The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-12-04

into Lilliputian valley with my spark
ing little companion.
walked with the happy brook mile
or more, and then turned back as the
dinner.horn sounded And such a din
ner! or, more properly speaking, such a
breakfast, lunch and dinner all mingled
into one huge meal. as met my aston
ished vision when I again Joined the
party!
Giant loaves of homemade bread !;
biscuits, buns, crackers; pork and beans
together; beans without the pork pork
without the beans; chickens roasted,
brolled, and in salads; beef boiled and
baked; peas, corn, and more beans skill
fully combined, or in separate dishes :;
young beets, cucumbers, lettuces; cakes
"a legion of cakes; pies-a host of pies;
berries-bushels of berries; coffee, tea.
and Neutrality-suspicious. of them all! If
ever table did groan beneath the weight
OF food. those tables should have groaned
with groan more appalling than ever
was heard from the ghost Of Hamlets
father. Never saw so bountiful re-
past before, and, truth to tell, it was
welcome sight, for, notwithstanding my
grief at being separated from my Ga bricl
youth and country air asserted them
selves, and was decidedly hungry.
Set right down here, Car'line,"
called my sister-in-law, the moment I
came in sight, pointing to q vacant seat
on her right. | obeyed, unfolded my
napkin, took a cup of coffee somebody
handed me, said, Yes, thank you," to
an offer of roast chicken, when Adeiine
Eliza, with her mouth full of succotash,
turning to her neighbor on the left, re-
sumed the story which my arrival APP
parently had interrupted for moment;
"A grsat, tail fellow with big" /
jumped up hastily. There was an un-
occupied chair at the children's table
"I'll help take care of the little ones,
said I, and FLED once more.
Dinner lasted about two hours, and
shortly after stalwart, brown-faced
young farmer bashfully proposed q
swing, or q g scup,'' as he called it.
eagerly accepted his invitation Any
thing, anything, thought, to get away
from those ''big black whiskers," and
keep Gabriel and that forward Price
girl out OF my mind. Besides which, /
was very fond of swinging. So in few
moments | was merrily flying up among
the tree-tops, and in another few mo
nents d shrill, too well known voice
followed me. I glanced down. Adeline
Eliza stood beneath an adjacent tree,
talking to her deaf old grandfather.
g No, no, l didn't say black sisters"
she screamed; ''black whiskers-bis
black whiskers."
And thereafter, no matter how high
SCARED. that wretched story scared with
me-"
8" / gave him choke" yelled Adeline
Eliza.
mo. no, not Joke II wasn't no
joke but real burglar
"Let the cat de-" murmured I to my
farmer friend, and before it was fairly
dead sprang from the swing, and pre-
cipitately Joined noisy party who were
playing Follow my leader" with
shouts of laughter that could have Ger
tainly been heard q mile away.
Supper. Another heavily LOADED table,
and people eating as though they had had
no dinner. Adeline Eliza sat opposite
ONE. An elder sister, who had just
arrived on the scene of action-her car
rage having broken down and tumbled
herself and children into the dust five
miles up the road, from whence they
had all trudged, while spa" went to
look Tor blacksmith her place at
my side.
81 declare, when that wagon went to
pieces" said she, g was almost scared
to death"
Scared to death! !" repeated my sister,
in-law, with an accent Of scorn.
'Guess il you'd a walked up and seen d
burglar in your room, as did t'other
night"
MOP exclaimed her sister.
"No mo- about it" replied Adeline
Eliza, gulping down her ice-cream in
such hurry that her nose turned blue.
and / shivered. ga great, tall fell
low"
started to my feet, pumped an open
eyed, open mouthed urchin into my
place, handed him my cake and ice
cream, and rushed out into the old
fashioned garden. Even there my evil
spirit seemed to pursue me, and fancied
the crickets chirped over and over
again, . A great, tall fellow" and the
treetosds and katydids joined in with
big black whiskers, big black
whiskers."
"Oh, Gabriel! GABRIEL" said |, s.i
you but knew what have suffered. vol
wouldn't even speak to that Price girl
let alone play croquet with her, as
suppose you have been doing all after
noon!'
And ] wandered about among th,
| sleeping flowers until tine crickets an,