The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-09-22
"Like an Irishman's ilea.

Like an Irishman's flea"
"Great anticipations; realization
Won sUnk~
"Now you see It and now you don't ;
When these explosions were ended
Charley Gates called out, In q pitifu
tone;
"This Is too bad. tellcws MY hear,
eches for You In your disappointment
! long to relieve yo,s and. though car
do but little toward 1t, invite you tc
my humble apartment to share my Las,
bone and crust
BY this time we had all absorbed
such a spirit of fun that we needed nc
urging 10 accompany him.
Every boy, too, WAS fully convinced
of the fact that we were In pursuit of q
basket Of melons, under difficulties.
Whether we should ever catch It or not
was the puzzle; but Craig Hammond,
Of course, thought he was the only fel-
low who saw the end from the begin
ming.
Like Oil, Charley undertook TO pro-
cure his bone and crust" through The
window. and. like Gil, failed, feeling
wildly into the outside darkness
When he turned and faced MS, the
laughter that filed that room was un-
controllable. Some Of us sank to the
foor-it would seem almost in convul-
siona
Witty remarks seemed dry and out Of
place as we realized the merits of our
case, Ia pursuit Of melons, which
lodged us as If alive. At length Craig
Hammond thought his turn had come.
"Now, fellows, we cant close up the
fun without something substantial
We've fed on air too lonUi''
A roar Of laughter answered him, for
every one Of us knew we'll enough that
another chapter OF melons was coming.
Come along" continued Craig, well
make sure thing Of It this time; for I
don't depend on lounges aud portico
roofs for my supplies"
"Ha, ha! When you cabbage melons,
You hide them where you can find them,
do you, Craig2" was the response.
He undertook to parry this hint and
put us off the scent by declaring that
he was going to forage through the
country for supplies to make up for
Hosmer's losses
Out we went and started across
corner of the campus, toward his room
In the other wing of the building, when
he halted us in the moonlight and bade
us wait, while he stepped to Rev.
Clark's premises. as he said, '@to recon
noiter."
While be was gone, the rest of MS
ciphered out his trick by recalling his
late arrival at the meeting and pntting
1t with Charley's statement that he
thought somebody was watching him
while he was elm bing about with the
basket.
II declare, hope he'll miss them,
too" said Dan, mirthfully.
''Never mind, Hosmcr. II over we
overtalse those melons we'll credit
them to you as the first mover in the
panorama"
''Baslsetorama. more accurately"
suggested some one
II fear we shall, never bash in the |
contents OF that basket" 4" groaned Gil. |
But for you, prime conspirator, we |
should long ere this have tasted their |
sweets" said another, in mock elo-
quence, and pointing long foref1nger
in CHS face
BY this time Craig returned empty
handed, reporting that the woodhouse
door was shut and locked, and was So
luted with jibes and laughtep.
ALIAS! alas! our poor deprived pal
ates!' sighed one.
''PulatiA humbug," exclaimed anoth-
er, In poor attempt to play on the
word palate.
"Netorcholy wreck of our fond ex.
mourned another.
We voted ourselves cheated and In
'ured set of fellows, and, with many a
mock lamentation, scattered to our
roomS
The next day brought to each Of US
In invitation from Mrs. Clark to call at
,er home from eight to nfne that even
ng.
From Craig we learned that when
o1ne one OF the family came to lock up
he house the melons were discovered.
md supposed to be a present from some
ountry palishioner. But, early in the
Craig called on Mrs. Clark
nd explained.
That evening at the mtuisterR our
'arty reinforced by several charming
riends, overlook the fugitive melons
nd with gusto put an end to their wan
ering habit.
But notwithstanding the common
impression that such young fellows are
hieay creatures Of appetite, the fact
emains that we enjoyed the pleasure
pursuit more than that of eating the
Beaumont In Golden
lays
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