The Delta independent., 1896-05-06
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WHEN THE PROFESSOR CANE OUT OF THE
TENT, YATES EoAgED.

as well as your fists IL you are set on
by three, as l was one night in the
Latin quarter"
Yates sat up.
t'Looll here, Renmark; when were
you in Paris?'
several times"
Yates gazed at him for few mo-
ments, then said:
"Renny, you improve on acquaint-
ance. l never saw Bool-var in my
life. You must teach me that little
kick"
''With pleasure" said Remark, sit
ting down, while the other sprawled at
full length. ''Teaching is my busi-
ness, and l shall be glad to exercise
any talents l may have in that line. In
endeavoring to instruct New York
man, the first step is to convince him
he doesn't know everything. That is
the difficult point. Afterwards every
thing is easy"
''Mr. Stillson Renmarlr, you are
pleased to be severe. Know that you
are forgiven. This delicious sylvan
retreat does not lend itself to acrimor-
ious dispute, or, in plain English,
quarreling. Let dogs delight, II they
"
querulous nature into giving anything
but the soft answer. Now to business
Nothing is so conducive to friendship.
when two people are camping out, as q
definition of the duties of each at the
beginning. Do You follow me?"
Perfectly. What do You propose?"
Il propose that you do the cooking
and wash the dishes. We will forage
for food alternate days"
Every well. agree to that"
Richard Yates sat sullenly upright,
looking at his friend with reproach in
his eyes. ''See here, Renmark. Are
you resolved to force on an information
al complication the very first day?
That's no fair show to give man"
''Nyhat isn't?"
"Why, agreeing with him. There
are depths of mcanness in your charac-
ter. Kenny, that never suspected.
You know that people who camp out
always object to the part assigned
thcm by their fellow-campers 1
counted on that. Ill do anything but
wash Dishes"
Then why didn't you say sop
Because any sane man would have
said mo- when 1 suggested cooking,
merely because / suggested it. There's
no diplomacy about you, Remark. A
man doesn't know where to find you,
when you act like that. When you re-
fused to do the cooking, would have
said, Very we'll, then Ill do it. and
everything would have been lovely;
but now"
Yates lay down again in disgust.
There are moments in life when Ian
guage fails man.
''Then it's settled that you do the
cooking and wash the dishes?'' said
the professor.
Settled? Oh, yes, If you say SO; but
all the pleasure of getting ones own
way by the use of ones brains is gone.
/ hate to be agreed with in that objec-
tionably civil manner"
"Well, that point being arranged,
who begins the foraging, you or I?''
Both, Herr Professor, both. pro-
pose to go to the house of the Towards,
and 1 need an excuse for the first visit;
therefore I shall forage to limited
extent. ! go ostensibly for bread. As
l may not get any, you perhaps should
bring some from whatever farmhouse
you choose as the scene OF your opera
tions. Bread is always handy in camp,
fresh or stale. When in doubt, buy
more bread. You can never go wrong,
and the bread won't"
"What else should I get? Milk, 1
suppose?"
Certainly, eggs, butter-anything.
Mrs. Bartlett will give you hints on
what to get that will be more valuable
than mine"
''Have you all the cooking utensils
you necd?'
81 think SO. The villain from whom
I hired the outfit said it was complete.
Doubtless he lied; but we'll manage, 1
think"
VERY we'll If you wait until I
change my clothes, I'll go with you as
far as the road"
MY dear fellow, be advised and don't
change. You'll get everything twenty
per cent. cheaper in that rig-out.- Be-
sides, you are SO much more pictur-
esque. Your costume may save us
from starvation IL we run short of cash.
You can get enough for both Of ms as
professional tramp. Oh. well, if You
insist, I'll wait. Good advice is thrown
away on a man like you.'
CHAPTER VI
The blessed privilege Of skipping is,
to the reader of a story, one of those
liberties worth fighting for. Without
it, who would be brave enough to be-
gin q book? With IL, even the dullest
volume may be made passably. inter
esting. It must have occurred to the
observant reader that this world
might be made brighter and bet
ter II authors only would leave out
what must be skipped. This the
successful author will not do, for
he thinks highly Of himself, and il the
unsuccessful author did It it would not
matter, for he il not read.