The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-01-14
JACK OF ALL TRADES
a NIatuer-OG.Fact Romance
BY CHARLES READE.
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The morning of the fight PippiI
and l went for our bull, and tool
him out of the yard towards Yer
sailles; but when we had gone
about two hundred yards, he be
came uneasy, looked round, shifted
about, and 1iually turned round
spite of all our efforts, and paced
home again. We demonstrated
with the proprietor. "O." said he
che won't start without the wench.
So the wench in question was sem
for (his companion upon amatOry
excursions). She went with US
and launched US toward Versailles
This done, she returned home, and
we marched on but before we haG
gone a furlong Taurus showed
| symptoms of uneasiness; these in.
creased, and at last he turned round
and walked TRANQUILITY home. We
hung upon him, thrashed him, and
bullied him, all to no purpose, His
counteuance was placid, but his
soul resolved, and-he walked
home, slowly, but inevitably; &C
then, there was nothing for it but
to let him have the wench all the
way to the tiger, and she would
not go to Versailles till she had put
on some new finery,-shOrt waist
coal-scuItle bonnet, etc. More
time lost with that; and, when we
did arrive in the arena, the specta.
tors were tired of waiting. The
bull stood in the middle, confused
and stupid. The tiger was in his
~, a MA him
time to observe his prey, and theI
we opened the door of his cage.
A shiyer ran through the audi.
ence (they were all seated in boxes
looking down on the arena).
a moment more, and the furious
animal would spring upon his vic.
tim, and his fangs and claws sink
deep into its neck, ETC., etc. Vtde
books of travels.
One moment succeeded to anoth-
err, and nothing occurred. The fe.
rocious animal lay quiet in his cage
and showed no sign; so then we
poked the ferocious animal He
snarled, but would not venture out.
When this had lasted a long time,
the spectators began to doubt his
ferocitY, and to goose the ferocious
animal. So / got a red-hot iron
and nagged him behind. He gave
yell of dismay, aid went into the
arena like q shot. He took no no.
tice of the bull. All he thought OF
was escape from the horrors that
surrounded him. Winged by ter
ror, he gave tremendous spring.
and landed his fore paws on the
boxes, stuck fast and glared in al
the spectators. They rushed out
yelling. He dug his hind claws in
to the woodwork, and by slow and
painful degrees clambered into the
boxes. When he got in, the young
and active had gone home, and he
ran down the stairs among the ole
people that could not get clear &C
quick as the rest. He was 80 fright.
ened at the people that he skulke6
and hid himself in q cornfield, and
the people were so frightened al
him that they ran home and locked
their street doors. So one coward
made many.
They thought the poor wrtech
had attacked them, and the journal
next day maintained this view Of
the transaction, and the town tC
this day believe it. We Melted ouI
striped coward with four shutters
and kicked him into his cage.
The bull went home with "tht
wench," and to this day his thick
skull has never comprehended what
the deuce he went to Versailles for
This was how we competed with
Oriental MOnarchs.
We marched southwark, through
Orleans, Tours, etc., to Bordeaux
and were pretty well received in ali
these places except at one small
place whose name l forget. Here
they Kissed her out of the town al
sight. 1t turned out she had been
there before and pulYerized brush
mrker, a popular man among them
Soon after Bordeaux she had
words with the lions. They, in
their internal conceit, thought
themselves more attractive than
Dick. 1t is Uice UerSd, aud by 9
long chalk, said Dick and Co. The
parties growled a bit, then parted
10 meet no more in this world.
From Bordeaux we returned b,
another route to Paris for we ONLY
starred it in the interval of ouI
engagement as an actress will
Franconi. We started one morn
ing from-with light hearts, oul
faces turned toward the gay citv
Elliot, Pippin, and l. Elliot and
walked by the side of the elephant
Pippin walking some forty rods il
the rear. He never trusted him
self nearer to her on a march.
We were Flooding along in thi
order, when, all in a moment, with
out reason or warning of any sort
she spun round between US on ont
heel like q thing turning on q pivot
and strobe back like lightning a
Pippin. He screamed and ran /; but
before he could take q dozen steps
she was upon him, and struck hin
down with her trunk and trampleC
upon him she then wheeled round
and trudged back as if she had only
stopped to brush OFF q tiy or pick VI
q stone. After the first moment O.
stupefaction, both Elliot and haf
run after her with all the speed w,
had but so rapid were her move
ment, and SO instantaneous thu
work of death, that we only me
her on her return from her victim
will not shock the reader with {
description of the state in which
we found our comrade; but he wa
crushed to death. He never spoke
and I believe and trust he neve
felt anything for the few minutes
that breath fingered In his BODY
We kneelod down and raised him
and spoke to him, but he could no
hear as. When Dick got her viii
of one of US, all our hope used to b,
to see the man die; and so it wa
with poor dear Pippin; mangled
and life impossible, we kneeleI
; down and prayed to God for hi
death; and by Heavens mercy,
think in about four minutes from
the Tins he got his death-blow hi
spirit passed away, and our wei
beloved friend aud comrade wa
. nothing now but q lump of clay o.
our hands.
We were some miles from an
town or village. and did not know
what to do, and how to take him I
resting place. at last we wer
: DObliUod to tie the hndv acrois ar