The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-07-25
A RARBERss FAIRY STORY.
The Yarns he Tells 10 Distract the Attep-
ton Of Nervous Customers

me h11ns ne Iesks 10 Distract the Affen-
ton Of Nervous Customers
Oneof the artists In Billy" Youngis
tonsorlai parlor on Dearborn street i
q nephew of Ex-Governor Rusk. of
Wisconsin now al the head OF the
new department In the cabinet and.
though ne bears the same name as the
Wisconsin man. there are those who
think ne should be called Schehere-
zade, the tabled queen, who saved her
life by telling the king. her husband.
such monstrous stories Mr.. Rusk
may not be worse barber than MANY
others. but for fear his razor NAV not
be In perfect shape. and TO avoid any
possibility OF those whose temeritv
leads them 10 inlrust their lives In his
hands making any sort Of q kick. he
Is wont 10 begulle them with stories OF
remarkable experiences that would
put Baron Munchausen 10 the blush.
One day recently he had a pa
tent In his chair whom he al once
recognized as being extremely nervous.
and he al once proceeded to soothe
HIM by relating how a man who has a
large stock farm down in the southern
part OF Kansas was continually miss
ing cattle from his herds. but for a
long time was unable TO discover what
became OF them Close watching,
however. proved that il was only when
the cattle went near a lake or an i'm
mense slough for drink that the dis
appearances took place. The affair
might have forever remained q mys-
terry had II not been for the orercon-
hdence and perhaps extreme hunger
OF the cattle thief Il had been noticed
that only the smaller cattle were
missed One day a watcher who
CHANGED 10 be near the lake SAW q
great commotson in the water. as
though some terrible struggle was 90
ing on beneath the surface. Ii lasted
only short time, and then the whole
mystery Was explained Ont of the
water came a most astonishing object
Ii looked like the body of a gigantic
serpent wrIthing and twisting In
horrible manner, It's mammoth
jaws opening and shutting with in
tense yiciousnesS About where the
neck should be two large horns were
seen protruding, and as the new. ar
rival reached shallow water the hoofs
and part of the legs of a steer could be
seen slowly and laborious walking TO
dry land.
The jig was up The serpent had
been before content TO attack small
game that il could easily swallow, but
this time II found It's master IN the big
Texan The steer had evidently been
swallowed al the first gulp. but had
struggled 50 fercely that he had poked
his horns through above and kicked
holes through below with his feet, and
had thus managed 10 reach the shore,
only, however, TO die from suffocation
and eK Exhaustion, buried in lis loa1hsOne
prison
Another tale this imaginative bar
+ Der loves TO tell Is that when be was
ont west he one day fell into an old
abandoned mine After going down
ever SO many hundred feet be landed
upon bed composed of millions OF
black snakes Finding himself unbur1,
he al once began deTising means OF
escape. A happy thought came TO
him He seized one Of the squirTning
reptiles and started il up the shaft, he
had a second one seize the first by the
tail, and SO on until the first was seen
disappearing at the opening. Keeping
fast hold Of the tail OF the last one, he
was drawn safely out to the open air
With such yarns does Mr. Rusk make
his patients forget the tortures they
may be undergoing Chicago Herald