Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-07-07
THE BANANA THIEF.
BY HENRY NEWPORT.

The "Fcuilcton,n - which has so long
been feature Of the newspapers of Paris,
is rapidly being cngraCted upon the strong
stock of American journalism, and now
the daily story is looked for by many
readers as eagerly as are the stock reports
by others. Because of this fact, | put
the following matter in the form of q
story, instead of the stcreotypcd style of
newspaper letter, and in genuine story
fashion open with few words of talk
from the lips of one of the characters.
In this case, she is "NIary," the we'll
known Choctaw pcddcr of roots and
herbs, whose station is near the down
town entrance of the famous F,ench
Market in New Orleans. Hear her:
"LI, J'eo, gcntymans! it is true. l
am no banon this moming-not one.
lie is stole, that banan. Two bunch
banan stole, and the thicf-the thief
he is snake"
ScciDg tho doubtful look upon our
faces, Mary pointed a coppcr-colored
fora brocr toward her stock in tr,do
snrcad ont uron the pavement around
her.
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