Smyrna times., 1901-08-28
HE COWED THE LION.
THE DARKY BELTED ALL THE FIGHT
OUT OF MONARCH.


turned to the Snowman After a
Railroad Smash Up.
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
tn other animals had took t. tn woods,
little animals, zebras an wolves an deer
an such like. Nothin t do any harm
eXceptin tn big lion, Monarch. His
den wus bottom up in little puddle O.
ditch water, with hole stove in it big |
enough t. let out a 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 t
dig tn stuff out O. tn ditch. Tn rail-
road company's wreckin crew come
along t. help us, an we'd got purity well
under way when a tall, black buck
darky come out O. tn woods an stood
round rubberin.
Nobody paid any attention t. him fer
awhile, but by'n'by Mack, tn chande-
lier man, spoke t. him, kind O. kidded
him about bein handsome, er some such
CUFF. 1t wus Missouri, an he wus a real
black buck. Didn't have anything t.
say back-didn't say anything at all, in
fact, fer awhile. Jes' shuffled round in
his cowhide boots from one foot t. 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 gi-
raffe? he says.
"'GiraffeY Mack says. No; we nev-
| 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
t. you ALL
MACK got interested. 'Wot does it
look like?
'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-snahlin an a-spittin
at me soon as All got out O. bald
"'Where is it? says Mack.
"'Oh, All cawt hit all rightly. Done
put a rope roun' hits neck an tied hit
t nah cabin
"'Go an git it an fetch it down here,
says Mack. Then th' wreckin crew got
a tackle roun' another den, an we for
got all about tn darky.
Maybe it wus 20 minutes, an maybe
it wus half an hour when we heard a
noise over on tn road amongst tn trees
"A noise kinder like a nigger drivin a
mule or like somethin bein driven. II
come nearer an louder an louder ar
nearer. Everybody stopped work ar
listened, an tn ole man himself come
out O. his car with his napkin hangir
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 t. him
an tn noise got nearer an nearer. II
a couple O. minutes q cloud o. dus
sailed out from behind tn trees. Whel
, It got within a hundred yards O. tn
, track, it cleared up bit. an there WI
: that big. black nigger with a rope il
> one NIT an piece O. fence rail in til
, other. On tn other end O. tn rope WI
+ Monarch.
+ "Of all tn mean, sneakin, under
o handed cat animals that ever Travelled
with a circus Monarch wus tn wors
an powerful fighter when he had an
a sort O. show. Sometimes we'd put ou
hands on tn canvas cover O. his Gag
. when he had t run over tn train, a
s there never wus a time, day or nigh
6 that he hadn't slap ready fer you.
"Well, that darky wus a-lammi
4 him with his chunk O. fence an talki
+ mule talk t him wuss than anythin
f you ever saw in tn south.
"'Cm on long heah, you yale
II eyed DEVIL he wus sayin. 'Ah dol
n know what you is, but you ain goi
a snahl ner spit at me. nohow. Cm o
h long theh, you big sassy vahmint,' a
d O. fence an let drive with his cowhid
n boots.
4 IAN you kin bet your life Monarc
Il wus a-comin. l never saw a critter s
Il cowed as he wus. Why, when that nj
= ger brought him right in amongst l
there wus nobody that took tn troub
o. T. open up gangway, an reckon an
NJ young one could "a took him by t
IT, scruff o. tn neck an turned him ov'
N on his back. He wus jest great, owe
9 grown pet tomcat, with all tn fight 9
40 meanness walloped out O. him.
10 WED yanked his den up on to t
~ road bed with tn hole in tn er
butted against a wagon. TIL door w
IA open, an when Monarch saw his hapl
= little home waitin there fer him
~ jerked tn rope out O. tn darky's hal
- an bolted inside it. He couldn't g
80 fur enough inside. either-went aw;
- up in tn fur corner an tried t hit