The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-03-31
The
Professors Egg
By HAROLD sINcLAlRE
1@. 1874, Western Newspaper Union.)


wandered into the kitchen of his sum-
mer bungalow. on the Maine shore.
His wife was washing the dinner
dishes.
Ellen, my DEAR" he said Doctor
Cuyenuisii OF the Natural History
museum will be here this afternoon.
Can you get up meal for him? He
has to start back tomorrow morn
ing"
Il suppose SO. Ferdinand" answered
his wife, little tartly.
Professor Brinckhofen engaged a
owboat and pulled round to the rail-
road terminal, where he arrived just
in time to greet Doctor Cavendish as
his visitor stepped out Of his car.
We'll, what did you think of my let
TERI" he asked, after the customary
greetings had been interchanged.
Doctor Cavendish took his friend
Dy the arm. MY dear old enthusiast"
he answered, ito be frank with you,
l am skeptical-wholly skeptical. 1t
sounds too good to be true. If you
had told me that you had discovered
a buried Indian village or dozen
asteroids would have accepted your
word without question. But a great
auk's egg-no, my friend. You have
probably mistaken the egg of a
crested grebe or tufted putin for that
Of the aux"
But the great aux did range as far
south as Maine In the last century !"
cried the professor.
What does Mrs. Brinckhofen think
Vt it?"
''She doesn't know anything about
it, of course. don't believe in tell
ing my wife professional secret.
And the joke Of 1t is"-he nudged
Cavendish In the ribs-'it's incubat-
ing with a clutch of eggs that she set
out last week under one Of our hens.
u couldn't be safer anywhere"
Show mel" said Cavendish, skep.
ically.
They climbed the hill and entered
the little garden Of the bungalow. In
one corner was the henhouse and, In
the center, seated upon q clutch Of
eggs surrounded with straw, was a
gray hen.
Professor Brinckhofen plunged his
land into the clutch and drew out the
precious >sg. 1t was a little larger
than that of a goose.
Good heavens, Brinckhofen, it Isl
1t Isl" yelled Doctor Cavendish, and,
carefully replacing 1t, he seized his
friend round the waist and the two
era rheards executed dance.
Mrs. Brinckhofen watched them out
of the kitchen window.
She SAT down and meditated upon
the subject until the men came in.
Then she welcomed Doctor Cavendish
with SMILES
Come, Cavendish, / want to show
you my laboratory said Brinckhofen,
dragging his friend away as soon as
he decently could. They went into
the professors little bare room and
began discussing the great discovery.
of course it goes to the museum,
Brinckhcfen," said Cavendish. ut will
J be worth thousand dollars to YOU"
"A thousand dollars!" exclaimed the
professor. You are joking, Cavendish.
Why, the egg alone would bring that
at auction"
Yes, yes, I'm speaking about the
egg" said Doctor Cavendish irritably.
What are you speaking abouts''
Why, the aux, of course. Don't
you know that / put it there so that
It would hatch? Why, we'll have a
real live bird, Cavendish. shall sell
i to the Geological society, and Pll
patch up the egg after it has Matched
out, and I'll let you have that for a
thousand. And the bird will lay more
eggs, and I'll get thousand apiece
for those too, and
say" interposed Cavendish, ..re-
member It isn't Matched yet If were
You would tell Mrs. Hrinckhofen
aboutsit.'
Tell Mrs. Brinckhofen! Why, she'd
fell the neighbors and they'd steal ii
or do something to 1t! Never trust q
woman. No. It is safest jus, where it
is.'''
They argued with some lack of
quanimity until dinner time, when
Mrs. Brinckhofen elected them into
he dining room.
Hun, 4 I'm hungry as bear" said
Doctor Cayendish. pulling his napkin
across his knees. What have we here7
Scrambled eggs7 Fine |"
u don't know whether you like
scrambled goose eggs said Mrs.
sripckhof fen They say they're very
nice 4 found one under our biddy 1t
81 must have been laid BY one Of Mr..
lies geese, Tor II wasn't there last
. time looked. s. / thought that as
we hadn't many eggs I'd try what il
astsSi n z
sst oman !'' gasped the professor,
ringing g his feet do you mean to
yoll-you scrambled that egg n