The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-03-19
CHAPTER II.
THE LAUNCH OF THE TRoBAoo1o.

"And SO this does not do2 asked
Cape Matifou
What does not do?" replied Point
Pescada
/ "This business!"
1T might do better it must be
admitted, but it might do worse!"
| "Pescade?
"Matitou!
Don't you wish to hear what l ON
going to suy?'
/ al 40 wish, on the contrary, if it is
worth wishing for.
Well-you ought to leave me, " said
the giant.
! "What do you mean by leaving you?
To leave you to yourself p asked Point
Pescade.
| Eyes"
"Continue, Hercules of my dreams!
You interest me! !"
"Yes-Iam sure that ifyou were alone
you would draw the people! prevent
you. 1. is my fault that you don't, and
without me you would be able to-
"Now, look here, Cape Matifou,"
replied Pescade seriously. "You are
big, are you not?"
Yes"
"And tall?"
Eyes"
"Well, big and tall as you are, I do
not understand how you could manage
to hold such q huge stupidity as you
have just uttered"
And Why, Point Pescade p
because it is bigger and taller than
yon are, Cape Matifou! Me leave you
But if l was not here with whom would
you do the iuggling?"
"With whom
"Who would you have to do the
dangerous jump on to your occiput 2"
ii do not know
"Or the grand fight between your
hands %
Boob = answered the giant embar-
raised by these pressing questions.
"Yes-in presence ola delighted audi
ence, when by chance there is an
audience!
An audience" murmured Matifou.
"There, shut up" continued Pescade.
"and just thi',kyof earning something
for supp Tonight.
Il am not hungry"
"You are always hungry, Cape Matt
iou; and even now you are hungry
said Point Pescade, opening his COM
panions enormous jaws with his hands.
81 see your CANNES as big as those of
bulldog! Yon are hungry, L tell you;
and when we have earned half q form
OF a quarter Of Il form you shall eat.
but you, my little Pescade 2"
Ne? gram of mlllet will be enough.
don't want to be strong like you, my
son. This is how I look at it. The
more you eat the more you grow. The
more you grow the more you become a
phenomenon"
A phenomenon-yes !"
But with me, on the contrary, the
less [ eat the more waste, and the more
waste / become q phenomenon. Is
that true 2"
THAT is true" answered Matifou
innocently. And so. Point Pescade,
i'll my own interests l ough. to eat ="
Just SO, M big dog. ana in NINE I
ought not to eat"
Bat s,lpposins there is only enough
for one?'
cihen it Will be yours"
=" Butsu pose here IS enough for two?"
1t would still be yours Ny dear
Matifou you are worth amy Two meu"
Pour SIX ten - exciaim Il the
giant.
And putting aside the emphatic eyag-
geration so COMMON among all giants,
ancient and modern, Nation HUI in
truth thrown every wrestler h.ther5p
opposed to him. Two facts were col,l of
hin which showed his prod,&iuus
strength One eveaine III Il ciycuS Mt
Mines al upright supporting the wood
work begun 10 s We way TIN cracking
clllse;l good deal OF alarm among he
Spectators, wh0 were threatened with
being crushed by the fall Of the roof or
crushed by themselves rs they throDgnd
to the door. i}Ht Cape Mati.ou ,as
there He made a leap to the bean
which was already out OF the petpen,iic-
ular, and as the l. a1nework sag4td down
he held it upon his shoulders us long aS
1t was necessary to allow the aa,liencc to
dispense. Then with another bound he
jumped out, and The same moment
the roof collapsed beh nj THAI was
done by strength o. shoulder The
following wigs done by strength OF arm.
One day on the plains OF C;tuar@le n
bnll went mad and escaped from the
enclosure ana chased and injured :, veal