| Show DID THE HORSE PLAY THIS TRICK Row Tno Spanish Gentlemen Happened to Forget to Pay Tlicir Check Thero is R small all night restaurant in a Twentycl11 l street basement where gentlemen of more or less bo hemian instincts sometimes go for n quiet bottle and a taste of seasonable delicacies As I sat there one night I observed that the two sharp featured gentlemen In dress suits who sat at the table next to mine had already dispatched their second sec-ond bottle of Chateau Yquem besides a liberal array of toothsome edibles They were now chatting over their cigarettes The greater part of the conversation was in Spanish Finally they gathered up their overcoats to go and as they stepped step-ped toward the desk apparently to settle I set-tle the bill ono of them said to the waiter Call in our cab driver and I give him n drink The jehu entered promptly Ill leave the door open if you dont mind so as to keep an eye on the boss bo said He plays tricks on me sometimes some-times The beaming J night hawk had raised bi glass of a liberal three fingers of whisky and was just remarking Eres looking at ye gentlemen when he glanced out the open door rnd realized that tho hoss that plays tricks sometimes was leisurely ambling off toward Broadway Dropping tho glasr unemptied he bolted for tho door closely close-ly followed by the two gentlemen who wore dress suits and talked Spanish The latter were laughing merrily as though the whole affair were a good jokeThey didnt come back right away and when tho tsshier somewhat uneasily uneas-ily went outside and looked down the street night hawk hoss Spanish gentlemen and all had disappeared Then the cashier camo back behind his desk He looked ruefully at the figures fig-ures on the unpaid check banged the cash register viciously as he rang up another an-other customers 16 cents for a cocktail and remarked Id like to know whether wheth-er that hoss was taught to play those tricks or whether my Spanish friends simply took advantage of what wa really an accident The worldly wise bartender stopped rinsing a glass dipped a towel disdainfully disdain-fully over his shoulder and said with a pessimistic grin Theres more way than one to beat the house I never SEM that trick done before but Ive heart tell of it New York Herald |
