Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-07-30
HE COWED THE LION.
THE DARKY eELTED ALL THE FIGHT
OUT OF MONARCH.

AU OOU HO L 11G A4OANs
THE Darby eELTED ALL THE FIGHT
OUT OF MONARCH.
Laughable Manner In Whick the Big
and Ugly Circus Animal Was Re-
turned to the Snowman After .
Railroad Smash Up.
otis queer how animals will act IN
railroad wreck" said the boss canvas
man. "Now there wus tn Saberiee
wreck. Six cars wus in tn ditch m
half O. tn shows dens wus under 'em.
There wus one cage O. monkeys mash
ed fiat that we knowed Of, an lot o
tn other animals had took t tn woods,
little animals, zebras an wolves an deer
en- such like. Nothin t do any harm
exceptin til big lion. Monarch. Els
den wus bottom up in little puddle o
ditch water, with hole stove In 1t big
enough t let out q COW, an Monarch
himself wus gone with the little AMI
mails.
"Well, 1t wus all Off with maxim tn
stand that day, 80 we put up tn runs,
got tn cookhouse outfit down on tn
ground, had breakfast an started In t
dig tn stuff out O. tn ditch. Tn rail-
road company's wreckin crew come
along t help us, an we'd got purity well
under way when q tall. black buck
darby come out o. tn woods an stood
round rubberin.
Nobody paid any attention t him fer
awhile, but by'n'by Mack, tn chande-
lier man, spoke t him, kind O. kidded
him about bein handsome, er some such
CUFF. 1t wus Missouri, IN he wus real
black buck. Didn't have anything t
say back-didn't say anything at all. In
fact, fer awhile. Jes' shuffled round in
his cowhide boots from one foot t tn
other an grinned bashfullike. By'n'by
when he saw. we didn't roast him hard
he kind O. took courage.
"'Did any O. you gemmen losed g.
raffeT he says.
".Girafre?' Mack says. No; we new
er owned no such thing with this trick.
WhyY
"'Well, boss, All done foun' some
thin up In nah 'tato patch this mawn-
In, an All lowed as maybe hit longed
t you ALL
"AIack got interested. 'Wot does 1t
look like?'
."'Lawdy, boss, hits mos monstrous'
Nevah did see no sech ole thing befoh.
sab. Big cat vahmint, with yaller eyes,
an hit done come a-snahlin an a-spittin
at me soon as All got out O. bald
"'Where is itY says Mack.
"Oh, All cawt hit all rightly. Done
put rope roun' hits neck an tied hit
t nah cabin
AGO an git 1t an fetch 1t down here,
says Mack. Then tn wreckin crew got
q tackle roun' another den, an we for.
got all about tn darky.
Maybe 1t wus 20 minutes, an maybe
It wus half IN hour when we heard q
noise over OH tn road amongst tn trees
"a noise kinder like q niger drivin O
mule or like somethin bein driven. l,
come nearer an louder an louder ar
nearer. Everybody stopped work ar
listened, IN tn ole man himself come
out O. his car with his napkin hangil
roun' his neck.
"'What Is thatY 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 him
an tn noise got nearer an nearer. LII
| couple O. minutes cloud @ dus'
sailed out from behind tn trees. Wher
it got within q hundred yards O. tn
track, It cleared up bit, an there WI:
that big. black niger with rope II
one NIT an a piece O fence rail in til
other. On tn other end O. TIL rope WIS
Monarch.
"Of all tn mean, sneakin, under
handed cat animals that ever Travelled
with q circus Monarch wus tn worst
an a powerful fighter when he had any
sort O. show. Sometimes we'd put oul
hands on tn canvas cover O his cage
when he had t. run over tn train, al
there never wus time, day or night
that he hadn't slap ready fer you.
"Well, that darby wus a-lammir
him with his chunk O. fence an talkir
mule talk t him wuss than anything
you ever saw in tn south.
"'C'm OH long heah, you yallel
eyed devil he wus sayin. 'Ah don
know what you Is, but you ain goiI
snahl ner spit at me, nohow. Cm OF
long theh, you big sassy vahmint,' NJ
with that he'd lam him with his piece
O. fence an let drive with his cowhid'
boots.
IAN you kin bet your life Monarch
wus a-comin. I never saw q critter 81
cowed as he wus. Why, when that Mig
ger brought him right In amongst III
there wus nobody that took tn trouble
Z open up q gangway, an l reckon any
young one could a. took him by tn
scruff O. tn neck an turned him owe
on his back. He wus jest great. over
grown pet tomcat, with all tn fight al
meanness walloped out o him.
"We'd yanked his den up on to tn
road bed with tn hole In tn ent
butted against a wagon. Tn door WI
open, an when Monarch saw his happ!
little home waitin there fer him h
jerked tn rope out O. tn darky's hand
an boiled inside 1t. He couldn't &c
fur enough inside, either-went ava!
up In tn fur corner an tried t hide
Saberlee shut tn door an spoke to him
but Monarch wus tn worst whipped
cat animal you ever saw."-New Yorl
Sun