Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-15
IAN EAL- SU M M e r

The young man boarded the green car
at the corner of 9TH street and the avenue.
He was out of breath, as If he had been
running. and there was a queer, wild light
in his eye. He pumped into one Of the
smokers seats and Immediately addressed
the man on his left. a stout, comfortable
looking individual smoking a cigar.
well, I've got bird of place to board
in the country this summer" he began
Say, die ever read these country board
ads. 2"
"Uh-huh." replied the stout man with the
cigar. Lots of EN-. Queer reading
Right you are.' said the young man.
And I've been taken in about million
times by reading EN-. But I've struck the
place at last. 'Swonderful, that's what II
is-wonderful!"
You don't say So" replied the stout man,
in unintereSted tone.
Yes, l do say SO. l just read the ao
about the place. and took a SUNDAY TO ~
down from the city to investigate, and II
locked so promising that stayed on, ano'
say, it's a bird Of place and no mis-
take"
"Uh-huh." said the stout man.
'They advertised forty acres OF GROUNDS,
you know, with golf links and tennis courts
and all that sort of thing-and, say, they We
got 'em alll' and the young man painted IN
his excitement.
'Uh-huh.'
And they advertised fresh milk and veg
etables raised right on the place. aha,
bling. what dye think-they have fresh
milk on the table-real milky milk, Win
cream on the top-three times day, and
vegetables with the dew still on 'em three
times a day, too.
well, well.' mildly calculated the stout
man.
And they advertised fine swimming
lake on the premises stocked with choice
specimens of the finny tribe. and II
haven't been swimming in that hne, SANDY
bottomed lake every day, and catching
boatload of fish in it every day, too, I'm
goat.'
You don't say SOL" said the stout man,
looking interestedly in the other direction.
That's right; and they advertised that
all of the rooms were big and airy, and
that folks had to sleep under blankets every
night on account of the GOODNESS, and L
found it to be a fact bjee!
81 want to know! breathed the stout
man.
"And the ad. insisted upon the fact that
mosquitoes were absolutely unknown around
the place. and 1 found that out to be true
too"
well. well,'
By this time all of the other persons in
the smokers seats were listening incredu-
lousy to the excited young mans talk. and
those IN front were "rubbering" around to
get a look at him.
And the ad. stated that there were three
mail trains a day, and that was true,
Why. how you TALK"
And the adj set forth the statement that,
unlike most country boarding places. the
mansion had four fine new porcelain bath
tubs, with sanitary plumbing all over the
house, and gas made right on the estate,
and I've discovered it all to be a fact
flush, how you converse"
And the ad wound up by stating that
it all could be had for the moderate sum
of five dollars per week, and that's all I've
been paying" said the young man, with
almost a wall of joy.
Just then a cab, driven at full speed,
flashed up alongside the car. Two big men
inside the cab shouted to the conductor
who stopped the car. The two big men
jumped out and reached for the wiId-eyed
young man who had discovered the wonder
full country boarding place. They tucked
him, non-resisting. into the cab, saying to
the conductor:
"a bug house, you know. We're taking
him to a sanitarium, and he got out of our
sight for a minute at the station, and we
thought we'd lost him"