Show EXCUSE FOR HIS BLUNDERING Ideal Waiter Walter True to the End Had Been Working Under Pretty Heavy Handicap He was an immaculate servant To watch him serve a salad was to watch an artist at work To hear his subdued subdued subdued sub sub- dued accents was a lesson in the art artof artof artof of voice He never slipped sUpped he never smiled and his mutton-chop mutton whiskers marked him as one of ot the theold theold theold old and faithful stock But one evenIng evening evening even even- ing to the surprise of at his master he ho showed unaccountable signs of at nerv nerv- When the chicken came on he confused it with the he pheasant He Ho served everything in the wrong order order order or or- der made blunder after blunder and put a final touch to his shame by upsetting upsetting upsetting up up- setting the salt over the only superstitious superstitious superstitious super super- member of ot the party Then at last when the ladles ladies had retired to the drawing room he touched his master master mas mae ter on the shoulder I beg your pardon pardon par par- don sir he said In a respectful Undertone undertone undertone un un- but could you manage to spare me now My house Is on fire |