| Show ANOTHER IDOL SHATTERED no not 0 difficult task to kot ent thirty quilla qualls in thirty drays days the idea kiil at a man cannot eat a duall in ill a n lay for thirty days is all bosh zaid aid dr thomas ilov boyson soll while discuss eating feats with several ill 11 fishing ind ami eating companion the hie other day dr boysell 1 is nell lnell known w as a successful mining nian man when not examining leads beuls in the sierra foothills he be loves to kill time the fishing fishbu ant and hunting are reported good when the basking sharks drove the halt bail and mignion tile lie near capatola a fortnight azo aeo it was dr roybon boyson who dise discovered th thit tapi it spearing sharks shark Is nil all inspiring and providential sport on ills various expeditions the doctor lins has lieen been foi forced ced under tinder stress of circumstances circumstance to oat eat every everything thin g from toasted grasshoppers to fricassee fri cassed ed shoo shoe leather its queer too resumed the D doctor octor ilov how firn rooted some sportsmen are in the quail cating thecil theory 7 several days ago I 1 was discussing tile point in a small shooting party and one of them promptly offered t to 0 wager that no one could ent eat a quail every lay day for thirty days no one was dispo disposed acl to t take ice him up in fact the half dozen sportsmen port smon seni seemed etl to think there was wag no winning such a hot bet and that tor for some unknown reason a quail a day would turn the gorge of the most steadfast eater before the moon was up now gw im not ordinarily fond of quail myself ys elf but I 1 have an unqualified rem respect for my own will and digestive powers besides as a professional man I 1 dislike exceedingly to leave such simple scientific questions for idle speculation and wagers it is so simple to solve them with a trial I 1 told the I 1 would take his wager the loser to p pay 1 y for the quails then one of ills his cronies cronley chipped in with the remark never be able to do it why man alive it has been tried hundreds of times and bowls out the quail eater every time that bet Is like finding money I 1 wish I 1 had one like it good said 1 I suppose we mal make I 1 it more I 1 feel already as if one quail would serve only as an appetizer for the second positively I 1 would like a second quail by all means lie promised another quail and another well I 1 started in on my quail and browsed along easily for nearly a week in spite of the relentless chaffing of my table companions about the sixth day along came a man who said oh quails are all right you you may be able to eat cat a a day for days but squabs squats are different you never could eat one squab a day for that time youre just the man im looking for I 1 wild said all I 1 require now Is at least beast one squab it a day to put the finishing relish to my two quails believe me im famis famishing bing for at least one squab a day lie ile thought I 1 was bluffing and said something about placing against my ability to eat thirty squabs squats in as many days of course the others egged him on there was only one thing for me to do at the next meal a tempting squab flanked my two quails dr di woodruff and col r taylor looked at one another and interchanged an almost imperceptible wink oh this is a hard stubborn fact solemn truth protested boyson catching it remember youre at two qualls quails and a squab now and in the first week of the contest up was all dr woodruff vouchsafed dr boyson boysol smiled good at the chaffing and went on 1 I kept to that trio of birds for thirty five days and nights and might have kept it longer but I 1 had exploded the theory to my own satisfaction by that time no I 1 never felt any distaste for the biris birds and gut got along swimmingly at every stage or rather moal meal of the contest maybe slay be at times I 1 might have relished sonie some other dish much better than straight birds but I 1 never had bad to force myself to attack my dally daily brace of quo quails ils ar vor or breakfast I 1 took a cup of coffee nn and daroll a roll I 1 rarely take anything heavier unless I 1 am on a hunting or fishing trip at noon I 1 picked a quail flanked by a bottle of light wine and at dinner I 1 paid my respects to the rema remaining inin 1 quail and his brother the squab equal at that meal I 1 was allowed wine coffee and some assorted sorted up fruit the reason I 1 say bosh when I 1 hear say it it impossible to eat a quail a lay flay for thirty days springfield republican |
