The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-31
ATINTYpE MANS TRAVELS.
ADVENTURES IN PLENTT SINCE he
MAS GONE ABOUT ON
Quit the Circus AFTER LosinE Hnir an Ear !"
n ''Hey, Rubci' Batie-His ConNe's'o"
10 Tcmpcrnnce-The Apache k'd ana n
SOuthw estcrn Terror Among sis Cuhtorncrh'

sH H'S
10 Tcmpcrnnce-The Apache kid ana n
outhwestcrn Terror AmonE sis Cust"mcrs'
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3O.-Installcd for the
winter ON u vacant lot in the northwest scctioh
of this town is Il rusty.looking old tihtype
wagon that has been around q good deal. ION
Ncwlands, sole proprietor of the outut' sI"r'c"
ont with the wagon from his home IN Mont
pclicr, VT, in 1873, and has had n pretty nu-
vcnturous time of IL ever since. He Is a rudy,
wcll.prcscrvcd man NJ 80. Tho upper part ot
his left car is missing.
"A crazy circus tcntman's bullet tore that haI'
Of my ear away" H. said by way of eXplana.
ton. For the first few years that | starle"
out with this old gcc-whangcr of q picture bus
| travelled alongside of tho iiy.by might, one
stand Circu>Cs out in the Western country
during the summer months. But that KIND OF
lie got II bit too warm for my blood. | earned
some money and II whole lot of vegetables anu
fodder at it-ld had TO have had II freight tram
to carry all the truck the farmers offered 10
swap me in exchange for pictures, for few OF
them out there drive to the circus with more
than the price Of tho tickets for themselves and
their families hut the life became too exciting
for me. ! got myself mixed up In three big
pitched Hey. l,ubc,' battles within three years,
and when | began to lose portions Of my car
caSs. like this half of my left ear, in these shin
'iF" = N'h''s '''' - WIS Nil'N w 't'''
last circuslncn's fight | got dragged into was
certainly n warm game. and no mistake. n
pickpockct started il going. II was out in
Oskaloosa. K IN. in the summer Of &c. The
pickpockct had made some good hnuls at the.
afternoon performance, and the Reuben town
constablcs came to the night show loaded for
snowbirds. guess they'd ha' lost their Jobs
If they hadn't gohhlcd up somebody for the lift.
ing work of the afternoon. 80 they lit upon
the boss tcntmun as the man who had been
getting in his fine work. This boss tcntman
was bad. and when he got excited he was AS
crazy rs II loon. unc of III" constnblcs goes M
to where he was lying by - tent flap chewing II
straw. and says he:
1--WE want you down AT the calaboosc.'
Hey! says the boss tcntman, sitting up.
Jicin' to take you To the CalahOosc and
look through you for them wallets and watches
that disappeared hcrcabouts this afternoon
lyon are! Mel Why, the blnzcs you say!
Go way
Come on, now. We're a-goin' to take YOU
"Thc boss tcntnan sat up right straight,
rubbed the slccpcrs out OF his eyes and looked
at the cpnstdblcs like they were "a new breed
of zcbras.
Blamed IL don't think they mean it, and
they're t&lkin' to me- says he. say, do YOU
know who you're ~a.talkin' TO!
" 'Ihnt's whut,' says the constable who
Hey, Tubr.' yelled the boss tcntman.
Now. any man who ever he I'd that dcviiish
Hey. Rubc!' yell around the main tent of ~ cir
Gus nn the Western circuit knows that i, means
trouble AMI II biz heap OF ii. .titrr having been
r n.tMr"lIy %f h"! Ibo IN i'i Iha, 'it, I'd 7 hnys oi haG c;GEo " n !
sense TO take IN the tall blush when Mi. bad
boss ,tcnlman Let loose with his rally howl.
Bat | diIn {. My wagon was planted only ff.
teen feet away from where the Chaw was going
on, and when heard The Hey. !iuhc:, I jumped
ont into the mess with all hands. OF course, |
wa always alongside Of the circus mon in these
fights. Well. it wasn't four seconds before the
whole l3O men. performers and all. along with
the circus were right on hand in u lope. The
make any diir"rcncc. The foll.- out there Who
take in %cirCusCs know the Hey. Ruhc!' yell
about aS-wcll A. the circus folks themselves do,
and they were out blckinE up their T,onstnhlrs
man. ana they outnumbcrcd us about twenty
times over. at that.
III there wasn't the devil to pay and interest
to boot Ior me next fifteen minutes. m a Dutch
windmill: 1t was tent stakcs. clubs, Cohblrs.
fists. and heavy boots at first, and. All told. |
guess there was about an even 1000 OF Ms.
circusincn and %junipcrs. rolling around the
ground. hnimmCr!Lg at each other. YOU might
We didn't. by u darncd sight. We had the
jumpers good and wallopcd at the end Of nj
teen minutes. and no one dead, and everything
nd have been all right and the show'd have
gon. on, if that, crazy, boss 'cntman hadn't
Gle Of us-wc had him surrounded. so the con.
stables couldn't grab him, in the miNup and
his gum. at oncc.=IIc was only ten feet away
from the nearest of the jumpers. and one III
en-! went down every time Ills gun cracked;
This work was u bit too heavy for us 10 stand
for. and We made a lulnp for the maniac. | got
showed right in front Of his left hand gun. and
pcarcd. The %tentIlcn corrailcd the crazy fore.
mau.thrcw "a few buckets nj water on him To
cool him of. aud got him ont of the town on on"
Of the circus horses. lie never showed up with
the circus any moro. licsicc= compelling me
quarters of my regular complement of car,
whi h was a small matter III comparison. no
had Killed three of u-knlo"sn's citizens and
wounded half Il dozen others. made up my
mind after that, night that | had had al Of the
circus | wanted.
I've made money in this business and kept n
Tood deal Of ii. too NCwlauds went on. 1T
d9n ! cost me much to I'VE and ! Hni, drmktmS
W Wit6 I2c, T n%d w NS VIII Win I me- on 9i mi. s'" oa land %Mi
packet Tor six years. w" missed her a good
deal. She was only 80 WHEN she died. We
she got bit by an adder one morning while she
was gathering prairie flower. to decorate our
breakfast table. | sucked the bite and made her
drink more thai = qnart "i whl2hrE. I!lHpltSiii
she hated the sight and smell OF il. II didn't
buried her myself beside the trail in the white
cotton dress she WAS married in. | had been
more or less of a, drinking man right along up
digging ~ deep hole in the prairic FOR the little
woman who had bnnn such u good friend to me,
Here's the finish Of whiskcy for me: II couldn't
do her no good, and ii amt ever going to do me
no good, and lvctnken my ln,, gnip Of L.. We
never taken a drop of liquor since that day.
This wagon and me have been in some tight
place without either of rs knowing anything
about il. \ little over 1--WE years ngoI was driving
along through II pretty rugged bit Of The Cochisc
country down in Ariz9n,. making for Tucson.
One afternoon was winding around the hollow
trail, letting my horses have il all their own
way they knew enough 10 stick 10 the trail
without my guiding en- and guess ! was
modelling a bit in the heat, besides. came Ia
pretty lively, when the wagon stopped all Of n
sudden. 4 fine, sincwy looking Indian, II buck
very little over 70, was standing AT the bride
of my of horse. About ten feet ahcnd. looking
mo and my outfit over kind a. cool like, Wcr,
half "A dozen other bucks and rs many squnws.
had been down in that country II good deal
and | knew they were Apachcs.
" What You gotf. says the Indian at the
bride. in good English.
y knew that it want going 10 do ne any
good IA tell lin II WAS none OF his darncd
business what / had, and 50. says /, Pictures.
Tin pictures says hr. and | told him yes
wondering all the time where he had picked NJ
his English, which wasn't pil kin by "A long shot
and where he'd picked up what he knew about
tintypcs.
"'1nkc me and the rc-t!' says he, waving hi,
loose arm in the direction Of the Others, wh'
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