The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-25
A TEXAS oIRL IN NEW YORK.
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New YORK, May III enjoy taking Jim
about, much as a fond mamma or proud
nurse enjoys displaying beautiful, pre-
cocious and elegantly~drsssed baby. He is
30 big and handsome and attracts so much
admiring attention that feel l shine some
what, too, in a reflected glory. It's true he
does, occasionally, attract almost too much
attention and get little "obstropolous."
but not often; and every pleasure in life
must have some little compromising draw
backs
he went UP 20 Central park last Satur-
day to enjoy the fresh loveliness of the
place in its spring suit and to ses and hear
all that is there to be seen and heard-the
Seventh Regiment Band, the museum, the
menagerie, the crowd, etc.
We passed by q bench in retired nook
where sat nurse-maid, with her charge,
and a gentleman The girl was unmistaka-
bly, German, with a skin like a wild rose,
fiaxen hair and large, gentle blue eyes. It
was the face Of a simple, ingenious child,
in which every thought and emotion was
reflected from the moment of its birth.
Her color came and went, she rolled the
baby back and forth nervously; and alter
nately the big blue eyes were cast down and
raised to those of the man beside her-hslf
frightened, half pleased. He was good
looking, elegantly dressed young gentle
man; and ne leaned toward her and spoke
in a low voice. and in her own soft Ger
man.
Faust and Marguerite" SAID |.
30, you know 'em I" inquired Jim.
Eyes returned, when see them"
The crowd was enormous; there were all
sorts and conditions of folks, and every
imaginable variety OF costume, gait and
bearing. / enjoy this sort of thing i'm
mensely when alone, but the comments of
the free and fearless Arab at my side lent
new piquancy and spirit to the amuse-
ment.
We went up as close as we could to the
pavilion, where the band was playing some
operatic selection or piece of semi-classic
music. / wanted to hear, but it was almost
impossible, on account of the restless moving
of thousands of feet and the intermittent
murmuring of thousands Of voices.
The piece ended. After a pause note
like the sublimation and GENERALIZATION of
a bird tone sailed out across the vast crowd.
1t was piccolo solo, 'Sweet Home"
when the Swallows" or "Suwannee
River" at first the simple air, then through
again and again, with every sort of dainty
ornament and fanciful variation. The
crowd pressed noiselessly close, and lis
tened in rapt silence to the exquisite strains,
with their accomp6niment of swish
distinct or more distant walks. l looked
around at the faces near me; all were
touched and melted by the same feeling;
none was so homely, so coarse or evil, but
it showed a trace, a glimpse, a shadowing
of divine origin-its heavenly nativity.
AS for Jim, the big, brown eyes were full of
tears; and when the player ceased, he re-
marked that tho sun was in our eyes-we'd
better move.
YES" said l. "rm mashed as fiat as a
paper doll now"
The museum was closed, and we went
on to the menagerie. AS we came within
sight of the carnivora cages a magnificent
lion rose, stretched his head upwsrd and
roared out his uneasiness and distress again
and again. As looked at the superb and
terrible beast, u smaller, tawny head
emerged little from behind his. 1t was
the lioness, rubbing her cheek against his
in mute tenderness and sympathy. He
raised his head again and muttered once or
twice, but 6naDy turned, his eyes upon
her, hesitated, then lay down, she creeping
close beside him with her cheek nestled
beneath his. 1t was a beautiful picture to
the eye; but it was yet more touching and
eloquent to the heart How mysterious the
| might and beauty of the love God puts
in the hearts of his creatures; the faithful
tenderness that could thus soothe the mis-
cries of hopeless captivity and exile for
powerful ana lmperiOuS monarch.
Here l heard call from Jim, and went
over to see what he had discovered.
''Wby-why. they're buffaloes, aren't
they9 Poor, sick looking things; ragged,
an weak, an sorry. They're not much
like the fellows we used to chase out on the
plains" And, thereupon, he gave me
brief but dramatic description of how he
killed the last buffalo he saw four years
ago, up in the territory, while driving trail
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terest and delight Of large and rapidly
augmenting audience were uubounded.
l had difficulty in getting him away with
out responding to an enthusiastic encore.
Jim was more fun than any small boy |
ever personally conducted" out to cir
Gus. He fairly shed tears of delight over
the monkeys He pinched the tail Of one
that wasn't looking, at the same time con-
veying the impression that it's neighbor was
the guilty party, thereby setting them to
cutting ears and pulling hair with the ut
most spirit and good will.
He tlckled the bears' noses with a spear of
grass and made them sneeze; he stood in
front OF tho cames and looked at their
half-sneering, hah-epathstic countenancss
till his under lip began to protrude; he was
interested in the jackals, deer antelope and
goats. and told some hunting yarns that
were very popular with the crowd.
1t was give and take between Jim and
the rest of the animals and can't say
either side came out ahead. While Jim
was making Insulting grimaces at a naughty
and offish old camel, the baby elephant
reached out and felt of his left ear, thus art
lessly making known his wish for more ap-
pies; but when Jim felt the cold touch he
leaped into the air as though an adder had
stung him, and emitted an agonized yell.
His sheepish look when he found what had
alarmed him, and saw the poor little baby
elephant so scared aud Apologize, was the
finest thing Of the sort ever saw.
He offered a pretty silver match box to
| the emu. The bird promptly snapped it out
of bis hand and swallowed IL. to Jim's blank
astonishment and my delight.
He leaned far over the railing that sur
rounds the alligators, and inquired as he
stirred up one Of the motiouless creatures
with his umbrella, "Are the things aliveYn
And 1.-THE thing" tipped its tail up as
though it had been suddenly galvanized
almost knocking Jim down, and sending his
hat over into the seals tank, hundred feet
away and more.
There was one small animal in front CT
whose nameless cage Jim stood in open eyed
wonder, and away from which / could
! scarcely drag him, 80 great was his interest
and curiosity. 1t was a small, neutral
tinted animal, about as large as a coon; it
had five or six legs, striped tail extremely
flexible and expressive, a high forehead,
large almond eyes, a TetrOttsse nose, a large
and RoFneUhaf month Furnished