Beau; just suggest some little thing that looks better than it
tastes, but is not too expensive to keep down.'

"'_Oui, oui_!' His Marseillaise came back at me, '_un diner
confortable doit se composer de potage, de volaille bouillie ou
rotie, chaude ou froide, de gibier, de plats rares et distingues,
de poissons, de sucreries, de patisseries et de fruits_!'

"I looked at my wife, she looked at me, then we both looked out the
window and wished we had never been born.

"'Say, Garsong,' I said, after we came to, 'my wife is a daughter
of the American Revolution and she's so patriotic she eats only in
United States, so cut out the Moulin Rouge lyrics and let's get
down to cases. How much will it set me back if I order a plain
steak--just enough to flirt with two very polite appetites?'

"'Nine dollars and seventy cents,' said Joan of Arc's brother Bill;
'the seventy cents is for the steak and the nine dollars will help
some to pay for the Looey the Fifteenth furniture in the bridal
chamber.'

"'Save the money, John,' whispered Peaches; 'and we'll buy a cow
with it.'

"'How about a sliver of roast beef with some slapped potatoes,' I
said to the waiter. 'Is it a bull market for an order like that?'

"'Three dollars and forty-two cents,' answered Henri of Navarre;
'forty-two cents for the order and three dollars to help pay for