SOMETHING WANTING.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3055, 13 February 1892, Page 1 (Supplement)

SOMETHING WANTING.

| A certain literary German, whose manner of speaking was extremely deliberate, and who disapproved of impetuosity of any sort under any chcumstances, had an amusing experience in a restaurant one day. He was a well-known figure among the patrons of this particular restaurant, as lie seldom dined anywhere else, and he generally was served by a waiter who had become used to his way of speaking ; but one day a new waiter took his order, and brought his soup. " I cannot eat this soup," said the gentleman slowly, not looking up from his plate, after he had summoned the waiter for the second time. The man seized the offending dish before the customer could finish the sentence, and vanished with it. He appeared in a moment with another supply of the same soup, which he placed before the gentleman, and stood regarding him with an anxious face, wondering what could be the reason the soup remained untasted, " I cannot eat this soup," again slowly remarked the literary man. Why not, sir 2 What is the matter?" stammered the unhappy waiter, who had been told he was serving l au important person. "I cannot eat this soup, " said the literary genius calmly for the third time, " because I have not as yet been provided with a spoon." And looking up to catch the expression of relief ou the winter's face, he indulged in the low chuckle which was the only expression of amusement to which he ever gave way.