Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-19

Of them talked TO me about = such
things" l replied rather primly.
IF they had | should have chal-
lenged them" he retorted. while
you're staying with my sister | con-
slider myself sort of guardian of
yours, and part of my duty will be to
keep off men-other men-with stick,
you see''
mo, l don't see" said L. Not that
there will be the least necessity for
you to do anything of the sort
"Oh. won't there? Well, you just
wait till you get to Newport, and
you'll find out differently. I've applied
for leave on purpose TO help Kath pro-
teet you, and | expect to put on Il suit
| of>chain armor under my clothes But
| first you're coming to visit me at West
| Point"
Il don't think l am l said
"Oh, but YOU are. It's promise of
Kath's. And shan't be proud to show
you around? You shall see Filtration
Walk the first thing It's what the
ladies' admire the most at the Point.
Perhaps you've heard of it?''
NO" said l. "And l never heard
of West Point Is it suburb of New
! York;"
Not much. It's our American Sand
hurst But you English people don't
| know anything about this side. | guess.
now, you think that Florida is in South
American"
Il haven't thought about it yet"
replied.
That's right. l don't ask anything
] better than to teach you the geography
| of the United States. Well begin with
Filtration Walk. But see here. Lady
| Betty, that rose you've got on isn't q
| good sample of what we can grow over
| here. Didn't that maid of my sisters
take you something Il little better from
me-"
! Something much bigger and grand
en-" l said, feeling loyal to my poor
white bud Il was meaning to thank
YOU
| Don't do that: the things aren't
worth it. | only wanted to know
whether that French female had
played me false or not But here
ZONES my sister. l wish she'd taken
' longer to do up her back hair Now.
III give you your wish and talk about
the weather. Mighty hot day, isn't it:
Won't You have Il cocktail? I'd just
finished mine when you came down."
"Of course Betty will have cock
tail. We all do before dinner" sail
Mrs Ess Kay. sailing toward us in 6
trailing white film of lace.
But Betty didn't have one. though al
this moment several little glasses ap
peared on a tray. l was sure tina
mother would not approve of cocktails
for me, as it sounds so fast for {
young girl who isn't yet out. When
excused myself Mrs Ess Kay laughed
and said, Then what about that sher
ry cobbler?"
While l was trying to think what sh,
meant Sally came into the hall. ant
Immediately after l was surprised b.
q kind of musical moaning which be
! gan suddenly and kept on for a Ion,
d time.
That's the Japanese gong" sal,
Mrs. Ess Kay when | looked round t
see where the sound came from. at
for dinner Potter, give Betty you
arm"
; 1 was glad she didn't use that nick
,, name I'd been thinking of, for if sh
had should certainly have laughed
We began dinner by eating pinky
,, yellow melons cut in half and file
with chopped ice. l thought at frs
that it must be a mistake and the
, ought to have come in at dessert, bu
everybody else ate theirs without al
pearing disconnected, so l did min,
! and 1t was good. SO were all til
procession, though they were yer
strange, and some of them / shouldn
, have known how to cat IL Mr. Parke
, whose place was next to mine, hadn
told me.
n We had bouillon partly frozen IL
! stead of soup, and then came the mos
extraordinary little fried animal
which quite startled me, they were S
, like exaggerated brown spiders, don
I in egg and breadcrumbs. soft she
crabs, dear child" said Mrs. Ess Ka.
land you eat every bit. down to th
tippiest end of his claw"
/ l should meyer have managed til
green corn, which grows like lots c
pearls set close together In rows on
, fat stick, II Mr. Parker hadn't scrape
, all the pearls off for me with n for
and put butter and salt on them.
liked him a little better after that, fc
he did the thing with great skill
When l had got so far nothing coul
surprise me, and / didn't turn hal
when / found that l was expected t
eat pears cut up with salad oil. BIZ
they, were alligator pears, and whe
you tasted them 1t appeared that the
had nothing whatever to do with tn
fruit kingdom. Best of all i liked til
watermelon which came at the en-,
cut in little balls, looking like straw
berry water Ice and soaked in chan
payne. | hope that all the things
eat In America won't be so nice or
may grow stout before l go back. ar
Vic says 1t Is better for girl TO har
herself.
1t was very trying. too, to find tn
was keeping every course waitin