AT THE RESTAURANT.
He pulled himself up at the hotel table, tucked the napkin under his chin, picked up the bill of fare, and began to study it intently;
Everything was in restaurant French, and he didn't like it.
"Here, waiter, he said, sternly; "there's nothing on this I want.": "Ain't there nothin' you would like* for dinner, sir?" inquired the waiter, politely.
"Have yen got any sine qua non?" The waiter gasped, "No, sir,"'he .replied.
(s Got any bona fide ?" "N-no, sir."
"Got any semper eadem?" "No, sir, we haven't." "Got any jeu d'esprits?" "No, sir, not one." "Got any tempus fugit?" "I reckon not, sir." "Got any soirees dansantes?" "No, sir." The waiter was edging off. "Got any sine die?" "We ain't, sir." "Got any piuribus unum?" The waiter's face showed some signs of intelligence. "Seems ter me I heerd of that, sir," and he rushed out to the kitchen, only to return empty-handed.
"Maybe you've got some beef and cabbage and a gooseberry tart?"
"Sure we have, sir," exclaimed the waiter, in a tone of the utmost relief; and he fairly flew out to the kitchen.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 17 February 1915, Page 6
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189AT THE RESTAURANT. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 17 February 1915, Page 6
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