Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-05-22

knowcd dat ,r'illn scounul pointing
to tho elephant come or flingin dirt on
my clnzo Wnntcl war drzc garments
10 or funul tcrmor an ain't liiin 1t or
tall when dat scounul comes lingIn' his
trash on EN-, doan know him or tall.
nm he amt 90, no right ter come CIR
round ne wild siclcr liberty. Wy. sah.
| wouldn't low or ole frien' ter come
round or drtyln' mp desc garments.
much less CT honory n lonkin' slran.
ger ez he is, Yuu make him habe his
SET ur gwine hurt him, an when
hurt him hurt him bad, | kin tell you
dat.
Daring tho whole time of the after.
uooa performances | could sec that trou.
bio was brewing, aud lst us we were
getting ready for the evening exhibition
tho town marshal came to me and, draw.
ing ms TO Que side. said:
Now. l want YOU to understand that
| am your friend.
"Ail right; what Is the matic"H"
Wall, now, you must know TINT your
elephant has rendered himself mighty
unpnpu'ar In our city"
YES, lcanuot help hut see that he has
made several enemies.
All. ha, an that Is what brings me to
you Now, II y llackctt Is mighty
fnll'hloodcd Teller, an that elephant done
wrong when he wiped his mouth on tho
tails Of Il IBIS coat. That want polito
track, Cn'n-wau't genilcmnnly no why
you can FIX H. an ag'in. that niger
wan treated right Elephant had no
right Ia throw dirt on lila clothes. Now,
the upshot OF the whole thing is this:
Bob's friends aud tho niggcrs friends
air gcltin' together an II you want To
keep him wy YOU had better pull up your
shehanc right now an hull out ms fast as
you can"
couldn't afford to lose that elephant.
l could have squeezed through without
tho wolf aud possibly could have wor.
Of tho elephant would have fatally Grip.
pied my mepageric, so decided TO tako
up tho tent aud quietly steal AWAY. Tho
night was dark aud We succeeded IN
starting off unobscryed, but Ind not
gone moro than nile before we heard
n shout that told us too plainly that wu
were pursued. We FASTENED onward as
fast Ms we could. and were greatly en-.
courngcd until we came to creek. Then
difficulty arose. The elephant refused
10 cross tho bridge. Ws tried to shove
him on, but In vain. The shouts Of the
mob grew louder aud louder We showed
tho elephant into tho stream, but ho
climbed out on tho same side. The mob
drew nearer At last we got the elephant
on tho bridge, The frnil thing broke
down and all OF ns went into tho water.
Tho mob wns upon Us. Tho rascal shot
the elephant. We proceeded on our Jour.
ncy with tho lame bear aud tho one eyed
wolf
Tho next day learned that we had
rival in tho field, jack Brock, an old
Snowman, had whipped round and had
stolen our territory, WG were billed
To appear al Green Brlar, aud | knew
that II w0 made "A good Impression ut
that place we should soon bc ablo to
get another elephant. Ono day, when
we were within about twenty miles OF
Green Briar. man rode up TO mo aud
said:
Il want to see you on n matter of bus.
ncss. Jack Brooks circus In billed TO
appear In our town-Grccn Brinr. II is
tho best circus town In the country. but
II Is necessary for you to get there first
n you want TO do anything. Now, am
the clerk OF that county, aud | nm in.
clned TO favor you, Give me $3.50 aud
l will promise not to grant Brock any
license. BY this means you will have
everything your own way"
This was my opportunity. | gave
him the money, aud feeling secure gnvp
performance at II liltlc place few
miles from Green Brlnr When | did
reach tho great commercial center |
found that Brock had just left aud that
ho had taken nearly every dollar out OF
tho town. hnslencd 10 tho clerks Of.
Hco. The rascal had deceived me.