Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-05-15

one save and except those who have
taken part in the rehearsals. This
part of the entertainment generally
closes about three a. m. and then fol-
lows the afterglow, which winds up
eventually. / have dilated upon the
ceremony Of the Cremation Of Care at
greater length than I otherwise in
tended for the resason that 1 am Per-
petual High Priest of Bohemia, dis
tinguished honor which L most highly
appreciate.
Among the midsummer high jinks
at which l have officiated as high
priest were several upon which 1
should love to dilate-the Buddha
links, held in the redwoods back of
Mount Tamalpias, and sired by the
late Fred NJ. Somers; the Druid Jinks.
sired by j. D. Redding; the Aztec
Jinks, sired by Louis A Robertson;
and the Hamadryad Jinks, sired by
DR.. Shiels. But / also remember with
delight some earlier midsummer jinks,
less pretentious but none the less i'm
pressive in their solemn way.
One of my birthdays occurred on
Easter Sunday, and IN honor of the
event the club gave a birthday break
fast in the Red Room of the club, and
at the close of President Horace Platt's
eloquent address he presented me with
a wonderful Easter egg as a token of
the estimation in which l was held
by the members. 1t was a large
ostrich egg beautifully painted and had
been neatly separated, and with hinges
and ribbon, was a lovely sight to look
upon. l responded as best l could to
the presidents feeling address, and
thanking the Bohemians for the mag
nifcent Easter egg, very modestly re-
sumed my seat. At the close of the
exceedingly pleasant entertainment the
members gathered around and seemed
anxious to learn what the egg con-
tanned, and wished me to open It,
did SO, and there, 10 and behold!
quietly resting and serenely looking
me in the face, was q cheque for
twelve hundred dollars. What my
emotions were in making the discov-
cry may be imagined, but language
fails to describe them. That such an
amount should have come to me at
such a time-it seemed to me that 1t
must be all dream, but the warm
hearty congratulations of those around
me soon convinced me that it was no
dream, but a lovely reality, and that I
was blessed not only with riches, but
above all earthly riches I was blessed
with the love and esteem of the mem
bers of the Bohemian club.
Once upon time, several years ago,
Twas invited to make one of a party
ing, and I very gladly accepted the in
vitation. The party was made up of
some twelve members of the Bohe-
milan club, namely: Charley Leonard
Louis Sloss, Jimmy" Hamilton, Jack
Lathrop, Porter Ashe. cal" Gerberd-
ing. Charles R. Peters, Donald de V.
Graham, George Nagle Ned" Town
send and myself. Upon arriving at
San Rafael we found in waiting a
splendid four horse omnibus which 1
was told was to convey us to Bo-
linas Bay. All this preparation was to
me little bit bewildering, but 9TH
ers of the party appeared to take it
as an understood thing. so l asked no
questions as to what it was all about.
Our ride over the hills was most en-
Joyable, and with such company every
mile of the distance was thoroughly
appreciated When we arrived at the
Bolinas hotel another surprise awaited
me. as | found that in the dining room
round table had been prepared for
just the number in our party and the
chairs placed accordingly. Then I
thought to myself. this is all very
mysterious, but I wanted the others to
think I knew as much about it as they
did. so ] made no remark. Soon the
table was furnished with a bountiful
supply of good. wholesome food to
which the hungry travellers did ample
justice. After an hour spent very
pleasantly at the hotel the party was
furnished with some half dozen Ian
terms and then we all wended our way
along the beach picking up all the drift
wood in sight as we wandered. and I
all the time wondering when this
mystery would be solved. At length
we came to where the surf had wash
ed up quite mound of sand, between
which and the main land was an open
space just large enough for the BUSH
ness in hand, and an ideal spot for
the evening ceremonies. After seat
ing me on the side of the sand bank
] was told to await developments and
| waited. A bonfire was built and the
object Of the journey was made known
b. Charley Leonard first reading a let
ter | had written years ago for a mu-
steal magazine. but which had almost
entirely passed out of my memory. AS
the reading progressed 1t dawned on
me that l was the head and front Of
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