THE TROUBLE WITH THE STEWARD.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4819, 19 June 1884, Page 3

THE TROUBLE WITH THE STEWARD.

" Where.is the old,steward ?' -inquired a traveller as hiet stepped aboard an outgoing steamer, just pretious to hia departure.- ■. : ■■■■■■''■» " Oh he was discharged some time ago, said the captain. ' " Why, he seemed to be a first-class ' fellow," rejoined the first speaker ; " why ' was he kipked out ?" | .« Well^to tell you the'.ttuth, he got too , big for his breeches, and jreboonced him," emphatically ejaculated the captain. , This conversation occurred within hearing of a bright-eyed, intelligent little girl, fch> daughter of .one of the tourists on the steamer. Subsequently another passenger arrived, and, after bestowing a casual glance around, said•':" ."I don't see the old steward ; what has become of him ?""' ■ ■".■I think he waß discharged, volunteered avbystander.- ---." Do you know what for r " No, sir." "I do," piped a small voice from the cabin door. - Looking around, the inquirer saw ,the smiling face of a little girl peeping out at "Well my dear," said he,'" why was the.steward discharged?" •« Oh, I don't like to tell," she bashfully replied. « Bat I want to know, he persisted. ff Come tell me, that's a good girl. What 1 "did they discharge him ior ?" "Cause," she Blowly,answerecl f "cause big panta .were too short!" -