Show THE MISSING FOWL an experience with an abscent i minded arelt wills invited rae to dinner one afternoon when I 1 met him in the strand I 1 accepted reminding him that a he waa absentminded he had better make a note of the evening As he had no paper in his pocket he wrote the date on his shirt cuff when the appointed evening arrived I 1 went to hla studio the door was opened by wills and I 1 could see that he had forgotten all about the appointment ah old fellow he exclaimed do not be too hard on me the cuff went to the wash and the date with it but there la a fowl in the pot boiling here continued mr wills just come in and iwalla few minutes I 1 had my misgivings but walked in alde and sat down upon the only chair not crowded with paint brushes and palestes palettes pa lettes after waiting or about twenty minutes feeling deucedly hungry I 1 groaned this had the effect 0 reminding wills that I 1 was present he exclaimed in a dreamy voice the fowl must be boiled by abla time and coming forward he lifted the lid of the pot and peered inside it Is very odd lie remarked but I 1 cannot see the fowl extraordinary no one has been here so the bird cannot have been stolen well the long and short of it Is that a week or two later I 1 called again at the studio noticed a peculiar odor and discovered the old fowl wrapped up in a piece of brown paper ah eald wills now I 1 know bow it all happened when the fowl was brought in there camo a smart visit orLady 0 about sittings for her portrait I 1 must have thrown the fowl behind a canvas and forgotten all about it but now I 1 old fellow do shut up london mall |