The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-28
|GAFY" AND OLD SHAMMOTH
h THREE Bh0OKLYN BOYS TO
|EEK MAN EXITING TIGER.

Misunderstanding Medicine MAN Failed
10 AIlay Hunger, and They're Home.
,rse better boys do not grow among
rubber pl.nts than Arthur Clarke.
IA "a and lives at o. Ralph avenue;
Ia Fiero, who is II and abides at 1883
dvay, and r bert Saaffer. whhse
are "A and whose homo Is at 1909
Am avenue. Their mothers were quite
4 Of them until recently, anu used to
ark 70 the neighbors that for doing
~ and being good around the house
bows certainly took the cake. They
ouite sure that tho three were just
,ne; It b keep them avs Ike nights.
"a adventure had its beginning in school
,fy,last winter The boys are in the
20 graphy cl IS. Go >gra phies are not
nosed to excite tho youthful mind. on
arts they are believed to be the most
hing. but in certain Of their pages
cous bc,.sts pl4cidly permit themselves
q nned by daring hunters. who hide
xaIer holes at night or creep through
Jungle grass. The fascinating pic
touched the match to the imagina-
OF Arthur, Willie and Robert.
hen the circus came along. They had
cirouses before and had kept alive
hood traditions by carrying water for
zebra and doing other useful chores,
ne, err had a circus appealed to them
They we're up when it crawled over
Williamsburg Bridge in the dawn, the
bhant folk numbering in the van, the
baby trumpeting and clanking his
ms the lions rearing restlessly and all
birds and beasts making queer night
.es They tagged after it all the way
the big lot, and when old Shammo tn
Hugh, the animal man, who was with
meas T. Barnum in the perambulator
Of circusng and who is known from
berabad to Houston, Tex, as a genial.
,pb monumental, liar, started to bed
Elephants they clamored for informa-
exact, positive Information, on the
Bjtat and habits Of carnivora. Old
mmoth bit oil fresh chew of to bacco,
them carry straw until their sma backs
ed and, then, from his seat on red
on, containing very real and very
slew q man eating tiger singlehanded
he woods near Springfield, \ ass.
Bens as how" said old Shammoth,
ling doubtfully at the three boys, you
think I'm a liar, all I've got to say
hat il you'll go to Springfield you'll
The woods still there and the claw marks
he tagger on one big tree-let me zee
where is that tree? Oh, yes, just
b by east of Decline from the City
steeple. You can't miss 1t. 1t was
1T year gone that l took a nip too
III, the which you kids must never do,
wen, to the woods ax to s'eP beS sudasnly
Win and a gnashin' OF teeth there
e pairs of eyes got round "a butter
esl. and then ! spotted two balls of
not more six feet away from me.
Tagger, says 1 to myself. Tagger,
as shootin.' I've heerd these woods
III OF EN-. Shammoth, you're goner.'
grow lin and the gnashin got worse
worser and them red balls Of fire kept
elm close and closer, until, pretty
b, could smell that tagger's breath.
smell a tagger's breath? It's awful.
BED by the things he eats. 1 hadn't
weapons and I was nearly crazy with
that the King Of Siam gave me for
ng his life from mad elephant, and I
ped it out Of my pocket. l laid down
my face, right quick, stuck one arm
nd me with the hand in the air and
the knife blade straight up like this.
that blamed tagger jumped. Next
member was q feel Of somethin' wet
hot Then saw the tagger dead as a
mail. The knife had ripped his belly
to end. was feared his mate would
to avenge him-taggers always does
hurry. Invent back and got the tagger's
though soon as it got light and gave
skin to Mister Barnum. He always
It. Thought a lot Of me, the old man
hen the project formed itself in three
thful minds. They whispered mysteri-
when parents were around and
ated the roar OF a tiger after dark SO
% accustom themselves to the dreadful
3D. But money was required for hunt
expeditions and after the circus was
Rubber plants saved them. Many
pklyn people who go away of summer
regetfully because they must leave
Ind the beloved rubber plant to tho
y OF servants or unfeeling janitors.
boys organized an association for the
ection OF pet rubber plants. They
contracts for the care Of rubber plants
by the middle Of this month they
over IS in cash.
be night in Fulton street they saw a
with long black mustache who wore q
brero and glared fiercely in the refec-
Of gasoline flares that surrounded him.
enture seemed that this fearless
had discovered magic cure all by the
st Of accident. Travelling in the north
iexico, he was set upon by band Of
ches. He fought them off with a revolt
day and a night and when they with
n, leaving six Of their number biting
dust, he was half dead from thirst and
ger. There was no water to be
n As far as the eye could SEQ all
sand and desolation. He dragged
eef painfully to the shade OF
rock, stubbing his toe against dry
Half mad, he seized the root and
ee!f reviving. He chewed some more,
bis senses clear, chewed some more,
on his feet, kept on chewing, realized
Is the root, became himself again,
yer than ever, walked thirty miles to
9ement before shutdown and gave the
medicine to the world. Would any
buy Ten cents, the tenth part Of a
was the price Of small package.
cents would neither make you nor break
nor set you up in business. Three
ages were sold then and there to Arthur.
and Robert.
Fey bought a pistol next, a 80 caliber
little shopworn, and were ready
ks adventure in the Springfield woods.
NeeadnesSay last the three slipred away
tnelr homes, bought half fare tickets
sst brookteld, Mass, where Arthur
an uncle and started Arthur decided
uncle mirht interfere with the hunt
KIP and so they didn't tarry in East
nNld' They went to Springfe Id and
USED up all but few cents of the
KY When they asked Srringfe Id
hs very sori ously the best way to get
'T woods where the tigers were they