The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-25
By s EVE LII 20 RID
Copyrighted by the Associated Sunday Magazines incorporated

Yaie?"
Them was two close guesses," says
I; but you've got a lot more comm.
I'm professor of physical culture, and
any time you're knockin' around Forty
second street I'd be pleased to have you
drop in my studio and look me over"
The Baron. he swallows hard a cou-
pie of times, and then he says he'll be
charmed to do it, We shook on that;
but 1 was measurn' him up curious.
and / guess he was dom the same by
me. though you can't judge what them
kind of people are thinkin' about.
By this time Todd has got his sec
| ond wind and takes the bunch in tow,
leadin' EN- around the grounds and
pOintin' out the decorations. Maybe
/ if the bottom hadn't dropped out OF his
| plans he'd have found somethin' better
! to do; but l viii say for them banZai
gents that they tries to look interested
You couldn't much blame EN-, though,
/ for not wOrkin' up much excitement
over strings of paper lanterns.
I knew Maddox was bankin' on the
dinner as his big card; but We hadn't
| got away with more'n three courses
! before the frost began to settle down
hard. Even Mrs. Maddox, loOmin' up
at one end of the table in kimono so
stiff with long legged birds worked in
/ gold thread that it looked like she was
]
up. Without sayin' a word on either
side, it was plain as day we want
maxim a hit with the compny; and
/ for all Maddox tries il was easy to see
he didn't think much Of them. But
/ he'd done his best. Everything was as
Jappy as an Italian caterer could make
/ it, and the costumes of the walters was
just as real as if they'd come right
out of "MikadO" chorus Maybe the
] eli mi
! but their uniforms was correct.
! ! don't know if it was real Jap food
/ they dealt out 20 US or not; but il
sure did taste punk. Blamed If 1 could
eat it, and when I casts my eye up and
down the table TO see how the Japs was
gettin on. / notices that they was just
maxim a bluff One or two side re-
marks. in their own language. too.
sounds good deal like growlin'. Todd
must have got wise TO the way things
was goin' about that time. for he be-
gins to get a color on. All of "A sud
den he pushes back his chair and
breaks loose.
Baron" says he, Il don't know how
you feel about it, but it strikes me this
bill of fare is about the worst that
ever happened Fact is. | laid my
self out 70 give you the things you've
been used To at home; but l guess I've
four-flushed. Amt that about the size
of it?"
Why says the Baron, rubin his
chin thoughtful, Il must admit that
these dishes are not entirely familiar.
but l assure you that the compliment
they were intended to convey is deeply
appreciated"
1t hit Maddox where he lived. that
little speech did.
Now that's what I call generous"
says he Suppose we sidetrack the
rest of this nearfOod and call for a new
deal?"
THE Baron asks him not to bother
He was for stickin' to the card and
hopin for the best; but Todd has got
his Jaw set
Maria" says he. suppose you step
out to the kitchen. mead off that DagO
cook. and see if Mrs. Nolan can't rus
tie up some kind of meal that will be
fit for US to eat"
But. Todd begins Mrs. Maddox
Todd, he just gives her one look and
jerks his thumb over his shoulder to-
ward the kitchen. That settles it, With
her face the color of a red flannel I'M
dershirt Maria gets up and trOts out.
In a couple of minutes she was back,
whisperin in his earn
"COrned beef and cabbage?" says
Todd. Good, Tell the help they can
have all the imitation japanese grub
bage come our way in a hurry.
And say. that was the kind of home
grown hod carriers banquet we hands
out to the Jap BarOn-murphfes boiled
in their skins. cOrned beef we'll streaked
with fat. new cabbage. and plenty OF
bottled beer that came fresh right off
the ice.
Did he shy it? Not so you could no
tice with the naked eye. Todd has the
n ~ III. nd fr-
the time the ten of US has got through
; passin' UP for more there want much
use washin' the dishes. Three empty
| beer bottles stands before the BarOn's
plate when the apple pie was brought
in. and he's wearin' a look Of brother
/ " love that was cheerin' to see. All
the rest Of his crowd had followed suit;
but so far as destrOyin' food went, Ho-
shi was high man.
Mr. Maddox" says he, pattin' his
vest, II have been promising myself for
ten years that when l returned 10 the
United States I would go back to the
New Haven boarding house where
lived during my college course. and in
dulge myself in just such meal as
this
"CoIege?" says Maddox. say, you
don't mean TO tell US that you went To
Yale? Then maybe while you were
there you learned something about
drawing three cards?"
IF had been more proficient in that
extra. or not taken it I'D at all, my
education might not have been such an
expensive matter" says the Baron. Civ
in him the wink. 1T was only in my
senior year that ] came 10 realize the
folly Of holding up a kicker when the
luck was running against me
You'll do says Maddox joyfully.
Would you object to our making Up
five hands for this evening""
1t was the easiest thing In the world;
for that was the most refined and ac-
icomplished bunch of Japs you could
ask 70 meet. Inside Of half an hour
Todd and the Baron and three others
was sittin' comfortable ana happy
around the snokin' table, while Mrs
Maddox, who'd shed her kimOnO for
something light and dressy, had runs
the others into a pool game and was
spottin' five balls for the best Of en-
So what looks at the start TO be
session of the Hammer club. ends up
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