The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-08
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Those Ducks Eggs


| forget Wnlcn, SAID HAIRY hellar, the
magician. Il determined to open my
show with trick involving ducks
eggs and asked the porter at the hotel
where ! could procure some.
"A very worthy woman sells eggs
within a stones throw of here he
said. in the market place
And so | went To market to buy
some eggs. found the worthy woman
who dispensed them and asked If they
were fresh
| Indeed they are, she answered.
breaking one open TO prove her words.
1T was the rankest looking egg |
had ever seen, a disgusting, greenish
mass. DO yen call that fresh"
asked Indignantly.
There are no finer eggs in Manila,
she retorted warmly. I've been at this
one stand for sixteen years. and you
are the first person who has ever ques-
toned the eggs | sell. They are fine
eggs-good eggs And she turned
away from me, as II wasn't worth
talking TO.
And thought as ! walked of that
II | could lie with the perfect grace
born in that woman I'd be the finest
conjurer In the world
That afternoon while | was driving
with an English friend of mine | re-
counted the circumstance 10 him. He
laughed. My dear Harry said he,
you do not know one OF the great deli.
cacies of Manila. There is no finer en-
tree served than one of those semide-
cayed eggs. They are just two days
distant from the Matching stage. Then
they are perfect. They are boiled
hard. chopped fine and served. and
they're delicious. No one here thinks
OF buying what you understand as
fresh eggs. Why. I'll drive you now TO
where the eggs are prepared for mar.
ket just TO prove the high esteem in
which these added affairs are held
here
He drove me along the river Pasig,
about three miles above where IL emp
tied into Manila bay. and there for a
mile or two on both banks OF the river
] saw scores OF natives lying on their
bellies. the sun beating down on their
backs.
Get up called my friend 10 one OF
them. Up he jumped. and there lay
about two dozen duck eggs These
fellows said my friend as we drove
sun all day and bring these eggs up
close to the Matching point. When
they're properly matured the eggs are
brought TO market
That night | opened my perform
ance in the fonda theater Immedi.
ately after the performance we began
to cover up my conjuring apparatus
with tarpaulins for every one now
said that the typhoon would be along
within the hour. and indeed hardly had
We got into the street when the roof OF
that theater was taken off as neatly as
If IL had been pared of. The last |
saw OF ii IT was bound in the direction |
OF Manila bay.
Luckily our hotel was only two |
blocks away, and We made a dash for |
II through wind, rain and lightning. |
But hardly had We got TO our rooms |
when of went the roof OF the hotel 10 |
Join that OF the theater. We stayed |
awake all night. waiting for the hotel
to be moved somewhere out into the |
adjacent country.
But the morning broke beautifully, |
and felt so good that ! determined to
have my revenge on my fresh egg wo-
man, who had stood for sixteen years
In the market place. SO made some
little preparations and again went to
market 10 buy eggs.
FRESH ! queried. picking an egg
rom her basket.
She eyed me disdainfully for a sec.
Dnd and then said coldly, / told you
| sold none but fresh eggs
"'Will you kindly open this for me-?
asked. passing the egg TO her.
She broke IL open, and out tumbled
he healthiest and most surprised
luckling you ever saw.
The woman's face was a study
That is the first time I'm all my life
hat any of my eggs were not good,
he gasped.
Try this one said suavely, pick
ng another egg from the basket
"She broke II open. and out toddled
mother downy duckling. Then her
ace grew crimson. She hadn't breath
o speak.
Take this I said, and she broke
hat. only to find duck No 3.
Then | pretended to grow angry
nd called her a cheat, at the same
ime picking up three more eggs and
MASKING them together. Three more
ucks Joined their companions and
rent qnacking around that basket OF
ggs In all the self consciousness OF
lst being born.
THE woman found her tongue now
nd began to shout at the top Of her
dice. calling me devil sorcerer' and
Their names OF like nature.
I'm a minute an angry crowd was
round us. The woman was well
nown in the neighborhood, and her
tory gained ready credence. Two
ands were placed on my shoulders.
nd was told was under arrest. and
lst then an inspiration struck me.
lw one Of my Autographs hung up in
stall opposite. | pointed to II and
len TO my face. and the crowd under
God. I'd run completely out OF ducks |
Y that time. but did half a dozen :
eight OF hand tricks for the crowds
iification and was followed to my no I
] by cheering mob at my heels.
But | could never make up my 1
ind to eat that entree OF almost
ltched duck. The sight OF the fresh
* that market woman broke for me
/ my first day In Manila was enough n
r me. "-Philadelphia Press. n
Changing Australian Speech.
The impeachment between our n
Ives and the Americans will certain.