The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-14
O. HENRY'S MASTERPIECES s21]

81 never liked Miss Kennedy's aunt" said
II didn't say you did" said North I'VE
are having the greatest time we've ever had
The pickerel and trout are so ravenous that |
believe they would swallow your hook with a.
Montana copper-mne prospectus fastened on
it. And we've couple of electric launches;
and I'll tell you what we do every night or
two-we tow rowboat behind each one with
big phonograph and boy to change the
discs in en- On the water. and twenty yards
behind you. they are not so bad And there are
passably good roads through the woods where
we go motoring. shipped two cars up there
And the Pinecliff Inn is only three miles away.
You know the PinecEff. Some good people are
there this season. and we run over to the dances
twice week. Can't you go back with me for
week. old manP"
laughed. "Northy." said IF may be
so familiar with millionaire. because hate
both the names Spencer and Grenvile-- your
invitation is meant kindly. but-the city in the
summertime for me. Here. while the bour-
geoisie is away, | can live as Nero lived
ring. thank heaven. the fiddhng-while the city
burns at ninety in the shade The tropics and
the zones wait upon me like handmaidens. |
sit under Florida palms and eat pomegranates
while Boreas himself. electrically conjured up.
blows upon me his Arctic breath. As for trout.
you know. yourself. that Jean. at Maurice's,
cooks them better than any one else in the
world"
BE advised" said North. MY chef has
pinched the blue ribbon from the lot He lays
some slices of bacon inside the trout. wraps it
all in con-husks- husks of green corn. you
know-buries them in hot ashes and covers
them with live Goals We build fires on the
bank of the lake and have fish suppers.
81 know" said |. And the servants bring
down tables and chairs and damask cloths, and
you eat with silver forks | know the kind of
camps that you milionaires have. And there
are champagne pals set about. disgracing the
wild flowers, and, no doubt, Madame Tetraz-
zni to sing in the boat pavilion after the trout"
oh no" said North, concernedly. we were
never as bad as that We did have variety
troupe up from the city three or four nights.
but they weren't stars by as far as light can
travel in the same length of time. | always
like a few home comforts even when I'm
roughing it. But don't tell me you prefer to
stay in the city during summer. | don't be-
lieve it. IF you do. why did you spend your
summers there for the last four years. even
sneaking away from town on night train. and
refusing to tell your friends where this Ar
cadan village wasp"
Because" said |. they might have fol-
lowed me and discovered it. But since then |
have learned that Amayllis has come to town.
The coolest things, the freshest, the brightest.
the choicest. are to be found in the city. If
you've nothing on hand this evening | will
show you
I'm free" said North. and | have my light
car outside. suppose. since you've been con-
verted to the town. that your idea of rural sport
is to have little whirl between bicycle cops.in
Central Park and then mug of sticky ale in
some stuffy rathskeller under a fan that can't
stir up as many revolutions in week as Mica
ragua can in day."
We'll begin with the spin through the Park,