, 1876-08-14
THE LIVING SKELETON.


What l1ia Widow rsah In sny Abort Him.
Nv tAr ''fMt taansrtbHtor."
ehe was large, h'aut Womai,, With hoarscs
votyr and n sctf-dnpt1ntcnt ntr, like nne who had
traveltd great deal aud SEEN much. Sir ratne
into d rntlr0ad car an,l p!ahkct herself t'nwn by
the stle Vt tlm'l-lo'k!'g ,tse.Igcr. aftcr lIft.
tt,'l''s earpot-oag ,.'t q .''e sent a danplncit
ah'i asked for hnr farge, sl,r sui!l: "fuu don't
mike no re,inton for u,,ow folks, do yOui"
The conductor remarked that they did hot II
they knew It. ~ kha counted out tho required
they fre1,tctstly got nlnnK IN half-fa;c, Il they
EGrIl't "dcad-heAleh y altogether, "1nt,h she
g,ldTl, "t''nrs Ia different since poor George
TGs curiosity Of tho t,n,d.]ooktng passenger
by her esle was excited, and liz yrtiturcd TO tn-
qntrc waat business hcrllttsLand followed Wien
alfyr.
"lle M. tic 'Ltvtn' skcleton,'" shc answer
best one tllat ever stood Oh Two legs, II do any
jkn
ava. he horn for TIN asked tue man, after
pasc.
I" For etelGtun!h
"ln course he was. Cut ont for tho business, ot
III cnur1nu1is EXPENSE as tho showbtf1s any. He
didn't bring cnoisgi' iscAli into thc wnrld for II
muslnttn 70 start IL meat Shop with: Ills lointa
lad Il, III, held together with Atckf1 plaster tD
prevent i,is faIlia''to ricxs llta fa!ki thought
II Impossible u keep tt,t breatl, of life in stcli
little heap Ut homes, but the KID sectne1 t' liy~
prescntilcntnt the fs,t urc ticrewas bofnrc lin
fur Il si,ie-show II le c,,,l1ti unly Ilyu, I'll hu
wouldn't tcroals,' but hcltt nn ,fkt q ci,untry
Mayor for a show license. llia ,ns'ther used 4
palr of rnndle.tnoltls It's pattern ts cltt out hs
Ias,taloons by ttil he was Il years old, an orttt
nary ulntrclM cover Matc him very comfort
able oycrct,t. tlou't let TN he wnS nue Vt yuslr
tIeorgn Washington telcrs That never told i lie,
hut il he did II never hcipc,ll any; hc wne 60
tl,!n everybody could ree riRI,t through him.
Ills name wasiIcuFsr, hut they c.ileil hin tStn
jim around hut,,t. Yuu haye heard of The s!cn.
der young man who went ~ the hc,uasqncrade bail
with hts lead ellllkcl torcprrscnt btliarucuo!
{icnrEe WIS that ftlicr."
"liow Iid you come to meet him l't asked tbc
tiulfd MESSENGER
" was suiIlE To tell yn l,ah heen In thr
show business Tor sn1ne years trHyclln' with my
iI,xt husband, the Arabian Giant As hp was
called, and n,anaEtn' thcahow Hcwas considered
ilc best Eiul,t IN ta,c business when lc was alive.
lis stoNi 7k feet In his stuckfn's anil Weighed
GE, uuuut,s. We took IN u Ilcnp Of money, hut
expenses, like him, was heavy. lie Gould cat
charter wjJplc frcir,1tcnr totrausp purt linn from
rluI~ to p}acc. No woman ~ l,usrl't had gn,,t
IN her hands knows what trouble he Is. Yet
loved lin and had thc satisfaction ot ktIowtn'
10 good doal, slle continued, tryng to cfis,ke
"Iic died, did bel" l,rokc In the timil man,
greatly tnirTcsttsi,
eHYcs, he dtrj. and right nj tie openin' Of the
Stas,. IIair. top. Notnri,otiy sel,t him d kcE Of
hrcrs aud h. drank # iii without r,tuuvIil, The
itlu;t,s fron, I,ts ,i,s. 'Bu,lge wus his weak
nras' x.,Iir, mny rsl,ork has carried I'll ruvro
rnmts tt,ai. opyEtllcruIle thing. tcmt ali We Ind
taken In that senstu to bury ltrn Il,ad Il. buy 10
man .rmrtsrT Ints tn ri. him in all The rrai
rst"ie nfihat at,trr d1tle.l in prh.e tmtncittjy,
il you aalsl have sccn tic nn,ettaisers h!lIyo
I'm nct"hlnrhond an.; thot ierc ,,,dertaItrr Ind
tic tu,i oi hnryin' the dead o1t bvtl, sides"
"Ton wsrr going tu tell MT where you met
ynur srt,onri fuishaid the-the keiutoti tIpil-
T. s,,r,1.s, ~ hrr f..ilox.truyclnr
- 'Mtt liz. ~ ~. .r-"v~ ~ the c,4,rt :, qn11 III.
SHOW Wo'lhh, Wltnan t1not1na tl;at uu ucl Gste1-
IT, Was tnR'n Lie LAST saa loois ~ 1he lHA-
hnnl, preparatory to tho co!llll 1clf. lowered IN.
to the grave by tie derrick tnt had tEuu erected
fur that plIrpUse, Whit, Jestltcl to look up, u1,l
there st.n.l the skeleton tile othcr side Of the