Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-29

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TRY to eat me. and yon'n find
My contents show the gtver's mind
"Will show the giver's MIND Does
that mean that the egg is not more
chan half baked?"
lit isn't baked at all; it's boiled" he
answered testify.
''That means that 1t has been in hot
water. Does it follow that you are
likely to get into hot water tooY'
81 trust not he replied fervently.
But, say. this cake OF yours is simply
delicious"
81 suppose when 1 eat this egg I'll
have to compliment it too. But, come
to think of it, an egg is something that
one should always take with q grain
of salt"
':Not this one" he said eagerly. "This
is an especial egg"
"Well. I'll have it for breakfast and
see If it is gold all the way through"
"Oh, it is better than goldr'
Better! And it is going to show
your mind, so the poem says. Dear,
dear, 1 never thought you had such
wonderful mindr'
''Now you are purposely misunder-
standing me-"
"On the contrary. 1 am not under
standing you at all"
81 wish 1 could make you under
stand me, Miss Hartley
"Why, do you find me so stupid that
! can't understand?''
mo; simply find you too clever to
let me see whether you understand or
not. But don't save the egg for break
fast Perhaps you wouldn't care to
open it at the table with the chill
dren."
why shouldn't 1 care to open a
golden egg if it's real gold? 1 am
afraid it is only platedr' she exclaim-
ed, noticing n spot where the gold leaf
was rubbing loose.
II wish you would open 1t now" said
Harry.
His persistence was just exactly
what would naturally keep May from
opening the egg to please him, but it
must be admitted that her curiosity
was very thoroughly aroused. Besides,
he somehow seemed different from
what he used to be before going to the
city, and She was beginning TO feel
a misgiving that she might tease him
altogether too much Finally she de-
cided that she would satisfy him and
her own curiosity byjopening the Eas-
ter egg. Taking the cake knife in her
hand, she took one more critical look
at the egg and then exclaimed:
"Oh, 1 wish you had put the poetry
at the other end of the egg. for
would like TO save this wonderful shell,
But now I'll have to spoil the verses
while opening it,
why, no." lie protested. II put the
verses near the big end so that you
wouldn't have to spoil them"
But how could l open the egg with
out spelling them?"
by opening it at the little end. as
everybody else does
AT the little end, l never opened
an egg at the little end in my life"
"Well, it isn't too late for you to be-
gin now
''It is entirely too late when 1 know
better. Everybody knows that the
big end is the only end to open an egg
at. If you open that end, you have
room to get your spoon in"
spoon nonsense. You would think
that one ate eggs with tablespoon to
hear you talk"
w ell OHe NOulu tLlHA you uSiu new
er eaten eggs at ALL" she retorted, |
"when You don't know which end to
open"
But do know at which end to open !
them, and that is why 1 fixed that one |
as did. NV mother taught me. rs |
child TO open my egg at the little emo, |
and have never forgotten it,
eff it had been sensible. you would |
e
know that my mother taught me to |
open them at the big end, and it just |
makes me sick to see any one open an |
egg at the little end. That's the end |
that the yOlk is in. and you are always |
in danger of cutting too deep and
things up"
'Myw he said, with an attempt at
being sarcastic. Glow well you know
the anatomy of an egg
''Well," she answered holly, 81 know
the anatomy of eggs so well that have
no further desire to investigate the con-
tents of this one even if it does show
the giver's mind" And she replaced it
on the table.
ooh, well, I'm sure I'll not insist"
said Harry. "and / suppose you can
afford to get sarcastic about the giver's
mind. You don't appear to have enough
Of your own to enable you to open an
egg properly" AS he said this he rose
angrily. Now. you need not be sur
prised that these young people were so
foolish as to quarrel about the proper
way of opening an egg. We can all re-
member how carefully the historian Of
the Lilliputians has recorded the events
Of the cruel war that ragged between
the big Endians and the little Endians