The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-11-04

Being the Stofy uf the cub Report
er's FIRST Assignment.

san Antonio. Texas NOV 4 To
gain the ripe old age Of 10i may
be said to be quite a distinction aud .
II was therefore natural that the
city editor should send the cub 10 .
interview the family OF the woman .
who had just said farewell TO this .
vale of tears in which she had spent
the number OF years stated Be /
ing the first time in his life that he I.
was TO write up SO superannuated .
person the cub placed himself In a
very journalistic frame of mind and /
proceeded to get the story
The old lady had lived in San
Antonios Mexican quarter for over (
four score of years and had now
closed her eyes there. As he came
to the house he noticed that 1t was
rather better than those the So
called Mexicans usually lived in. In
( stead of the usual abode sort OF
J one room shack, he saw the latest
cottage showing the latest fool no.
| tions OF an architect in the matter
of using lumber and giving no space
lin return. What is more the yard
was scruputouslv clean; there was
! a little green lawn and a profusion
iof flowers.
! Up the steps won't the cub and the
! first thing that met his gaze was a
coffin decked out In mode 1t stood
to-date surroundings, such as cheap
wall paper, cheap chromos, and
jcheap straw mating
For some moments cubby was at
a loss. There was no door bell and
ito shout might possibly disturb the
occupant of the black box. But there
are the makings of a good reporter
lin the cubby SO he made a noise
like a mule team crossing a wooden
bridge. The noise had its effect
| From one of the doors leading into
the hall issued a tall, gaunt man
with complexion that seemed to
have undergone generations OF sun
burn.
To him the cubby stated his err
rand The man was very polite,
Though not profusely so. Much as
the cub would liked to have avoid
into the hall and before the embryo
lscribe could ask him TO desist he
ihad uncovered the face of the dead
woman.
Now the eubby had read good
.l.sa' ,.a>~-~' ,,>,,.l5p7i7, anSasb.a 20, sap
some Of them and here surely was
one There was no more Elasticity
in that face than had it been pre-
pared for burial by the embalmers (
lof Khufu, 5000 and some odd b. c. ,
Now the man looked 60 if a day !
How old was your MOTHER" ask
ed the cub.
You mean my grandmother, |
corrected the man, "One hundred |
and four"
The cub studied the face some /
more and then looked at the face
of the man.
You are Mexicans, | suppose
he que1ied
Had the cub not had his doubts
on this he would not have asked the
question He knew Mexican
,bo,, 10 c.. a. Ia ~, h,,+ ,,,a,,
IDENTIFY was not one of that race
"No. we are not Mexicans," he
replied with some dignity,
but the name put In the cub
by. Garcia is 1ynicallx- MeAican--
I'VE are Americans said the |
man simply.
I'VE all are that, said the cub /
with an asenting smile.
"Oh, no, we are not corrected
the man with an emphasis on, the
pronoun I'VE.
eve are not, eh?' asked the cub
somewhat puzzled.
mo, We are not answered the
man. drawing himself up so that
every inch OF six feet showed to adj
vantage I'VE are the only Ameri /
cans known of There are no
others. My grandmother was
full blood Cherokee. born in the
swamps of the lower Mississippi two
years after they had been coded by
the emperor of France to the United
States Please don't make your
write-up too romantic and fancy
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