PUT HIM IN THE BILL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1356, 18 April 1883, Page 2

PUT HIM IN THE BILL.

" Did you notice that the. Earl of Stamford was dead f an Englishman to the London representative'of the Detriot Free Press. '' ; / l ' " Yes; who was he f i;? "Agreat sporting nobleman. His title dates from Richard I. He W-j unlimited faith in the power of monejd} the supremacy of the aristocracy, ana v the general worthlessness of all the rest of humanity. One day he and a few patrons of the turf were dining at the Star and Garter, at Richmond, where Thackery says it will cost'you ten an sixpence to look at the waiter. It cost the Earl somewhat more thja that sum, He had 3ome words with the waiter, and thinking, the man insolent, he sprang up aijd to the horror of all present, sent the unfortunate man, neck and heels, crashing through the window down on the terrace below, The maa's cries alarmed the whole neighbourhood, and the landlord came breathless up the stairs and said: 'My lord, you have killed the Vaitn ai er.' • 'Thash all ri',' hiccoughed the earl. 'Jusht put the villia'n down in the bill.' 'The injured waiter was interviewed He named the sum that would satisfy his wounded feelings and'it'vras put down in the .bill and cheerfully paid by '