Cheyenne record., 1916-02-17
CHAPTER 1-Continued.

CHAPTER 1-Continued.
The boys were overwhelmed with de-
light at sight of the tears Of senile dis
appointment that dribbled down the
old mans cheeks. Then, unnoticed.
Hoo Hoo replaced the empty shell with
a fresh cooked crab. Already dismem-
bered from the cracked legs the white
meat sent forth small cloud of say.
ory steam. This attracted the old
mans nostrils, and he looked down in
amazement. The change + his mood
to one of Joy was immediate. He
snuf1ed and muttered and mumbled,
making almost 1. Groom of delight, as
he begaC 20 st. OF this the boys took
little x-otice. FOR it was an accustomed
spectacle. Nor did they notice his oc-
casional exclamations and utterances
OF phrases which meant nothing to
them. as. for instance. when ne
smacked mis- lips and champed his
gums while muttering: "Mayonnaise!
Just think-mayonnaise! And it's sixty
years since the last was ever made!
Two generations and never a smell OF
1t! Why. In those days 1t was served
In every restaurant with crab.'
When he could eat no MORE the old
man sighed. wiped his hands on his
naked legs, ed gazed out over the sea
With the cortent of full stomach, he
waxed reminiscent.
ITO think of it! I've seen this beach
alive WITH men. women and children
on pleasant Sunday. And there
"nrnn'f r.
either. And right up there on the cliff
was big restaurant where you could
get anything you wanted to eat. Four
million people Hv~l in San Francisco
then. And now. in the whole city and
county there aren't forty all tcld. And
out there on the sea were ships and
ships always to be seen, going in for
the Golden Gate or coming out. And
airships in the air-dirigibles and fly.
Ing machines. They could travel two
hundred miles an hour. Mail contracts
with the New York and San Francisco
Limited demanded that for the mini
mum. Thero was a chap. a French
man. forget his name, who succeeded
in making three hundred; but the thing
was too riSky for conservative per-
ooAo. DuI AC was Ou IAC lE6hk SAAos
and he would have managed it If it
hadn't been for the great plague.
When l was boy there were men who
remembered the coming of the first
eeroplanes. and now l have lived to
see the last Of them, and that sixty
years ago"
But there weren't many crabs In
those days." the old man wandered on.
''Thay were flshed out, and they were
great delicacies The open season was
only month long. too And now
crabs are accessible the whole year
around. Th!:k of it-catching all the
crabs you want, any time you want, In
the surf Of tn, Cliff house beach,"
A sudden commotion among the
goats brought the boys to their feet.
The dogs about the fire rushed to ;oin
their snarling fellow who guarded the
goats while the goats themselves
stampeded in the direction Of their
human protectors. A half dozen forms.
lean and gray. glided about on the
sand hillocks or faced the bristling
dogs. Edwin arched an arrow that
fell short. But Hare-Lip, with a sling.
such as David carried into battle
against Golis tn. hurled a stone through
the air that whistled from the speed of
its flight 1t fell squarely among the
wolves and caused them to stink away
toward the dark depths OF the eucalyp.
tus forest.
The boys laughed and lay down
again in the sand. while Granser
sighed ponderously. He had eaten too
much. and with hands clasped on his
paunch. the fingers interlaced. he re-
sumed his maunderings.
1.-The feeting systems lapse like
foam,'" he mumbled what was evil
IDENTIFY a quotation. That's it-foam,
and f1eeting. All mans toll upon the
planet was Just so much foam. He
domesticated the serviceable animals,
destroyed the hostile ones. and cleared
the land OF its wild vegetation. And
then he passed. the food Of primordlal
life rolled back again. sweeping his
handiwork away-the weeds and the
forest inundated his fields. tho beasts
OF prey swept over his flocks. and now
there are wolves on the Cliff house
beach" He was appalled, by the
Thought. where four million people
disported themselves, the wild wolves
roam today, and the savage progeny OF
our loins, with prehistoric weapons.