Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-09-14
HE COWED THE LION.
THE OARkY BELTEO ALL THE FIGHT
OUT OF MONARCH.
LnuEhable Manner In which the Big
and USIy Circus Animal Was Re
turned to the Snowman After q
Railroad Smash Up.

and Ugly Circus Animal Was Re
turned to the Snowman After a
Railroad Smash Up.
Its queer how animals will act in a
railroad wreck" said the boss canvas
man. Now there wus tn Saberlee
wreck. Six cars wus in tn ditch an
half o til shows dens wus under 'em.
There wus one cage O monkeys mash
ed fiat that we knowcd of, an lot o
tn other animals had took t tn woods,
little animals, ZcbraS an wolves an deer
an such like. Nothin t do any harm
cXecptin tn big lion, Monarch. His
den WIS bottom up in a little puddle q
ditch water, with Il hole stove in it big
enough { let out Il cU'v, an Monarch
himself wuS gone with the little ami
mails.
"Wcll, it WIS all off with maxim tn
stand that day, so we put up tn runs,
got tn coOkhousc outfit down on tn
ground, had breakfast an started in t
dig tn stuff out q tn ditch. Tn rail
road company'S wrcckin crew come
hioiiS h'll' w. 'iii w VI S'' pun N'ii
under way when a tall black buck
darky come out O tn woods an stood
round rubbCrin.
Nobody paid any attention t. him fer
awhile, but by'n'by Mack, tn chandc-
lier man, spoke t him, kind o kiddcd
him about bcin han some, cr some such
CUFF. 1t WIS Missouri, an he WIS real
black buck. Didn't have anything t
say back-didnt say anything at all, in
fact, fer awhile. Jcs' shufllcd round in
his cOwhidc boots from one foot t tn
other an grinncd bashfullikc. By'nby
when he saw we didn't roast him hard
he kind o took courage.
Ibid any O you gcmmcn loScd gi-
raf1e| he says.
"Giralfc| Mack says. no; we ncv-
er owned no such thing with this trick
WhyT
"'Wcll. boss. All done fou' some
thin up in NAH 'tato patch this mawn-
in, an All lowed as maybe hit 'longcd
t you all
"Mack got interested. 'Wot does it
look lkc?'
Ncvah did see no Scch ole thing bcfoh,
sab. Big cat vahmint, with yallrr eyes,
an hit done come a-snahlin an a-Spittin
at me soon as All got out o bald
"'Whcr~ is itE says Mack
"'Oh, All cawt hit all rightly. Done
put a rope rOun' hits neck an tied hit
t nah cabin
"'Go an git it an fetch it down here
says Mack. Then tn wrcckin crew got
a tackle roun' another den, an we for
got all about tn darky.
''Maybc it wuS 20 minutes. an maybe
it WIS half an hour when we heard
noise over on tn road amongst tn trees
"A noise kinder like Il niggcr drivin a
mule or like Somcthin bcin driven. 1t
come nearer an louder an louder an
nearer. Everybody stopped work an
listened. an tn ole man himself come
out O his car with his napkin hangin
roun' his neck.
What is that| he pipes up in his
snappy way. Who is that out there?
Go an see what that racket is, some o
you boys Hurry up, now
'Nobody paid any attention t him.
an tn noise got nearer an nearer. In
a couple O minutes a cloud O. dust
sailed out from behind tn trees. When
it got within a hundred yards o. tn
track, it cleared up Il bit. an there wus
that big, black nigger with rope in
one nit an piece o fence rail in tn
other. On tn other end o. tn rope wus
Monarch.
'Of all tn mean, sneakin. under
handed cat animals that ever Travelled
with a circus Monarch wus tn worst
an powerful fightcs when he had any
sort O show. Sometimes we'd put our
hands on tn canvas cover o. his cage
when he had t run over tn train, an
there never WuS Il time, day or night
that he hadn't slap ready fer you.
'Well, that darky wus a-lammin
him with his chunk O. fence an taIkin
mule talk t him wuss than anything
you ever saw in tn south.
"'C'm on long heah, you yaller
eyed devil he WIS sayin. 'Ah dom
know what you is. but you ain goin
snahl ncr spit at me, nohow. C'm on
long thch, you big sassy vahmint' an
with that he'd lam him with his piece
O. fence an let drive with his cowhide
boots.
IAN you kin bet your life Monarch
wus a-cOmin. | never saw a critter so
cowed as lie wus. Why, when that mig
ger brought him right in amongst us
there wuS nobody that took tn trouble
{ open up n gangway, an reckon any
young one could "a took him by tn
scruff o III neck an turned him over
on his back. He WIS jest great. over
grown pet tOmrat, with all tn fight an
meannesS walloped out O. him.
WED yanked his den up on to tn
road bed with tn hole in tn end
butted against n wagon. Tn door WIS
open, an when Monarch saw his happy
little home waitin there fer him he
jerked tn rope out o tn darky's hand
mn bOlted inside ii. He couldn't get
fur enough inside, cither-wcnt away
up in tn fur corner an tried { hide.
Saberlee shut tn door an spoke to him,
but Monarch wus tn worst whipped
cat animal you ever saw."-Ncw York
Sun.
Suppresstng Cruelty.
Many man who would he ashamed
to strike brute beast with blud@con