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Show HIS UNKNOWN FRIEND. The Sarnia Observer says: A good joke is being told just now on an old resident, living not a hundred miles from Sarnia. Col. (Colonel) P_ came to town and went to one of our leading hotels to dinner. A new feature had been introduced into the hotel since the colonel's last visit, in the shape of a waiter in full dress, swallow-tail coat, etc. The colonel came in and seated himself at a table, and the waiter came up and said; "What will you have, sir?" The colonel, who is a little deaf, shook him cordially by the hand, and rising, said, "Really, you have the advantage of me, sir, er, er, where was it I met you before? Toronto?" Then leading him to a window, and turning him so that the light would fall on his face, again remarked that "The countenance was familiar, but really he could not place him," etc. The waiter blushed, of course, and repeated the remark: "What will you have, sir?" The colonel thanked him. "Really, I never take anything before dinner," he said, and returning to his seat he asked the waiter to be seated. The waiter of course excused himself and sent a pretty dining-room girl to wait on the colonel. The colonel went home and is still wondering who his distinguished friend was. |