New-York tribune., 1901-07-14
HOW A LION WAS COW ED
A STORY OF A WRECKED CIRCUS.

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
IT'S queer how animals Will act in railroad
wreck" said the boss canVasman Now. there
was tn Saberlee wreck in 80. Six cars Wus IN
tn ditch an half O III shows dens was under
en-. There was one cage q monkeys masHcu
fiat that we knoWcd of, an lot @ IN otne'
animals had took / tn woods, little animals
zebras an wolves an deer an such like. Moth
in / do any harm eXCeptin the hig lion. Mon
arch. He died only last season while Sahziiee
in NintOp, Ind. Guess most Of you kGo"
Wot he did t Jim Rourke in 9H. His den Tus
bottom up in a little puddle q ditch water. with
Il hole stove in ii big enough let out a COW,
an Monarch himself was gone with the niue
animals Bout as sensible a thing as he CouId
"A. done anyhow. seein' tn shakin up he must
"a got.
that day. put in tn runs, got the cook
house outfit down on tn ground, had breakfast
an started in { dig tn stuff out {" tha ditch.
TIL railroad Company's wreckn crew come
along / help us an we'd got purity Well under
way when tail. black. buck darkey come out o.
tn woods an stood round ruhterin'.
"Nohcdy paid any attention T. him for awhile.
but hya'Iy Mack. tn chandelier man. sp X L
him. kind O. Eidded him about hein' hands mo,
er some such CUFF. 1t Miss uri, an n, was
a real black buck. Didn't have ANYTHING L say
back-didn't say anything at al in tact. fer
/ awhile. Jes' shu1iiei round in h-s coNhide
boots from on foot IN other an 81 innei
bashfuI like. By'n'by when he saw We didn't
roast him hard he kind q took courage.
Did any OF You gemmen losed a gi!aife?'
he says.
"'Giraffe?' Mack says. No. we never owned
no such thing with this trick. Why"
We'll, boss. an done foun' s5methin' Up in
NAH 'tato patch this maWnin an an lowed as
maybe hit longed to you an
Mack got Interested. 'Wot does il look like
'Lawdy. boss hits mos mcnStroIs. Never
did see no sch ol thing befoh. sab. Bis cat
V2hmint with yaller eyes. an hit done come
/ e. baij.
Where is it, SAYS Mack
oh, ah cawi hit all rightey. Don. put
rope 'roun hits neck IN tied hit 10 main cabin
90 Go an git il an fetch il down here says
+ Nack Then tn wreCkin' crew Eot tackle
fYt+f 4 ana fr don, all F4..
darkcy
Maybe il wus twenty minutes an maybe t
"ls nail an moan when We heard noise over
,n ti' road among tn jrats-@ noise kinder
Hf" Niger driy.u' Il mut--Dr EEe .mcthin'
hrin' driven. II come nearer an louder an
louder am nearer Every body stepped work an
listened. an ~ ,II man himself come out o.
his cav with his napkin hauEia round his neck.
What SIS thatr' hc r.res ui in his slauuv-
Way. Who is tuat ont there Go an sec what
that racket u.s. some # you boys. Hurry up,
"Nelady paid any attention 90 him. an tn
noise rot nearer an nearer In couple o.
minutes cluud g. dust sailed out from behind
tic trees Nhcl it Tot within a hundred yards
d" IN track Il cleared up q Bit an there WIS
tEat big. black nlcgcr, with rope I'm uUe witt
IN pirc" o. feU,ttai ia IN ether. or IA other
end ~ the roTc was Monarch.
Some a. you probably remember ylt Jimmy
l;'urk".s face looked like after Monarch faxed
him IN Frisco OF all tn mean. sneakiu'. under
handed cat animals that ever travelled with 1
CIsua Monarch "us tn worst an a powerful
fighter when hc had any sort O. show. Some
times "" 81 nut our HAMS on IN canvas cover
of his cage when had [ run over tn train.
an there never was a time. day OF night that
hc hadn Il slap ready fer ycu.
We'll. : darkey Wus a-iammn him with
his chunk o.. fence an talkn mule talk o. him
WuSS than anything you ever in tn South
Come on along hcah. you yalIer-eyed devil
he wus Saylu' An don know what you is. but
you Amt Eun' suahl nor spit at me nohov
en- on long then y big sassy vahmiut.' an
with that he'd lam him with his piece of feuc,
and let drive with his cOWhde boots.
An y kin bet Yer life Monarch wus l-comiu'
> l never saw "A critter 50 cowed he Wus Why
when that niEgcr brought him right in among
70 us there wus nobody that took tn trouble [
open up a gauGWay. an ! reckon any younG
one could a took him by tn scTuft of tn nc =
an turned him over his back. H, WIS .
. great oveTgroWn pet Tim cat. with all Tn ugh
an mcanncsS WalloIci out O. him.
Wed yankcd his den up on TO tn ruadbc,
~ with tn hole IN tn end butted against a wagon
Tn door NUS omen, an when Monarch saw hi
happy little home waitiu there for him n,
jcrked tn roge out a. the darkeys hand an
% bolted inside il. He couldn't set fur enough i'm
. side. eithcr-"cnt away up i'll tn fur corner an
r tried L hide. Saheriee shut tn door an spoke
% him. but Monarch was IN worst whipped ca
~ animal y ever saw
c IHFEfCINN WINTEFTI or POIIyP