The sun., 1901-07-15
UNBIDDEN GUEST on HAND.
COT AT THE SUPPER FIRST AT NISS
HARMS SURPRISE PARTY. !.

Hostess Tainted when She Led Her Friends
Downstairs and Saw what Was Left of
the Fcast-Chasc o; a Hungry Hawkins,
but No Capture to Reward t.
An unbidden and unwelcome guest at q
surprise party in West Twenty-hrst street
nearly broke up the party early on Sunday
morning just rs ie was getting into full swing
and gave several a hot and fruitless chase.
The party was at the home OF Mrs Leapers.
24s West Twenty-arst street Tho occasion
wns the birthday Of airs. Leapers niece,
Miss Evelyn Harm who comes from the West.
The party would probably have gone on
without hitch but for the unfortunate loss
Of scrap OF paper on which wus written q
memorandum OF tho good things which had
been hastily purchased at the corner DELI
catessen store after the company arrived.
The telltale scrap was either dropped by
the hostess as she hurried home or lest by tho
careless grocers boy on his way to deliver
the purchases At any rate II was found
by the intcrloper He was lanky specimen
OF the Hungry Hawkins typo. His clothes
were hardly nt To grace a social gathering
and he was evidently stranger to the
barber's chair.
iIo had haunted Eighth avenue all even
ing apparently waiting for something to
happen. When the grocer's boy left with
his basket the eyes OF the wandercr followed
him and soon the wanderer followed his
eyes. 1t was then that he discovered the
scrap OF paper. Carefully he uhfolded II and
read with brlmminG eyes and Watering mouth
this: Potato salad. so cents: tvo bottles
catsup. 20 cents; two bottles mustard. 20
cents. two bottles dressing. 20 cepts; two
bottles olives, 50 cents; one pound corned
beef. 80 cents; six new pickles. Is cents: six
dill pickles, cants: two bottles nussels, 20
cents: one pound bologna, II cents: one pound
crackers. 20 cents. Total, s2.67" And under
meath was sCrawled the name and address.
Hungry Hawkins graspod the lamppost
for support.
When the hostess came down in state to do
the supper houOrs at the surprise party, her
adniring friends III the rear. there sat Hun
CRY Hawkins amid what was left OF the good
sausage. As they arrived he simultaneously
departed by tho nearest cYis, which happened
to be the basement door. Tho hostess tainted
aud one other young wouau went into hys-
terics The Young men hestatine between
their duty IN calming the excitement and
their inclination to catch the intruder, let
him get half block toward Eighth avenue
Then a cry of -Pclicel- echocd through
the quiet street nd aroused to action Detco-
tives kohoe and Hughes. who ike good pre-
avenue and Twentieth street Tor just such
a summons. They quickly got under way
ana hped tpWTd the scene OF actlpn. lhcir
quarry doubled the corner and being evil
IDENTIFY stranger In strange land led back
toward Seventh avenue through Twentieth
street, right past thr police station. As he
ran be left faint trEu t"ii ind him on tho
muggv air like Tie aromatic perfnUc II n
delicat, ssen store. Great was tGs excite
ment of ;hr chase, but It spread too slowly
e. head or The pursued. Head. appc.red at
-Pullcc!" Bat when the mob reached the
towering sand Tiles and oobhle. pyramids
OF seventh avenue the quarry mad vanished.
stronger cd r Of Leaking gas mains and damp
earth Only tie telltal' scran II paper was
found where he had d. ppcd Il near the door
Of the police station. - the pnrspiring
slouths could RI sit down and Aglre II out
how thoy didn't get hiC1. The surprise party
Ne-' ba ~; - n" dNlcg tessen store and bought
moro refreshments
"VcL, .id tie German proprietor. II
don tink IL vas sooCh bat roppery. ye
have plenty more boluncy in der shop"