The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-18

the old Kind. Not them We see these davs.
and IN two months he's out Of the critter
tent and into the spot sacks IN the big
show.
Here he come acrost little Jennie Raj
ton, top OF the tumblins pyramid Of the
Iazaire family. and as sweet a little
woman by heck, as ever hlled out tight
suit Shed a heart like a chunk-a gold.
and never heard e bad word from any
body's mouth consarnin' her. II 'uz dan
gerous with Larry In hearin', I tell you.
He just loved her to death, and Il tickled
him a lot to have her boss him around
him twict her height.
Hes the best gtory-teileT ever heard.
and the worst man In 4 hay rubs I ever
seen. though 1 knowed q razor-baok onct
who licked ten longshorsmen with a pump
handle. Killed two.
This here doin'a I'm Eoin' 70 tell ys
about come on r ruther begun. on CrL<-
mus higher forty year ago than thirty.
and we5s still out shown down South in
winter time. likes been done a lot IN them
times. Ws's in Tampa, Floridy, the day
before CTismus. Crismus Day and the day
after, for We moseyed along slower then
than now.
'Crismus Eve Larry and Early Jim
Butts and a gang had sent Hayfoot Sam
pie downtown with a whole flstful Of shin
plasters. and Hayfoot came back right
L
vieje thart make you turn the hose on
your grandmother, six bottles Of muscat.
two Of corn whisky and a couple OF Tom
gin. I never tech Il myself but I've seen
lots Of IL put away for keeps.
THE old man ketched Hayfoot as he's
! comm sneakin' back. and was Eoin' to
throw the booze IN the bay. for we's on a
lot beside a cove. but Hayfoot got to
blubberin'. and the old man. seein' as Il
was Crismus. n HayfOot 'ud agree 20 let
Il stay buried til the shows over that
night he'd let him have II then. Any
how. they planted IL in the sand close TO
a palmetto. not KNOWN lazy IannlEan
was wstchin' from behind a vaEgin. Yes,
they's sand all round there. and ~ the
winds blowin' in Tampa you gotta eat
| inside a barr'l II you don't want grit In
your vitais.
We've aIlus s'possd Larry dug up the
! Kicker and got skin full. for OF all the
amusiu' looney capers ye ever seen any
body cut he sliced EN- OF that night. He
! was everywhere all the time. He got the
| rinEmastcrs crazy. He stampeded the
| cameLs. got hit by the baby painter and
l Gurn near broke his neck jumpln' the
/ wrong way or 4 high sprinEboard-lit on
/ the Kings hack. Or he would NV. The
4 King ject picked him on as gentle as a
/ kitten.
''Psrtsinir' 20 his fooHshln' in the ring
N
/ lafTin' all the time. but test before the
| show was out lot Of them Cuban end
/ Spanyard ciEarmskers gotta hollerin' at
I i'm. and some ore Of them said somethin'
/ he didn't like. for he Jumps over the ropes
and hit the smart Alcck a crack in the
! chopper.
He dropped Ike baea oats. BIZ; got up
/ yellin.
'' 'Aaull Gonzales amigo. aqui'
! a dozen % Gonzales's friends. backed
I by a hundred willir' 90 be. pulled stickers
I and smoke bangs and come a-ruHn!n'.
Hey. Rubc. Hey. Rube" sings out
I Larry. and you 'ud a thought he'd a
I hlowed a trumpet the way them critter
| wallopers. razor backs and so On come
pOndiu' iu.
Larry was Just about wadin' into the
( Panama hat push with a Droddin' iron.
I when the old man Eot there with black
] make whip and jumped IN between rs and
I them In three minnits the SHOW was
a-s.0ia' on agin.
When the shows over there's TO he a
l biz feed. for the cooks had got a great
! sIeclal layout, End the wimmin had got