The Holly chieftain., 1910-01-14
A Culinary
Capture
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TAoagh women wsrs few. aud sis-
~ vo0ss fewer. In ~ coustrvctios
eaaes aloas The ksys. It mast W. ad-
Dttted that The coming Of Mason
0Higgias caused scarcely . aYier In
IL busy camp life.
Whso old Jim OHiggips careiessly
esaarke6 that ~ would not eat At the
eanp tsbls. - he had biz daughter
Wtth bin and would take his share
fse0 ths cemmissary to his shack. 1t
was ths eus Of AMER RsEan aud Peter
lnSsahan and Frsnchy Dsepard to
seroll casually over toward the O'His-
eins shack at ths cjoee VI the erst
1ay's work. 1t was not because Of
lock Of welcome that they went no
mors--at least for some time.
mot much for looks. sure" was the
pronunctame1to Of AMER Regan "A
they west back to the bunk boat down
At the edge Of the scraggiy coral beach.
Her eyes gave me the creeps too
Looks ~ II she had . regular crouch
at the world"
Mos probably" put IN Frenchy. she
havs-not with Ee worl'. but with r.
cid O'Higgins. who have name her
Nanop. Parbiieu! Such name for
such femme: Youth and beauty. Ger
tissstnent. 1t means. and when you see
her. pouf! II vaneesh:'
One day ingrahan was stretched on
the white sands when O'Higgins CAM.
upon him.
I'VE want you and some of the boys
to come upSfo the shack for dinner to-
sight. Nj. lpgraham." ssid the old man
hssitatingly. This y my little girls
birthday. and thought
Ingraham Aesitated.
"0h. why not?" be thought. This
eacs won't hurt me. The old chaps
fond Of the girl. l suppose. too. and h~
hates to see her neglected" SO BE- an
swersd ~ be rose. yawning: "AlI right.
O'Higgins, we'll be os deck
All three Of the men knew what It
was to dine well. In the city lngra-
haM was Known - such an epieure
dat It vas 4 standing joke with hls
friends that hs would starvs down on
the keys on the construction camp CON
m&ssary. Like oil true Frenchmen.
Despard. too. knew the value OF things
culinary. But each was compelled to
admit that never, even In the best clubs
and restaurants. bad thsy sat down t.
daintisr feast than that provided In
the little Florida shack. Aud that. too.
90 the necessarily limited fare.
''Nais OUT" exclaimed the delighted
Frenchman ~ together they strolied to
ward the beach. Such soup. Nuch
an entree: such sauce bernaise: II
would appear that We have uudsrratetl
the Mile. Nanon: Never have had
such a salad OF coceanuts. 1t wax
Beautiful enough to make Oscar turn
the envious Sreen"'
AT last he has bsen smitten with
the charms Of Nanon.'' solemnly muir
INJURED Anjer. The little god has 60,
busy and hit him in the stomach. But
surely be don't expect to be without Il
rival. l, too. monsieur. have these
many years been in search Of good
cook."
Insraham looked 1T his companions
scornfully.
Little beasts" ~ muttered.
II wsssh to inform you." said
Frsuchy Dsspard one uight. after u
longer visit than usual. when be and,
Nsnon had gone .for walk along the
coral beach. Eat have ze honaire to
be betrothsd 10 Mile. Nanon OiHly-
sins." He bowed low.
WELL you turned the trick on Ms.
all right. Frenchy.~ said the soipe-
what discounted AMER. May hope
to have an occasional Invitation to eat
ut your house? can't say bar what,
on the whole. I'm just NJ well salts
ned. Well at least have the cook III
the family. 80 to speak"
Ingraham looked up with frown.
For the first time the girls side Of this
occurred to him. She wax to be sac
rinced. Hut. with shrug Nh II he
would enace the thing. although the
girls dark eyes haunted him. he turn
I'd to his buok
Two days later Despard came In
from the construction camp early. He
was iptrusted by the superintendent
with u message for OHissins to pre-
pare for visit from one Of the hoard
VI directors whose yacht had been
sighted. He went. therefore. at once
ncroxx the beach TO the shack In the
palm trees. With the freedom Of the