Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-14

ton pie?" the tempter asked at 1
O'Clock
I'll have an engagement today
was the reply.
I The engagement turned out to be a
little restaurant in Great Russell
street, and before he realized it the
yearning Of his stomash had put a re-
quest for omelet into words. A fiat
creation, with no individuality what
ever, overdone on one side and under
done on the other, was placed before
him.
Don't you know" he exclaimed,
/ fretfully, to the waitress, that an
omelet is a work Of art, not to be-
Here he stopped abruptly. "But I will
eat-the thing, = he added
On Saturday morning when he went
out to his chop and disordered desk
two strange trunks in the corner of
the sitting room reminded him that he
had not yet engaged another lodging.
Mrs. Hodgson came in. She hoped that
his luggage was packed, as the other
gentleman was coming in an hour.
The professor did not reply. Twice
he lifted his cup of tea and set it down
without drinking.
'"Then I may take it that you are
lready?" she asked
mo. AS a matter of fact, I've been
so busy that I haven't had time to
look about much for a place. If you
had a small room that I could have
! only for week, it would-he spoke
with great reserve-be in the nature
-ah-of an accommodation.
1t happened by mere chance, as
Mrs. Hodgson was careful to explain,
that this was possible. Harriet was
sent to help him carry up his belong
ings When the wreckage left by the
wayside had been collected and every
thing he possessed was piled up heller
SHELTER in the little room on the third
floor, the professor concluded that he
would make no attempt to put the
things right for so short stay.
He heard a cab drive up in front of
the house. The new lodger must have
| come. Prompted by curiosity pos
sibly inconsistent with the dignity of
| the author Of Isaac Newton and His
Compeers," he went to his window. He
stepped back in surprise. None other
! than his mutton-pie friend was to be
his successor in the drawing room
] floor. His misery was increased the
| following morning when ne saw Har-
riet taking one of Mrs. Hodgson's
! works of art into one who had sworn
| that omelets were the enemies of man
kind.
| He now fairly hated chops, and
condescended to ask Harriet for an
omelet for breakfast. She brought
him one-of her own making. He was
on the point of telling her something
that was not to be spoken of lightly
But he sighed instead. A work of art
was not to be expected from Harriet
He did not go to the museum, and
strategically contrived to avoid meet
ing with the base interloper all the
week. But once he had very narrow
escape. He had to wait at the head
of the stairs while he saw Mrs HOdg-
son help the interloper on with his
vercoat-convincing proof that man
who ate mutton pies would stop al
nothing. Though he became the ter
ror of the landladies of Bloomsbury
Saturday found him with strange
trunks in his disordered little room
and still with no apartment engaged
1t also found him meek as we'll as
miserable.
He went downstairs and knocked or
the door of Mrs. Hodgson's little room
on the ground floor There was nc
answer. Harriet came up from the
kitchen to say that missus was making
the other gentleman's omelet. She
opened the door and offered him {
chair. He waited in vexation, longing
for revenge, longing to show up the
mutton-pie interloper, who secretly
adored omelets in his true colors
Finally Mrs. Hodgson entered, flushed
with the successful outcome of hel
work of art.
Really, Mrs. Hodgson," said the
professor affab1y. II have been sc
busy and to get a room requires a dea
Of looking about, doesn't it?'
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not
eff it would not be too much
trouble would you accommodate me
again?'
ct haven't a room left"
I'm sorry"
"There are the hotels, professor"
Mrs. Hodgson-Mrs. Hodgson!" he
burst out tragically, twill you not &C
on making omelets for me forever?"
After a little blushing and parrying
she said that she would and put the
seal on her acceptance by Immediately
giving the base interloper weeks
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