South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-15

I ~. DO you mean TO say you'd serve
chauffeur such a dinner as this 90
reading of the items:
Chicken soup. ....s........ soc
SirlOln steak soc
treamed potatoes. .......25 c
4 NauhnoWer ..-......-.......
Ice cream -.....-.-.--. soc
ClgaretS ......... .23c
(ocktali .--......---. -Uc
bOtIie peer ...-.-...-.. .....Z5c
/ Yes. sir" mumbled the waiter
that's what he ordered. and you said
/ serve his dinner"
Look here. Curtis, Interrupted Mr..
Stevens. Don't you pay that-thats
an outrage"
Don't worry" said Warren grimly
"Tll kick on this all right. It's awk-
ward, Stevens, that it's your man. but
they're not going TO take advantage
of me because of that. Send me the
head waiter here"
When the head waiter approached.
Warren demanded, angrily:
us this the way you soak people
here? Do you make a practice OF
serving $3.50 dinners TO chauffeurs?"
We serve what they order. sir;
unless were Instructed otherwise"
many chauffeurs bills of such
amounts"
We have some. sir"
We'll. you send the proprietor
here. I'll talk TO him about this"
Helen was growing more and more
embarrassed. While she thought the
bill was outrageous. she would much
rather Warren would pay it than to
have this scene before Mr. and Mrs.
Stevens. Since il was his dinner,
surely he ought to pay whatever bills
there were without protest.
The proprietor came up now with
an uneasy smile.
THE waiter said he spoke to you
about the chauffeur's dinner, sir, and
that you said serve it,"
"Of course L said serve ito serve
anything within reason. All the road
houses / know have a regular chauf-
feur's dinner for a dollar. But this
is prepOsterOus. It's nothing less than
2 hold-up."
I'VE have no regular dinners. sir.
Everything here is la carte, and the
prices for the chauffeur are the same
as for you. The food costs just as
much and the service is just the same"
Then you mean you'll not do any
thing about this check 20
I'm afraid ] can't, sir. We served
what was ordered and those are our
prices"
"All right" and Warren slammed
down the check with the twenty dol
lars and the other check. TN pay it,
but I'll take mighty good care never
to pay another bill at this place, and
I'll make il point to see that none
of my friends do, either"
There was an awkward silence while
they waited for the change. When it
came Warren, who always tipped so
literally, deliberately took up the four
one-dollar bills and the three quar-
ters and put them in his pocket. The /
waiter picked up the empty plate with /
a sarcastic:
Thank you, sir"
"None of your insolence," snorted /
Warren, cor I'll throw you out"
Warren's loud, angry voice had at
tracted the attention of the other
diners and now, as they left, Helen /
was conscious of the curious glances |
that followed them and the hot color
deepened on her face.
Outside, they stood on the porch for I
a moment, waiting for the car. When
the chauffeur drove up there was
nothing his expression TO show he
was conscious OF having ordered an
extravagant dinner.
Helen got in the back seat with Mrs.
Stevens Under cover of the noise 4
of the brake as they drove down the .
hill TO the road, Helen murmured an
apologize:
"Oh, I'm so sorry this had to hap
pen when you were our guests. War
rem shouldn't have taken il up"
MIR. Curtis did just right" Mrs.
Stevens assured her. THAT was an
exorbitant bill. He shouldn't have
paid il at ali. We never pay more
than dollar for the chauffeur's din
ner. Mr.. Stevens'll have it out with
this man when we get home. l sup
pose he's been working for some mil
lionaire who didn't care
'Do Him Good"
That's just it." broke in Warren.
That's another reason why all these
chauffeurs are such a rotten lot They
work for some man with more money
than sense and they're spoiled for
everybody else"
Hush, dear: he'll hear you" whis-
pered Helen, for Warren had again
raised his voice and there was a con-
scious expression about the back of
the chauffeur's head.
That's all right; it'll do him good"
But all through the ride home Helen
felt most uncomfortable. To spend
fifteen dollars on a dinner and then to
have the evening spoiled by an un-
pleasant incident For to Helen there
was always something humiliating
about an argument over q bill. While
she was really far more economical
than Warren, she could never bear to
argue about money. She would rather
pay almost anything than to have a
dispute. And that Warren should dis
pute a dinner check when he was Civ
ing dinner
Even the chill night air could not
cool the hot flush of embarrassment
which still famed in her cheeks.
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