heavy

   , sir, I think," responds the clerk.

   "Heavy! ha! ha! you may well say they were

    heavy

   , my dear fellow—

    five and eight hundred dollars a week!

   " says the Don, with a nonchalance that would win the admiration of a flash prince of the realm.

   "O, no doubt of it, sir; it is very expensive to keep company, and entertain the government officers, at Washington, sir," the clerk replies.

   "You're right, my dear fellow; you're right. But let me see," and here the Don stuck a little glass in the corner of his eye, and glanced at the bill; "ah, yes, I see, $102.51—a—a—something—all right, I presume; if it ain't right,

    we'll make it all right in the morning

   ."

   "Very good, sir; that will answer, sir," says the clerk, about to bow himself out of the room.

   "One moment, if you please, my dear fellow; that Marteux of yours is really superb. A friend dined here yesterday with me—he is a—a gentleman who imports a—a great deal of wine; he a—a—pronounces your Schreider an elegant article. I shall entertain some friends to-night, here, and do you see that we have sufficient of that 'Marteux' and 'Schreider' cooling for us; my friends are judges of a pure article, and a—a I wish them to have a—a good opinion of your house. Understand?"

   "Ah, yes, sir; that'll be all right," says the clerk.

   "Of course; if it ain't, I'll make it all right in the morning!" says the Don Cæsar, as the official vanished.

   "Well, Charles, did you present that gentleman's bill?" asks the host of the clerk, as they met at "the office."

   "Yes, sir; he says it's all right, or he'll make it all right in the morning, sir," replies the clerk.

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