Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-11-07


Adopted in Getting Out of it-A Ter
ribly Frightened Tattoo Artist and
Midnight Scene in a Hotel Cham
Der.
a cheap little card. looking a. il it had
been urintad hv - h",,d .'",.s., g" - -
way of reporter and attracted his eye. II
read, "A. Ga,rari. Taltooing neatly done
in all its branches. PIP South Second 81
Follow ing The direction the artist was found
in his studio, in a smalI dark room in the
second story OF a BRICK house in a thickly
settled street. lie was very happy to wei!
come a customer and although his name had
an Italian sound, he spoke English like
German.
oh" he said. 'therc is not much husi-
ucS, now. Ii is very bad, for not 81
many people get tattOocd as used 10. twas
greatly in fashion eight years ago, but 1t has
cen getting worse Of late years. My Gus
toners are largely among the laboring
classes, who want snchers aud stars on Their
limbs aud arms. Every river man wants 10
be marked and lots of. young fellows who
drive teams .....
Doesn't it hurt!'
so no. | first draw the design On the skin
with ve'million or India ink, and prick it in
with needles. ,....
the WOMEN SCREAM
when FIRST touch tlIem, but LET me 90 on
when they fird it does not pain them
."rhen YOU operate on wOmPn"
Il should say so. They are my best Gus
| TONERS and charge them double for the
extra trouble. | once tattOned q woman
| from head t0 foot and she Is now doing The
dime museums. Once in while | have
ladies' send for me who are away mp in SOcl-
ety They want marks on them Tor luehn-
| Gcation. Tae arm is the best place. but they
| object to having this dlSiignred IN case lheN
| wear short sleeves. So prick little mark
| lust on the shoulder, where il will ALWAYS be
concealed BY the chemiSe. Once in while
| | nut the initials or the name there. lou
| see they want to be Identified IN case ol ac-
cident I send nv card around sometimes
and hear from them by getting notes To
call. LAST year a very nice young lady who.
| live on Chouteau ave-, had me put the leu
ter y on her leg
"Oh YES, that's so; I'll swear toit. You
see I'm an
| UGLY OLD FELLOW
| and she didn't mind me, 50 she just barred
| the flesh above the knee where the stocking
ends and had me put the blue letter there.
She said her lovers name waSJack, anu Sne
| wanted To do this for loves sake. Wen, IN
about three months, she came way down
here 10 see me saving that she wanted lhe
J obliterated, as Jack AMI she HAD tailel
I Suggrgreu tU turn rrIe uuun r'r t1tv' 'i."-'
make il an o. She was delighted. iol-
| rot ALI about her until this summer, got
note from her. asking me to call NJ Ger
tain time When ! cot TO her ROOM slle
said that no one was athome ana snc WANT
| a., 10 uat
She was so sorry now she had been taltned
and could take Il off? ! said no, and was
very
SORRY FOR THE GIRL.
for she was much distressed, and can zee
a pretty woman ready TO cry. She told nc
that she was soon to be married, ana MOTTO
Oliver and feared that her husband might
600 the initial on her limb. could not
think of any remedy for some inmates, and
then L Suggested that she make the lnHiai
one of a word that girls very often, nave
ta:toed on them. 1t was amor" one
agreed and for the thlrd time I uIsw ''tp I1"'I
| her stocking and eagerly waited uhtll l
added the three letters. She gave NE I'VE
dollars for the job, when / only charge
half dollar letter" .,,.,.
/ 500 parents have Their chluien
markcd?' % .,.,,.D =
no strawberry mark on the hid. its well 10
do something for their identification III c'lSc
they are l. st and India ink Is the best way.
mark on the right leg above the ahkli. or
on the arm II u Is boy. ! Can onorrnn's 1N,,"''s
ON their limbs. but sometimes a lady haS
mark rIit ON her which. for the life oi me
can't understand. have queer c'SI
ITIltefl YOU that was mystery 70 me.
got note from lady stopping at ho'''
, here. asking me to call nj
!, tI9F..o Ten O'CLOCK At NiGuT
: with INV tools. That was strange tlhe
Int went and sent up my card. ihe iaul
met me at the door of her room anu tViu ,,u ,,U
TO 20 right IN. She was IN her hleht goMn ~
$ ana lad evidently been lying down on ihe
A he'd reading, while waiting for me. onc
|. ,v9s prp.tv pale and when she drew d doWn
= ihc blind and then turned down the lisn''
y | she. looked like spirit ,,iooo of
, riIpre. . she said giving me piece "
naper. sis a design for you to put over NY
q | heart Re careful Ia follow IL exactly anu
/ make il as snail aS posslnle. u WI WI "
p curious for ,ign word OF h'e letterS, VIII ,.
\ dagger running through the ceh'ei ''''
! "tNa "Wait moment she added, 81 cannot
= boar main. and the least tnnch OI SieeI
= | WouId make me faint. She p9uIen q
!. wSItc substance into glass and drunk
d il. ,., NM, >, sbe OK
claimed seeing that | was suspiclhi,t;
|. This j. a drug which am used 10. ! W., VII
: no under its influence for an hour at least
q and you can finish your task by that tlme'
can YOU not" -, t.,.,s.
n Yes" | answered. She threw herself
l. -. BACK on THE BED
u and barred the flesh to the spot she mdica'-
| cd for the work. =, ,.;oi,
watched until she was stupehed; WhlciI
k occurred in about fifteen minutes. ihen %
IS went 10 work. She did not move, dufln
the whole hour ! was prlckil@ heI MI Nn.t
fiesh. The silence of the room, h'r ueatI
- like appearance, the dim light had lel
~ ribIe effect on mc as | bent over heT; an
y. began To be dreadfully scared: het Idc
III was like WAX and there was Just the iainl
e.t movement Of her breast as II fIlse.
~ and fell with the breathing. couiun
y, | stand IT. Before i had rnt lnI mu'o",n e ~,
4 touches ~ TIE Job. 4 struck me wa w
dangerous place. The woman was slIans
IN I'm hlT actions she had called me az Id'
ou Lour: what if she had taken poison 'ui
X wanted to b. marked for sone Pul
lth after death. shook her but She %as liil
n That settled it. got my card on the u
III reau. took up my tools and went OUT III
hurry. taking the steps tO avoid DeIhg see
ITeyeY p1estd such q night. wa
scared. Seyt IN riirg looked IN TIE ?
ne, nor to seeif there was q suicide, but l dldI
A., find any. 49,
X! 'What was the sequel?'
'Ipcyer saw her again. bur TeAt daN
~ got ten dollars through the pnstOil:t'
q :, plaiping who il vas from. l haven !
=! least idea what she meant By her stiah
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