Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1912 — Superstitious Waiter. [ARTICLE]

Superstitious Waiter.

A man dining at a case observed that though he had ordered one dozen oysters, he was served with only eleven. The next evening the same thing occurred again. Then the diner became somewhat irritated. "Why,” he demanded of the waiter, “do you serve me only eleven oysters when I order a dozen?” .The waiter bowed apologetically. “I didn’t think you’d wanting to be sitting thirteen at table, sir.”