Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-07-17
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"5ut what can we give them for sup
PERI"
"Oh, something with nice, fast, roll
licking. Iate-at-night flavor TO it. Let
me seel Champagne. Of course-and
oysters. Oysters viii Do. In the novels
all the naughty people take champagne
any oysters. Besides. they won't need
any cooking. How IL your pocket-mon-
ey, Clara"
Il have three pounds
And I have cne. -Four pounds. have
no idea how much champagne costs.
Have your
Not the slightest"
How many oysters does a man eat?"
Il can't imagine
III write and ask Charles No, /
won't III ask Jane. Ring for her.
Clara. She has been a cook, and is
sure TO know
Jane. on being ross-questi0ned. re-
fused to commit herself beyond the
statement that it depended upon the
gentleman. and also upon the oysters.
The united experience Of the kitchen.
however. testified that three dozen was
fair provision.
Then We shall have eight dozen al
together" said Ida, jotting down all
her requirements upon a sheet Of pa
per. And two pints Of champagne
And some brown bread and vinegar and
pepper. That's all. 1 think. It IS not
so very difficult to give supper after
al, IS 1t, Clara?7
Il don't like it, Ida It seems to
me to be SO very indicate"
But it IS needed to clinch the mat
ter. No. there is no drawing back now,
Clara, or We shall ruin everything.
Papa is sure to come back by the 9:45.
He will reach the door at 10. We must
have everything ready for him Now.
just sit down at once, and ask Harold
to come at o'clock, and 1 shall do the
same to Charles
The two invitations were dispatched.
received and accepted. Harold was IL
ready confdant. and he understood
that this was some further develop !
ment Of the plot. AS TO Charles, he |
was so accustomed to feminine eccen-
tricity, in the person of his aunt, that /
the only thing which could surprise
him would be rigid observance of ETH |
quette- At 9 o'clock they entered the 1
dining-hall Of No. 2. to find the mas
ter Of the house absent, a red-shadod /
lamp. snowy cloth, a pleasant little /
feast, and the two whom they would I
have chosen. as their companions A \
merrier party never met, and the house
rang with their laughter and their chat
ter.
1T is three minutes to ten" cried
Clara suddenly, glancing at the clock
Good gracious. So it is Now for our
little tableaut" Ida pushed the cham
payne bottles obtrusively forward, in
. I
oyster shells over the cloth.
Have you your pipe, Charles?"
MY pipel Yes"
Then please smoke it. Now don't
argue about it, but do it. for you will
ruin the effect otherwise"
The large man drew out a red case,
and extracted great yellow meer-
out of which, a moment later,
ne was putting thick wreaths of smoke.
Harold had lit a cigar, and both the
girls had cigarettes.
That looks very nice and emanci-
oated." said Ida. glancing round NOW
I shall lie on this sofa. Sol Now,
Charles. just sit here and throw your
arm carelessIy over the back OF the
sofa No, don't stop smoking. 1 like
l. Clara, dear, put your feet upon the
iissipated. I wish we could crown our
selves with flowers. There are some
ettuces on the sideboard. Oh, dear,
iere he is, I hear his key" She be-
gan TO sing in her high, fresh voice a
title snatch from French song, with a
Iwinging ira la-la chorus.
The doctor had walked home from
he station in a peaceable and relent-
ng frame of mind. feeling that. per-
laps, he had said too much in the morn
ng. that his daughters had for years
'een models in every way. and that. il
here had been any change of late, ii
vas, as they said themselves. on ac-
cunt Of their anxiety 70 follow his adj
ice and to initiate Mrs. Westmacott-
lie could see clearly enough now that
hat advice was unwise, and that a
Forld peopled with Mrs. Westmacotts
would not be a happy or a soothing
ne. 1t was ne who was himself to
lame, and he was grieved by the
bought that perhaps his hot words had
roubled and saddened his two girls
This fear. however, was soon dissi- :
ated. AS he entered his hall he heard '
he voice of Ida uplifted in a rollicking
itty, and a very strong smell OF TO-
acco was borne TO his nostrils- He
brew open the dining-room door. and
TODD aghast at the scene which met
is eyes I
The room was full of the blue
-reaths of smoke. and the lamp-light
hone through the thin haze upon gold 7
apped bottles plates, napkins. and a
tier of oyster shells and cigarettes
la. flushed and excited. was reclining }
pom settee. a wine-glass At her el- !
ow. and cigarette between her in =
ers, while Charles Westmacott sat be-
de her. with his arm thrown over the 5
cad OF the sofa. with the suggestion OF
caress. On the other side OF the room.
lara was loungins in an armchair. r