The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-08-07
HE COWED THE LION.
The oARKY eELTED ALL THE FIGHT
OUT OF MONARCH.

| ana tHit tircus Autmul Nns he-
tprncd 10 the Snowman AFTER n
| Railroad smash Up.
'1ts 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 n lot O.
tn other animals had took { th' woods,
little animals, zebras an wolves an deer
an such like. Nothin { do any harm
exceptin tn big lion, Monarch. His
den wus bottom up in little puddle o.
ditch water. with n hole stove In 1t big
enough 4 let out n 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 tn runs,
got tn cookhouse outfit down on tn
ground. had breakfast an started In &
dig tn stun out o. tn ditch. Tn rail-
road companys wreckin crew come
along { help us, an we'd got purity well
under way when tall, black buck
darky come out o. tn woods an stood
round rubbcrin.
Nobody paid any attention { him fer
a. bile. but by'n'by Mack, tn chande-
! = man. spoke { him. kind o. kidded
/ him about be,n handsome, er some such
gun. II wus Missouri. an he wus a real
black buck. Didn't have anything e
say back--dldn't say anything at all, In
| fact. fer awhile Jes' shufiled round in
his cowhide boots from one foot Z tn
other an grinncd bashfullike. By'n'by
when he saw we didn't roast him hard
he kind o. took courage.
"'Did any O. you gemmen losed n 81
raffe? he says.
"'GiraffeY Mack says. NO; we new
er owned no such thing with this trick.
WhyY
"'WeI. boss, All done foun' some
thin up in nah 'tato patch this mawn-
in, an All lowed as maybe hit 'longed
t you ALL
"Mack got interested. 'wot does It
look llkeT
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-snahlln an a-spittin
at me soon as All got out o. bald
"Where is itT says Mack.
"'Oh. All cawt hit all rightly. Done
put a rope roun' hits neck an tied hlt
L nah cabin
"'Go an git 1t 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 it wus 20 minutes. an maybe
IL wus half an hour when we heard q
noise over on tn road amongst tn trees
"a noise kinder like n niger drivin Q
mule or like somethin bein driven. Il
come nearer an louder an louder ar
nearer. Everybody stopped work ar
listened, an tn ole man himself come
roun' his neck.
"'What is thatY he pipes up in hi
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 Z him
an tn noise got nearer an nearer. Ii
a couple o. minutes n cloud o. dus
sailed out from behind tn trees. WheI
Il got within n hundred yards o. tn
track, It cleared up bit, an there wu
that big, black nigger with a rope il
one NIT an a piece O. fence rail in tn
other. On tn other end o. tn rope WI
Monarch.
"Of all tn mean, sneakin. under
banded cat animals that ever Travelled
with circus Monarch wus tn wors
an a powerful fighter when he had an.
sort O. show. Sometimes we'd put on
hands on tn canvas cover o. his Gag
when he had t run over tn train. a
there never wus a time. day or night
that he hadn't slap ready fer you.
well, that .daIky Yus a-lamml
him with his chunk O. fence an talki
mule talk L him wuss than anythin
you ever saw in tn south.
"'C'm on long heah. you yale
eyed devil he wus sayin. 'Ah dor
know what you is, but you ain gol
= snahl ner spit at me. nohow. Cm o.
long theh, you big sassy vahmint,' a
with that he'd lam him with his piec
S o. fence an let drive with his cowhid
boots.
"An you kin bet your life Monarc
y wus a-comln. | never saw critter s
l., cowed as he 9'us. Why, when that nil
a ger brought him right in amongst u
there wus nobody that took tn troubl
! t open up a gangway, an reckon an
o young one could "a took him by Il
. scruff o. III neck an turned him owe
on his - *. He wus jest great over
!. grown pet tomcat, with all tn fight a
# meanness walloped out o. him.
. WED yanked his den up on TO Il
. road bed with tn hole In tn en-
j. butted against a wagon. Tn door WI
q open, an when Monarch saw his happ
little home waitln there fer him h
- jerked tn rope out o. tn darky's han
II an bolted inside II. He couldn't e
fur enough inside. either-went ava