Connecticut western news., 1915-07-08

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 his surr.ce frOia various Cpntt rs ot ac- ! tivity deep Inside hhl. he p2assd Cor
 breath. and the coa,. sweet cadcurrS of
 the wategGiclon man fell dclectahly upon hia ear:
 "Ice cole watermelon; ice cole water.
 melon. The biggest slice of ice rOie, ripe. red, ice cole. rieh an rare; the biggest slice of ice cole watermelon ever cut by thc hand of man. Bay our ice cole watcrmelon"'
 renr0d, having drained the last drop of cider, complied With the watermelon mans luscious entrnty and received round slice of the fruit magnificent in circumference and something ovtr an inch in thickness. Leaving only tho really dangerous lmrt uf the riEd be hind him. he waud,red away from the vicinity of the watermelon man and supplied himself witch Il bag of pca- nurs. which. with the expenditure of dime for admission. left Il quarter stiil warm in his pocket. However, he managed to "hreGk" the coin at stand inside the tent, where large, oblong paper hoX of popcorn wns hand- ed him with 20 c,nt& change. The bnx was too large to 70 into his packer. lut having seated himself among So:ae wistful polack children hc placed it in his lap and dcvourpd the contents at leisure during the performGn o. Tho popcorn was heavily larded with ra.- tially boiled mulnsses. and l'pnrnl sandwlchcl | mouihfnls of peanuts wltb gobs of this mass until the peanuts were all gone. After that he ate with less nvidity, d scDsc almost of satsety beginning to manifest itself to hin, anl it was not until the close of the performance thut he disposed of the Inst morsel.
 He descended n little heavily to the out!iowiug crowd in the arena Hnd bought cnterwUulng toy balloon. but showed no great enthusiasm in manlp- ulating it. Near the exit as be came out was n hot waffle stand which he had overlooked, and sense of duty obliged him to consume the three wuf- Hes. thiclily powdered with sugar which the waffle man cooked for him upon command.
 They left n hottish taste in his mouth; they had not been quite up to his anticipation, indeed. and it was with a sense of relief that he turned to the hokey-pokey cart which stood close at hand, laden with square slabs of Neapolitan ice cream wrapped in paper. He thought the ice cream would be cooling. but somehow 1t fcll short of the desired effect and left peculiar savor in his throat.
 He walked away, too languid to blow his balloon, and passed Il fresh tnffy booth with strange indifference X bqre armed man was manipulating tho tafly over hook, pulling Il great white mass to the desired stage of candy ing" kut Penrod did not pause to watch the operation. Tn fact, he avert ed his eyes (which were slightly glazedD in passing. He did not analyze his motives. simply he was conscious that he preferred not to look at tho mass of taffy.
 For some reason he put n considera- hle distance between himself and the taffy stand. but before long halted in the presence Of red faced man who fourished Il long fork over small cooking apparatus and shouted joyinl. ly: "Ninnies! Here's your hod win nies! Hot winny wurst! Food for the oyerwOrlied brain. nourlShng for the weak stummick. entertaining for the tired business man. Here's your hot wmnies! Three for nickel. a half a dime the twentieth pot of dollah!"
 This above all nectar and ambrosia was the favoritc dish of penrod Scho- field. Nothing inside him now eraved it-on the contrary. But memory is the great hypnotist. His mind argued against his inwards that opportunity knocked at his door. "Winny wurst" was rigidy forbidden by the home au- thorities. Besides, there was a last nickel in his pocket. and nature pro. tested against its survival; also the red faced man had himself proclaimed his wares nourishing for the weak stummick.
 penrod placed the nickel in the red hand of the red faced man.
 He ate two of the three greasy, cigar like shapes cordially pressed upon him in return. The first bite convinced him that he had made a mistake. These wlnnies seemed of very in- ferior flavor, almost unpleasant. in fact. But he felt obliged to conceal his poor opinion of them for fear of offending the red faced man. He ate without haste or eagerncss, so slowly indeed that he began to think the rcd faced man might dislike him as a deterrent of trade. Perhaps Penrods mind was not working well. for he failed to remember that no law com pelled him to remain under the eye of the red faced man, but the virulent re- pulslon excited by his attempt to take a bite of the third sausage inspired him with at least an excuse for post ponement.
 Mighty good" he murmured feebly, placing the sausage in the inside pock- ct of his jacket with n shaking hand. Guess I'll save this one to eat at I,,,,,a f, ftnr ffap IEnnaru