The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-03-21

nave DteH trained 10 20 through kuCn
performance. Music had nothing to do
with it; Bez had merely raped on the
floor as . signal for the dance to begin,
and had ratified louder for the High
land Fling"
at must have taken no end of time
and patience to teach them" RENE M
Der saying to my companion.
Maybe; but doubt it." he replied
II don't like the looks Of that 'Bez.'"
he continued. II think it's trick"
Some discussion ensued; then we
| went hack to ask him how he had
trained the turkeys.
The fellow looked at ns attentiyely.
and then gave an account Of the "gift"
ne possessed Of communicating his
will" to birds and animals. 1t re-
| quired months. he sad but Kindness
and perseverance accomplish wonders
We said to him that>it was truly q
wonderful gift, and left. well satisfied
| that he had not told us the truth.
Hes fraud" remarked Tom. - We
walked away. "If he had said fatty
that he did not wish TO tell US about il
] shouldn't have blamed him. for OF
course it'S his secret. II he wants to
keep it, he has right to. l wouldn't
spy round to find it out, either; but
now that he has gone on and told US
such falsehood I'll find out his trick
if | can"
have always felt ashamed Of the
artifice TO which we resorted, for do
| Ia, I. l.,t l.. IL.
even with the motive Of exposing de-
ception. What we did was to 90 out
side the fair grounds fence aid come
round in the rear of the cage. Bez'
SHOW was placed on one side CT the
| grounds near the fence. Through q
chinki the upright boards We watched
his operations for an hour or more. 1t
was some time before We gained the
least hint as to the true nature of his
gift. but we noticed that the cage had
a double bottom. or rather two bot
toms. about three inches apart, each
of sheet iron. ana that when Bee wished
to set the turkeys dancing he thrust
he iron rod between the two bottoms
and ratified il against them. But this
was no adequate explanation, and we
were still in the dark
Three or four successive exhibitions
Of the dance were given while we were
watching. Probably the poor turkeys
were getting tired; for we observed
that during The last dance Beg 'ssi 81
rattle vigorously two or three Il s.
After few minutes another 80 e a;e
was subscribed; we could hear IT,
crowd calling out: ION with the
dance. Keep it roing!" Then we saw
Bez step back between the cage aud he
fence. so as TO be concealed From the
spectators by the curtain. As he rollea
the fire under his oven he slyly threw
three hand hovelfuls of the BURNING
coal from the stove between the Two
sheet iron bottoms of the cage. Then
he ratified with the shovel and. step
ping out. pulled open the curtain. In Il
moment the turkeys were dancing
smartly; we could hear them hop and
futter very plainly.
| smile even now when ! recall the
look OF mingled triumph and disgust
on Toms face as he glanced at me to
see if |. too, had comprehended
That's his gift" he whispered
"rhe cruel little scoundrel. That's the
way he's taught the poor things to
dance-by roasting the bottoms Of their
feet. I'll wager that he blistered them
more than once before he educate 81
them tc hop = Highland Fling"
But he doesn't seem to put in hot
Goals every time said.
But that part is plain enough" re-
piled Tom, "He has got the poor crea-
lures in such terror of Il scorching that
the very sound Of the shovel or poker
will set them hopping"
1t was pretty evident that we had d-
vned the nature Of Beg gift. As we
stood there we could hear him falling
glibly of the different fairs at which
he had exhibited his turkeys "NeNt
week | shall show them to the people
of Franklin county Al their annual cat
tie show at F. we heard hiln ado.
"Nes" said Tom, Il am much obliged
for that bit of information. have a
cousin living there who is a lively sort
of fellow I'll drop him hint as 10
what's coming. Something will be sure
TO follow
As we went past the post office Tom
stepped in. bought an envelope, and
sent the following note:
Dear Nose Look out for fellow with
seven dancing turkeys at your cattle show
next week. He's tricky and cruel he v.l
tell you he has a peculiar rift fer tee .aE
| them: hut the way he does Il is by i.ltt-fg
live Goals in ct the hott3Tn cf III, cage.
sftsslaf ina Cat hr 4, Z D
and expose his trick and cruelty.
The manner in which The Franklin
county boys exposed Be- was described