The Number Nine. 147 



"$900 FOR ONE MUSHROOM. 



" AN AMATEUR GROWER RECOUNTS HIS COSTLY EXPERIENCE. 



" * What do you say to a little roast duck and ap- 

 ple sauce ? ' Jones asked of a reporter, looking 

 over the bill of fare after they had seated them- 

 selves in the restaurant. 



" 'Too rich,' the reporter answered. 'Why not 

 beefsteak and mushrooms ? ' 



" ' Anything but mushrooms ! ' Jones exclaimed. 

 ' The last one I ate cost me something over $900, 

 and I 'm under a . . . " 



"... near the east shore. He has recovered 

 nine bodies from Cayuga Lake and as many more 

 from Seneca Lake." 



" Last week I found nine coveys of chickens 

 within a half-mile of each other. On an eighteen- 

 mile drive I ... 



"... any Warren Street school-boy can solve. 

 You have a divisor, quotient, and remainder, now 

 find the dividend that fish measures exactly 9 ft. 

 in length." 



"... dashed over an old log. The bait 

 was no sooner out of sight than it was caught and I 

 landed a 9-in. trout. Then I began to think how I 

 could carry them all home and . . . 



"... neighborhood had skinned out the 

 pheasants very materially ; in fact Mr. Crawford 



