Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1896-09-04
a breakfast which seemed to COM
plete their happiness.

q breakfast which seemed to COM
plete their happiness.
Thus time flew on, the days be-
ing spent in fishing and hunting,
roaming through the forest, read
ing or swinging in hammocks; the
evenings in sitting around the
camp fire, telling stories, laugh
ing. singing and listening to music
OF the guitar and harp until after
$3.50 when everything was quiet
us the tomb until 10 o'clock the
next morning, when the prepara-
tions for breakfast were begun by
he two young ladies who were to
act as cooks Tor the day. The rest
of the camp were invariably
awakened by the mellow tones OF
Laura Brewington's voice warb-
ling "pass de jelly"
Almost every day from eighteen
to twenty persons visited at the
camp. Finally the girls tired OF
cooking, and Mr.. Parker and Mr..
Gartright agreed to prepare the
Sunday breakfast OF this breaK-
fast columns might be written,
but as our space is limited, men
lion must be brief. After dis
posing of the sumptuous meal and
partaking heartily of what we
supposed to be quail, Gall the time
wondering why the boys were not
fond of so dainty dish) we left
the table to come directly upon a
stack of feathers, which, instead
instead of being the beautiful
shaded brown ones, were Of de-
cided gray and blue. All the Joy
lied out of the merry faces when
Mrs. Gilmore, one OF our chaper-
ons, almost breathlessly exclaimed,
''jay birds!" AS these words
reached the ears of Lena Trow-
bridge, she wilted and hit the
grou' d with dull sickening thud.
After using all the water the boys
had carried from the spring to
wash their dishes with, she was
revived. The boys evidently
thought there was more in the
anticipation of their joke than in
the realization, for, although they
tried to look innocent, they were
very penitent, and were ever
courteous to the "town fellers''
who visited the camp.
Wednesday Mr.. Chadwell, who
had been to Kirksville, re
turned and we were all in the bes
of spirits. He informed us tina
at least sixty couples of "towr
folks would be out In the even
ing.
, AT about $50 the company be
gan to arrive, and by $50 ther'
were 12O persons making merr.
| around the beautiful campfire o
, Camp Primus. Many innocen
+ amusements were INDUCED in
. dancing on a large tarpaulin, be-
ing the principal feature. A
, 1880, grand rush was made fo,
the carriages and basket afte
, basket of delicacies were brough
out and placed on the snowy tabl'
linen which had been spread OF
! the green grass in the light of th'
G camp fire and Japanese lanterns
Around this feast sat the merry
makers three and four deep, deftl.
p and gracefully doing the "out o
+ sight" act with every tempting
4 morsel. After this SUMPTION
o meal had vanished one of the visi
G tors announced that Mr.. Cartright
zone of oul boys would recite
He Immediately came forward
and spoke in such a pleasing man
, ner that he was brought back
After his second recitation, tn,
cry "on with the Dance" wa
obeyed. The guests remained un
til about II O. clock. When, aftel
going through the usual prelimi
{ naries of such occasions, tn
wheels of the many carriages
coupes and single buggies wer
y soon swiftly rolling DER the moon
Ii roads toward Kirksville.
The next morning, soon afte
breakfa t, our glee was suddenl.
: checked by Edith Rhinehart an
e nouncing that she was going t
F., Kirksville with a dashing youn,
l "town feller." She bade US goot
bye and left. Although we missed
r the absent one the remainder Of tn
day was spent very pleasantly