San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-23
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A PIsCAToRIAL INCIDENT During the
mysterious plague that wrought such
thorough havoc among the fish OF the
san Antonio river few days ago, the
stream and its banks were filled with men
and boys virtually scoopiug In the dazed
and half dead fish, which were afterwar
served as a special course at dinner at
many of the Cheap John restaurants and
chop house joints. Two ChiRamen. learn
ing OF the big catches of fish that were
being made, set out to catch their share
OF them. All Man equipped himself with
a pole and line and All Sing took along a
rake All Man DervOusly fShed away.
continually pulling up his bait, splitting
on 10 and then casting it into the water
again. All this while boys 10 TO their
knees in the shallow parts of the stream
and men in boats we're making great
haulS. Even All Sin now and then landed
fair sized bass with his rake, but the
fish were not in condition or mood to
bite. 1t happened that in looking for
some fish, the boys who stood up to their
knees in the water, discovered large eel
and two of their number made q rush for
1t. The reptile, however, turned his tail
on the boys and made in the direction of
All Man. That nervous Chiuaman gave
vent to series of despairng gruntS and
dropped his pole. Yah ma youp. yayama
yOup!" he called to All Sin. This ceIes
tial dropped his rake, ard in fit of ter
rOr inquired, Ma yOup? yayama muen,
yaya yOup" and then All Man made
dash for the six foot cement wall, with
the terrified All Sin close at his
heels. Their excited yowIing con.
versation brought half dozen
other Cinnamon to the scene, and
the worked up aggregation of pigtails
looked over the wall in time to see
small boy proudly walk off with the
captive eel and another one make away
with the armful of fish that All Sin had
pulled out with a rake. When his ner
vOus temperament had so fairly cooled
down, All man went after his fishing line,
and incidentally inquired what that boy
was going to do with that thing. What
thing? the accoSted one asked. Dat
thing "alle samee hig gleen shake
THE NURSING BEAUIY-Three double
team farm wagons laden with fire wood
and produce, drew up into'an East Com
merce camp yard the other morning.
The little caravan was the property of
farmer living near the line OF
an adjoining county. The rustic prOprie
tor drove the first wagon which besides
butter, eggs and fruit contained the farm
erS spouse and several Of the chi dren. TIE
second wagon, filled with melons, was
driven Fly two steady young nymphS
yclepX farmer girls. The third wagon
high with wood, and on top
Of Dis was perched a youth of seven
ysArs. AS he sat there in his SLOUGH hat
0bd loose large, pretty well worn out
clothing, dangling his rough reddish
boots over the end of the stack of wood,
while he drove the double team, you
would think him quite man for his age
On watching the animals the entire party
adjourned into the camp yard store,
where some few neceSSaries which the
farmer intended to purchase, when he
had disposed of his produce, were priced
and looked over. The girls were off in a
corner admiring some tangled combs.
the farmer and his wife stood at the
counter doing the shopping. while the
seven year old youth stood close behind
his mother, tagging at her skirts Ma
ma, I'm hungry! Mama, come ma.
ma" he kept on saying. The
clerk cut off a slice of cheese which with
a few crackers he handed to the hungry
youth. The young rustic drew back with
a Sullen, half shamed 20" and then con-
tinued his drawing coaxing, Mama
come; come mama" Finally the family
returned TO their wagons. to show the
clerk, who was also the buyer for the
store, their produce. Arriving at the
wagons, the seven year-OId yOungster In
loose lifting garments, SLOUGH hat and
IMPOSING reddish boots, took up pos ition
behind the wood wagon and peepIng
around the corner of the vehicle cOntinu-
ally beckOued the mother to him.
Mama come here; come here mama"
was the burden OF his drawing, coaXing
song. The urging was so persistent that
at last his mother came. She knew what
was wanted Of her. for she at once took a
seat on the tongue of the wagon and the
seven year-Old yOungSter nestled in her
lap and vigorously applied himself to TAX
ing his midday meal out of the abnOrmally
developed breast of his patient nanny
What picture, what a study he was
There he half Law, have sat in the large
feminine lap. his face turned up, his ewes
closed and the nipple, a large human teat
between his lips His right foot rested on
the ground and contentedly toyed with a
rounded pebble by rolling il under the
sole of his imposing foot. The clerk stood
there and grinned and d corpulent negro
aunty, who happened to observe the per.
Torrance, bIurted out: HIM, eff dat was
my chile I'd have'm eatin' cOhn bread
long fOah dis" The youngster showed
his annoyance by turning his face down
ward, but continued his meal. The fami-
ly pride of the farmer must have received
quite shock, for the next time that the
Nursing Beauty came to town he had so
far improved as TO fill his stomachal void
by pulling at the rubber nipple of pint
bottle filled with cows milk.
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