Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-31
THE new
CLARION
BY...
WILL N.
H AR BEN
Copyright. 1914. by Harper e
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CHAPTER TX.

AOOoF wakes q oPo0Cns
TluE dinner passed most agree
ably. and when 1t was over
Abncr stood up ut his place
" and made Il t!nkling sound
with the point Of his knife on III empty
goblet, which gradually evoked silence
on the gay company.
Hear, hear! Speech, speech" cried
lively talker. a man named Wilson,
who was large. bald and had crude
wooden leg strapped to his knee and
thigh and who, over the frank pseu-
donym Of Peg Leg, wrote weekly let
ters from Dawnville noted for their
= cheerful philosophy.
This was followed by considerable
applause. and Abner bowling right and
left, had to wait till 1t had abated be-
fore beginning.
|"Ladies and gentlemen. brother and
sister dotters," he began. "as many of
you may know, l amt worth shucks at
= speech. In fact. don't know but
what ! would have backed plumb out
O this whole affair cf had once
thought II talk Of any sort would be ex-
pected OF me. 1t wasn't till you was
oil notified an the New Clarion was
full Of accounts OF this convention that
Tom Su%art told me that the whole
= thing would fall rs fiat as filter eff
didn't rise an say something at least
In the way Of welcome"
Good. good, hurrah fer Tomw ex-
claimed Peg Leg. lie not only knows
how to cit up meal mile long. but
how to add on all the other up to date
frills."
- "Thank you. Brother Wilson," Abner
smiled. You put the words In my
mouth an exactly at the right place,
fer before you all want right now to
thank Sugart for his excellent service.
Eff it hadn't been fer Tom this would
Just a been common meal that we'd
have been through with In ten minutes
- ut the outside. but as you see we have
set here constantly expectin' something
to eat for fully two hours"
"And gettin' plenty too. Don't leave
that out. Uncle ABB laughed the hu-
morous interlocutor.
"Oh, yes. an gettin' all that could
be expected, an even more," Abner
= Etnned. II would propose drinkin'
Toms health. but I notice that the
wonderful connection that Frank Rey-
/, mond mixed up IN the big bowl is gone
completely. Even the ladies seemed
to take to 1t. AS far as l see, 1t ha1nt
Zone any Of US bit Of harm. do no
Pee that our Brother Wilson. who pass
; % his glass about as often rs he could
/ Well manage 1t. Is pretty lively. but
fer MI know that may be only nat
/ uraL
II noticed all Of you down nigh his
plate laughin' rather hearty, an fer
the benefit o. the folks up this way
will explain that the fun was all due
to et1r brother meetin' with little tn-
Bile accident The most Of US all acted
with great wisdom an consulted the
bill to see what Tom had In the coffee
cups fer the first course, that looked
like tea with grease tloatin' on top. be.
fore we touched it, but Peg Leg Wilson.
with his big brain an merry mood,
ha1n't got any more curiosity about
newfangled things than Socrates would
have over a starched shirt an standin'
collar.
"A coffee cup Is a coffee cup to Broth
er Wilson, so while he was chnttin' so
glib with the charnin' lady on his left
he Yeached over an got the sugar bowl
an put several Jumps In his boo-boo-
IN his soup. No wonder you laughed
down thar. Soup with sugar In it Is
too modern mixture fer any Of US.
~ wit T
his lack Of up to date notions, nuther,
fer eff prince Of a royal house had
been with us tonight he would "a been
obliged to think them thick china cups
contained what they was made fer. OF
course the saucer wasn't along with
the cup, but it would be only natural
r anybody to think that with such 4
crowd the supply Of dishes might
run short"
Thanks. Mr.. Chairman" Wilson
ughed out I'm glad you've explain
my awkwardness in such q pleas.
1T manner. did put the sugar In,
I'd, what Is most surprising. discov-
ed that the stuff was really delight
I'll to taste. I'd advise you all to try
it sometime. It was a great improve
ment, assure you Tom Sugart
N'snows how to get up an endless chain
dfnner, all right, and I'm goin' to write
an article some day proposing to the
government that every condemned
criminal, as matter OF pure humani.
tartan principle, be allowed to have
his last earthly meal strung out like
this one tonight
, "All sorts o things could take place
in his favor before a halt was called
He could grow from youth to old age
see whole countries wiped out In
bloody carnage and new ones spring
up into activity and wane and die
No. the sugar in the soup Is not both
er1ng me, but I'm going to ask Tom
In private some day what In the name
of common sense he had that little
chunk of yellow cheese alongside OF
every slice Of apple pie for. Out OF
pure curiosity watched all the plates
go back to the kitchen, and the cheese
left on them, If it isn't hashed up into
some dish for the transient trade and
regular boarders. will feed the rats In
this house for months to come"
When the laughter over this had sub
sided Abner resumed his address.
II hardly know who is maxim this
talk, me or my friend" he smiled, "but
as long rs he does as we'll as he Is nov