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Show JUST SNIFFCD THE WHI8KY. New Yorker Clalma Act Civet Him Pleaiant Memorlet. A man entered n down town ret' tnurant the other ilny nnd ordered n whltky, tais tho New York Timet. Tho waiter brought n bottlo of It. The man uncorked It, rnlaed It to hll note, nnd took n lone miff. Then ho took another Then ho took n third n lone, contemplative sniff. Finally he wound up the ierfnrmancn with a fervent king sniff, onn that he teemed loth to end Hut hu did end It nt last, with a tilth Then ho replaced tho bottlo on the table, nnd culled tho waiter. "Take It away," he tald. Tho waiter removed tho bottle. "Well, iiK)n my word," tald tome one at another table, "I certainly thought that old fellow liked that whltky from tho way ho mined at It, but there ho It tending It back. 1 wonder what other kind tho waiter will bring him Inttend." Hut tho waller brought him no mora whltky. Tho man Mo hit lunch In tllence, tmoked hit cigar, paid hit check, and went hit w-ny, , "Ho oro oft long ago," explained the waiter to a curlona aomubody at another table. "Hut ho ulwayi takct tlx anlrft of whltky at every moal. (licet him pleaiant mamorlci, lis tayt." ? |