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Show "YOU SHALL., Slllt" The following story of tho comedian Maihfws,is from the memoir of Ynung, 'ho English tragedian: "Mathuw-h "Mathuw-h n il on appointment with a eolieiror. ' hey were to meet at a parlicnlar hour at a small inn in tho ciiy where they iin.ht hope (o bequiet and undis urbeJ. Mathews arrived at the place too soon. On entering the coffee room ho found a commercial gentleman eating a lunch of boiled beef. Mathews sat down by ihe fire and took up a newspaper, meaning to while away the time until his friend arrived. Occasionally he glunecd from tho newspaper to the beef, nd beef to the man, till -he began be-gan to fidget and look about him from the top of tho right-hand pago to the b.utmn "f the leit in a querulous man-iiL-i-. Th. n he i unit d the paper inside out, ami, pretending to slop from reading, addressed ih cenllcmcn in a tone of ili-diguicd indignation, and wi:h a ghastly smile T beg pardon, sir, but I don't think you nrc aware that you have no mustaid.' The person thus addret-sed looked up at him with evident surprise, mentally resenting the interference, and coldly bowed. Mathews resumed hia paper, and, curious to see il' his well-meant hint would ha aoted on. furtively looked round the tde of l(is paper, and finding find-ing the plate to be Mill Void of mustard, mus-tard, concluded the man was deaf. So, ravins his voice to a higher key, and aceoMini,' him with sarcastic acerbity. he bawled out with syllabic precirion: I 'Are you aware sir that you j Love been eating boiled beef without mustard ? Again a stifi bow ' and no reply. Once more Mathews affected to read, while he was n.erel nursing his wiath to keep it mm. A' last, seeing the man's ot-siinat-r vio a tun of conventionality and gord vic he jumped up, and in the mot arbi trary and dtfiiQt manner, snateh-jd tin mustard-pot out of the cruet stand, banged it under the defaulter's ncse. aod s-houted out -'Confound it, fir. you shall take mustard!' Then slap ; ping his hat on hij head, he left th room, declaring that he had never occl under a roof with uch a savage." |