Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-17

several miles from the place where we
were to spend the night. We whipped
up. but 1t was dark when we got there.
I think the good people were fully con-
WINGED that We were just little
touched in the head" They were ex-
pecting US, and. contrary to explicit un-
iderstanding. had supper prepared.
Being man and a stranger, it wasn't
a situation / felt like Quitting in" OH,
SO Mr.. Brown and l put 1t up to the
women. They stood pat for supper out
of doors. as per program, and the boys
backed them up, though the youngsters
simply couldn't keep their eyes off that
loaded table. Our hostess didn't seem
peeved and was wholly Modified when
| 1t was agreed that Margery, who was
tired and sleepy. should eat her supper
in the house and go to bed.
l think that supper was the most en-
| Joyable meal L ever ate. l certainly
never ate one under circumstances that
made quite so strong an appeal to me.
we made camp in a pasture at the edge
or wood lot and turned the horses
loose to Craze. 1t was necessary to use
| lanterns in gathering wood, but soon
we had good fire going. and Mr..
Brown and l put up the tent while the
women got supper ready They made
coffee and boiled potatoes and warmed
up the fried chicken and a can of
baked beans. The tailboard of the
Browns wagon was made to do duty
as a serving table, and we sat on
|
tin plates.
| Boys Wash the Dishes.
The boys did lot of skylarking, try
\ ing to forget that they had promised to
| do all the dishwas hing on the trip. But
James memory was in ffrst-rate order,
and they didn't have a chance of get
ting away with it, though / think Mrs
Brown would have been willing to join
them in forgetting. I backed up Jane,
I for ! had a bunch that il the boys es-
capped Mr.. Brown and 1 would be the
goats"
The boys were glad to go off to bed
when their task was done. but We kept
the fire going and the women sat out
with us for a couple of hours before
lgoing to the house. Havana nor Kew
West ever produced a cigar that tasted
as good as my pipe did that night, nor
did l ever find company so brilliant
and entertaining as were my own wife
and our nearest neighbors We told
each other our real names. as they say,
and got better acquainted than would
be possible in year of ordinary social
intercourse.
l had looked forward with some mis-
glVlngs to spending a night with moth
ing but a blanket between me and the
ground, but l was not called upon to
endure that supreme Joy of camping
out Mr. Brown calmly helped himself
a. straw stack, and we had bed
that was balm to weary bones. 1t
seemed to me / had hardly shut my
eyes before ] was awakened by Mr..
Brown blowing reveille on that old
bugle | cordially hated him for the
time being, but there was nothing to
do but crawl out. The boys grumbled
SO much about getting up, however,
that 1t put me in a good humor, and
we soon had things on the move.
Catching "Pop" Some Job.
The women and Margery came down
from the house, having had another
good-natured row with their hostess
because they wouldn't eat her break
fast. But they had accepted the gift
of pint of real cream. which was an
Improvement in our coffee over the
canned product.
We built fire and then Mr.. Brown
ana went TO round up the horses and
reed them. so that we would be ready
10 start as soon as breakfast was over.
think / chased Pop" about ten miles
around that pasture before l managed
10 get halter on him. Having been
IN our possession but a few days. he
had no respect for my authority. and
he wouldn't whoa" at all when / told
him to- He displayed sense of humor
that didn't like bit and a whimsi-
cality that was fairly impish. He wouJd
wait until l got almost up to him then
Kick up his heels and go rompine off
half way across the field / was glad
the exhibition took place out of earshot
OF the others Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
church.
l was considerably "het up" when I
finally caught him. but my blood was
thoroughly in circulation and ] had an
that breakfast soon. They had sliced
the boiled ham and sizzled it in "A nan