Now, Rumple, you go and carry off a basket of cake, and I 'll watch here till Katy comes by with a fresh lot of oysters; Polly must have some.

Sherry, cut into the kitchen, and bring a cup of coffee.

Spider, scrape up the salad, and poke the dish through the slide for more.

Eat away, Polly, and my men will be back with supplies in a jiffy." Such fun as they had in that closet; such daring robberies of jelly-pots and cake-boxes; such successful raids into the dining-room and kitchen; such base assaults upon poor Katy and the colored waiter, who did his best, but was helpless in the hands of the robber horde.

A very harmless little revel; for no wine was allowed, and the gallant band were so busy skirmishing to supply the ladies, that they had not time to eat too much.