New-York tribune., 1907-08-18

ielIv glasses 10 drink out OF, and an aN>prt-
l1ent of knives and forks too mixed u attempt
70 describe. The center OF the board was he!d
bv the water pitcher. a plate piled high with
bread and another plate Of butter. hen Il
,va> found that there were not enough chairs %
@, round one ot the couCheS was drawn up
lDupzidc the table and three gIrlS sat on Il
in "a row
The stew was finally brought IN, IN the
kettle IN wh,ch il had been made. and set on a
-II. I. bIe. fr,ru which NIrgie served 1t and
the green peas with large pewter spoons
must say I never had an idea th1t SuSh a ste"
could bc made. | cpnpllnented MaFelc on
having become "A famous cook, rs he'F'nE 40
,i,i the othcr-.
suddenly. however. a CRY went up for the
r,..L.i.f onions which It seemed. h4d uecl
forqorten Vt home Nargle had never been
allowed u elt onions, but no" Nhe lfI'Uoe''
large bottle of these dclltatleN, anu man
apcI - extract the cork for her with a knife
Tie. II v-.s discovered that al the forks were
i'm use. AMI there was nothing with "hich 20
iisl the onions from the bottle -,
Never mind. III show YOU how, SAID
Alice She Went TO the couch where hcr wraps
]av. and returned with a long hat pm WIN
this having first duly wiped It on corner 'l
IN. n4p.- Cloth. She proceeded u spear the
pickle This, remember. was dcInure Io'NliS'
sweet Alice. with the Madonna like eNpre5Sl"I-
tell YOU | was positively SICK 49,.
We'll YOU may laugh. old man. GU u''ll
have - eat those onions ,
Did |. | did. When the girls noticed
nv evident disgust they voted me proud and
decided that my education had been mcgee tel'
ur that | would certainly kn1" ehouEh 10
relish onions And Alice herself pressed one
~ my IipS. while Margie held my head trniy
from behind. | might have put up trIner
resistance: but Sylvia leaned suddenly lor-
yy.,ri-I am convinced. with the intention OF
opening NV mouth by the good OLD faShione,iI !
method Of catching hold OF my nose put l
anticipated her and swallowed the Onion"
was obliged - eat three.
Il am clad YOU find it 50 amusing, dId
manage - appear 10 take II good naturediE
myself. and when Margie announced dtter
the stew was finished that the plates ana
things must be washed for the salad obllg-
inglv piled everything on a tray and carried
- behind the. scenes for the operation l ne
girls made great fun of washing the dlSheSi
and after the table had been reset We had {,
fruit salad. and large cups OF coffee Win re'i
cream III 1t.
II was afraid Of being voted proud again.
Il I refused the. coffee: So | drank It without
comment from q blue and white cup with
little Cc1estials circling 1t, which rested on
a saucer with a design OF fans III bright reds
and yellowS-
when the feast was over, however, ana
most of the Urls were around the piano sing
ing. | managed to get Margie alone on a WIN
dow seat. | tried TO be as nice aS possible
about 1t. | said that | knew 1t WASH her
fault IN anyway, except thdt SIlt Si'uIl IliNe
let Us know how hard up She was. But OF
course, | explained. this sort OF thing would
never do. | should write home. and mother
would gladly send on enough To enable her
to get away from associations OF tins sort
and 90 into some really well kept boarding
house.
And instead of thanking me, that girl sat
there AMI laughed and laughed. Bob dear,
YOU certainly must try to cultivate sense OF
humorH She said finally. Do YOU know
we've all been enjoying ourselves Immensely
this evening. Just watching your face. Poor
Bob You didn't see the fun in it a little bit
did you,'
E" / did not l replied decidedly. Il fail to
perceive any fun in beholding a member OF
ones family dragging along in such wretched
poverty as this
AT that Margie threw back her head and
broke into a peal of laughter that attracted
the attention of every other girl in the room
And do You know, she sprang up and repeated
to them what | had said
"Confound it, | was horribly mortified
wouldn't have believed that Margie would have
PLAYED me a trick like that. | must say
| though, these girls awfully nice and jolly
about it. They tried to impress me with the
| fact that Margie and Sylvia were the lucklest
| of 1uortals TO have studio like that, with 4
place TO cook and a piano. That wasn't pov-
| crtv in New Works Bohemia. No, indeed