Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
joy Their Luncheon.

any that ever graced Sherrys or Delmon-
ico's;-it was a triumph.
Amid EXPLANATIONS of admiration, Blinks
bathed in perspiration, retired in glory to
messy bank and proudly famed HIM
self. -"
To be sure he had wilted his collar,
Smudged his white vest, and knocked an
inch or two of enamel from his patent
feathers, but what of that?
AS Lobelia truly said, it was for Edison
to invent the photograph; Marconi to pro-
duce wireless telegraphy, Bell the tee
phone, and finally, fate decreed the name of
1chabod Blinks should be added to the list
as the first man on Gods green earth to
offer combined automobile and table
When the ladies had the table set it was
sight for an epicure.
a snow-white cloth hid the boards, and
fell around concealng the auto.
On it was spread pickles and jam, jelles,
fruits and a good store of Lobelia's and
Arimintas best silver. A cold turkey
graced one end, and a roast pig the other,
intervals between, while celery and wild
flowers added 4 combined outrageous and
Arcadian flavor to it all.
Preparations being now complete, the
happy party drew up their chairs, and sat
down. comfortably to enjoy it.
Right there the trouble commenced.
"Oh. Blinks dear, where is the cork
screw?" exclaimed Lobelia. -. .s=e
IN get it, it's under the seat, in the
tool box responded Blinks with alacrity,
| as he pushed his chair back and dived
unuef tne table cover Cne front part
of the auto while the rest waited for him
to reappear.
Then something appeared to be wrong!
Blinks had evidently disturbed some lever!
Chugi Chug-gi O-o-ofi went the auto.
1t began to shake little, shook harder
/ until everything on it commenced to dance,
| then, to the infinite surprise, their table
| started to move out from under their noses
| fast, faster-until, before they realized the
| fact, 1t was making full tilt across the
| field to the road, bearing Blinks along, and
| leaving Ariminta, Lobelia and Blifkins in a
daze, seated with nothing but hole and
pile of dirt between them instead of a
| luxurious feast.
| Lobelia was the first to find her voice.
| 'Icha- bod! Icha-bod! Stop-it! Stop-it"
| If Blinks could hear, made any reply,
| no one knew.
| All that could be seen of him was his
legs sticking out from beneath the cover;
| his white gartered feet waving distressfully
in the air as the runaway auto cruelty bore
| him away.
Across the field, straight for the road it
| made, the eatables on its surface agitated
| weirdly by the jar of motion.
| They seemed to be executing dance-it
| was all hands around between the cold
| turkey, catsup bottle and the celery; a
| spoonholder, the piglet and the butter dish
| performed a solemn minuet, while various
/ other things did lonely pas de seuls, or got
out of the way entirely by falling off.
AS an accompaniment. the unfortunate
Blinks, still caught under the seat, went
along his white spatted feet waving in
| the air, and his dismal howls shifting
! ruefully on the ears of his distracted
| friends-who had recovered themselves and
| were strenuously chasing their runaway
dinner.
Like thing of life, when it reached the
| road, the auto turned, and made straight
down the pike toward Yapville, with in
| creased speed.
Mr.. sand Mrs. Denis Foggarty possessed
| three pigs. One of them gave them in
finite trouble by getting out of the pen.
This pig Mr.. Foggarty named William ]
Bryan