The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-14
THAT SKINNER BOY
Some Incidents Connected With
Stuffed Fox.


Humpy skinner and two Of MS ooy
friends were or their way 70 the stY-Sa y
after a quart Of vinegar ana q Dal " $50 80
when man on corner marco y ~ e e.
and selecting out Fumpy for MS AIalih
and honest looks, said ,..+,. ,.,7
t'Bub, If you want to do a little eifaHu
1or me, III give you quaIee55.
Yes sir. I do was the reply. -
MY pet fox died a few weeks ago, ana ana
Fs had him stgffed he he Is IS No s ia Gay
street Do you think you can Hiiu ''l9
'aThe fox must be carried carefully. l
don't want you to drop aim aI 70 ! slo.1 ~
want him mussed up can / oepellu Oh
sSYou can, sir"
The man got the fox from the ta1SideTInzz
lists and placed him in Humpy arms anu
the quarter in his pocket and started nm
on The order at the grocery was lelt LOT
another time, and OF course r - lne
TWO boys tagged along me pIocg fS7;,,S5
hadn't moved a block when 1t was JQllnea
by thre other boys and when one OF them
asked for explanations ne was ans wslSt t
That's a stuffed fox. He was the great
est fighter on this earth before rs uleo-
The boy carrying him is Hump SKINNER
and he's been paid a quarter Tor H. Say,
but he ought to be the prOudest boy IN
ehis town. don't believe he'd trade places
with young Teddy Roosevelt ~
"Oh, I dunno answered the other. 4
carried q stuffed lamb once.
But a stuffed lamb amt stuued 10Y
fox used to fight before he died
How'd you know?
BY the looks Of him; Dye see them
1eeth2 Dye see that glare in his eyes,
I'd hate to have met that FOX Wlen VS.
now7'
The matter was that a policeman had
stopped Humpy and asked MN WheIe ne
got the specimen and where he was going
with IT, He also tried to drive the crowd
OF boys back, but in this he was unsuc-
eessfui: Indeed, it was added to instead
Did you see that27 queried Humpy's
friend Of the strange boy as they passed
u saw a cop"
YES, and you saw Humpy skinner bluff
him right out of his boots too. When
cop tackles Hump he's got to be ten feet
high and weigh a thousand pounds You
have heard Of Napoleon crossing the Alps,
"Nawi'
Then you'd better read up on history
Hump Skinner is purity near as big a man
as Napoleon was and don't you forget IT,
i've sassed cops more than hundred
ZINES lyseiI, observed lne new DOy, anu
my IaLher was sent up Tor 50 Gays tast
week for being drunk. Your Humpy Skin
ner hain't the only Napoleon on earth"
Just then another policeman stopped the
procession, and by calling two others to
his aid he succeeded in turning all but
about 20 of the boys aside When Humpy
and the others had passed on the boy who
had also sassed cops moved up and said
TO the bearer of the fox;
am"
the streets at the mead or a crowd. nave
your sarcastlcally queried Humpy-
mo, but once carried a stuffed lamb.
and ten different policemen spoke to me.
how many bulldogs this fox killed the
last year he was alive?'
"PoOht"
over So Yes sir. he laid EN- out as
cold as icicles- Mighty lucky for you that
he didn't get out of his cage some night
fragments in about a York minute. Why
a girl can carry a stuffed lamb along the
Il wonder what my dog would do If he
saw that stuffed foxf" unused the skepti-
cal boy a minute later.
DO? Do2" rejoined Humpy. Why he'd
drop dead OF course"
mo. he wouldn't He's only a small
dog. but I got him from a Teller who had
him in Africa He told me the dog had
chased lions all over the country"
CHASED lions! What whopper! Let
and you couldn't find him again for
week. pon't be trying to poke your fin
who's a-tryin? I say I wish I had
my dog here"
II wish you had. You'd see that he did
not amount to shucks."
I'VE are going right by the house, and
the dog ig in the back yard. IF you'd come
IN and set the fox down we'd see what my
II know what he'd do He'd give one
howl and fall over dead I hain't got time.
Say, fellers, said the skeptical boy, as
he halted and turned on the crowd there
- d Aetlef AFRAID OF my dog. He's been
blowing around about what this fox has
done, and yet he doesn't show him to my
little dog
II hain't got time to fool with dogs"
replied Humpy as he shifted the speci-
men to the other shoulder.
Don't be coward" shouted three or
four boys in chorus.
That's what I say continued the
sl1eptical boy. IF I've got dog that's
afraid OF stuffed fox want to know
81. may have him out hunting some dsv
and meet a Hon. and I want to know
whether he's going to protect me or run