The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-07-31
HE COWED THE LION.
THE DARkv BELTED ALL THE FIGHT
OUT OF MONARCH.
Lnushnble Manner In which the Biu
nnd Ueis Circus Animal Was RE-
turned a. the Snowman After "a
Railroad Smnsh In.

ats queer how animals will act in
railroad wreck" said the boss canvas
man. "Now there wus tn saberlce
wreck. Six cars wus in III ditch an
half o. tn shows dens WIS under 'em.
There wus one cage o monkeys mash
ed fiat that we knowed of, an n lot o.
tn other animals had took { tn woods,
little animals. zebras an wolves an deer
IN such like. Nothin { do any harm
exceptln tn big lion, Monarch. His
den wus bottom up in little puddle o.
ditch water with hole stove in 1t big
enough { let out Il COW, an Monarch
himself wus gone with the little ami
mails.
"Well, IL wus all OFF With maxim tn
stand that day, so we put up III runs,
got tn cookhousc 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 { help us. an we'd got purity well
under way when a tall, black buck
darky come out o. tn woods an stood
round rubbcrn.
"Nobody paid any attention e him fer
awhile. but by'n'by Mack, tn chandc-
ller man. spoke { him, kind o kidded
him about bein han'some. er some such
CUFF. 1t wus Missouri, an lie wus n real
black buck. Didn't have anything t
say back-dldn't say anything at all, in
fact, fer awhile. Jes' shufllcd round in
his cowhide boots from one foot { 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 gil
raffeY he says
"'Glrafic? Mack says. NO; we new
er owned no such thing with this trick.
NhyT
"'Well, boss, All done foun' some
thin up in nah 'tato patch this mawn-
IN, an All lowed as maybe hit 'longed
4 you ALL
"Mack got interested. 'Wot does it
look lilSeT
"'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
"Where is itT says Mack.
"'Oh, All cawt hit all rightly Done
put rope roun' hits neck an tied hit
t nah cabin
"'Go an git II an fetch It down here
says Mack. Then tn wreckln crew got
tackle roun' another den, an we for
got all about IN darky.
''Maybe it wus 20 minutes. an maybe
II wus half an hour when we heard a
noise over on tn road amongst tn trees
"a noise kinder like Niger drivin n
mule or like somethin ben 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? i?
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 In
n couple O. minutes n cloud O. dust
sailed out from behind tn trees. When
1t got within hundred yards O. tn
track, 1t cleared up bit, an there wus
that big, black niger with a rope in
one NIT an n 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 n circus Monarch wus tn worst
an a powerful fighter when he had any
sort O. show. Sometimes we'd put our
hands on tn canvas cover O. his cage
when he had { run over tn train, an
there never wus time, day or night,
that he hadn't slap ready fer you.
"Well, that darky wus a-lammn
him with his chunk O. fence an talkin
mule talk t him wuss than anything
you ever saw in tn south.
"'Cm on long heah, you yaller
eyed devil he wus sayin. 'Ah don
know what you Is. but you ain goin
snahl ner spit at me, nohow. C'm ON
long theh, 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. l never saw a critter so
cowed as he wus. Why, when that mig
ger brought him right in amongst us
there wus nobody that took tn trouble
Z open up gangway, an / reckon any
young one could "a took him by tn
scruff o. tn neck an turned him over
on his back. He wus jest a great. over
grown pet tomcat, with all tn fight an
meanness walloped out O. him.
WED yanked his den up on TO tn
road bed with tn hole in TIL end
butted against wagon. TIL door wus
open. an when Monarch saw his happy
little home waitln there fer him he
jerked tn rope out o. tn darky's hand
an bolted inside It. He couldn't get
fur enough inside. either-went away
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 York
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