Eureka Reporter | 1906-01-19 | Page 3 | Page Ate Senator's Luncheon

page ate senators luncheon cockrell confines his dally luncheon to plump red apples yes berday when the usual hour for his lunch armed the missourian Missour lan clapped his hands twice A smart page stood at his elbow boy take this to my clerk in the committee room said he giving the youth a scrap of paper carelessly folded the page ran out of the senate chamber up the marble steps and into the far northeast corner of the senate wing where mr cockrell has h s of flee the note was delivered to the clerk who handed the page two plump apples that was what the note in strutted ted him to do A halt hour passed senator cockrell was enduring the pangs of hunger what became of the boy who went after my appless said he to barney layton the lad entirely unsuspicious 0 anything amiss was summoned into the senator s presence he explained that he thought the apples were his reward tor delivering the message he had eaten them the frugal missourian Missour lan saw the joke in the situation he could not restrain a laugh being out one luncheon he resumed attention to the senate pro ce edings and bided his evening meal washington post