New-York tribune., 1908-12-20

had give1 him more money than he ever had known
The Second Call
THE -a~-h anniversary OF the founding Of The
Tl7ir-eer Club opened with rush, and again
-74- came bv the canal, but in separate parties
They came without comfort and hurTedlE; IoT -leH
laI.i,~a-i,n had been DELAYED some months to meet
the convenience Of them all and II was late IN the
faf when game birds were becoming scarce through
the forests Of the range and the frost cracked among
the trees at night.
As Bf1T said in his dinner address Of welcome.
-7az were dorblv hOnOred by the tact that flFe oI
he members though married, had not deserted
- H. fortunate cOrupaniOns He satlrlcaIly
added that the eight sensible ones took keeI!
11las1re IN thus tearing them from the bOsoms OF
their respective and increasing families, and knew
they would be fit to appreciate meals prepared y
Fnhraihar1 He said that Tor the further lIslT
non Of the unmarried members, he would ADD mat
sweet hearts best when lad away III Il,NeISI-
IIe stoned abruptly and felt his hurnor flag, Tor
At the side of the table sat one whose 1ace was
twisting in pain and ne regTetIulIy
49, PC-,hy Martin had only the yer before lost
his herr,thed He rallied by Irrelevantly telling
an old story Of how herd OF mules had been slln-
ueded by a OF post holes blown across d "ts-eIH
field l. fell fiat. As he offered a bumper OF ae'
he wondered why it was that he had lost the power
- arouse the wild laughter of the years before Inc
no +arL-ards droDped softly TO the table without
hat -bl1r1p and bang OF other days The applause
was weak He felt strangely sedate, and was not
aware until Tom was half through speech that ne
was seriously addressing them on the save que9-'Il
and that three Others o southern birth We're growing
RED With ANNOYANCE. As adroc chairman he
roe 70 the occasion and diverted bad feeling by
addressing a facetlous remark to the speaker VINO
77ron1rrl-- sat down with Ill grace
They lid warm up enough as the evening advanced
to sing some Of the old songs, but a new tone Ldd
been interlected. OF staIdnesS and TepOSe th1t
kent them from swinging out freely as they had
ten wears before When they went TO bed III the
new blankets with which Tom had equipped the
club from his private purse, no one played pra1hs
Nc- sheet was tied no man found nicely adj
i,1sted row of boulders in his bunk; and no one had
ANYTHING TO say to keep the others awake. Two OF
The Thirteen Club had learned to snore and Il dis
+11red he Others who, instead OF swearing terVentE
or pune hing the Culprts in the RIBS rolled restless
and disCOutent l. would have been different ten
wears before That was before they had learned 70
be cautious Of others feelings
And Vet they all wanted to forget their cares and
worries and 70 remember only that this was the
first time they had all been together IN years True,
some of them had met some others nearly every
season. but-hang It all.-eaCh thought It was the
other that had changed. l. actually took two days
for the sense of strangeness and reserve 70 wear of
and then affairs sped more freely and IN measure
made them sing rousingy, ENJOY Jokes heartily, and
speak without restraint They really became boys
again and bOasted over their prpWess aheld after
each davs shoot They put cookie burs III the
sleeping Ephraiharns WhiSkers pulled the shot from
Rilvs Shells on his first day out, and loOsened the
Stats IN Bobbys bunk 50 that ne nearly broke MS
back when he tumbed drowslly IN
On the board walls behind each mans scat they
wrote hulericEs and Graves, the cartoonIst. spent
hours with charcoal IL hand depicting each lnd1-
viiuaIs ridiculous side They put in a full day
building a stone furnace outside for a barbecue Of
Dig, and then stood around and jolled the fellows
who by unluCkv cutting Of
the cards had TO turn the spit
- They ran foot races on the
ff@1ky, beach trtqrlulai or, her s