Evening journal., 1901-07-20
HE C0WED THE LION.
THE oARl<Y eELTED ALL THE FIGHT
OUT or MONARCH.

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'Its 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 fiat that we knowed OF, an lot O.
IN other animals had took { tn woods.
little animals. zebras an wolves an deer
an such Ike. Nothin { do any harm
exceptin tn big lion. Monarch. His
den wus bottom up Ia a little puddle o.
ditch water. with hole stove in It big
enough c let out n COW, an Monarch
himself wus gone with the little AMI
mails.
"Well. II wus all of with maxim tn
stand that day. so we put up tn runs,
got tn cookhouse outfit down on tn
ground. had breakfast an started I'm {
dig tn stun out O. IN ditch. Tn rail-
road company's wreclzin crew come
along { help u.s. an we'd got purity well
under way when n tall. black buck
darky come out o. IN woods an stood
round ruhberin.
Nobody paid any attention e him fer
awhile. but by'n'by Mack, tn chande-
ller man, spoke { him, kind O. kidded
him about bein handsome, er some such
gun. 1t wus Missouri, an he wus n real
black buck Didn't have anything t
say baclz-didn't say anything at all. in
fact, fer awhile. Jes' shunled round I'm
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 a 81
raffeF he says.
'GiraffeY Mack says. No; we new
er owned no such thing with this trick.
Why?'
"'Well. boss. All done foun some
thin up in nah 'tato patch this mawn-
In, an All lowed as maybe hit 'longed
{ 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 vahmlnt, with yaller eyes,
an hit done come a-snahlin an a-spittin
at me soon as All got out O. baid.'
Where IS itY says Mack.
"'Oh, All cawt hit all rightly. Done
put a rope roun' hits neck an tied hit
Z nah cabin
"'Go an git It an fetch It down here
says Mack. Then tn wreckln crew got
n tackle roun' another den, an we for
got all about tn darl1y.
Maybe It wus 20 minutes, an maybe
It wus half an hour when we heard a
noise over on tn road amongst tlf trees
"A noise kinder like a nigger drfvin a
mule or like somethin beln driven. II
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 thatY he pipes up in his
snappy way. who is that out there2
Go an see what that racket is. some O
you boys. Hurry up. now
Nobody paid any attention Z him.
an tn noise got nearer an nearer. In
n couple o minutes a cloud o. dust
sailed out from behind tn trees. When
It got within a hundred yards o. tn
track. II cleared up n bit. an there wus
that big, black nigger with a rope in
one NIT an piece O. fence rail I'm tn
other On tn other end o. tn rope wus
Monarch.
"Of all tn mean, sneakin, under
handed cat animals that ever Travelled
with a circus Monarch wus tn worst
an 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 e run over tn train, an
there never wus a time. day or night,
that be hadn't a slap ready fer you.
"Well, that darky wus a-lammin
him with his chunk O fence an talkin
mule talk { him wuss than anything
you ever saw ia tn south.
"'C'm on long heah, you yaller
eyed devil he wus sayin. 'Ah dom
know what You Is, but you ain goln
snahl ner spit at me. nohow. Cm on
long theh. you big sassy vahmint. an
With that he'd lam him with his piece
v fence an let drive with his cowhide
ooots.
IAN you kin bet your life Monarch
wus a-comin. j 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
{ open up a gangway, an 1 reckon any
young one could "a took him by tn
scruif 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 tn end
butted against n wagon. tn door wus
open. an when Monarch saw his happy
little home waitin 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 Z hide.
Saberlee shut tn door an spoke TO him.
but Monarch wus tn worst whipped
cat animal you ever saw"-New York
Sun.
SupnressinE Cruelty.
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