Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-25
A California Lady's Oyster Experi-
euce.

l NEVER found anything but once
here in excess of my expectations Oh
even approaching them, and that wa
the New York oysters. l had ther
Just come on from California. where
oysters are very small and unimpor
tant not to say Insignificant, and hat
often eat hundred there at a time
and had always felt that l could ca
more if l had them. So, when l ar
rived at the Metropolitan Hotel l or
dered my dinner to be served in M
room, and told the waiter to bring witt
my dinner strong cup of coffee and ;
hundred raw oysters. He looked at M,
a moment. and then said:
Ibid | understand you to say hun
dred oysters?'
Yes" l answered: "raw, on tn,
half shell, with vinegar; no lemons
and as soon as you can, for am yer.
hungry"
"Ahem! Miss. do you want a hun
dred?"
"Yes. l do. What are you waiting
for? Must | pay for them in advance
l want nice large ones"
+. No. no, miss, All right, you shall
have them" and he went out. l con
tinued my writing and forgot all about
my dinner till he knocked and came in
with my dinner on tray, but no oys.
tiers.
.'How is this?' said l. There are nc
OYSTERS -IH r0'l
'.Dey's comm. miss, dey's comm"
and the door opened and in filed three
more sons of Africa's burning sands,
each with big tray of oysters on the
half-shelL l was staggered. but only
for a moment, for saw the waiter:
were grinning. so l calmly directed
them to place one tray on a chair, one
on the wash-stand and one on the bed,
and said: rrrfrt
"They are very small, aren't theyg'
"Oh. no, miss, de berry largest we'se
got"
Every well." said I; "you can 90.
If want any more I'll ring"
When they got out into the hall one
said to the other:
Fore goodness, 10. if she eats all
them oysters she's dead woman"
l did not feel hungry any longer. ]
drank my coffee and looked at the oys-
tiers. every one of them as big as my
hand. and they all seemed looking at
me with their horrible white faces and
out of their one diabolical eve, until
could not have eaten one any more than
l could have carved up live baby.
They leered at me and seemed to dare
me to attack them. Our California
oysters are small and with no more in
dividual character about them than
grains of rice, but these detestable
creatures were instinct with evil inten-
tons, and dare not swallow one for
fear of the disturbance he might raise
in my interior. SO set about getting
rid of them, for | was never going to
give up beaten before those walters.
hung dress over the keyhole after
locked the door, and just outside my
window found tin water spout that
had a small hole in it. l carefully en-
larged it, and then slid every one of
those beastly creatures down one by
one-one hundred and two of them
they all the time cycling me with that
cold, pasty look of malignitv. When
the last one was out of sight / stopped
trembling and finished nv dinner in
peace, and then rang for the walters.
You should have seen their faces! One
of the walters asked if 1 would have
some more. May he never know the
internal pang he inflicted upon me; but
l replied calmly:
mot now. l think too many at once
might be hurtful. Cor. Philadelphia
Press.