The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-24


day into apartments the seventh
floor OF the "Skyborough Flats, across the
hall from each other
lust two days later, strangers, Mrs Blifkins
Mrs Binks in the elevator, and from that moment, you
might say, things were on e-....,.-.
Then cnsued of those frIghtul friendships known
only to the female SEX
In an incredibly short time they each knew about the
others wardrobe and family affairs, and each of them
fondly believed she knew the others dearest secrets
together morning, and nght-it intense!
They of similar tastes. intellectually, too They
joined several clubs whose ends were more or less con
sunnatey utter and soul searching researches into the
realms of gush and when Arminta Haljames Blf-
e Wis G1 the Ape ws Of os sn
8lnks who led the applause it was Lobelia who
( for anything !'--it Lobea Bnks who frowned
some enyous lady members whom she overheard won
s stuf'-such her devotion
As result of this, of course, Blifkns and Blinks
they were totally Unlike Blfkins was a pondcrous
fatfaced tabby of such sluggish mind that by the
ing it was past; 50 he was usually doomed to silence
and was consequently good listener and accumulated
Blinks short, thin and laxative little
with hobby for invention and mechanics
But such beatiic state OF things as this could not
One evening while seated around the liable at the
Binkses, that individual announced that he had pur
chased an autoniobilean announcement which was des-
tined to end this beautiful combination as we shall Sec
How lovelyt chorused the ladies in rapture
"Yes." continued Blinks proudly, "and what's more
Monday is wedding anniversary and propose
and go off somewhere in the deep woods far from the
maddng crowd, and have a picnic"
oh! don't like picnics cried Lobe1a, one cannot
the butter and
common kind of picnic my dear propose we shall all
sit at table under the trees in style but there
girls provide the goodies and II! see to the tableyou
just leave that to me-" and Blinks winked at Bkins
and chuckled
Leave that TO me, too said Mr.. Blnks, galy, Il
happen to know of fine place about twenty miles from
here and not railway station within ten miles OF it
the world"
"Olr! that'II be heavenly exclaimed Arimnta
"Er-r-rrr' said Mr. Blifkns. which seemed TO be all
the comment he able to make on the subject So
Everybody was puzzled on Monday just as they were
about when Blnks produced bundle Of boards
and package that contained folding chairs which he
proceeded to fasten under the new auto
What all those boards for? inquired Lobea,
That's your table
Where's the legs?"
he annexed shovel with cord to his machine. and
fusiy stored the generous baskets Of good things
merrily bowling along the country road in the
shine. where Blnks evoked intending applause BY his
arighed them into ordinations Of terror by increas
ing his speed causing them to utter little Of alarm
when he frightened horses chickens cows and dogs IN
At last when they were about eighteen miles from the
cty-we into the hush of the still, deep eountry-about
four miles from Yapville village, smooth field ap-
peared, ascending slightly from the road to point
about eighth of mile where there was beat
fiful grove sunit knoll.
Ali exclaimed Bnks, pointing TO the trees that
crowned it, there's place " and saying he turned
the automobile off the road into the field, and mounted
towards it.
Here they stopped. The denudcd of
contents and then Bnks took his and began
very mysterious operations his genius being
made manifest
He first released his shovel and surrounded by his
companions whose curiosity he refused crafty he
began to dig long narrow trenches parallel with
each other. under the shade of great tree
Next having completed them to the depth of foot,
he proceeded back the into them. Then he
did his bundle of boards. and had them bound
gether in platform. This he deity placed top OF
the auto. fastened il firmly with clamps and
having placed his chairs around. 10 there stood table
as firm any that graoed Sherry's Delmon-
ico's;-it a triumph
Amid ordinations of admiration. Biinks. bathed in
perspiration, retired in glory to a messy bank and
proudly famed himself
To be sure he had wilted his collar, smudged his