The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-08

For as soon as l had onco more found
me article so adequately headed "Ty
rolese Boys and Girls for Sale" 1 saw
in plain minion type the following
This was the day of the yearly
market 125 boys and so girls
between the ages of eleven and six
teen. who had arrived that morning
IN Special steamer. under the care
OF a roman Catholic priest"-(hor-
rorso were huddled IN front OF the
Golden Wheel Inn waiting to be sold
to the highest bidder
l once more stared into empty space,
trying with all my might to recall the
smallest instance of such pure savasery
which might have occurred during my
regions But this occupation seemed
so vain that 1 YEARLY returned to the
worthy correspondents descriptions.
and catching the words the demand
the supply, farmers had to offer as
much as l2 pounds 10 shillings
FOR sturdy boys" began 10 gasp.
cattle Misunderstanding of the biceps
and offers made to that terrible
Roman Catholic priest" slid beneath
my gaze without arresting 1t. and
regret to say that all at once | in
obliged in one long guffaw!
Poor priest-though "Roman." Poor
little mountaineers-thoug Tyroiese.
it JUNE W as OH tndt correspondent
u knew IL now. He had not inquired
right. Why should he when so great
sensation could be had for nothing
at all? ''Tyrolese Boys and Girls for
headline worth printing, when one can
Gull 1t on the way to ones hendquart
ers at Vlanna-the gayest little" cap
ital In this moanful universe of ours
ms voyage in the ncighborhood OF
French. Italian. Spanish or German
mountain lands. the nationality OF
those abused and maltreatcd white
slaves would have been the only
thing to change. For. as matter of
European mountain chains are hired
by the year. or half year to farmers
since up aloft. as one might say.
there Is not enough for them to do,
only children, but whole bands of
adults. with brilliantly tinted ribbons
hanging from their hats. and with
long slaves. beribboned also. in their
hands, go to seek work in the plains,
where the farmers carefully inspect
them and make their choice. offering
this and that price. according TO the
promise OF muscle and Drawn. But
these are no slaves. No more are the
children or youths that so greatly
respondent from Vienna" Nor are
they bought and sold at so much per
head, as he somewhat rashly believed.
Peace be therefore to his imaginative
ashes
This special correspondent should
have remembered that IL is neither
safe nor wise TO pass judgment upon
and condemn any community without
II thorough investigation, and an
of the customs and the
language of Che people criticized. Even
90 perfect and irreproachablc Il capital
as that of the British Empire has
suffered In the same way as the pretty
little village of Fricdrichshavan
some years ago, new RUSSIAN am
bassador. on arriving In London. took
carriage at the railroad station, In
order to be conveyed to his embassy.
Naturally he was very much interested
which he was driven, in the people
he saw walking there, and in the shops
and stores. But was intensely
shocked and horriticd." said he after
wards, TO see, in bold letters, the
word Nursery Can IL be possible, 1
the English can be so cruel aud un-
natural as to hand their children over
to strangers who make a business of
rearing theme But this amiable and
kind hearted Russian ambassador did
not write to his home papers lie
made inquiries, and laughed heartily
ut his amusing misconception OF the
occupation of the respectable trades
man who ran the nursery for flowers.
remember. too. the case of a very
successful hunter of crocodiics. the
secret of whose success was long
sought. Horrible rumors began to b.
circulated. 1t was stated That he used
live children for bait. Could anything
be more frightful? Now those who
have lived for any time in Egypt and
India must have noticed the contempt
and disregard of tn, boys ana girls
for these big saurians. The creatures
the children Will paddle and splash
within few yards of u twelv.-foot
laughing and running up the bank
when the reptile shows a disposition
to make a closer acquaintance. Near
the big villages and tile tS-.vns the all-
gators seem to know that it is a waste
OF effort on their part to attempt to
seize small specimen Of the human
TO the country my blood would run
cold and my hair almost stand OH end
at the terrible risks the Egyptian
youngsters seemed to he taking. But
when i found out that nothing aver
happened, ceased to worry. Now the
aliisators i'll the most deserted reaches
of the Nile or the Ganges are not 50
sophisticated. and the sound OF the
human voice rouses expectations OF Il
possible meal, and moreover, being in
experienced regarding the nimbieness
of thu young bipcds of the land leave
the water In clumsy pursuit. 1t was
the practice of the mighty hunter"
have referred TO TO pay small boy
IL handsome gratdlty--a Very liberal
one. in the child's estimation--to sit
on the bank. chattcrinE and singing.
while the hunter, gun in hand, stood
close by OH watch. No sooner would
a reptile leave the water and begin to
waddle up the bank than the deadly
rifle would bark, and the marksman
would have another crocodile "hagS I'd
The bait" meanwhile would he re-
ii o H..
Joke Not until the matter was fully
explained could the hunter relieve
himself of the charge OF nfanticidc.
So on the whole, ii is always better
to withhold ones verdict until fully
informed OF the merits of case
ICnnNright 1872 by thn Rrnii who'd