Jack led his new friend to a fine restaurant and they were soon seated at a table, and our hero undertook to order a very sumptuous meal, also some very choice wine; but later, to his surprise, he observed that the baron did not touch the wine, and Jack said:
"You do not drink the wine?"
"No, I never drink wine."
"That is strange, seeing you are a German. Probably you prefer beer?"
"No, thank you. Yes, I am a German, but I never drink beer."
"You amaze me."
"Possibly so, but I have the best of reasons for not using any sort of liquors."
The baron spoke good English, but there was just enough of the German dialect to indicate that he was not an American.
"Your countrymen, as a rule, are free drinkers."
"Yes, unfortunately, yes; but I am not; I repeat, I never do drink liquor of any sort."