Show BEFORE HE THOUGHT the poor fellow was keally itonery and spoke ufa too frankly tom de witt jack ford and ed stillman bad been living on cigars and hop for two days and were nearly starved tc death they bad decided to honor some ol 01 their vassar friends with a visit at the time of the commencement when the college discipline is somewhat relaxed but a short stay in the place had convinced alm that the fare of the poughkeepsie boarding house was inadequate to satisfy murray hill appetites so when after a morning drive th girls announced that they intended tc effectually silence the current feeble sneer att the cooking abilities of fair collegians by giving the party a lunch prepared by themselves there was joy is the hearts of the men at the word lunch tom looted at ed and ed looked at tom and jack looked straight into the face of the prettiest girl and eaid most felicitously oh thank your it was to be served iu one of the rooms at 2 in the meantime the would labout the grounds and get up an appetite at last the lunch cama it was a pink one the table was artistically and tastefully decorated big pink bows and bunches of roses covered the cloan and elaborately dinner carda directed the guests to their seats aa course succeeded course the mea began to wonder where the bials were coming ia and to realize that a third disappointment had fallen tc their lot the little tubs of deviled salmon th impalpable with tender asparagus tips the tiny dribs of shrimp salad in the center of cool green lettuce leaves the salted almonds the olives the meringues glace and the strawberry sherbet were all very dainty and delicate but not particularly satisfying to earthly mortals whose thoughts were running on thick juicy english chop and big pewter mugs the size of an infanta bathtub and when as a finishing touch anto little packages of frutti cunningly tied up in pink ribbons were passed around on a silver plate the men felt to further conversational effat A few hours after the feast tom dt witt remarked that it was time foi them to be starting aa they expected to catch the train for new york oh better stay over until the 1010 remonstrated aswelt sophomore i you will just spoil your evening what will yon do when yon get back tc the city here was the great opportunity ot jacks life and na consciously he rose to it oh ha said earnestly well ge straight to a hotel and get something to cat for we had a square mea hince we have been in this towal for a moment torce girls stared blankly at each other and then the young men gathered their bats and canes together and saying hurried good nights sied with horizontal coat tails in tho direction of the depot harry romaine in homemaker Home |