The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-26
U N EXPECTED NEWS.
WIZ THE KINGDOM FELE.
Tho Man Hears or Visit TO the vsry
Curious Realm OF Cocaxus.

Curions Realm OF Cocaxus.
where in the world havo you been p said
tie man. =" haven't seen YOU IN many LONG
anil weary day. You know. OF course, that
always yearn for you and your interviews.
even ns pants tho weary hart for cooling
Streams, that sinks exhausted In tho summer
chase. Hnyo you boon eick or OF on . vaoa.
ton or III otractcd debauch among tho sons
| OF Deiial?"
las usual, you nre far out OF the way. and
your last suggestion makes me think that you
yourself have been consortng with the sons Of
| Eelial and become flown with insolenco and
bad whskey. You know perfectly we'll that I
never dink anything stronger than . soda
! lemonade"
"Faugh!" said tho man. "He who would
drink soda lemonade ia tasloless goose
whom 'twcre base nattery to call q ninoom.
poop. VIII a soda lemonade help him to think
more clearly and consecutivelyp Will 1t cheer
him UP whom ho is despondent1 VIII It make
even temporarily better man Of him or one
more fitted to copo with things In tho great
| bat le OF life or will it smooth his pathway to
| tbs graye2 l not only reluct. but I eruot at the
very thought OF such n compound"
THAT is because you have laid your stomach
wasteby excessive tobacco and whiskey."
Not at all" said tho man. "Insver smoke
anything more powerful than perrious and
| neNer urluk uuytuluH stronger IMAM DTAn0ys
But where havo you been all this timer"
well. 1 haven't boon sick. haven't been
! drunk with Bolals sons. and haven't been OF
on vacation"
Z" II not with tho sons Of Belial then am I to
| judge that you bavo been on solitary spres n
said tho man. why. my son. that 10 tho very
| worst sort OF debauch there Ia. How In the
world you can take part in ono cannot for the
life of mo make out"
And how in the world man can take part
in solitary spree. can't make out either.
Your head isn't clear this morning. nor you}
Intellect. You might Just as we'll speak OF /
mans taking q solitary walk with com anio1
Us OF his taking part In a solitary Spree"
Il didn't say taking part in . solitary
spree.'" said the man. "what I said was
taking part Of a solitary Spree You deny the
implied accusation. and are evidently evadinR
tho point by auibblinc. Hence Judge that
instead OF taking part Of . solitary spree. you
have been taking the whole OF one. Probably
you have been on the Island2"
Il havo indeed been on tho island-Block
Island. but not on q vacation there. went to
report for the paper the quality Of such SEQ
food as ham and eggs and tough fried beef.
steak. and that suppose. Is what made you
think had been on o big drunk. I know
look haggard and wan but I cannot help It"
How do they catch their ham and sggsfs
said the man.
well. they start out from the island In q
hammng smack and troll for them with q
spoon. Just az they do elsewhere for blusnsh.
You know that when. In trolling for bluedsh.
you SEQ the surface OF the ocean slightly ruf1lsd,
tho rufles are caused BY mossbunkers, and
that at the bottom Of the school Of these small
fish blucEsh are hard at work swallowing their
prey in vast numbers. Then you steer your
smack for the ruffles. and on going through
them the blue beauties are to be hauled up
hand over fist. to the tune OF many basketfula.
Now. when the visitors at Block Island 60
out in n hamming smack and see an area Of
the ocean covered with things that look like
white ovod bubbles kitine along at Q
furious rate. they know TINT hama are at
work ut tho bottom OF tho schosA Of eRRs-for
such in reality the white ovoid bubbles are
devouring them with the greatest voracity.
Then the smack Is steered through the school
with tho trolling lines whizzing through the
water. and thus great numbers Of hams are
caught. They pull much harder than blusash
do. aud unless you have stout buckskin gloves
on. your hands are sure to be cut all to pieces.
When thoy are once In tho boat they wa5bls
and kick around sometimes for whole hour
at a stretch. and it is dangerous to como in
contact with Thorn. since whom they bite. nj.
ceration is likely to set in. and this has bssa
known to result In death to tho bitten man. On
being opeuod they are found to contain many
eggs which they have sw widowed whole. and 20
are not spoiled for frying It Is through this
industry and sport that ham and eggs has b
como the chief sea food at Block Island"
Have the hams been cured ~ he asked.
"Oh. yes: or. rs the Inhabitants Of the island
say. they have been 'sea-cured.' and that u
what makes them so Informally salt"
Where else have you been ?" asked the
man: for know that YOU never could sub.
sst very long on such food. and sitter all. I
don't believe there can be much fun In going
OF on banning e s Gfcur Io7:n, 80.
intsrestias k,pgdo% iOt cocaxns to write up
:: And. pray" asked the man, where is THAR.
:" really don't know precisely. but 1t is said
the sun and west Of the moon According 70
Sasom ss oh Psse
4 when he SPOKE Of some unsuspected isls ia
r h H.se W.n r ne 6 ia a' II;
land where tho streams run boui!lon and chsm-
wb sSk ;Dsy b.s e9 IN With
part ihlns i Is se%exhsrs within !hs dY:
even me remotest idea US to where those do
se sa tPdS Hs.' ioa g: Ro
could sss ss9s tea 1sS hs1
mo my Lucrative place on the paper. told
threatened to scharge me Tor inoompstsnqT.
So Just vent and that is all know about the
theologians say that they haven't the remotest
notion where what. In cnphemisttc phrase, w4
bet n hat that more than half Of them will nnd
heir way to it without delay whom tho proper
time comes: So VIII, shouldn't hav: Gone1
And whit was under way In the kingdom
Alas the place was not at ali a. had been
led to believe 1t to be, The flying roast ducks,
Things Of the past. Its Handicapped towers
and gorgeous palaces have issolved Into thiR
MAIDS have become hays ami cronss. sklns7
and wan. with hol ow checks and ashy eyes,
more. Ragged anu barefoot Its men wIndos
stuIidly among the trees or huddle togeihe1
hear each other groan as In his plghtlngsls
ode Keats falsely says mon do all ovS1
tho world NObilv In CnOc aun IA mi = Al