Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-07-23
HE COWED THE LION.

THE Darby BELTED ALL THE FIGHT
OUT OF MONARCH.
LaughabIe Manner In Which the Big
and Ugly Circus. Animal Was Re-
tunnel to the Snowman After d
Railroad Smash UP.
"It's 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. tn shows dens wus under 'em.
There wus one cage O. monkeys mash
ed fat that we knowed Of, an a lot o
tn other animals had took t. tn woods,
little animals. zebras IN wolves an deer
an such like. Nothin t do any harm
exceptin tn big lion, Monarch. His
den wus bottom up in a little puddle O.
ditch water, with a hole stove in it big
enough t let out a COW, an Monarch
himself wus gone with the little ami
mails.
"Well, it wus all off with maxim tn
stand that day, so we put up TIL runs,
got tn cookhouse outfit down on tn
ground, had breakfast an started in t.
dig tn stuff out O. tn ditch. TIL rail-
road company's wreckin crew come
along t help us, an we'd got purity we'll
under way when a tall, black buck
darby come out o. tn woods an stood
round rubberin.
Nobody paid any attention t. him fer
lier man, spoke t him. kind O. kidded
81, him about bein handsome, err some such
CUFF. 1t wus Missouri, an he wus a real
black buck. Didn't nave anything t.
say back-didn't say anything at all, in
fact, fer awhile. Jes' shuf1ed round in
his cowhide boots from n foot t. tn
other an grinned bashfullike. By'n'by
when he saw we didn't roast him hard
he kind o. took courage.
"tDid any O. you gemmen losed a gil
rafe? he says.
"'GiraffeY Mack says. NO; we nev-
er owned no such thing with this trick.
WhyT
"'Well, boss, All done foun' some
thin up in nah 'tato patch this mawn-
in, an All flowed as maybe hit 'longed
t you ALL
snack got interested. sWot does it
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 10 as All got out o. baid.'
NJ. Where is itT' says Mack.
"'Oh, All cawt hit all rightly. Done
put a rope roun' hits neck an tied hit
t. nah cabin 3."5 .'- ~ 10.
SEQ an git it an fetch it down here
says Mack. Then tn wreckin crew got
q tackle roun' another den, an we for
got all about tn darky. "7'
Maybe it wus 20 minutes. an maybe
It Wus half an hour when we heard a
noise over on tn road amongst TIL trees
"a noise kinder like a niger drivin a
mule or like somethin bein driven. 1t
come al louder an louder an
nearer. Everybody stopped work an
listened, an tn ole man himself come
out O his a with his napkin hangin
roun' his neck.
""tsWhat is thatp he pipes up in his
snappy way. Who is that out therei
Go an e what that racket is, some o.
you boys. Hurry up, now
Nobody paid any attention t. him,
an th' 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, 1t cleared up a bit, an there wus
3 that big, black niger with a rope in
NIT an a piece o. fence rail In TIL
other. On TIL other end o. th' rope wus
Monarch.
"Of all TIL mean, sneakin, under.
handed cat animals that ever Travelled
with a circus Monarch wus tn worst
an a powerful fighter when he had any
sort o. show. Sometimes wed put our
hands on tn, canvas cover O. his age
when he had t run ever tn train, an
there never wus5 a time, day or night
that he hadn't a slap ready fer you.
Well, that darby wus a-lammin
him with his chunk o. fence an talkin
mule talk t him wuss than anything
you eve saw In tn south.
sC'm on long heah. you yale,
eyed devil, he Wus sayin. 'Ah dom
know what you is, but you ain goin
snaM ner spit at me, nohow. C'm on
long Stheh, You big sassy vahmint.' an
with that he'd lam him with his piece
O. fence an let drive with his cowhide
boots. z=z. i
IAN you kin bet your life Monarch
WIS a-comin. never saw a critter sc
coWed as he wus Why, when that mig.
ger brought him right in amongst us
there wus nobody that took tn trouble
open up q gangway, an / reckon any
@youn one could 'a,took him nv tn