The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01
REY. 1DIRONDACK MURR1F'S DIN
NER.



But the dinner let me tell you about
that, for there is great difference in
dinners. Some are thin, others are fat
some are only tormenting suggestions OF
what a meal should be, while otf ers are
real, solid satisfactory. Now this din
ner was a dinner that is dinner. 1t
was not prophetic affair, but an actual
realization-a fruition OF the Appetite
heaven to the stomach. The bell rung,
not with a little, thin, dyspeptic tintilla-
ton, but with hearty, full-toned sound,
as if it appreciated your hunger and was
gladly conscious of the benevo-
- Of is s,-saa4a ss4-ss.< = vas not Q,
s>za s'-sszsssss<s ziEs
its cali, and So Ls ls'tt ttssnie on and eat
your fill Come on and eat your fill ~
in a deep, jovial tone, that made you
feel that the house was full of food from
cellar to attic. Such a summons always
starts me. To me it sounds like the
voice of duty, which admits OF no refusal.
| was at the table in an instant.
| slid into my chair as quick as an OF
ter slides into creek. The serving girl
was at my elbow in a wink. She had
" Observation-Disclosures eggs
and-troutr ~ I looked at her with my
face all beaming, and said, Yes" She
stared at me. | beamei again, and she
vanished toward the kitchen with a
strange look on her face. But she un-
derstood, that girl did. She felt the en-
phasis of my expression, and began to
bring on the food. The roast-beef was
good, the roast-mutton better, the ham
and eggs simply delicious The trout
looked little suspicious-they seemed
rather thin and old, as if they had been
kept long time for company like Mr..
Tilden's reform principles-but | took
them in-the trout mean. Then she
said: Coffee or tea?" | said "Both." F"
Two cups were brought full of-some-
thing. The color of the liquids were
IDENTICAL. / tasted one. 1t didn't
tase like coffee. tasted the 9Th
er. 1t didn't taste ike tea or
coffee either. l did not ike to show
my ignorance, but I was compelled
to do it. l was for once fairly cornered,
and said, looking her mildly in the face
"My dear girl, can you tell me which is
the tea and which is the coffee ?" She
looked at the two cups. she lifted one
to her nose and smelt of it. Then she
lifted the other and smelt of that. TheI
she lifted both and inspected them criti
cally. Then she put them both down OF
| the table and started to call her mother
She was evidently puzzled. She haC
probably never had such a question pro
pounded to her before. felt as | looked
at her that it was a question beyond he
years. | said: Never mind, don't fee
badly over it. When you get older yol
viii knew move, or perhaps you can hav
the cups marked, so there can be no mis-
take" She smiled-a smile that begal
at the corner of her mouth, crept aroun,
the curve of her lips, clumb up staiI
wav OF laughing lines into her eyes, am
finally broke in light all over her face
he was happy again, and coming clos
up to my chair, said interrogativeIy
Pie ?" 1 fairly jumped. She ha
touched an hereditary weakness. Whe
was there ever time when one of m
name would not eat pie? turned aroun
in my chair and exclaimed: Have yo
pies in this house?" Her answer elet
trifed me. 1t came out of her mout
like walnuts out of their shells when til
bough is shaken: Raspberry, blacl
berry, apple, custard and nince pie"
looked at her as at one who should brin
news of the millennium. " Bring thel
onl" 1 shouted, "bring them all on !
Five kinds of pie all before me at one
aud each better than the other-whe
have I seen such a sight? Those pi
came, but they never returned. OIL
the pleasures of eating one piece al
then seeing four more left untouched
Never have / had such feast sine
when youngster, used to steal who
mince pie from my mothers cupboar
and go out back of the barn and eat
alone. washing it down with plen-
: of watermelon. Things taste different
a nowadays.
l sgThat explains where my cloth