The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26

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break he turned his back 80 that he would
not be recognized and murmured
Very sorry. sir
Soups all cold now no. don't change it.
No telling what would happen if it were
changed" said the first chair warmer
Service here is getting rottener and
rottener" murmured the Third sotto
yoce but lust loud enough TO carry to
Truyers who was standing back. flushing
purple, against the wall
Truver-'- waiting was not half so -uappy
when he came back with the entiea jus;
IA he was about TO serve the Third Chair
Warmer the table in the corner broke into
a loud laugh over something or other II
made Travers jump gutily, and out Of
the plate popped mushroom on the table
cloth. The FIRST Chair Warmer let ont
| snort
no, you needn't change the cloth
said he Wed be eating of regular
cushion il you changed every time. Won
der what those cubs in the corner are snort
ing about
That's rravers's regular table and Gil
/ lette's," said the Second 1t don't take
much to raise laugh when you're young
and foolish Now, that young man TRAY
/ ers"
Tho new waiter didn't wait to hear any
more. He withdrew. On the way to the
kitchen the other walters regarded him
with sidelong glances and in the pantry he
heard the pantrymsn telling the second
cook that he saw somebody's finish coming
and coming quick On the way out Trayers
leaving a dotted trail of beef juice behind
him. saw that the bar boy. Il snippy youth
who carries drinks. was snickering behind
his hand
Trayers has a curious temper; they'll
all tell you that about the Arcadia Club
II viii carry mountains of insult, and snap
at grain OF malice
When he approached the centre table.
the three chairwarmcrs. who had been
joined meantime by three others. we're still
talking Travers He could imagine the
knocks that they'd been dealing him The
first chairwnrmer was saying
And Travers butted in, of course, and
said in that uppish young way of his that
he never outgrew -
That was where the fuse reached rravers
He slammed down three plates Of roast
beef on the table. and thrust his fiat under
the venerable nose Of the first chairwarmer.
"sir" he said. that will do,'
What do you mean" cried the first
chairwarmer. whirling about in his chair.
Il mean. cried Travers. that If you
were twenty years younger"
At that instant two walters tackled the
new waiter from behind, one OF them caught
him half Nelson, and he was banged hard
against the wall. Tho whole dining room
Was on its feet. II rained walters, all con-
verging on Ira vers.
They pinned his arms. they shut OF his
speech, they shot him out into the serving
room. And tho little bar boy rushed for the
telephone switchboard and called UP the
police.
Let me 90. damn you" yelled Travers
when they got him inside the serving room.
I'm Traversi I'm Mr. Travers, I'll have
you all discharged
He's mad remarked large English
waiter. who was roosting az that moment
on Travers's chest. reaching for his arms
Send for the head waiter" howled rrar-
ers. struggling to get to his right arm free
and punch the English waiter.
DE police for yours remarked another
English waiter falling back into the vernao-
ular And Just then two policemen came.
rravers roared about suits for false ar.
rest. He appealed TO the police to let him
90 and save their stars. 1t was Of no
use
He begged his fellow waters to 60 out
and bring the head waiter or John or the
corner table crowd. The police heard him
ont, the while they calmly affixed the hand.
cuffs and told him TO come along and make
no trouble. The English waiter was held
"a complaining witness
"'E's surely mad sir Thinks 'e's
gentleman Of tho club said the English
waiter
Through the backdoor Of his own club
Travers. handcufed and guarded. was
chucked into the patrol wagon The Ian
guage he used on the way buged out the
walls Of the wagon.
On the steps Of the station house sat the
faithful five Of the corner table. wreathed
IN Smiles
Three cheers for Travers-he wins
cried tdiste
Then they went in 10 soc the sergeant
and explain that it was a Joke which had
accidentally carried too far The ser
geant. being Irish, saw Tho Joke, especially /.
after he had talked privately with Gillette. /
In fact every one saw tho Joke except
Travers. and he was distant and ICY.
But ne had 10 % back TO the club 70
change his clothes, and after the three
chair warmers had come around and ex-
planned that they we're in on the Joke and
thought II marvellous that he stood it as long
as he did. and the English waiter who /
wasn't put next in advance had begged
him not TO be hard on a man with family .
and Gillette had told him not TO be an ass.
Travers came back 20 his normal self. |
had a good laugh and ordered wine all /
around.
You see said Gillette. we kept our
word. We didn't make single sign 10
any one-while yon we're in tho dining
room"
And now the conservative members OF .
the Arcadia, who are never there at dinner
and do all the kicking, are complaining
10 the directors that the servants are getting
too familiar since they we're taken into the
club jokes.
Buns.