The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-07-26
HE COWED THE LION.
THE oARKY sELrEo All THE fight
OUT OF MONARCH.

aud Ugly Circus Animal Was Re-
turned 60 the Snowman After =
Railroad smash Up.
"Ifs queer how animals will act In a
railroad wreck" said the boss canvas
man. "Now there wus tn saberlee
wreck. Six cars wus in til ditch an
half o. tn shows dens wus under 'em.
There wus one cage o. monkeys mash
cd dat that we knowed of, an a lot o
IN other animals had took Z tn woods,
little animals. zebras an wolves an deer
an such like. Nothin 4 do any harm
exceptin tn big lion. Monarch. His
den wus bottom up in little puddle o
ditch water, with hole stove in It big
enough Z let out y cow, an Monarch
himself wus gone with the little ami
mails.
"Weu, 1t wus all on with maxim tn
stand that day. so we put IN tn runs,
got tn cookhouse OUTFIT down ON Tn
ground, had breakfast an started In 7
dig TIL stun out o. tn ditch. TIL rail-
road companys wreckin crew come
along t help us, an we'd got purity well
under way when a tall, black buck
darby come out o tn woods an stood
round rubberin.
Nobody paid any attention { him fer
awhile, but by'n'by Mack, tn chande-
lIcr man, spoke Z him. kind O. kIdded
him about beln handsome, or some such
gun. 1t wus Missouri. an he WIS real
black buck. Didn't have anything Z
say back-dldn't say anything at all. In
fact, fer awhile. Jcs' shufIled round in
his cowhlde boots from one foot 4 tn
other an grinnGd bashfulllke. By'n'by
when he saw we didn't roast him hard
he kind o took courage.
"'DId any o. you gemmen losed 81.
ratIeY he says,
"'GIrnffeY Mack snys. NO; we new
er owned no such thing with this trick.
WhyT
"'wen. boss. All done foun' some
thin up in NAH 'tato patch this mawn.
in, an All lowed us maybe hit 'longed
you all
"Mnck got Interested. 'wot does 1t
look Ike?
'Lawdy. boss, hits mos monstrouS.
Nevah did see no sech.ole thing befoh.
sab. Big cat vnhmlnt. with yaller eyes,
an hit done come a-snahlln an a.spIttln
at me soon as All got out o. bald.'
"'Where ls itT says Mack.
"'Oh, Alb cawt hit all rightly. Done
put rope roun' hits neck an tied hit
e nah cabin
"'Go an git IT an fetch 1t down here
says Mack. Then tn wreckin crew got
a tackle roun' another den, an we for
got all about tn darky.
Maybe II wus 20 minutes, an maybe
Il wus half M hour when we heard
noise over on tn road amongst tn trees
"a noise kinder like a Niger drIvIn
mule or like somethln bein driven. It
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 thatT 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 TIL noise got nearer an nearer. In
a couple O. minutes n cloud O. dust
sailed out from behind tn trees. When
It got within hundred yards O. tn
track, II cleared up bit. an there wus
that big, black niger with rope In
one NIT IN piece O fence rail in tn
other. On tn other end O. tn rope wus
Monarch.
"Of all tn mean. sneakln, under
handed cat animals that ever travelled
with n circus Monarch wus tn worst
m powerful fighter when he had any
sort o. show. Sometimes we'd put our
hands on tn canvas cover O. his cnge
when he had Z run over tn train, an
there never wus time. day or night,
that be hadn't slap ready fer you.
"Well, that darky wus a-lammin
him with his chunk O. fence an tnlkin
mule talk { him wuss than anything
you ever saw in tn south.
"'C'm on long hcah, you yaller
eyed DEVIL he wus sayIn. 'Ah dom
know what you is, but you ain goln
snahl ner spit at me. nohow. C'm on
long theh, you big sassy vahmlnt,' an
with that he'd lam him with his piece
o. fence an let drive with his cowhlde
boots.
IAN you kin bet your life Monarch
wus a-comin. / never saw crItter SO
cowed as he wus Why, when that mig
ger brought him right in amongst US
there wus nobody that took tn trouble
T. open UP gangway. an reckon any
young one could "a took him by tn
scrufr O. tn neck an turned him over
on his back. He wus Jest great. over
grown pet tomcat, with all tn fight an
mcanness walloped out O. him.
WED yanked his den up on to tn
road bed with tn hole in tn end
butted against wagon. TIL door wus
open. an when Monarch saw his happy
little home wnItin there fer him he
jcrkcd tn rope out O. tn darky's hand
an boltcd inside II. lie couldn't get
fur enough inside, eIthcr-went away
IN in tn fur corner an tried { hide.
Sabcrlee shut tn door mn spoke to him,
but Monarch wus til worst whipped
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