Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-04-18
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There exists In ! 0ntisss = gesilemsa
xho makes h,s shole ineoaas ~ mix
ing salasis A tess uinatss bsbors the
commencement ~ = diRser party he
drives ~ Ia haasom and proceeds "
the usi1iag Of tn .agre,ileass. whieh
ar really preps I'D for hina In short
time tie salad IS finished. il i placed
ca TIE table. 4 : an Incredible saeesss.
eae "a e1hefeai eon eoef 0a elas as
Il Il cAa aot haA 1ee.l made D hands.
hut rather ~ i it hogere,t bslWesa tWo
heni sp.Isees. partakinz sof both NlHe
bel Yngi8g 70 neitAer Tie grratssT part
Of the nAserials are fofnd for him
some hs sIses some il seems good %
him 81 Fe ect. blt Il = surmised that he
msst bring With hiH some singular
naxoring Or mysterious herb whieh
gives 10 the salad its magical flavor.
ABg way. the salad IS 4 success. the
maker pcekets guinea fee. and dies
on la mother haD-0m possibly -
dream 0f iavsnt.ng another salai No
one has ever seen the salad-m2keT at
work he demands perfect solitude
for his artistic employment, and he has
4 preference t0r silenee While Is Is going
on He has q bland. my ; teriouss and
almost uneulous expression. which
SENS -omehaw O. suggest a person
ho takes ssnseial delight In the mix
ng of Gil Tie Ia, q manner 80 quietly
polite so cam. sad seii-ceutained. as
perisc Is 20 battle any inquiry which
could te pu' % him a. 20 his history or
the secret OF his trade. Were his
hostess - be even IS iEnpetnOus as The
Princess 10 der Asra. she would get
no nf0rmal on 0at OF the salad-mskr.
III ap1sropne. Tell rue quickly, what
Thy name and what thy counirYP"
would meet with no response beyond
an oily smile. q aeprecatOry bow. and
a gentle shrug OF the shoulders Ia
what country he discovered the seeret
OF his salad. whether there is a secret at
all or whether the flavor lies in the faith
Of the partaker. where he lives when he
is at home. and what be does when he
il not making salad-al these things
are mysteries and Will never be known
during the lifetime of the salad-mnker.
Not To be mentioned in the same
breath with the salad-maker. vet having
a certain affinity with him through the
nly steries of his occupation. is the pro-
fessiOnal beetle-hunter. He also de-
nnands To work in secret, be also dc
rnands a tolerable fee, but his manner
(unlk that of the salad-maker) is
somewhat grim and unresponsiye. He
will come whenever YOU send for him.
and will rid your house of the intruders
instantaneously. but what be rather
prefers il 10 be paid by the year and to
come whenever be thinks tit. For q
small annual sum-thirty shillirgs or
thereabouts. il the writer's memory
does not deceive him-he viii under
take that not single beetle shall be
seen in your establishment during the
time il is under his care. He appears
particularly 10 like the air of respecta-
bility which is given him by this yearly
income. considering himself probably
as thereby getting into the position of
person with rents coming in, and who
might even have to pay income-tax one
OF these DAYS What is the subtitle COM
munication between him and the beetle.
and how be does MS spiriting. is as deep
q mystery as the great salad question
spoken Of above. Like the salad-maker,
he allows of no witnesses to his per-
formances. and the manner of them
must ever remain matter for con-
lecture. He comes at night, in the storm
or the rain. but what he does no one
knows. Probably he is a successor to
the Pied Piper of Hamlin, and parades
the basement playing on pipe, by
which he lures his victim to destruc-
ton. London Standard.