The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20

have 10 have my salary raised n I vas
expected 70 keep up with my antelope.
hut ne told me where 70 go TO get an
Increase OF salary some place In Ar
kansas maybe 1907 Springs
Then my antelope heard the Indians
ana cowboys coming behind. and ne
got his second wind. and / never ala
touch the ground no more. and / must
have looked like "A buzzard sailing
through the air When M antelope
got up 20 whore pa was trying TO keep
up with his elk, | told pa he better let
90 his elk and get the cowboys and
Indians 10 ride around ahead Of the
stampede and head them on.
Pa said he couldn't let 20 OF his elk
cause the rope was tied 10 hts belt.
but for me 10 hit the ground some.
where ahead and let 20 Of that jack
rabbit was chasing. and tell the COW.
boys 10 head of the stampede. So
when | liz again / let 20 the rope.
and the antelope got ahead OF every
thing, and | wished / had bet on him.
When the cowboys and Indians got
up 10 me | delivered the message from
pa. and they divided and went around
the TANKS OF the stampeders, and in
another mile they headed them off IN
a nice pasture, and kept riding around
the animals Sc they couldn't get away.
They soon had the whole bunch under
control, and we all got together TO see
IL anybody was hurt
Well, pa was the worst sight OF all.
II his belt had broke he never would
have lost his pants. cause more than
a million cactus thorns had gone
through and pinned them on. We had
to cut them off. and pull out the thorns
with pincers. one at a time. ana pa
yelling murder for every thorn. The
boss canyassman was in the same fix.
and everybody that tried to hold an
animal was pinned together with
thorns, and they had gravel up their
trousers from sticking their heels into
the soil
Everybody was mad. and they threat.
encd TO lynch pa when they got back
10 the tent for suggesting letting the
animals out 70 Craze. We started back
TO town. the cowboys and Indians driv-
ing the animals, and the zebras and
giranes kicking mp and acting as
though they had got out OF school on
account OF the death Of a dear teacher.
like schoolbovs.
Before We GOT TO town a wind came
up so strong that we had 10 walk edge
wise 70 90 against il, and finally We
met the tent coming out 10 meet us.
cause 2 cyclone had taken Il bodily and
was blowing il all over the prairie.
And when we got TO town the animals
in the cages. that can't eat grass. were
having an indignation meeting. and
bowling awful
Pa was the first man TO get back to
the lot. and he asked me what |
thought he better do, and | told him
he better get in the porcupine cage.
cause he looked. with the cactus thorns
sticking out Of him like the father Of
all ~porcupines. He said | thought |
was smart. and he asked me II | was
hurt any, and | told him all | could
find was a stone bruise on my spine.
where ! struck a prairie dog house.
Well. We got the animals into a liv-
cry barn, and it took us almost the
week TO have the tent hauled
back and sewed together. and we had
10 pay the cowboys and Indians more
than the animals we're worth to bring
them back. and let them into the show
free The managers had a meeting and
resolved to get out OF the Indian Ter
ritory and into Kansas just as quick
possible.