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His waiter a tall soldierly Prussian, more blond than West himself saw him coming and, with a nod and a mechanical German smile, set out for the plate of strawberries which he knew would be the first thing desired by the American. West seated himself at his usual table and, spreading out the Daily Mail, sought his favorite column.
His trick, for instance, of twirling a paper-knife round and round between his thumb and forefinger while he talked; his mania for saving the backs of notes; his greediness for wild strawberries, the little pungent Alpine ones; his childish delight in acrobats and jugglers; his way of always calling me you dear you, every letter began I never told you a word of all that, did I? Do you suppose I could have helped telling you, if he had loved me?
Skillcorn was rendering a somewhat inefficient help, or, perhaps, amusing himself with seeing how she worked. The little old silver-grey hood was bending down over the strawberries, and the fork was going at a very energetic rate. "Philetus " "Marm!" "Will you bring me that bunch of strawberry plants that lies at the corner of the beds, in the walk? and my trowel?" "I will!" said Mr. Skillcorn.
There are strawberries coming." Maraton and his host sat together for a few moments in the garden before they started on their return journey. Selingman leaned across the table. He had forgotten to put on his coat, and he sat unabashed in his shirt sleeves. He had drunk a good deal of wine, and the little beads of perspiration stood out upon his forehead. "Maraton," he said, "you need me.
Yet bad as is the climate of Chiloe, Iceland and Kamtshatka can grow no corn at all. Apples and strawberries are their only fruit, both of which are good and plentiful.
Even if they did not scratch up the corn, and peck the strawberries, and eat the tomatoes, it is not pleasant to see them straddling about in their jerky, high-stepping, speculative manner, picking inquisitively here and there. It is of no use to tell the neighbor that his hens eat your tomatoes: it makes no impression on him, for the tomatoes are not his.
Serve in glasses or orange shells placed on autumn leaves or sprays of green fern. Slice five or six large strawberries into each glass and squeeze over them the juice of an orange. At serving time add one heaping teaspoon of powdered sugar and one tablespoon of shaved ice. Cut melon in half, seed and put on ice one hour before serving.
The strawberries are picked by boys and girls. The strawberry is an exceedingly profitable crop if properly handled, and is one of the best small fruits for people with little capital.
The oaks supplied acorns, and in early summer the meadows were covered with strawberries. Legends were associated with many of the cliffs and waterfalls, for the Indians, like ourselves, are impressed by the wonders of Nature. Hetch-Hetchy Valley, twenty-five miles north of the Yosemite, has been formed upon much the same plan, but a portion of its floor is marshy and there are few waterfalls.
And the ten thousand, all animated by one hope, were asking each other one question: "Where are you lunching?" Something wonderfully uplifting and reassuring in that query and the sight of so many people like themselves voicing it! What reserve power in the British realm enough pigeons, lobsters, lamb, salmon mayonnaise, strawberries, and bottles of champagne to feed the lot!
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