The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-09-22
INE ROANOKE TIMES, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER p, 1895.

room. excused myself, and giving my
guests large scrapbook containing COM
plimentary press notices which 1 knew
would interest them ! went OH IA weary
search for tho key.
Night, with somber wing, was now
gathering over the beautiful valley, and
far away up the river 1 could hear the
hound pups honest bark. The key was
not where any one could ever find it.
That was the intention perhaps.
Hunger began to stalk abroad. Burn
ing feathers stole across the senses with
their odd Arabian fragrance We could
not even get the salt for cooking with
out entire and carte blanche to the store
room. Out i'll the courtyard could see
the tall figure Of the tallyho. 1t seemed
amockery. thought of my guests por-
ing over the sour smelling encomiums
of the press.
was desperate, for had eaten moth
ing for nine hours but slice of water
melon. 1 knew where there was an in
got OF birthday cake-my own birthday
cake. 1t was not n large piece. but had
wonderful specific gravity for such lit
tie thing. 1t was made for mo three
years ago on my twenty second birthday,
the goth Of February.
l ate it to give me strength Then
got a jimmy that used to use before
l became better man. 1t was wrapped
III flannel, so as to make no noise, for
i'll the old times l did good deal Of
night work and hated to disturb sick
persons and young children while en-
tounfl in, nc1- n.
middle aged policemen who were asleep.
got this under the sash of the store
room and pricd it up. l was lust in
sorting myself softly, and in the mean
time grateful for the kindly shelter of
the night, when felt sting across my
person from without and heard the baron
cxclaim:
Hal You try to rop mine trent, YOU
skellyvagger! Besser you pin owska-
gannin!' And he hit me once more for
tho cigars with the long four hand
whip
1t seems that he had wcaricd of the
largo octave volume of press notices. as
had feared he would, and had strollcd
about the house to smoke pipe. So in
the dusk he had discovered me with my
muf1led James forcibly opening the win
dow and had swattcd me with q great
swat and then called for help
When L told him tho whole truth,
which was ono Of the clcvcrest things
over did, tears ran down his gigantic.
checks and hung on his riotous red mus
tache like dew OH tho whiskcrs OF q
Numi,lian lion.
he sent out to the coach and got a
hamper full of nice caviare sandwiches
and frosted cake and sarclincS and cara
mels and picked herring and assorted
cake and kippercd herring and German
pancakes, with gravy, and picked pigs
feet and jell cake and cold tripc and
lady fingers, and bologna sausages from
Bologna, and crugel food and bottled
beer and sponge cake and sauerlraut
and bride cake and jerked walrus and
cookies and choice family mackerel and
layer cake and livcrwurst and maple
sirup, and everything that heart could
wish.
While we were eating these my wife
returned, and pulling up a corner of tho
tablecloth where sat took out the kew
to the storeroom. Then we had some
hot victuals and coffee and sat up real
late
Since that 1 never go to bed at night
without knowing where the key to the
storeroom is, and often in my slumbers
tho attentive passerby may hear me ask
ing In my troubled dreams where it is.
But 1T is custom to which am not
accustomed, and to prescribe so much
flour and sugar each morning for the