Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-10-21

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s.There used to be a famous place for
these things down in Atlanta" re-
marked the portly gentleman as he eau
GousIy eyed the Welsh rabbit and sip
ped his musty ale.
s'Vhy, dcn't these ruit youg" asked
The nsaa wko had never tT6veIca.
'OAg yes, EEa, lu 5Hst AaiAk-
ing cf d litilo inci tla occurred
there"
"A story, is its Well, lets have 1t.
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tell Sc tie best oau. 100eee, lie place
| SPOKE Of was kept by q man named
re ara
lUr welsh TaAli but us g
sna Bad crab well G.y
Nere too.
"Thera was a GESpepsic little lawyer
around town, sharp and shreHTd, but q
martyr TO tbs etc1aaoh 10 used ia 20
arcrnd with the boss until some cne
would suggest going over to Beirmigter's
and getting some crabs and beer; then
you could count the lawyer out. The
boys would try 10 persuade him by
telling him how delightful we're the
crabs, how sueoulcnt the oysters, but
fho lawyer would flee from them ia ter-
ron at the thought.
about 8 o'clock enc fine afternoon
in the early spring a friend and myself
We're io%urneying toward Beirmister's
when We met the d~yspeptio lawyer. AS
usual, he stopped us for a little chat.
and we walked down the street together.
In a few moments we were III front Of
Beirmister's, and nv friend, taking a
different tack, persuaded the little law
yer to, enter with MS on the plea that
we world find no cne in at this time Of
day and that we were only going TO eat
q few oysters.
"Once> inside, we found the place
crowded. The seats at the tables were
oil occupied, except at one table, over
in a far corner Of the room, at which
there were three vacant chairs, tie
fourth being occupied by a fat German
brewer named Grump. We knew Grump,
and so went to this table. / introduced
the lawyer-Blakely, i believe his name
was--to the brewer and ordered beer
for the crowd. The lawyer protested, so
we left him ont.
= Nh. Grump,' I remarked, I'VE are
about TO have q few oysters. Won't you
Join us.'
".yell, you see, l have alretty some
ting ordered
's.Oh, that's all right, , I insisted. "A
few oysters will give you an appetite.
"sIs dot SO? Yah, l take me a few
chust Won leetle DOZEN
my friend had been engaged in an
earnest conversation with the lawyer
while | was talking to the iolly old
German, and when the waiter came
with the beers he told him to bring
some crabs, 81 dozen oysters on the
she'll and a glass Oh hot water. He had
persuaded Blakely to try some oysters.
SAT Beirmister's when an order was
given for crabs they invariably brought
a dozen. and you paid for as many as
you consumed out Of that number. The
waiter soon returned with oysters, crabs
and hot water. In the meantime Grump,
who wes q great talker, had struck up
conversation with the lawyer, and they
were cracking jokes at a great rate.
"Blakely's courage fell when the oys-
tiers were placed before him. He man
fully drank the hot water and COM
menced to initiate sGrump's heroic style
Of eating oysters. He managed to down
two and then laid his fork gently by
his plate and fastened his eyes on
Grump. With the aid of a few glassfuls
Of beer the brewers oysters had van
ished. Ny friend had managed to get
away with two crabs and insisted that
Grump help him dispose of the re-
mainder. / was still busy with my
dozen oysters.
"'Vell. ] help you some, said Grump.
and picking up a knife he went at those
crabs like a darby shucking oysters.
The dyspeptio watched him as il fasci-