The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-11-15
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LauEhable Manpey In Which yhe Bfs
and Cefy Circus Animal Was Re.
turned 10 the Snowman After
RRilroad Smash I'D.
ITS queer how animals win act Tn q
railroad WCecA,' said tie boss canvas
man "How there vus tl1' saberlee
wreck Six cars wus IN tR ditch an
half q til shows dens wus under EN-
There wus one cage q monkeys MASH
ed fat that we knowed of, an a lot q
tn other animals Ind took Z tn woods,
little animals, EebTas On wolves an deem
en- such like. Nothin e do any harm
exceptfn Tn big hon, Monarch His
den WIS bottom up In little ptlddle o.
ditch water, with hole stove In 1t big
enough Z Yea out o COW an Monarch
himself WIS gone with the little AMI
maia .A
We'll II ~us all of With maxim th
stand that day, SO we put up tn runs,
got tn cookhouse outfit down on TIL
ground, had breakfast an started in {
dig tn stuff out O tn ditch TIL rail-
road company's wrectin crew come
along help Us an we'd got purity well
under way when tall black buck
darby come out q til woods an stood
round rubberfn
Nobody paid any attention e him fev
awhila but by'n'by Mack, tn chande-
lter man, spoke f him, kind o kidded
him about bein ham some, er some such
guR. Il WIS Missouri an he wus a real
black buck. Didn't have anything +
say back-didn't say anything ut ell. in
fact, fer awhila Jes' shuffled round in
his cowhitie boots from one foot { tn
other an grinDed bashfullike. By'n'by
when he saw we didn't roast him hard
he kind q took courage .s...." o.
"Dtd any O. you gemmen tosed a gS
raffeY be says ,...
sGiraffeT MncR says NO; we new
e. owned no such thing With this trich-
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"'Wel. BOSS An done foun some
thin UP IN nah tato patch this mawn-
In. an All lowed as maybe hit longed
e you ALL ... r..
MACK go, Interested 'wos does re
took lfkef
"Tawdp. boss, hifs mos' monstrous
Nevah dbl seq no sech ole thing befoh.
sab Big cat vahmint. with yaIler eyes,
On hit done corre a-snahlin an a-spittin
nj tpe 5000 as Alb got out o. baid.'
"'WbFre Is III says Mach.
On Alb cawt hil all rightly. Done
puI rope roun' bits neck an tied hfa
{ mah cabin yssr - 1fEs-3f.
"Go an git II IN fetch II down here.
says Mach. Ther tn wreckin crew goe
o tackle rom another den, IN we for
got oil about til darby. ~"
Maybe II wus % minutes, an maybe
Il wus half an hour when we heard @
noise over on tn road amongst tn trees
"A noise kinder like niger drivin
mule or like somethin bein driven. Ic
come nearer an louder an louder an
nearer. Everybody stopped work an
listened, an tn ole man himself come
out q his car with his napkin hangin
ROM hts mech
"'What is thatT' ne pipes up IN his
snappy way Who is that out there7
Go an See what that racket is, some o
you boys Hurry up, now
"Nobody paid any attention { him.
an tn noise got nearer an nearer. In
a couple O. minutes a cloud o. dust
JAILED out from behind tn trees. When
Il got within hundred yards o. tn
track, II cleared up bit. an there wus
that big, black Niger with a rope In
one NIT an a piece O. fence rail in tn
other. On rh' other end o Tn rope 'wus
Monarch.
"Of all rb' mean, sneakin, under
handed cat animals that ever Travelled
with q circus Monarch wus tn worst
an a powerful fighter when. he had any
sort q show. Sometimes we'd put our
hands On tn canvas cover q his cage
when he had z run over tn train, an
there never wus a time. day or night,
that be hadn't slap ready fer you.
"Wen, that darky wus a-hmmin
him with his chunk O. fence an talkin
mule talk him wuss than anything
you ever saw tn tb' south.
"Cm Cd long heah, you yaller
eyed devil be wus sayin- 'Ah don
know what you is, but You ain goin
snahl ner spit at ule nohow. C'm on
long theh. you big sassy vahmint.' an
with that he'd lam him with his piece
o. fence an bet drive with his cowhide
boots
IAN yuu Rim bet your life Monarch
wus s-comtn. ! never saw q critter so
cowed as be wps. 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
scruf O. th' mech an turned him over
90 hts back. He wus Jest great over
grown pea tomcat, with oil tn fight an
meanness wulloped out q him.
WED yanked his den up on 90 tlr
road bed with tn hole Ia tn end
butted agains, u wagon. TIL door wus
open, an when Monarch saw his happy
little bone waitin there fer him he
terked tn rope out O. tn darky's hand
an bolted Inside t. He couldn't get
fur enough inside, either-went away
up In tn fur corner IN tried Z hide.
Saberiee shut tb' door an spoke to him,
but Monarch wus th' worst whipped
cat animal you ever saw."-New Yors
Sun