The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-06

guests, IN which Mrs Dobley took a
prominent part.
"oh, say, old man. said Freshington,
that's Just where We draw the linel-
What do you intend to do to Us any
how?''
II said carbonic," said Dobley, saw
agely, between his teeth. "C-a-r-b-o-n-
l-c-understand2 want 10 thin this
mixture before adding any cham
pagnel"
1T looks like scrambled eggs!" said
Van Ripper. Count me out I'll see
the new year IN without any OF that hOr-
'rible prescription.
a chorus Of approving murmurs fol-
lowed the remark. Some one handed
Mr.. Dobley siphon. With vain at
tempt TO appear easy and nonchalant
he directed stream Of the contents into
the middle Of the mixture. With low,
bIslng noise II began to etfervesce and
rise like an erIpting VesuYius to the
edge Of the bowl. II bubbled as though
It were boiling, and made q mountain
Of foam like the soapsuds In wash
tub.
That's where we get some life In It,"
said Dobley, with nervous laugh.
NOW open q bottle Of wine for me,
Freshington, like good fellow. This
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you don't get anything more to put
In that bowl except over my dead body"
said Freshlngton, constituting himself
guard over the sldeboard. where the
array Of bottled llquids was placed. ''If
you want to 60 on having fun with the
spoon, all right. II seems to amuse you
and It don't hurt US; but you won't mix
any Of these perlshable goods with that
crater that you have there. VIII he,
Mrs. Dobley?"
ut certainly isn't going to turn out
right" said Mrs; Dobley. ut acts Just
like yeast"
IT shall make Russian punch" said
Dobley, whether you drink II or not. /
have Eet out to do this, and don't be-
lieve in leaving a task half done, con-
Tossing failure, as 1t were, before I've
half tried. The bottle Of Hippocras, II
you please"
The maid handed him another fear
fully shaped and inscribed bottle, while
an Intense silence fell over the group
around the table He turned the bottle
dexterously over with one hand, when
with a sudden squirt and low gurgling
sound the entire mixture bubbled In a
seething mass, and with tinal squirt
overlooked the holly5hung edge OF the
bowl. and foamed over the table like a
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and ruin in It's wake.
"Great Jumping" began Dobley, as
he saw the work OF his hands disap-
pearlng in a torrent Of foam. Who
could expect II to act like that?"
"Cheer up, Dobley," said Van Ripper,
shaking hands fervently With his host,
It's all for the best. It might have hap
pened later, when you had used up ev-
erythIng in the house. Besides that.
our uneducated American palates would
never stand for that mixture It look
ed something between a mustard plas.
ter and fly blister"
YES" said Freshington, "as a race OF
epicures we may be deficient and far
behind the Russians. but we draw the
line at liquid volcanoes with fre-works
attachment"
"Thosc secret Russian things are dam
gerous to deal with anyhow" said Dob
ley, wipinE of the frothy lather that
had leaped into his face. II believe there
was dynamite in It! The darned thing
was loadedW
yes" said Van Ripper, "tusl imagine
that IL that scrambling process hadn't
begun until we had imbibed the mix
ture. The glad New Year would have
dawned to find us filled with some fear
tui RuBsiaa secret and dangerous high
explosives. Dobley, let this be an aw-
full warning to you. II you want 70
try experiments Of this sort, get lab
oratory somewhere, and work them out
alone. We will never stand this
Observation-Disclosures business.