The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-04-25

with MS race pressed close against
that cold and clammy cadaver. But
now, let us to the feast..' .l{, S,
! With a shudder my aunts arose and
moved toward the table.
Ny heart misgave me. =
! If they could standf that last story.
there was surely, no hope Of saving our
turkey. Dicks keener seyeaasaW that
they were weakening, however and SO
he prepared to pilefon thtcS gony. We
had hardly taken our seats when he
began again, Is s as t.-gH. ~
a@.'By the way, Arthur, were you in
the hall this morning when that Egyp-
tian mummy was unrolled? The smell
was simply awful. It couldn't have
been properly cured or something One
fellow actually tainted from the horri-
BILE odor.'' .:fS% = r =" s.* .4f=.. -,
NO.. wasn't there I replied, as ]
jabbed the fork into the bird before
me preparatory to carving. Now,
tAunt Helen, let me give. you "a nice
leg. I remembered you like your game
we'll kept, so got this especially. Fo1
my part like them when, they are
ready to drop apart
| held aloft the carving knife as /
spoke, but it fell harmless. AS far as
roast turkey was concerned my poor
aunts We're. completely knocked out.
With faint voices they both declined,
and our precious bird remained still
a thing of beauty and a joy for-Our
coming guests. s..,n... ! - gs5. .>s..,
| Lest our stock of funappetizing stories
should run short, or our victims should
somehow conquer their qualms, Dick
| 49, thu
piece de resistance from the table. =
But so tickled were we at our sue
cess that we presently found ourselves
off our guard. It. was time to broach
the pies, and we had not ready g. par.
ticle of defense. -. taz >. ~..85 ~ ~
:, Doubtless had Benson time to think
the matter up he would have evolved
!Isome tale as destructive Of a fruit ap
petite as Of a flesh one. However, II
didn't much matter, as there was q
! bake shop near by, and we could very
easily replace that portion of our re
past Both my aunts took a piece Of
pie, and we two conspirators also, fol
appearance sake. - :E$ - Hzs
AS we ate and chatted Dick dropped
out of the conversation and fell tc
musing. 1t was plain to my mind thai
he was figuring out how to save those
beautiful blanc manages. There wasn'i
another of their; genus within five
miles, and so, they must be saved al
any cost. For my part I hadn't the
ghost of an idea how it was to be
done, but I trusted in Dick and die
my best to entertain our guests alone
so as<'to give him full opportunity fol
thought. ,Ezss 2'.:'. 80 :..S% ..
At last their pie was finished an6
the fateful moment arrived. Glancine
at Dick observed with JOY, that 9
glea satiefa elton held slaossassidI
Of his optic. S. * r
I felt that we were saved. IL,
! ''Oh, l say, Arthur said he, ''dii
you happen to read that article in the
Medical Journal about a new and ap
proved stiffening for jellies and sucl
dainties. You know isinglass and those
things commonly in use often impair
a strong flavor, and so while trying tt
remedy this defect, a hospital doctor
hit upon quite a lucky idea.'' ~
''And what did he use?' I asked
wondering what was coming next. g.
! "Nails"' replied Dick, loconically.
''Nails!" echoed both my aunts. ir
chorus, what, hard iron nails?"
ooh, no." said he, with a polite
smile; "you misunderstood me; l NEAR
finger nails"
really thought my aunts would
have tainted on the spot. and myself
could not help giving an involuntary
start. - -
'Disgustingv' murmured Aunt Helen
in an almost inaudible voice.
"Well, yes,' replied Dick, nothing
abashed, finger nails are rather dirty
perhaps, but l should think they
would make a very superior stiffening
and if you ask any one who bites his
nails he will tell you they have nc
taste of their own; so you see they
have a decided pull over: isinglass
Everybody knows of course that they
contain large amount of agelatine
just like a horses hoof., you know
which they make glue off,
Great Caesar! I thought L would
drop from my chair, and as for our un:
fortunate victims. They. looked as ii
they were going to be sick. :s.s, s.~
An awkward silence now followed. +:
Presently my aunts remembered that
they ought to do little shopping be-
fore train time, and so off they went
mentally resolving, Ill be bound, that
if they ever dined with medical stu.
dents again, they would be careful to
wear binders and plug their ears
tightly with cotton wool, ] =
| OF course our little dinner proved a
| great success, for Dicks insmitable re,
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