, 1880-09-24
0l4J J9 An Oyster Yarn.

nsser.fodnd any thing but once here
inexcess of my expectations or even ap-"
preaching them, and that was the New
York oysters. Ihad then Just come on
from California, where oysters are very
small and unimpprtant, not to say in
sig gnifcant and had often eaten a hun
Died there at a time, and had always felt
that l could eat more il / had them.
So, when l arrived at the Metropolitan
Hotel l ordered my dinner to be served
in my room, and told the waiter to
bring with my dinner strong cup of
eoffee and a hundred raw oysters. He
looked at me a moment and then saida
"DidUI understand you to say one
hundred 10y stersqp " ~
"Yes," l answered; raw, on the half
shell, with vinegar; no lemons, and
just as vsoonsas you can for Dam very
hungry" --:SyEs4Ds wHr
"Ahem Miss, did you want hun.
s.dred Psirg ban blCS ,sa.g"..aI~ ~
"Yes, I do. What, are you waiting
for l.o Must 7 pay for them in adyancel }
I,want nice, large ones" . r.
.IgNo, no, Miss AN right, you shall
have them.n And he went out and u
continued my writing and forgot all
about my dinner tn he Knocked and
came in With my dinner on tray, but
no oysters.
T''a" How is this" said I, "there is no
b aDey's c@omin' col miss; dey's comm, andi
the door opened and in fled three more
sons of Africa, each with . big tray of
oysters on the half shell. 4 4 was stag
gered, but only for a moment, for, I saw
1.-THE walters we're grihhing. So II calmly
directed them to place one tray on
chair, one on the wash stand and one on
theebeap pand 7 said: nniSn"S
@Theyy ARE, very small aren't they.~,
2g0h,no, miss; deibsfftllargest we'se
got" 7'
"very well, said 1; "youI can 60, If|
1 want any more III ring. al
.,l.n" When they got into tae hall one said,
to ancther;potoG 5na l70G aiaJk
80" Fore, God, Joe, if she eats all dem
oysters she's dead woman"
YNINid NOT feel hungry ahy1lonker. /
drank my coffee and looked at the oys-
20 ters, every one of them as big as my
r, hand, and tney all seemed looking at me
v With their horrible white faces and out
of their oneldiabnliCal eye until / could
A net have eaten one spy more than
q Accrld tayecarVed up'a i've baby. They
leered atme and seemed to dare me to
attack them. Our California oysters
a are7small andlw with no Smeres individual
character about them than grains of
4 rice, but these dstestable creatures were
instinct with evil intentions, and dared
not swallow one for fear Of the disturb.
ance he might raise in my interior, so I
set, about getting rid of them, for |
never was gong to give up beaten be-
fore those walters. / hung a dress over.
the key-hole after locking the door, and
just outside my window. found a tin
watespout chat bad small hole in it, |
carefully enlarged it, and then slid
every one of those ,beastly- creatures
II down one by one--one hundred and two
of them-they all the time eyeing me
with that cold, pasty look Of malignity.
y When the last one was out Of my sight
4 stopped trembling and finished my
dinner in peace, and then rang for the
walters. You should have seen their
faces one of the walters asked if !
would have some more. May rho never
know the internal pang he inflicted
upon me bat 4 calmly replied,
7" Not now. / think too many at
once might be hurtful.-N Y. letter to-
Philadelphia Press.