The sun., 1905-08-28
''JOGAFY" AND OLD SHAMMOTH
LED THREE BROOKLYN BOYS TO
SEEK MAN EATING 1IGER.
but the Truth Was Not In Barnum 'sAncient
Elephant Man--MaElc Root or tho
Indian-Slaying Medicine Man Failed
to Auay Hunger, and They're Home.

to Anay Hunger, and They're Home
| Three better boys do not grow among
| the rubber plants than Arthur Clhke
who is 1s and lives at o. Ralph avenue
Willie Fiero, who is II and abides at l4A
Broadway, and Robert Shaffer. whose
years are IL and whose home is at 1908
Putnam avenue. Their mothers were quite
proud Of them until recently, and used to
remark to the neighbors that for doing
chores and being good around the house
those boys certainly took the cake. They
we're quite sure that the three were just
the ones not to keep them awake nights.
The adventure had its beginning in school
.ioeafy' last winter. The boys are In the
same geography GLASS. Biographies are not
supposed to excite the youthful mind, OF
all te1ts they are believed to be the mot
soothing; but in certain Of their pages
ferocio,ls beasts placidly permit themselves
10 be gunned by daring hunters. who hide
nv water holes at night or creep through
long Jungle grass. The fascinating pic
tIres touched the match 10 the lima gina
tiops Of Arthur, Willie and Robert. Z.
Then tho circus came along. They had
seen circuses before and had kept alive
boyhood traditions by carrying water for
the zebra and doing other useful chores,
but never had a circus appealed to them
so. They were UP when it era awled over
the Williamsburg Bridge in the dawn, the
elephant folk numbering in the van, the
bad baby trumpeting and clanking his
chains, the lions roaring restlessly and all
the birds and beasts making queer night
noises They tagged after 1t all the way
10 the big lot, and when old Shammoth
McHugh, the animal man, who was with
Phneas T. Barnum in the perambulator
DAYS of circusng and who is known from
Hyderabad to Houston. Tex, as a genial,
though monumental, liar, started to bed
the elephants they clamored for informa-
ton. exact, positive information, on the
habitat and habits Of camivora; Old
Shammoth Bit off fresh chew OF tobacco,
had them carry straw until their small backs
ached and, then, from his seat on red
wagon, containing q very real and very
hungry tiger, told the exciting tale OF how
he slew a man eating tiger singlehanded
in the woods @ near near sprnffed' e!d Mass; o.,
looking doubtfully at the three boys, you
may think I'm a liar, all I've got to say
| is that If you'll go to Springfield you'll
see the woods still there and the claw marks
Of the tagger on one big tree-let me see
now. where is that treef oh, yes, just
north by east Of beeline from the City
about a year gone that took a nip too
much, the which you kids must never do
and went to the woods to sleep; Suddenly.
toward morning, l awoke. There was a
growlin' and a gnashin' Of teeth there
ss ates p and tbsnn spottsd s two II balls 81
fire not more'n six feet away from me.
''Tagger,' aays / to myself. TaRCer,
sure as shootin.' I've heerd these Woods
is full Of en-. Shammoth, you're goner.'
The growlin' and the gnashin got worse
soon, could smell that tagger's breath.
Ever smell q tagger's breathY It's awful.
Caused by tho things he eats. hadn't
any weepons and I was nearly crazy with
scare. Then remembered my old jack
saving his lie from a mad elephant, and 1
slipped 1t out Of my pocket. y! laid down
on my face, right quick, stuck one arm
behind me with the hand In the air and
held the knife blade straight up like this
Then that blamed tagger. jumped; Next
and hot Then saw the tagger dead as
doornail. The knife had ripped his belly
end to end. was feared his mate would
come to avenge him-taggers always does
that-and / skinned out Of them woods
IN hurry. Iwent back and got the ia gger's
hide, thou gh, coon as it got light and gave
kept it. Thought lot Of me, the old man
Then the project formed itself in three
youthful minds They whispered mysteri-
ously when parents we're around and
s to accustom themselves to the dreadful
sound. But money was required for hunt
Ing expeditions, and after the circus was
over there was just 81 cents among the
three. Rubber plants saved them. Many
Brooklyn people who go away Of a summer
behind the beloved rubber plant to the
mercy OF servants or unfeeling janitors.
The boys orgalized an association for the |
protection OF pet rubber plants. They |
took contracts for the care Of rubber plants |
and by the middle Of this month they |
bad over S. in cash.
One night in Fulton street they saw
man with a long black mustache who wore
sombrero and glared flercely in the refec- |
ton Of gasoline flares that surrounded him.
10 crowd he was relating q desperate
adventure; II seemed that this fearless
purest Of accident. Travelling in the north
o. Mexico, he was set upon by band OF
Apaches. He fought them OF with q revol-
YER day and night and when they with
grew, leaving six Of their number biting
ue uusl, NE was hau CeAo IrOn tnlrsC ana
hunger There was no water TO be
found As far az the eye could see all
was sand and desolation. He dragged
himself painfully to the shade OF a
great rock, stubbing his toe against dry
root Half mad, he seized the root and
began to chew on It, In minute he felt
himself reviving. He chewed some more,
lelt his senses clear, chewed some more,
got on his feet, kept on chewing, realized
y. y was the root, became himself again.
stronger than ever, walked thirty miles TO
settlement before sundown and gave the
magic medicine to the world. Would any
9ony buy? Ten cents, the tenth part Of a
collar was the price Of small package.
Zen cents would neither make you nor break
you nor set you up in business. Three
pTacSkages TS We're sold then and there to Arthur,
Willie and Robert
they bought a pistol next. 80 caliber
mar a little shopworn, and were ready
lor the adventure in the Springfield woods.
Gn Wednesday last. the three slipped away
u nom their homes. bought half fare tickets
70 East Brookfield, Mass, where Arthur
- Iso an uncle, and started. Arthur decided
a taat uncle might interfere with the hunt
ne trip and so they didn't tarry in East
%Srookteld. They went to Springfield and
.uat used up all but q few cents Of the
money money When they asked Springfield
.sople very seriously the best way to get
W the woods where the tigers were thew |