Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-16

the money of Hymettus never tossed off
in all its born days
In the dream the man would see him
SER climbing up on a step-ladder to SUI
perintend the cooking of the huge cal
dron OF beef stew, and he would be lean
ing over to stir ii. and then he would
miss his footing and fail right smack dab
INTO the caldron of beef stew: whereupon
he would be filled with a warm, cozyful
glow all through his slumbering beinc
and ne would proceed to eat his way out
OF the caldron of beef stew and the
longer that job took him the better h..
liked 1t: and then he would awake from
the delirious vision OF happiness 10 find
friend wife standing there beside his bunk
with about one gill and a quarter of clah-
DerlSh buttermilk in snoopy little glass.
ana the man would groan in anguish anu
wish that he had been submerged in the
tufSld waters of the Eastern branch the
last time he had gone swimming tbera
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After about ten days of the dieting
thing the man had a beatific vision whil.
doing one forenoon, of ice cream Mbeu
he aWoke he asked faithful spouse II he
NhiSltn have a little ice cream He rnt
the NIX password something instanter lie
begged. he beSeeched he lmplored Nix
some more. He told her that even ~
phoid patients in these latter days get the
cream for themselves. Nix-niX from the
spouse Nothing doing on that ice cream
number. Then the man asked her il she
wouldn't phone the doctor Individual and
ask hlm III he mghtn't have a little ice
cream Well. yes. she'd do that And she
Gia The doctor person hemmed and haw-
co. FINALLY, after heap of hemminy and
having, the doctor person said. Yes The
man could have, say, about two spoon
tuis OF ice cream, but no more nummore
nummore mind. madam; he is TO have
nummore, nummore,
And so the man got his two spoonfuls
Of ice cream. Twas more than he
could stand 1t made him delirious or
something. He saw red--red meat He
waited till friend wife went out to The
market He knew that from the market
sne was going shopping downtown ami
would be gone several hours And so
when she'd gone, up he got. feeling
pretty ka-nift on his pins, and strona,
ike horSey.
a restaurant he knew all about and or
dered and ate these: One double tender .
loin steak. smothered in fresh mush-
rooms; one huge order of hash-browned
spuds. meaning potatoes; two overflow
ing side dishes of succotash: one large
bowl of lettuce and tomatoes with may
onnaise dressing: one huge platter OF
peaches and cream and two cups of smok-
ins coffee
Having obliterated which the man
got right on board a car ano went home,
and was the lovelest picture of sad and
sweet innocence that ever existed on any
map when his wife came home from
shopping and staked him to almost three
spoonfuls of chicken broth. The doctor
came in few minutes later
Well, well. you're looking fine" said
the doctor person. and right he was The
man in bed looked fine and felt ditto
Il guess that little ice cream I let You
have agreed with You. You can have
little more ice cream today. About four
spoonfuls. 1 should say-but nummore,
mindr'
And the man lay there and said, Yessir.
lust like that. and blinked at the cat
summing itself on the window sill and
,eace and happiness and a sense of we'll
being reigned all around everywhere and
CLARENCE L CULLEN,