Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-02-12
CHAPTER IL
THE LAUNCH OF THE rRoBAco1o.


"And so this does not do?' asked
Cape Matifou
WHAT does not dol" replied Point
Pescade.
"ThiS business
at might do better it must be
admitted but it might do worse"
"Pescade;"
"Matitou.
Don't you wish to hear what l an
going to say:
Il do wish, on the contrary, if it is
worth wishing for.
"Well-you ought to leave me, said
the giant
What do YOU mean 10y leaving you7
To leave you 10 yourself = asked Point
Pescade.
yes"
Continue Hercules OF my dreams
You interest me ~
"Yes-I am sure that ifyou were alone
you would draw the people l prevent
you. /. 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 notI"
Yes.
"And talY"
Eyes"
"Well, big and tall as You arc, do
sot understand how you could manage
10 hold such ii huge stupidity as you
have just uttered.
And why, Point Pescade ?"
"Because it is bigger and taller than
you are, Cape Matifou Ne leave you
But # was not here with whom would
you do the jugglingf
with whom =
"Who would you have TO do tho
dangerous jump on to your occiput ?"
81 do not know
"Or the grand fight between your
hands =
Boob !" answered the giant, embar-
rassod by these pressing questions.
"Ycs-in presence of a delighted audi
ence, when by chance there is an
Rudienco!'
An audience murmured Matifou.
"There, shut up, continued Pescade,
"and just think of earning something
Cor supper tonight"
81 am not hungry"
You are always hungry, Cape Matt
fou and even now you are hungry"
said Point Pescade, opening his COM
panions enormous jaws with his hands.
Il sec your CANNES as big as those of q
bulldog You are hungry, L tell you ;
and when we have earned half form
or quarter of form you shall eat
but you, my little Pescade 2"
Me? a grain of milet will be enough.
i don't want to be strong like YOU, my
son. This is how / look at it. The
more YOU eat the more you grow. Tho
more You grow the more you become =
phenomenon-"
"A phcuomenon-yes :"
but with me, on the contrary, the
waste / become phenomenon. Is
that true Z"
THAT j: true" answered Nation
innoceutly. "And so, Point Pescade
in my own interests | ough, to eat "
"Just SO, my big dog. and in minc I
ougl; not to eat"
"But supposing there is only enough
Cor one?'
"1hcn it will bc yours"
"Butsu pose tl're is enough for two ?"
at would still be yours. NY dear
Matifou, you are worth any two men"
-Four six - ten !" exclaimed tho
giant.
And putting aside the emphatic exsg-
rcra.ion so common among all giants,
ancient and modern, Matifou had in
truth thrown every wrestler hitherto
opposed TO him. Two facts were told Of
him which showed his prodigious
.treugth Gao evening in a circus at
Mime aa upright supporting the wood
work began 10 give way. The cracking
causei god 1,al o, alarm among the
spectator who were threatened with
being crushed by the fall of the roof or
crushed by themselves as they thronged
20 the door. But Cape Nation was
there. He made leap 10 the beam
which was already out of the perpendio-
ular. and as the framework sagged down
be held It upon his shoulders as long s.
/, was necessary to allow the audience to
dispersc. Then with another bound he
jumped out, and the same moment
the roof collapsed behind. That was
done by strength of shoulder. The
following was done by strength Of arm.
One day on the plains Of Camargue q
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