I bravely seized the weapons and opened the attack, only to suffered ignominious failure. The enemy eluded every attack. If by changa I secured a fragment; a wriggle of those demoniacally-possessed chopsticks sent it spinning ere it reached my- expectant lips. It was a circus, The diners at the other tables became interested. Their interest grew.. It became absorbing. They seemed highly diverted. The waiter was eyeing me askance, hand over mouth and_ with suspiciously" twitching jaws. Presently ' he disappeared. 3 He must have passed the word around below stairs. Soon, by twos and threes, apparently all the members of the establishment,
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