The Washington times., 1906-10-07

fecIvely 90 his own way. Amldou's
Instructions by telephone % preosrs
n statement OF disbursements 10 be
made public. le regarded as one ol
Brassacid jokes Els sugges-l1. mat
he meant % stand ou platform -
IT ne ~ sesH,sd equally humorous 70
promise such ridiculous Things r. 70 per-
ffctiT serious WaF. and lauul at ths
victim credu'irF ia "biUug ou the
hoax. was quite i1 harmony 0ta the
relations among tle members Of the
Set GO which tasy belonged where
practical jokes. merelses cLaG.rg and
perpetual efforts 90 gee The best OF one
another bad e.ean tae group more
imam local celebrity.
Having therefore. ua suspicion that
his e+u4.l4.es platform uf principles
0-s CD t.. bands of Che reporters. and
would appesf iH the Uczt mornings
papers. Aivosd took his way TO ths
annual supper of the A. %. e.. f. feel
ing that al Nas weu in the world.
aad tHai here az .east. Hs cald.dats
would aegut himself we'll
Ae+sr5 BllauilHie and Cox Hsrs
absent whea tls time came for sit-
ling down tg supper and Alr Simpson,
tae Mas-er of tas EeraIs. dalreed tnat
ua one Was t5 be waited for. 50 lhe
chairs OF tar ab-eurees were showed
ur. and reminded SIR. Slater who vas
quite high lu Spirits 1f THE Vacant
Chair, which aa sang 10 else bass Of
jG1-. BpdsHtt and hummug ac-
compartment uE AlTord and EIglg-
ton. Prof Blathervlck listened wlth
rapt attention aud was much affected
dis i-s Heidelberg Iur statent
tags said be. strong and luffuz
hearts. ant weak hsrs ant stumachs.
OH o. svorts and stein- aut songs ant
scraps. L. i=s br9tucrfe or Gears and
sclmIast'
Especially smiles" said 3Tr sIup-
SON. "aal right IH that connection.
these cocktails arc supposed ro FH n
Hl".I ut Iic reflection. Gentlemen. .
good time J1 all-
Sow. after some COURSES of soup and
FISH aud entrees. Sir. AIFar5 noted Ae
cocktails and The uuc1lslmel glasses
of wine ar the plates ~ E.IlWI-Ela
and Cox and uI-l a sense Of equity
truly Aus'o-SaEon. ac Tal=-. the point
that IL was su injustice 90 chose who
hai been prompt. 10 have these Two
fresh competitors come lu late and en-
trely sober lu The middle af the feast
Point seems ta be well taken" ssid
Judge B-udes.t -I move. v0ur honor.
that tl- wet gaaas ap.sas t5oHahle ~
our absent friends be set aside for
them
stained" raareI Simpson let
the booze Of BIUw.Hke and Cox be
filed away FOR future reference. iu the
sleb5aEl."
s. t.a.- glasses stood i- TWO rows.
leultler.ue course ar course. await
ing rae coming of t.= aazear--z. And
thus lt was that when Mr. BsGe.HEl=,
fat. bald. and r.lir1EI made his a4-
p-arauee. Tie proceedings uere sas-
I-uded until G= had .uhi1ei his share,
glass Dos glass. beginning uua tl5
cocktails and ending temporarily Hitl
Naa5 -a Then lIr. RuIlulak-e sud-
denly became profoundly grave and
W.s soon detected av Alyar5 iH the ag-
1f stea.tIly eudeaEer.ug 90 place his
ruser accurately upon certain suEu
round spots !u the tabierlptl- Where
upon Mr. H-liWiuhle t5 show how el-
tirely ae had himself i1 hand. proposed
a toast in verse, beginning:
Noa. here's to tae sill v.ta tie auburn
hair
And ,ha shoulders whittier trEr snow.
and drank it off in namnsr All
seemed u forget Bu.UufulI- m tlfs
and transferred their attention 20 Ar5-
don. sHl pounded 0u Tie table rrI
called f0~ response from him. E-aI-
Egtt nodded for him To yield. and G
order ,lst he might Ee fully lu -larar-
ter. Floriau began bv saving that ..ar.
who knew him So well were quite well
aware that be could respond 10 t.as-
IN honor Of the girl with the auburn
hair
cor any other old color" SHOUTED
E3ginEtau-
cor all colo-s AZ or-eE -1a-rE a
nameIess wight ar the foot of the
table
Az which r0r.lcrle. The raue-o=s
wight was tae recipient af -----s ard
sc-v1- tu the direction .C tUf profess
sor DRho was probably unaware Of tre
color OF the hair ON his ouG head
70 say nothing OF I.z E.u-rrcrs1 and
EdE.uEtrD nlrI -re SAD caused hE the
unexpected collapse uf Aw.5ou s. res
ponsa by charging that COX was absent
because of Ils having recently taken
passage upon the vater-vaEon- and
vas Jraito.oa-iy staying away AlEo~I
proposed that "a messenger Dee s5ut for
him. and when. the A. I'd. IF. bog came,
d written summons was peuuel on a
msnu card ON which rro-ress 10 d7re
VAS eueskea. suI instructions given
tIlt crc doruwrnr He presented 20 Cox
at his home c-r.E twenty minutes uHtt
De came-CoN O. pay the charges, and
tue messenger Lf rrLurl between tI1ps
TO report. and Co have the l--I check
el mp sg t.uJ ErA I--.r note L.a for
ward movement uI events, ana s1e now
far He was behind
When An Simpson rose tn make
few general observations u-EnTluE IN
taat pam ul I.e program u~saI|E t@-
voted lI FUeerl-.la hEH-. SIT lt-.---
v5HEle whose vision Ha- s-.-1IE l-f-
paired. took nim -ur t.H JlrdE Cox
au. -1I., friend whom tnh had
brought ard -TrrJrI JHrm With n -lll-
duli -ELCW-lr-lp' After rlls E-Il-eT.
Oh COURSE HT. BuilIVuae WAS l'si-
CaliE bound To SNOW .aL Tie tN-.tl.i---
tHal was uttered Roy uluo nt GeilneI-
st- uIau. ami SD Dee repeated ID from
tf-ll .a dime gII tEr evening, uui. me
,.tE,aI .f wfNrI drinks. To rl'H MS
I.. ARRIVAL lad subjected nim. proved
roo much for lis endurance ana ro1-
l.-H Hfu of speech b-l THIS Is antl.l-
pat.HE- ,...-..,...,...7
dozen ErEauaT sending IortA t-eL-
r-s- ..ar.Iets of blue over tire spark
S..u-ou acaau ills remarks.
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