“‘Mutton chops, you chuckle head,’ said the young gentleman.
“‘Mutton chops, you chuckle head,’ shouted the Chinaman to the kitchen.
“The joke took among the customers, and presently one of them called out, ‘A glass of pigeon milk, you long-tailed Asiatic.’
“‘A glass of pigeon milk, you long-tailed satic,’ echoed the waiter.
“‘A barrel of homœopathic soup, old smooth head,’ shouted another.
“‘Arrel homepatty soup, you old smooth head,’ echoed the waiter.
“‘A hatful of bricks,’ shouted a fourth.
“‘Hatter bricks,’ repeated the waiter.
“By this time the kitchen was in a perfect state of confusion, and the proprietor in a stew of perplexity rushed into the dining-room. ‘What you mean by pigeon milk, homepatty soup, and de brick? How you cooking, gentlemen?’
“A roar burst from the tables, and the shrewd Asiatic saw in a moment that they were hoaxing his subordinates. ‘The gentlemen make you all dam fools,’ said he, rushing again into the smoky recess of the kitchen.”