The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-22

generous about it'll" She raised vio-
let-bordered handkerchief part way to
her eyes and then took it down. at
was about cooking" she said.
Tom had the funniest way Of invit-
ing friends home to dinner and tele-
graphing me at the last moment when
there was no time to cook anything.
1t used to drive me wild!
''One day one of those messages came
and the maid suggested sending to the
Uplate club for some things. She said
she used to live with lady who always
did this when she had company, so l
sent her up and got an elaborate menu
and an exquisite dessert.
'Then put the candles on the table
so they couldn't see 1ery we'll and /
dressed in a hurry and when they came
in l said they must put up with what
had prepared and i joked about being
cooking school scholar and all that.
You should have heard them raving
over the dishes. Tom said bachelor life
was all right, but there was nothing
like having your own home and being
able to invite your friends to take pot
luck. Then his friend would say if they
knew any girl that could cook like that
he would go right out and propose to
her. The salad dressing was just as
good as the chef at the Uplate club
made!"
''But / had to confess finally one
night when | had delicious Bavarian
cream for dessert, served in frilled pa
per cases. AS usual my cooking was
being extolled when Tom passed me
one of the cases upside down on
spoon.
'They really are much better than
those they have at the club" he said.
1.-The last / had there were a little
cheesy. These | see are quito fresh"
Then l saw on the reverse of the
case the club monogram and the date.
1t was an awful moment"
1T is always awful to be found out"
said the Newspaper Girl. 81 recollect
once planning deliberate deception
and carrying it through almost with
entire success 1t was his fault that we
were ever found out"
The silence grew intense. No matte.
how desperate an experience the other
girls might relate the Newspaper Girl
was good for worse one.
1T was when was war correspond
ent in Cuba" she began
''Oh. how eNciting!" said the Fluffy
Girl. Did you penetrate TO The interi-
or of the island?"
'As Iar as a restaurant on tie Gulf
road that runs out of Havana. 1t was
perilous undertaking"
Were you attacked2" asked the
Typewriter Girl.
NO; we were followed, but we threw
them off the scent or we thought we
did. You see there were seven Amer
lean correspondents and was the only
girl and we We're all great chums, you
see, and dined together each evening
and talked over the days news.
''One day Tommy Van Scoop called
in and told me about this wonderful
restaurant on the Gulf road, where you
got chile con carrie and filijoles and
tomales and all those Spanish things.
81 suggested that we all make up
party for that evening and drive out
for dinner. But he said the dinner was
never so good when there was crowd,
but il l would like to go he said he
would take me out there. | thought
it would seem rather mean to leave out
the others, but he said we'd get back
just as they were finishing dinner and
say we'd been off investigating ru-
NOR.
"Well, about five o'clock we started
in volante. 1t was beautiful after
noon and the Gulf road stretched out
before us in long unbroken miles shad-
ed with those great palms, the gorgeous
waters of the gulf coming up" -
"Spare us the scenery" said the pres
ident; keep TO crimes"
I'VE had driven for nearly an hour
and Tommy was still enthusiastic
about the restaurant and how YOU had
dinner on balcony with roses growing
over it when suddenly we heard the
rumbling of wheels behind us and look
ing back saw four yolantes coming
along slowly after us as though it were
funeral. Who do you think it was?"
Spanish spies" said the Typewriter
Girl and the Medical Student at once.
"No-the other five correspondents
and | said they must have come as a
joke, and we'd simply have to invite
them to go along. But he said he'd be
blessed if he'd ask them to come; that
they had no right to follow us in that
way. He said to leave it to him, that
he'd put them off the track.
Their carriage stopped when ours
did, and we turned around and when
we reached them they began to talk
about the beautiful afternoon it was
for drive, but Tommy said:
Now look here. boys-you may
think this is joke. but Miss Spacerate
has tip from the palace and if you
come along it will spoil everything. 1t
WASH safe for her to come alone. so
volunteered. | shouldn't wonder If
you'd given the whole thing away now.
Go back quietly, and We'll bring you
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