San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-18

Al weapons
LET us manage that, father" the girl in
,isted Truly, we cannot fight, for we have
10 worldly weapons, but ! much think if we
Ire no: sadly mistaken we can induce these
outlaws 10 SO their own way"
Il pray that thou mayst, my daughter"
thu father returned, though know not how
women can persuade such fearful beings"
But thou wilt leave the matter 10 Naomi
a"d myself, if tAey conner
AYES, daughter" was the reluctant assent,
thea can hare tAy way; but pray tGee do
:-c:hing rcsL!y."
The maiden went her way vel satisfied,
end il short time had q Vigorous kettle
over the TIRE containing o small quantity OF
water. VIXEN this was brought TO boil
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city. covering from two TO four of the ponce
precincts, an area, on an average, of about
four square miles At intervals of about two
blocks through the district there are fire
, alarm boxes, each of which has its distinctive
number Prominent buildings, such as school
houses theatres, Tammany hall and the like,
also have their box, by which special signal
may be sent out Often, also, excited citizens
telephone from their offices that man is
lying dead at the corner, and on the arrival
of the ambulance the supposed corpse has
vanished, and has been often chased for
blocks for the necessary particulars for a re-
port of its name and address.
While the doctor is telling all this, in mid
explanation the electric bell tinkles sharply
one, two; one, two-and then the numbers
that tell the locality. He does not have to
look at the list to recognize them; snatching
his cap, he says: ''Come along; corner of
Bowery and Spring street," and starts down
stairs two steps at time. The driver is
there already; the horse, buckled in the drop
harness that hung over him in his stall and
haInessed to the ambulance in something
under thirty seconds, plunges through the
opened gate as we swing in behind.
We slide about on the smooth, leather COW
cred seat and hang on to the straps with
swelling biceps as we rattle around the cor
ner. Clang! sounds the bell, and heavy
truck turns out of the way, while children
scuttle out of the street and men and women
fly to windows or pause on the pavement.
As we near Spring street we collect con-
stantly growing train of followers, and the
street becomes dense in our trail with boys
of all sizes and ages, little girls and big girls,
even E..u. lsad women with babies in their
.r[
h,g, to haze = SENSATION; they scent blood.
We pail ~ before a great brick tenement
tLa5 j. ~ alIYs IL an Instant with heads out
II vi,.,ory, and before the horse is turned
ch4.r. a.. go people about Us. Children in
n-:!!4r:u,e, rly litrlo girls with their bare
heads aui short calico dresses, more anxious
u see even tan the little boys; big girls in
loose g.nyaaSls, holding up babies in their
/: - ho1 o,,I
- IL 11vleg.s with anxious faces, men in
slit sleeves or no sleeves at all. out for the
cool evening air after their days work, and
. torrent Of talk. What is it? Who's hurt.
4 is drunken man, it is a woman tainted,
il is a boy killed, it's a sunstroke, it's fight.
A policeman comes to the door; behind
tim a scared, sobbing girl, vino is i'm
gaedietely hailed with questions by dozen
roices She cannot answer. "a boy fell eff
the fire escape, three stories" the officer ex-
plains, as We go Up stairs into the little room,
where the boy, dark haired little lad Of or
Z, lies on the bed, while the rest of the room
is filed with women. These except the
mother, the doctor orders out with brief
vigor. Very still the boy lies, as the surgeon
gently lifts and touches his head, bis body,
Eis limbs. No fracture to be found, no APP
parent wound or confusion. The ammonia
bottle comes out of the bag, and little on
tutc Of cotton is held at his noStrils. The
boy s:iTs, twists little, opens his eyes and
s,areS. Where are you hurt, Johnnyr'
Mat hurt nowhere" says he, succinctly.
AID as d matter OF fact his diagnosis
proves to be correct Further careful ex-
Initiation reveals 10 injury, and he does not
complain of any internal damage, and it
seems that he has como out of thirty foot
fall into paved court with nothing worse
than morentary shock. Young flesh ard
flexible boaeS he has to thank for his luck.
He need not go to the hospital this time
The crowd, groEn twice as large, is wait
ing with admirable patience at the door. 1t
shows disappointment on seeing US come
down without victim, but disperses slowly
under exhortation from the officer to "Movo
along now" and the horse trots off.-New
York PreSs