The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-05-18
MAKING A NIGHT OF n:

y set of the metropolis possesses man,
phases. Among my a-cquaintances ar.
many amiablc chaps who have periodical.
sprees, during which they pertcrm the
most amazing antics, never necessarily dis.
graceful, and often permeated with the
best OF good humor. AT the bachelor
apartment of one of these "chapoies." 4
few nights ago. the following remarkable
and characteristic eNtGlct from the un-
written memoirs of 4 man in the party
was told:
George and Fred came to SEQ ME one
afternoon. as l was about Leaving for Delis
TO take dinner. MY plans for the evening
had been matured. / expected to drop into
the opera. in order to call upon nay mother
in her oN-no having seen her for ten
daNs-so | was in evening dress. Ny two
trends We're similarly attired: but. when
| invited them to M me 10 DeI,s.
they said with one voice:
Not tonight, old man: We can so there
any time. Let's have a night in Bohemia.
! was rather sorry not to meet mother,
but 1T couldn't be. We called a cab and
drove to d noisy restaurant on Second ave-
nae. There We tried 5he "appctizers. after
which We had hich-ball made OF Hunsar-
ian schliverwitz. and filled up or goulash
and merry Magyar champagne. by the time
we were through dinner. We were ready
for anytling.
George, who thinks he knows how to
oulid automobiles, mad tei%ophoncd for ono
from ms own garage 1t stood slorting
before the cafe door, and we tu,nbled
aboard. The hour Was about nine of one
OF those beautiful! evenings of ten days
$50 that recalled Indian summer. some
ldlot In the party suggested that We run
Gown TO Coney Island. | saw no serious
objections. Fred protested tiat the oppor-
\ tuhltles tor refrcshment along tho route
would not be so great At This season as
curing summer E'Orrlt,ntoir tho ,t,.,,,e
leur was entirely straight. We got TO the
brookiNn new bridge all right; broke
somebody's carriage on The Brooklyn side,
1or which gave up my card and number
OF the machine, with directions to send
the bill. N
When VIC reached Bedford avcuu. wa
went like a streak TO Ocean Parkway.
lhcre George took the wheel aud threw on
lhe highest gear. His machine is a forty-
Morse analr. and we came mighty near
laflalng in the ocean before he stoned the
machlhe. We had punished 4 bottle of
"ilhuS mat Fred found in u side hamper.
uut the Keen salt air gave to us a new
.airst. and we had a quart of cl..,up.ene
IN tne llrst hotel We found open. II vas
plishuS llghtcd, cheerful place. and I
peheFe we had four more quarts before
we lelt. we couldn't find our chauffeur
Wien VIC came out: but he had his eve on
Us atiu followed us at :. respectful dis
lance along the street. This wasn.t crov.s
:. as IN summer, but the fine weather had
piouSh1 many other tomob PARTIES
ihe ours 10 the island. And. as far as T
was capable of judging. their members
were Trying TO set us a bad example W..
"eic INSIDE a cafe when closing time was
aaiouilced' but we sat still, and were moi
Pug OUT. "a young chap at the next table,
mao a Young woman companion thar ,-rer
eiailhed TO Know. and tine two mon had "A
seilous MISUNDERSTANDING that left nv
friend With a mark under an eve that has
SINCE grown quito black. We got started
'o"ara the city about three o'ciock-ac-
cordlng to the chauffeur-and We b,i ,
tine sleep in the fresh air.
Naturally. we couldn't 81 10 bel with
oue soHlethlns to eat. Beside, long ago
discovered that one might better f,aya
breakfast before turning in. because it
saves the trouble and Worry of eating
"hen one gets up. We were driven To az
all-night restaurant en- Sixth a,e,sa
Where we were known. When VIC or,lern,l
lrlpe and soft clans, n snecialty of rho
rouse. the waiter asked for a LITTLE lime
we didnt mind that, for we kent hin, b,,sy
oehef@lse. During the hour that passed
.he young man made ten or a dozen trips
10 the BAR in our interest. couldn't 500
across the table. After awhile somebody
assured us that we'd had the dish of t-in.,
ana CLAIMS. and / paid the bill.
"hen we reached the sidewalk d,v-
lisht had comc-the ba, dis
appeared. The morning air WAS so mild
aiu pracihS that none OF us thought of
ms overcoat until we had walked half ,
dozen blocks. One of us suggested an
apslnthe fraT'pe to top off, w, found
that we had to enter by a side door, ri
was a sunday morning. The last thing T
ieeall was that the three of US were cling
ing together on route along Iki-ty-fourth
street, toward Fifth avenue.
II was ar0ISr1 FROM g..
siee by a hand upon my left sho,,lder ,bat
shook me as a weed is shaken BY a HURT
canc.
What ye doin' here. young fc,,vr.
shouted a voice in my ear.
. turned my face in the direction from
mhlcn the inquiry came; but. forgetting
10 open my eyes. couldn't see the policeman
that mad ne by the coat. When eot
my peppers on him. the officer looked like
the chinese giant. He was STOPPING over
me. because l was on my knees in the
street aid held a lighted match in one
nanu. Inc policeman pulled me to my
feet, then pointed at my friends NOT far
away, crawling round upon the ,sn,,.It
pavement Great God! they were on their
,iahos ana knees. chasing black and crawl
ing objects-thinss like coiled rat,ls-
snakes. This horrible spectacle gave mo
a nervous shill.
The officer assisted mo tc Let a c,utcb
mere ne IPtt me 10
gather up George and Fred. There were
no CABS gu, that fine Sunday morning. aud
We couldn't walk home. The ,nercifuI
copLcr took us to a ileighboring hotel
.uatii We should feel better was known
to the clerk, and he put us M.
What had happened? The three OF ma
,ad wandered down Fifth avenue in the
lawn, probably in quest of Fred's apart
thent' nut We had passed Madison Square
"lthout seeing the Fifth Avenue fo;ell
ana were headed for the Washington Arch
when a man with a sack over his sboul,
Ter passed us. We all took n dislike to the
chap. ~ ~
said l.. ''s 30 carry
What the devil has he in that bag?.
"'lll find OUT exclaimed George. and
stepping behind the Stranger, he slasbed
the sack with q pocket knife.
Two dozen dianomd-back te.rapin +,,,,-
.,'tu 70 ths pavement, ana ran in tw,rtv-
TOUR directions. The language ,hat man
used Is un%printablc. We felt reyrct ana
Shame. didn't hear MIN shout .Policen
althoush he did so. according 10 the ofti-