Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1908-10-23
NO. G..


form, ignoring the obvious hunger of
their passengers.
Tom saw that Lucy was gazing hun
grily at the feast Cheerfully he
sprang up and entered the cara
~ don't want to annoy you," he said
diffidently, but will you lend me your
aid In teaching those fellows les
son? did some marketing for mother
In the city, and I've steak and some
other stuff in that bundle. We can
build Il fire on the shore and cook the
steak on a stick, as we used to when
we were children"
For moment pride and hunger
struggled; then hunger won, and pres
emily Tom was assisting Lucy down
the trestle to the sandy shore of the
island, and by the time the fire was
built his mothers supplies were ready
for the sacrifice. In addition to the
steak, there was loaf of bread from
a fashionable bakery, and even a box
of fine table salt Of sort not obtain.
able In Bayview. The steak was cut
into strips ready for broiling.
ne IThKIdIb luLlCb VI nut AlCut Ut
tracted the crew Of the chr. but not un-
til Lucy and he had eaten their I'LL did
Tom permit the two men to have a
morsel Then while the motorman
took his turn as cook he and Lucy
sought the other side of the island
The ice was broken now. and they
chatted as though such things as cook
ing schools and their evil effects upon
the digestion were unknown.
at makes me think of when we were
little tots" cried Lucy as Tom lighted
cigarette. you always used to
smoke corn silk cigarettes after we had
one OF our al fresco meals"
"Those were great times" he re-
sponded, with laugh. "Do you re-
member how we used to plan to grow
up as quickly as we could so that we
might keep real house and have Ice
cream for dessert every dayr
"And we were going to make fruit
cake instead of the plain kind aud
have slice between meals whenever
we wanted It," supplemented Lucy. ut
all seems so far away"
"And yet 1t was 80 near" he remind
ed "Just because l happened to feel
as though | could not be serious, no
matter how hard tried, l went and
spoiled 1t all"
But we were both wrong that
night" protested the girl. 81 should
not have been so serious"
What followed this remark IL not
necessary for publication, and II was
some moments before the two returned
to mundane interests.
"Hurrahr shouted Tom, and Lucy
looked at him In surprise. Then she
turned to follow his gesture of dlrec-
ton and echoed his cheer. The draw
was slowly swinging into place. The
current was on again.
Regretfully the conductor suspended
his culinary operations, and the motor
man climbed back to his post with u
slice of steak sandwlched between two
slices OF bread In few minutes
they were rattling over the closed
draw and home was in sight again.
"Have you the ring stillr' asked
Lucy as they left the car at their cor
ner.
an bring 1t over tonight" lie prom
ised en- be over early "You make
fruit cake, and I'll bring the cream" "
"A cooking school fruit cake" she
demanded teasingly.
"a Lucy fruit cake" corrected Tom,
with smile. TITS enough that you
cook It,"
"But there won't be time" objected
the girl.
.'Then let's have some more steak"
suggested Tom. "That tasted better
than fruit cake awhile ago, with you
across the fire. We ought to be very
grateful to the car company"
"And to the steak" suggested Lucy
ut was the steak that compelled sur.
render"
But her eyes told a different story,
and Tom regarded n passing trolley
with glance Of positive affection ms
he turned In ut his gate.