Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-02

brought up the rear. and Ellen condi>
ana Lieutenant Hedges preceded them.
ment.
The dinner might be called provincial
In It's arrangement and large handed
abundance; certain it is, no other part
Oh the world could have afforded n
greater variety Of lies good things, nor
could any cooks in the great capitals
surpass the black women. who. though
slaves themselves, were the complete
mistresses Of all the Hampton kitchens.
smell fish from the Great South Bay,
Diue nsh from the Atlantic, wild fowl
from the Great Peconic Bay; wild tur-
Key grouse and woodcock from the
neighboring forests; venison. better
than ever royal forest produced enrlv
vegetables, most grateful OF all food to
tne sailors; preserved fruits and nuts,
imported and domestic; butter like fam
cliM gold ingots; these and many other
thlngs came on in regular and seeming.
~ endless courses; and the dishes
steamed amid masses Of flowers gath
cred from garden and field; and old
fashioned wax candles Of many colors
lit up the whole.
All were on good terms before the
meal began, but during its progress the
tnin walls OF reserve melted away, and
when the banqust-for such we call it
was concluded all felt like old friends.
Wine and spiced rum wee passed
around In abundance, and Captain Fox
ana MS men appeared t. drink as did
the others-and this was time when it
was thought man could be neither q
good sailor nor a brave soldier IL he did
not drink-but they did not drink, or
even sip. each time they lifted the silver
goblets to their lips.
After dinner, the musicians, who had
been playing in the vine-covered porch
outside, struck up march, and another
procession was formed; and Squire
Condit, with Mrs. Hedges on his arm,
led the way to his own house, where
the festivities were to be continued.
Sailors in the service of the British
Government were always sure Of well
come in the best society OF the colonies,
Their commissions implied that officer"
and gentleman" were synonymous; and
it can be said that a knightly courtesy
ran through the service at this time,
for England had entered on that grand
career for supremacy of the ocean
which was afterwards to leave her for
time its undisputed mistress.
The officers of the Wanderer were
made as welcome by the people OF Sag
Harbor as II, like the Sea Hawks
crew, they were their own sons and
neighbors.
With the exception OF Captain Fox
and Lieutenant Frenauld, the officers Of
the Wanderer were not, judging from
their awkward and constrained man
ners, much accustomed to ladies' So
ciety, for only the two named could
dance, or at least attempted to do 80.
This, however, only made the nom
dancers tho more acceptable to such
staid citizens as Squire Condit and
Doctor Hedges, who " ere not SO strict
in church matters as not to enjoy game
OF whist.
But Captain Fox and Mr.. Frenauld
more than made up for the deficiency in
the others. The former, now that he
was in his magnificent uniform, and
his expressive face and strange blue
eyes beaming and flashing with anima-
ton, was conspicuously fine-looking,
even in the presence of such men as
Captain Denham and Mr.. Valentine
Dayton. Mr.. Frenauld, though dark,
and with eyes that a physiognomist
would call Sinister" presented a good
foil to his light-haired commander,
whom he equaled as brilliant CONVEX
| sationalist.
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