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Show HIS TROUSERS BAGGED. But H Bad EbooIi Money M Pay tor a Good Hreakbutt "Tho restaurant-keepers in this city are the most auspicious people I bare ever struck," said a tall, fine-looking man, dressed seodlly, to a ban Francisco Alta reporter. "My name is P. H. Fherisa and I am a native of Indian Ter-ritoryi Ter-ritoryi in fact, fa t!mn words, I am a hair-breed, hair-breed, i own a al amount of property in the Territory, lam uot boastinft when I af that 1 am worth fully fW.uu). My wife and family have been living in this city for fully thirty years, and I barn made my borne here during that time, making occasional trips to my property in the Indian In-dian Territory. Lately 1 determined to take my family aud locate there permanently. per-manently. This morning early I dropped Into a Market street restaurant I had to oaten the 8:30 boat and asked for breakfast. break-fast. The landlady eyed me for a minute or so, and, noticing that my clothes were rather old and seedy, said to me : "'Kay, stranger, have you enough money to pay for your meal !' "I was rather surprised, you bet, at this reception, but answered: "Cert, ma'am,' and, opening my purse, drew outafl.uuo bill, and added: 'Do you think that is enough to pay for a breakfast in this high-toned high-toned establishment? Of course I don't want pearls ground into my coffeo, nor diamond-studded bills of fare, but it you think that is sufficient to pay for what I want, all right' No sooner did the lady see the bill tban she became the most obsequious ob-sequious creature you ever saw. 'I beg your pardon, sir,' she said. 'Please sit down here.' I sat down at the table puuted at and the landlady ordered a clean tablecloth, table-cloth, clean glasses, napkins every thing she eeuld think of, in fact aud even went so far as to put a beautiful bouquet of roses in the center of the table. She would not let one of the waiters take my order, but coming to me herself, said : 'What would you wish to have, sir I' She sir'd mo then, you see, "Feeling rather hot at the treatment 1 bad received I said, shortly : 'Nothing at all, madam.' " 'Nothing! she echoed " 'Nothing, I replied. '1 want nothing In a house where they ask men whether they can pay for their meals tirst. Perhaps you would like to look at my purse, madam,' and I opened it and showed her twenty bills of 1,000 each. When she saw I had jyo.miu 6n me you never saw such an astomshul look on a person's face as appeared on hers. She was almost speechless. I arose then, and, bowing to her profoundly, remarked: 'I hope, madam, that you will notin the future judge a man by appearances and ask impertinent im-pertinent questions of him because his pants are baggy at the knees. By so doing you will not lose valuable patrons, as you have this morning.' I departed, leaving the lady looking the picture of chagrin " |