At Sun-Up Cheon Had Us In His Garden, Sure Now That Pine Creek Could Not
Possibly Outdo Us In Vegetables And The Dandy Coming In With Every
Commission Fulfilled We Felt Ham Was A Mere Detail.
But Cheon's cup of happiness was to brim over that day, for after
answering every question hurled at him, the Dandy sang cheerfully:
"He
put in his thumb and pulled out a plum," and dragged forth a ham from its
hiding-place, with a laughing, "What a good boy am I."
With a swoop Cheon was on it, and the Dandy, trying to regain it, said,
"Here, hold hard! I've to present it to the missus with a bow and the
compliments of Mine Host." But Cheon would not part with it, and so the
missus had the bow and the compliments, and Cheon the ham.
Lovingly he patted it and asked us if there ever was such a ham? or ever
such a wonderful man as Mine Host? or ever such a fortunate woman as the
missus? Had any other woman such a ham or such a friend in need? And
bubbling over with affection for the whole world, he sent Jackeroo off
for mistletoe, and presently the ham, all brave in Christmas finery, was
hanging like a gay wedding-bell in the kitchen doorway. Then the kitchen
had to be decorated, also in mistletoe, to make a fitting setting for the
ham, and after that the fiat went forth. No one need expect either eggs
or cream before "Clisymus" - excepting, of course, the sick Mac - he must
be kept in condition to do justice to our "Clisymus" fare.
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