Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-27

| trunk hinge! Bring me my bill at once!'
Henri spread his hands and apologized,
profusely. He was desolated that such
| thing should happen in the house
where everything was of the best The
| waiter was a good waiter; he was usu-
ally satisfactory. An investigation
should be made, and certainly If the
steak was spoiled in preparation another
should be brought at once. But no! The
| gentlemen refused to tarry; they went
away complaining loudly. with Henri
tagging at their heels, spoutlng apologies.
After they had gone, Henri gave Alloy
sius a bad 10 minutes. OF course, the
: only thing Aloysius could do was to en-
ter a sweeping denial, which was the
very worst thing he could have done,
since Henri believed him to be lying.
This time / warn your said Henri
The next time the big fine! You have
driven away custom from the house"
But I tell you they ordered the steak
well done!' protested Aloysius. III you
ask me, think they were both crazyp
BE silent! said Henri.
The next night a handsome young man
in dinner jacket strolled through the
grill and came to rest at one OF AIoysius'
tables. He also ordered largely, but said
nothing to the waiter. Henri, being rs
much detective as he was head walter,
N''NNt ~ DuSlneSS 10 inquire II nOn-
sieur had found everything quite to his
satisfaction.
Monsieur bowed. and with a smile re-
piled In excellent French. CYot for moth
ing had Charlie Gidersleeve been
raised In New OrleansD. The food all!
that was excellent. The grill was to be
compllmented upon its chef. The serv-
ice! Monsieur regretted from the heart
That he should be requested to give an
COnCRTninU IIn
preferred to say nothing: perhaps the un-
fortunate man had a family depending
upon him. No? Henri insisted; he de-
nanded the truth. Well, then, said mon
sieur, the walter was forgetful and at
times lacking in civility No frst-cIAss
es'aollshment s should permit a lowering
OF lts standards. AS for monsieur, he
would carefully avoid this waiter in the
Iuture; to enjoy the evening meal, one
must be free from petty annoyances,
Ihat night Aloysius was fined IS and
threatened with dismissal. In vain he
Taved and protested that he had done
nothlng' said nothing, forgotten nothing!
Ihe next day at the ball park the Moose
spoke but three times, and the Bantams.
once more on friendly terms, looked al
each other with delight in their eyes and
commented upon the feebleness of his
repartee.
Hes got something to think abou,
now besides ball players!" said Andy
Anderson. I'D like to be in on your
party tonight, Mulholland. It would
almost be worth the price of a hard
boiled 'front.'"
Ihat evening there was a sudden COM
motion in a far corner OF the Metro
politan Grill. Four gentlemen who had
been dining together rose and marched
toward the entrance, grumbllng loudly
Henri, who had been watching their tabie
with the eyes OF a hawk, fiuttered after
the quartet. fairly twittering in his ex.
citement and agitation.
"Gentlemen!" he painted "I entrea,
youl l insist that you shall tell me what
has happened"
Jim Mulholland then found use for his
college education, while Crabbie. Kehos
and McCloskey listened with admiration
you say the man-cursed your" gasped
the astounded Henri. "Ah, impossible
gentlemen! Impossible!"
II wouldn't have believed II myself II
l hadn't heard II" said Mulholland. 'My
friends are all strangers In the city.
brought them here to show them that We
nave a grill which in every way compares
faVoraDly with the best in New York
city II seems l was mistaken. 1 owe
my friends an apology"
kehoe nodded and murmured whai
purported to be a quotation. Henri's
| face turned scarlet
He dared 10 say-that?' demanded ths
head waiter Send the Irish pig OF q
| Reagan TO me at once!"
| In a few seconds AloysiuH annaarad
CONTINUED TOMORROW.