The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-12
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Favor e tie Great Giant.

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Favor e the Great Giant
there's more than one way TO Kill .
cat said the old circus man.
The greatest OF all giants was very fond
OF sardines. Give him two or three loaves
OF dry bread, not dry enough TO be crumbly.
but just a little dry, and plenty Of sardines
and you gave him q lunch that suited him
just little bit better than most anything
else he ever had; the only trouble about IL
being In the size Of the sardines.
OF course we could give him plenty OF
them, and commonly he would eat ten or
twelve boxes; but, as compared with HIM
self, the sardines always looked ridicu-
lousy small. That sort OF disturbed him.
and then he always used TO say that the
little fishes wasn't big enough to taste.
-In winter quarters every year. after
the seasons hard work on the road, the
great giant used to put In about four months
Of solid comfort. For the 6rst winter or
two We did try showing him . little In
halls In cities, but we had 90 much trouble
finding comfortable quarters for him In
the cities We visited that We gave that up.
But showmen used to come TO Us, just the
same. to try to get the giant: and there was
30 much money In him, IL they could got
him, that they used TO try very hard.
"One Of the people that came to US In
that way one winter was a man named
Jonas Phligrin. a man ! knew very well,
myself, who owned hall In town about
in a number Of times that winter and tried
every way he knew TO get the giant TO put
in few days at his place, but he couldn't
start him at all.
saw the giant taking a lunch Of sardines.
dimes, and how out Of proportion the little
minnows was to the great giant, and how
this seemed to detrect from the giants
enjoyment In eatin' EN-. Phligrin had an
idea, which he communicated later TO me,
and I saw no objection to It.
About three weeks after that one day
when the giant thought he'd like TO have .
lunch OF bread and sardines, We eet out
for him the customary quantity OF Dread
and box Of sardiDes that was something
the size Of . soap box In It's general di-
mensions, but Il was q regular sardine
box, perfectly proportional In every way
and with all the marks. Il had the regu-
larry rounded corners, and all that, sort
Sf thns .s and the rsSS:s,S5 1 tim Sas:
on IL, or Whatever II 10 In French. and .
lot more stun under that, and stamps Of
the Worlds Fair medals that this brand OF
sardines had taken appearing at the ends;
1t was complete.
1T must have oost eomething. to get
itup. III bet the die for that label alone cost
Phligrin hundred dollars. The box had TO
be made Of pooty heavy tin on account OF
its size, and we laid on the top Of it. for a
can opener. . good stout pair Of prunin'
=. shears sn Sna st h the giant have the pleasure
sHe didn't make any sreat show over Il,
but you could see II tickled him e-mensely;
there was q box Of sardines that he could
look at without feeling foolish. and when
top back be was more pleased still.
There they were, handsome sardines.
handsomely packed, and they were sardines
suited to his size. He didn't know II, not
then, anyhow. but they were 6ne selected
Spanish mackerel that Phlignn had had
carefully cooked and carefully boned and
when the giant had eaten the last sar-
dine he sopped the last slice Of bread in
the oil and then he filed his big pipe, the
one that had lager beer key FOR . bowl
and q short section Of pump log for q
stem, and settled back in his big chair
and smoked for q time with great content
ment: and then pooty soon he says TO me.
td, yoq b, get them @ .n. tina.
was sent to him by Jone Phligrin.
s'H'mphf says the giant
And Just then, by the most remarkable
coincidence, somebody knocked on the
door and In come jonas Phligrin himself.
And Jonas had another talk with the giant,
and this time he got him to 60 w. to his
Il tell you, my son, the old circus man
concluded, .there's more than one way
to kill a cats