured OF
trying to reform the customs OF any
body else's country.
We have engaged guide to stay
with US Gay and night. The guide
took us out for bat last night. and
drank a gooa deal OF spurious and
malt liquors in his time, but | don't
think he ever INDUCED much in cham
payne at three or four dollars a bot
tlts at home. Maybe he has been saw
ing himself up till he got over here,
where champagne is cheap and II
takes several quarts TO make you see
angels. / he guide took us TO one of
these bullyyards. where there are ia
bies out on the siGew ak, and you
can eat and drink and look at the
dukes and counts and dutchesses and
things promenading up and down,
flirting like sin, and we sat down to
table and ordered things TO eat and
drina, and dad looted like Uncle Sam,
and felt his oats. =
When he had rank few thimble-
fuls OF absin he. and some champagne,
and eat plateful of frogs, he was
! just ripe for trouble. A woman and
man at an adjoining table had one
of these white dogs that is sheared
like hedge fence, with spots of long
| hair left on in places. and dad coaxed
the dog over TO OR table and began
10 feed him frogs legs. and the WON.
] an he.,an tn talk Frnnah ont in1td and
! lOoh cross at dad, and the count thai
wes with her came, over TO our table
and looked at dad in tone OF voice
| that meant trouble and said some
| thing sassy. and the guide said tn
man wanted 10 fight duel because dad
lad contaminated the woman's dog
| and dad set mad and offered TO wipe
out the whole place. and he got w
With champagne bottle and looked
defiance at the count and the walters
began TO scatter, when the woman