Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-08-19
An Oyster Yarn
A California woman's EIperenee with New
York B,ya!yes

.>cw York Letter t, thr Philadelphia Prr-.
never found ANYTHING bui once here in
cxccs, Of my expectations or even approach
ing them. and thA, was the New York oys-
ters. had then Just come on from Califor-
MA, where oyster, are very small and uuim-
portant, not 10 say insignificant, and had
often eaten ! hundred there i; 4 time. and
had alway. felt that could eat more il |
had them. So. when | arrived at the Ne
tropo!ilan Hotel | ordered my dinner to be
served in my room, and told the waiter to
bring ~iih ms dinner a strong cup Of coffee
and hundred raw oysters. He looked at
mr moment and then ,tii
Did understand YOU to ,ay hundred
oysters"
''lc,." answered; raw, on the half
she'll. with vinegar; no lemons and as sOon
as yol can, for am very hungry"
''Ahem' Ms, did you want ahYnirsi! 2"
YES. do. What are YOU waiting for ,
Must | pay for them in ad,aHcr2 | want
nice large ones"
No, no, Miss. All right, YOU shall have
them and he went out. continued nv
writing and forgot all about my dinner till
be knocked and came in with ms dinner on
a tray, but no oysters.
How j. this p said l. There are no
oysters"
'Dcy's COMM Miss. dey's comin." and the
door opened and in filed three more sons OF
Aries burning sands, each with a big tray
OF oysters on the half she'll. | was stag
gered. but only for moment. for saw the
waters were grinning. % | calmly directed
them to place one tray on chair, one on
the washstand and one on the bed, and
said
They are very small, aren't they p
''Oh no, Miss, de berry largest Ve'se
got"
Very we'll" said | ''you can 90. If
want any more I'll ring.
When they got out into the hall one said
to the other:
Fore God 10. if she eats all them oys-
tiers, she's dead woman
| didn't feel hungry any longer. drank
my coffee and looked at the oysters, 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 diabOlcal
eve, until | could not have eaten one any
more than could have carved up living
baby. They leered at me and seemed to
dare me TO attack them. Our California
oysters are small and with no more indiyid-
ual character about them than grains of rice,
but these detestable creatures were instinct
with evil intentions, and dared 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 key-hole after | locked the
door, and just outside my window found a
tin wa.erspout that had small hole in it. |
carefully enlarged it, and then slid every one
of those beastly creatures down one BY one
one hundred and two of them-they all the
time eyeing me with that cold, pisty look of
malignity. When the last qne was out of
sight, stopped trembling and finished my
dinner in peace, and then rang for the wait
ers. You just should have seen their faces !,
One of the waters asked if | would have
some more. May he never know the inter
nal pang he inflicted upon me, but replied,
calmly:
Not now. think too many at once
might be hurtful,r