The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-17
WHY THEY WEPT,
And the Very Plausible Excuses They
Made for Doing So.

ana the very Plausible Excuses They
Made for Doing So.
There is dish, for which our Mcxi-
can friends are responsible, known as
chile con carne." This, being trans
Gated into English, becomes meat with
pepper. 1t is composed OF what is
supposed to be beef, chopped in small
pieces, and liberal supply of liquid
the basis of which is red pepper. There
is no supposition about the pepper. 1t
SIS genuine. The word shot fails in
Eloriously in describing the taste of it.
The first time man tries II he is pos
sessed of an immediate and frantic de-
sire to spit it out, shout murder" and
break for water, while the idea surges
through his brain that somebody is play
fnga joke On him Strange to say, how
ever, a taste for this stuff grows on a
man. and if he has nerve enough to try
1t again few times he begins 20 like it,
end you can't get it hot enough for him.
A few years ago couple of Irishmen
rame down into the country around San
Antonio, where chile is staple food,
working on somebody's railroad. They
knew how to shovel dirt, lay ties and
drive spikes, but nothing of the coun-
try, its customs or it's food. In fact,
In the matter Of eating they never
baked at dish because 1t was strange,
but always tried everything set before
them and let the consequences take
rare of themselves. Up to the time of
the events herein detailed they had not
received any the worst of it, either
One fateful day, however, they sat
down for dinner in the company's chuck
tent and big dish of chile sat right be-
Gore them. 1t looked like coarsely
chopped hash swimming in a pool Of
red gravy.
What have we here?" said one Of
chem, and before anyone could bat his
eyes he had heaplng spoonful square
in his mouth. OF course his first impulse
was to do what any man would do I'M
Ger the circumstances, but this circum-
stance. strong as it was, was checked
and conquered by the desire to have
his partner do and suffer likewise So
he dissembled, swallowed the mess and
held 1T down, but he couldn't pre-
vent the tears that came to his eyes
Gncholy expression that would be an
undertaker's fortune. The other Mick
noticed these things, and of course
wanted to know, and says he:
why, Denny, me bye, it's crying ye
are What in the divil ais We, mon?"
''A-a-ah, and do We know, Mike"
came the answer, in a choking voice,
''sitting here as we air, so far away
from the ould country and me home, l
couldn't help thinking of me puir ould
fayther and me mither, both of thin
dead, and thu thoughts of it is making
me wape, trooly."
During this affecting recital Mike
also reached for the chile and put a
heavy dose In his mouth. The effect
was immediate, but he knew in min
ute what was what, and he didn't pro-
pose to give anybody the satisfaction
of seeing any demonstration, so he, too.
swallowed it, held it down, and he, too,
wept like loose-ftting faucet
Then Denny grew inquisitive, and
says he:
Il notice We wape also. Is i yer own
reflections, or is it in sympathy that We
be-"
Its nayther the one nor the other.
I'm waping about yer fayther and yer
mither, for it's sorry l am they warn't
both of thin corpses before ye was
barn. We scum of Linarick, ye."-St.
Louis Globe democrat.