Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1905-12-15

The Swell Christmas
Dinner on the Yukon

That means plenty, suppose"
said the agent.
"Of course; got any?"
1--WE some extra dry, SIS a case"
replied the agent in his most business
like tone.
Send up two cases"
Now" said the host briskly, "these
matters being settled, how about
eggs?"
There are the suicides eggs" muir
INJURED the agent.
what" said the host incredulously,
"did that man who hanged himself
with wire from beam in his cabin
have fresh eggs?"
why, didn't you know" said the
agent with surprise, ut was brooding
on $4,000 eggs that caused him to COM
nit suicide. He thought they were all
bad, you see.'
"But they weren't all bad, only he
didn't find 1t out until after he was
dead" protested the agent with a grin.
81 was a member of the coroners jury
that sat on the case, and when we in
vestigated the effects Of deceased we
found sixteen barrels of fresh eggs
worth 80 a dozen.
Let me tell you what to do when
you go to buy your eggs" continued
the agent, not noticing the Interrupt
ton. ''Take pocketful of money,
cold chisel and a hammer"
whats all that for?" asked the
host with show of interest.
well, you see the eggs are in lard.
like holes in a cheese, and the lard Is
frozen solid as rock. The probate
court has charge of the matter and
they sell the eggs for 81 dozen In
the lard, purchasers risk. You have
to get 'em out yourself. If you get six
whole eggs out of dozen you are
dandy. They won't let you use
steam thawer because it would boil all
the eggs. want to tell you that the
probate court of this town is strictly
on to its job.
SIS there anything else that you
want that you don't see?"
81.
roses. They are my choice. But IN
latitude GA degrees north, and in the
dead of an Arctic winter, one might
as well wish for chunk Of Polaris."
20 don't know" said the agent en-
courag ingly, show would a dozen
Jacks and dozen American beauties
do, with few sprays of apple BIOS
sons to lay on the tablet"
whats the use Of trying to be
funny" said the host in an injured
tone. ITS not in the least becoming"
The agent made no reply to this but
quietly stepped. into the other room
and returned presently with birch
bark vase in each hand. One contain
ed large bunch Of magnificent JAG
queminots and the other an equally
handsome lot of American beauties.
well, I'll be-jiggered," said the
host, catching himself just in time,
."you could knock me down with q
feather"
That's what they are" said the
agent complacently.
Spray little perfume on EN- ana
after about two of the generals lash
ms nobody could tell EN-" said the
agent.
Where did you get them?" asked
the host with interest.
Co." said the agent, who was inclin-
ed to be poetical, "they fiuttered down
from the wings Of Aurora!"
"Fluttered down from the wings OF
geese" replied the host, who was not
in the least so.
'"Well, they are goose feathers" ad-
mitted the agent reluctantly, but you
needn't be so disgustingly matter OF
fact about 1t. Besides I've got the ap-
pie blossoms upstairs in the store"
81 must be getting home" said the
host, worming himself awkwardly into
his squirrel skin parkie. Dinner at
o'clock sharp, and don't forget to send
up all the stuff, including Louis, the
marrow bones and the roses. Good
night" and off he went.-Samuel Hub
bard, Jr., in Sunset Magazine.
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