OCR Text |
Show Trouble Id m Country Home. An uptown clubman, who Is very much in trade and keeps an eye always on th main chance, carne to grief the other day through inviting to his country coun-try house a visitor who was visiting tiie city to spend a lot of money in a busi ness way. Tho clubman merchant wanted the visitor's custom and took this hospitable way to secure it. The visitor found at his host's a company who wero laying plans for horseback rides and other bucolic sporta. In order or-der to make himself congenial to such a company he appeared at dinner wearing spurs. His host's friends wero unable V) repress their amusement. This prove so embarrassing to the visitor that when soup was passed to him he upset it, spilling the scalding liquid in his lap. The mishap was too ludicrous to excite ex-cite sympathy, its reception in a spirit of levity decided him to leave the table. ta-ble. Doing no in Homo haste, one of his spurs caught in the tablecloth, and in less time than it takes to tell it he had hauled the cloth off, dragging with it to the floor tho soup of the guests and a Jumhlo of cut glass, silverware, cutlery cut-lery and other table appointments. Tho visitor did not stop to apologize. His room was handy, and before the debris could bo removed tho host and his guests spied their friend, luggage in hand, hat set back on his ears and Ins spurs flashing, bound down tho road toward the railway station. That was tho hint seen of him to date. New Tork Times. i |