Song of the Sea Wind.
How it sings, sings, sings,
Blowing sharply from the sea-line,
With an edge of salt that stings;
How it laughs aloud, and passes,
As it outts the close cliff grasses;
How it sings again and whistles,
How it shakes that stout sea-thisties—
How it sings!
How it shirieke, shrieks, shrieks,
In the crannies of the headland,
In the gases of the oreeks;
How it shrieks once more, and catches
Up the yellow foam in patches;
How it whirls it out aud over
To the corn fields and the clover
How it stirieksl
How it roars, roars, roars,
In the irom nuder caverus,
In the hollows of tue shares;
How it roars anew, and thunders,
As the strong hull splits aud sundars,
And the spent ship, tempest drive
On the reef (les reut and riven,
How it roars!
How it wails, walls, walls,
Iu the angie of the wreck ge,
tn the flapping of the sails,
How it sobs away, subsiding,
Like a tired child after chiding;
And across the groundswell rolling,
You can hear die bell-buoy tolling,
How it walis!
RT SEATS
HOW SHE MANAGED HIM.
1t was a Leap Year ball in the city of
Kimball. The large hotel was crowded
to the utmost with all the belles and
beaux of the place, and it was noticed
that there were a great many strangers
present; but they seemed to be of a wel
bred class, and although the host had
endeavored to be very select in his com-
pany, they had received tickets some-
how; and as it was a public house he
could have nothing to say, unless there
was something out of the way upon
which to base his opposition Lo thelr
presence.
It was one of the most novel entertain
ments that had ever been given in the
place. Many of the usual custom
were reversed, even as far as dress was
concerned, the ladies wearing postilion
coats over their daintily trimmed skirts
Beside these coats they wore high stand
ing collars, men’s neckties, and as
much expanse of avhite shirt front as
was possible; while every girlish head
had the hair parted on the side,
Nor were the men behind in their
toilets, for nearly every one blossomed
put in a brightly colored sash, a fan,
and a lovely bouquet of flowers, while
their hair was parted in the middle and
arranged in innumerable little frizzes
or bangs upon their foreheads,
The ladies enjoyed themselves fa-
mously escorting the men from thei
residences, inviting them to dance, a
taking them in to supper.
Among the lookers on were
the most aristocratic people in
who were laughing at the pe
of the young people, and jo
the young ladies, whe, with their men’s
rights, were lounging iu all paris of the
room. These married people enjoyed
themselves most laughing at the almost
invariable mistakes that the girls made
in their attempts to do the agreeable to
their favorite gentiemen.
Georgie Webb was standing looking
sn, with her si-ter Je: and her hus-
band, Albert Ayers; but every moment
her pretty head was turned toward the
door, and any one couldhave told that
she was looking for some one,
Her husband Willis W. bb, was a
very wealthy man, and his wife was the
most beautiful woman in the ¢ity. Un-
der her influence he had given up the
almost unquenchable desire for drink
which once held him, and hal not drank
a drop for over two years. But to-night
she feared for him, for she had not seen
’
ranged to return home at twelve, and it
was now nearly two o'clock in the
morning.
you suppose keeps Willis?”
Jennie looked at the anxious little
tace of her sister, and: knowing just
what her thoughts were, replied, —
“I will ask Albert to go down and
tell him that we are wailing for him to
return home,”’
told how welcome were the words, and
Jennie whispered in her husband’s ear,
and casting a smiling glance at Georgie,
he arose and began pushing his way to-
ward the door, encountering many
dashing belles in his progress,
“What dreadful wanners, Mr, Ay-
ers,’ said one of the girls, *“to be going
about without any escort!”
Albert laughed but continued his
course, and soon was lost among the
jesting maidens,
Georgie’s little golden head was still
frequently turned toward the doorway,
and at Jength she saw Albert coming,
but, as she had feared, alone, and his
fage wore a cowpassionate look as he
glanced at her.
“Did you find Willis?” she ingudred
half fearfully.
“Yes,” answered Albert, “but
and then he paused,
”
she said sadly, *‘He has been drinking.”
“Yea answered her b other-in-law,
“and I thought it best not to bring him
up here among our friends. If you like
you can go home wiih Jennie snd me,
and then I will come back for Willis.”
“*I think that will be the betier way,”
said poor Georgie, wearily. “Come,
Jenme, let’s go im nediately.”
Willis Webb, had not taken a glass
of strong drink for two years, but to.
night he had been over persuaded by
one of his eld companions into taking
just one or two drinks; but these had as
quickly affected him as more had been
wont to do im the olden time, He had
realized his condition instantly, and en.
deavored to hide it as well as he was
able, and sat down in a dark corner,
thinking his brain would clear in a few
minutes; but he was mistaken, for
when his brother-in-law found him his
mind was so cloidy that he only haif
understood what was going on around
him, Still it dimly seemed to haunt
him that his wife wanted to go home ear:
1y, and at length he arose and
into tne next room, where u lady, one
of the strangers of the party, was stand.
ing before the glass, arranging her hair,
Her dress was a dark blue, like Geor-
gle’s and he walked aosvenly up to her
saying,
“Cote on, old women, Jesh go home.’
—" eet ed cma othr AO SA AIHA
“yery well,” quickly answered the
lady. “Wait until I get a carriage,”
“Sought we come a foot.”
“Oh, well, I will take you home in a
{ little better style than I brought you.
“Wait right here until I return.”
“Whash you mean? Guesh I know
puf to go home without your bossing
me."
“But this, you know, is a Leap Year
| party, and the ladies wait on the gen-
{ tlemen.”
“Thash so, [ forgot?
{ Leap Year! Hurry up!”
| It was but a few moments before the
| lady returned, and Willis Webb was
| hurried into a carriage, and sank in a
| heap upon the soft cushions, Five min-
utes later his fair companion was in
; possession of his pocket book and costly
| jewelry. Poor Webb's indulgence was
| costing him heavily. Then she signalled
the driver to stop, and the half uncon-
| scious man was assisted to alight, and
the carrriage drove away.
But it was not 4 woman
Hurrah for
who stood
man, who ran lightly over the pave.
cles of any passer by.
{ Albert should return with her husband,
| but when he came he said that Willis
was no where to be found; no one had
must have gone home alone,
Georgie then started for home, with
her brother-in-law by her side, and
distance they came upon the sleeping
man lying right in their path.
“Oh, Albert, I believe that is hel”
sald Georgie through her tears.
man, and then replied,—
“You are right, Georgie,’
him upon his feet.
om I will take the other, and so
will get hima home.”
self again, and it was with a blush of
He told her the whole
g an old friend he
breakfast table.
story; of his meelin
dulgence; how after that his
became indistinct,
sR
jut, Georgle, | swear
ever touch 1t again.”
memory
ipon the forehead,
After awhile he asked her,—
“You took care of my pocket 1
if course, Georgie?”
“No, Willis, I have
money.’
“*Then, as 1 live, it 1s stolen!
And stolen it was. Search not only
proved that fact but revealed another;
his magnificent watch and
ring were gone also,
§ 1.
HMA 3
nol seen
5
was bitterly nshamed of his excess; bul
this was more than he could bare tame-
i¥.
He had some indistinct remembrance
matter in the hands of a skilled detec-
tive,
beries which had been committed the
before, and every means was
being taken to trace those polite stran-
ger guests,
evening
desire for it.
all his wife's olden fear, and she watch.
ed him as a cat walches a mouse,
A month or two glided by, and then
there came an nvitation
| this same old acquaintance, who Lad
| taken rooms at the hotel,
| “Oh, Willis, 1 don’t want you to gol"
cried his wife,
| “Why not?’ he asked.
i
“You need
pot fear that I will drink anything.”
“Oh, but I don’t waat you to gol
Let's go to Jenuie’s to-night.”
i “But I have sent an acceptance, and
{ Evans would be angry if 1 went any-
where else.”
“Well, then, let's stay at home to-
i gether.’
{ “But I really wish to go myself,”
| sald Willis, the eolor rising in his face.
“Oh, Willis,” she cried out with
| tears in her eyes, *‘1 never can let you
{goin the world. I should not have a
| “Georgie, dou’t be a fool! Don’t you
suppose 1 know enough to take care of
| myself? And I promise you that I will
| not drink.”
| “Bat that is just what they are get
| ting together todo,’ said she, blushing,
“and it’s best not to put oneself in the
| way of temptation.”
i Willis knew this to be good and solid
reasoning, but he felt a trifle galled at
| the careful wateh his wife Kept over
| him, and was determined not to be “led
| around” by any woman; so he resolved
| to go at any risk. And then he laughed
| at his wife's fears, and went off to bu-
| siness, thinking that he would go if
{only for a few minutes, and return
{ before Georgie bad begun to look for
t him,
The first man he met was one of the
invited guests, and a worldly fellow of
somewhat eonvival hab ts of life,
| ‘Going down to Evau's to-night,
Webb?"
“Yes, I think so; I suppose that yon
will be there?”
“Of course the old lady cuts up a lit-
tle rough about it, but I let her know 1
Am my own master, Just as if there
were any harm in a little fun!"
This conversation strengthened
Webb's resolution to go also, for he feit
an awrul fear lest the fellows thought
his wife had a litte too much to say.
And yet be knew that he owed his good
name to her, and the fortune which was
now his would have been squandered
but for her influence. Then the affair
of the Leap Year ball cums before his
vision, and he felt a twinge; and then
he settled the matter by thinking that
he would go for a little while only.
When he returned home he found
Georgie gotten up in a most ravishing
style, and with a half dozen pretexts to
him at home, She sald nothing on
the subject, but she had some old songs
and duets upon the piano.
wanted him to practice with her.
Aogealcy along WO WD mE deat
wa were dear,”
she said, “and we are getting teartully
out of
w smiled furtively, and they
AIS SR
| practised together for an hear or more,
and then he made a move for the dress
ing room.
*Oh, don’t go off, Willis! I've got
some yarn to wind, ann I want you to
hold the skeins; and then if you are go-
ing down the street, I want to go with
you.”
“Now, Georgle,” said he, laughing,
“‘why not be honest and say vou don’t
want me to go to Evan’ and be done
with it?”’
“Well, I don’t,” she cried, laughing
in turn, “*And vou won’t go, either,
will you, darling?”
“Of course 1 shall go! I have prom-
isad, and you would not have me break
my promise, would you?’ he replied,
“Yes, [ would, if it were such a
promise as that.’ she said, kissing him,
“Well, 1 shall not,” returned he,
taking out his shaving utensils,
Then Mrs. Georgie snatched
Away
window, and laughed so mischievously
| thut he could not be offended.
“Never mind,” said he, *‘l can get
shaved at the barbers.”
And then the little wife
| arms about his neck and
threw her
kissed and
His resolution was beginning to wa-
| ver when his eye fell upon a powder that
| lay upon the dressing table; it was a
i
| had neuralgia, and into his mind there
| instantly came an ignoble plot.
“Well,” sald he as if yielding, *‘if
you will go down and get each of usa
glass of that lemonade I saw in the
| pitcher to-night, I will think it before 1
i go,"
| Away ran the happy Georgie, think-
ing now the was sure of victory, and
soon returned with the pitcher and two
glasses,
“I made
| Willis,”
“Thank you, dearie. Now run away
and fetch my dressing gown and slip-
| pers.”
And while she was gone the unprin-
cipled fellow dropped the opiate into his
wife's glass,
“Now for a merry evening!”
this on purpose for
fting
the daintly spiced lemonade,
“But it shall be at Evans’, said the
graceless scamp, darting into the dress-
| ing closet, as if to avoid his wife,
“it shall, enh?
him in jest; and she closed the door be-
ind him and bolted it firmly.
{ ‘Oh, Georgie,” said he, remembering
| the narcotic was quick in its effect, “let
| me out quick, and I solemnly promise
that I will remain at home with you.”
Butlhe was too late; the little golden
head sunk down slowly until it rested
| upon ft plush carpet, and pever
stirred from its dreamiess sleep until
the morning sun shone open
window,
Willis shouted and called, but the
were too far off to hear hi
{ and he had no resource
4
{ the close little
itt!
¢
ui
tie 80
‘
¢ &
into the
wrvants
but to stay in
dressing room until his
wife should awaken, Sleep Was impos-
sible, and he did some of soundest
king of his life during those long,
night hours, The thoughts of his
wife lying outside the door was
agony to hum, Bot at last he heard her
stir, and then she quickly
door, saying: —
“Why, Willis, have you bean in there
all night, and have I been asleep on the
floor?"
“Yes, dear,”
“I gave
| thinking I would go for a little while to
| Evan's party; but you shut me in here,
and then went to sleep.”
“What a shame!” said Georgle.
“What a blessing!" sald ber husband.
LAnd I will here give
| promise never to take another drink, or
aver attend another wine supper again.”
the
thin
hill
Cali
little
unboited the
he confessed humbly.
LAWYERS OF THE OLDEN DAYS, |
An Old Man Discourses on
oline in Oratory—~-How Suits
Were Won,
—— |
The judge and jury were quietly doz |
mg in one of the New York court
rooms the other day, while counsel was |
trying to prove by long lists of figures |
and incomprehensible accounts that his |
client was one of the salt of the earth, |
The attendance was small, On one of |
more interest than any of the other |
spectators, He leaned forward in his
seat with his hands folded over an old |
head mournfully from time to time as |
if to express a sort of indulgent pity for
the counsel, the court and the jury. At
last his feelings seemed to demand re-
{
|
himself to his neighbor,
“Wall, well, well,” said he, dropping |
**is that
Why, folks would rather go to meeting |
An auctioneer makes a better speech |
that a spavined horse is sound as a nut, |
What's the good of your colleges and
yourilaw schools if your're going to turn |
Why, sir, I ain’t been in-
side a court of law these forty years,
was a young fellow I used |
- . ;
A HOT WINT
ER DAY.
a Tenderfoot,
It
Dak, .
ing
coming
was 23
and the wind was in good work-
A slender tenderfoot was
down the street on a sort of
his blue and sup-
purating proboscis protruding like a
forerunner of frozen misery, Just ashe
reached the corner he was stopped by
Ed the rustler and assistant
banner winner, Sloan saw the stranger
long in advance of the meeting, and
deciding to make an impression on him,
he doffed his buffalo coat and cap, threw
off his under eoat, and at his confluency
order,
Sloan,
with the shivering lenderfoot he appear
ed in his shirt sleeve 8, Wiping his brow
ith a handkerchief, The tenderfoot
startled, Just as he
+ swelterin I exc
wl Tu
£
WW
wis about to
g Bloa laimed :
ring,
sort a feeble, Not sick. 1 hope?
“ood morning, sir,” falteringis
plied the dumbfounded stranger, his teeth
trip-hammer, “*No,
K. | vied
life.”
to the bul
glranger: vou 00K
re.
like
sir, 1 am no
better health in my
He edged
4:
i i HEVer nun
din
at Nic:
aL VOR
mquiry,
he
Crank
in close
the wind, and
half pitying
was plain to
had met a lanatic or
virulent type,
look cold!”
he raul
rand
#10
with a glance of
De seen that
Pie
i
acuiated Lhe
shed BOTS
kerosene © }
the appearance of heat
ia “Here tak
this medicin i help you
“Ah! 1 tell you in my day it was dif-
At last he'd get |
his inspiration, as they used to say, and |
he'd run his fingers through his hair to |
help siong his ideas like, Then ‘Gen-
pressive and in a low voice, But he'd
well under way, and give you
There'd be a deal of
pathos, and sometimes his voice would
sort of fail him, and then he'd take out
his handkerchief and blow his
very loud to get control of his feelings.
Then he'd get very mad, and you'd
have supposed that he was going to
walk right In and fight the jury and
judge to boot, There'd be gestures and
similes and Latin quotations a yard or
[atin quotations always
convincing power, and a
« case if he had
Well, with all hi
4 x
got thes 113
nose
i
enouzh of them.
hai is
ige and
jury so mixed that yalin't
know which side of Was
and mixed
* *
we ¥
the
he question be
wna de frie ¥ bien
Speaking i a re OH
them up the
think him,
“But, bless you, listen to that fell
He talks away as quietly as if he'd jus
dropped in to say good mornis
hesn't made a single gesture yel, por
shouted a single quotation. He don’t
soem to get worked up with his subject
They
et Lhe lawyers get
and say they
id.
iin 1
Vell,
wonderful
the tenderfoot,
i {recs {
hirt sleeves?
i rece!’
i
*
quotations, More's the pity. They're
i
1
{ you hadnt come down yet.”
sald Willis quickly.
“Then you baven® heard the news?
They've found the thieves at last, and
the gang.”
Georgie looked at her husband, and
Jennie went on, —
“They have found your watch and
ring too, They were in Evan's trunk.”
“Of all things! Kis party must have
been a failure *
were at table. Albert was there, and
he said he nevar was so ashamed in his
iife.”
And Willis Webb. aftar that, had
great respect for his little wife's wishes,
and kept his promise religiously.
i —————
Camphor,
Whence does this odorous and volatile
substance come, and what is it? It rs
the hardened juice of a tree, and was
known as camphor by the Persians,
Hindus and Greeks. The camphor tree
belongs to the laurel family The cam-
phor of esmmerce is thus made in
Japan: Afier a tree is felled to the earth
it is ent up nto chips, which are laid in
a tub or a large iron pot partially filled
with water and placed over a slow fire,
Through holes in the bottom of the tub
steam slowly rises, and, heating the
clups generate oil and camphor, O
gourse, the tub with the chips has a
closely fitting cover. From this cover
a bamboo pipe leads to a succession of
other tubes with bamboo concoctions,
and the last of these tubes is divided
into two compartments, one above the
other, the dividing floor being perfora-
ted with small holes to allow the water
and oil to pass to the lowest compart-
ment. The upper compartment, sup-
plied with a straw layer, catches and
holds the camphor in erystals in deposit
a8 it passes through the cooling process.
The camphor is then from the
straw, packed in w tubs, and is
y for market. The oil is used by
the natives for illuminating and other
Aisin AAI A
Turkish Theory about the Ostrich,
‘The Turks call the ostrich the camel.
bird, and among them it is typical of
anything that is of a
decided] character
3
i
|
i
i
|
:
:
So saying the old man took up his hat,
with his handkerchief, and
went out, still bemoaning the decline of |
gal profession.
sa
logging on the Eibe River.
The principal industry of the Elbe |
shores are the stone quarries and the
timber trade, for which the immense |
There are endless timber |
yards and saw mills along the banks of
the river, and also up along the tributa- |
ry streams which bring the tree-trunks
from the surrounding forests after they |
have been run downs the slides made for
them in the hillsides, !
I have seen the course of a stream
through dams they are guided into the
Elbe by the raft builders, each log i
pushed or pulled by iron hooded poles
into its proper place, others joining it
alongside or above or beyond, until a |
great raft of 100 feet or more is con-
structed, There are long oar shaped |
rudders for and aft, sometimes a little |
hat for shelter, and a heap of earth on |
which the men build their fire, and so |
they start off on their long journey |
down to the sea, halting by night, past
Dresden and Madeburg away to Ham- |
burg and the German ocean. In spring |
and autumn they thus float by thou- |
sands down the pearly gray stream, in
summer the water 18 often too low, |
while in winter they are blocked by the |
ice,
Tempestoous Timoes.
In the tempestuous times of Govern-
or Belcher's reign over Massachusetts
Bay, in 1751, a great dispute arose as to
the boundary between that colony and
New Hampsiire, It was referred to
the Crown, and a certaio boundary line
ordered to be drawn. A man named
Hazen surveyed this line, and allowed
1° for the westerly variation of the
needle, when he should have allowed
only 6° 40’, The result was the loss
New Hampshire of a triangular piece of
territory two and th hths miles
wide at the base and stretching from
Dractt to the Connecticut river. This
error has never been officially corrected,
and now a joint commission has been
appointed by the two States to confirm
Sie line, over Vic Massachusetls his
n exercising only prescriptive ng
for 145 years, The curiously notched
boundary line north of the Merrimac
belongs to the same period and resulted
from an attempt to follow the windings
of the river at a distance of three miles.
his
All aboard
shouted tis
sw with a gleeful e
SANE 8 TUM)
stranger? mildly asked
“You can walk down with
But he was gi lie rushed back to
the hotel, went to his room, tl
over a steam radiator, and ret
side gazing out upon the ad,
rollicking blizzard of the season, unt
the train arrived. He paid
swell-boy route, refusing 0
any he
was safely seated the Pall
man sleeper, As the (rain moved
out he asked the conductor if he would
put on a little extra speed, as he wanted
to see his wife and children once more
before he died.
ne.
mwed out
vined in-
first real
east-bound
his bill by the 1
speak to
i
ie
until
one
4]
a ——
Hunting Water with a Baboon.
n—
If when upon a long hunt or journey
the Kaflir be unable for a long time to
find water he sometimes avails himself
which he frequently keeps in a domes-
being attached to a jong rope and allow-
ad to run about as it hkes, When it
comes toa root of babiana it is held
back until the precious vegetable can be
taken entirely out of the ground, but in
order to stimulate the animal to further
exertions it is allowed to eat a root now
and then. The search for water is con-
ducted in a similiar manner. The
wretehed baboon is intentionally kept
without drink until it 1s half mad with
thirst, and is then led by a cord as be-
fore mentioned. By what signs ihe
animal is guided no one can even con.
jecture, bat if water 18 in the neighbor.
hood the baboon is sare to tind it.
snc A AM
CAEL SOE ES
HOW TO CHOOSE A Wik
of a Partner,
“The Cholee of a lifetime Compan
| ion,” was the subject of Dr, Talmage's
| recent disoonrse, It was the first of a
| series of sermons ou pertinent topics of
| the day whien he will preach during the
| Winter. His text was chosen from
{Judges iv,, 3, He said: “The carth
| never owned such au srray of womanly
| beauty and goodness as to to-day. Iu
| fifteen years women will be so much
| better educated than men that it will be
i diffienit to find enough ignorance in the
opposite sex to make suilable counsorta,
As your religious adviser it is ny duty
to caution vou, I buen Lectnin
| to the whifll stree, and I propose wo put
the plowshare into the grouud up to the
| iron beym, no matter how Many people
| may ery whoa!”
Dr. Talmage eaid it was 3 owialen
idea thet all men must oairy Many
wen were totally nafitted 10 marry. and
it was an insult for them to esk any pure
| woman to marry them, He snd: “How
| dare you, masculine beast, ofler your
self to a pure maiden! Will a buzzard
i dare to woo 8 dove? I am gong, ee vou
religious teacher, to advise you es
the selection of a w.fe, He sad An
should seek Divine guidance. Farquha
Tupper guve this advice acd wu
laughed at, Many who did so laughed
on the other side of their faces,
magant wives, spendthrift wives, opis
eating wives, wives overbearing
iy Dest
to
Tuat's what keeps up the ein
where fathers and sone go bieva
can’t stand it at home, the
said, snd added: “After ti
the modiste and the dane
have got through with
young lady, bow is a poor, uusophisti-
cated man to decipher the hierogl yphiocs
of her character? |[Laughter.}? Only
the Lord knows. Tue sample 1s so dil.
ferent from the reality that the hasbanc
is simply astounded when he Suds he
has been simply swindled,’
Continuing, the reverend
said: “I don’t know which of
tae
peutiemar
Adam's
but look out! There are
possibilities to ope you'll get the wrong
rib, [Laughter.] By the fate of Max
beth, whose wite made hin do murder
by the Eoglishman whose wile wae 8
anxious to dance ou his grave that he
wis buried at sea, I charge you, U men
be careful! Avoid match.makers, Ge
to headquarters, Go Ww God,
“Some women, Dr, Talmage thought
ought to be soaked BOK
three weeks and fumigated a year be
fore they are fit to come back into so-
ciety, They are not fit for a man’s
sompanionstp, He continned: “There
imes when the plainest wife be
comes an angel of beanty, matter
wheat ber profile. You fail iu bus
go home and tell ber yon are «
forever, The house :
evervihing—must go.
whether 1 live or de,
listens and thensays, ‘Is tha
1 married you we had nothirg. it's
only going back to where we began. 1
you think my happiness depends upon
these things you don’t know me, even
though we're married thirty years. The
National Bank of Heaven is not closed.”
“That woman is beautiful!” shouted
Dr. Talmage, “‘I don’t care what her
features are,” He spoke of an old wife
dymg with her husband at her side,
taking his last good-by, cheered by the
thought of meeting her in anothes
world,” When Dr. Talmage closed his
many of his hearers were io
twenty thre
in earbolio
are
Less,
sled
apd farniare
care
A She
t ali? When
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The Everlasting Tip.
| $0 show great deference to guests of the
hotel. Whenever he passes in or oul
| all wito happen to be be near the en-
| trance lift their caps and assume re-
spectful attitades, This politeness is
is obliged to pass several timgs & ds)
| between two rows of hatless and rev.
| erential seryitors. Bat every one,
| though the service is incinded in the
| ball, expects to receive pour boire rang-
| tug from five cents, given to the errand
| boy, to one or two francs, paid to the
| porter or garcon who has done the spe-
| cial service of the chamber, In France
aud in the French colonies the head
| waiter of the dining room is at the door
| when the guest departs to wish him
{ “bon voyage,” and also the room boy i
| he has not been previously remembered.
One or two more servants may be oon
veniently near, who, although they
{ have rendered po service, still hope to
at many hotel, though the rule varies
| to the bell. In an instant the corridor
| is filled with servants, who swarm from
the different floors, the dining room,
the soullery, and who, with three al-
ways on duty at the entrance, appear
innumerable. The parting guest never
imagined that there were so many.
Some of these he has probably paid all
that they deserve, Ile ean do nothing
else to the rest but ignore them, though
they sooompany bim to the carriage
bareheaded and overwhelming hiv with
good with wishes, In Span it some-
times happens that when the travele:
pays his bill the head waiter appears ai
hus side as if shot op through a trap. A
bell has been touched without its being
in
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