The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-10-02


want to beat ''em down, They, all ',ad
8 drink before they went in, and was
smiling with good temper to SIGH an
extent that they 'ad to wait minute
to to st their faces straight afpre going
",pome H. esfRsddish, ana i they
follered i'm into the parlor, II where
Mrs: Reddish was sitting in. a" arm
chair shaking 'er 'ead and looking at
the carpet very sorrowful. # ~ E1re'
"'We've been II the wild beast line
seven-an'-twenty ;years.s ,ses Mrs. Red
dish, and it's fustsfime anythink
of this sort as 'appened.'
""Ealthy family, spose,' ses Sam,
staring.
"'Tell i'm, Ted ses Mrs. Reddish,
in 'usky whisper.
mo, you,' ses Ted.
It's your place. ses Mrs. Reddish.
"A woman can break it better, SEES
'er husband.
"'Tell us wot?' ses Ginger, very
snappish.
Tied Reddish cleared is throat.
1t wasn't our fault he ses, slowly,
while Mrs. Reddish began to cry agin;
'gin'rally speakin', animals is afraid o.
wild men, and night before last, as the
wild man wot you left on approval
didn't seem to like "Appy Cottage"
We took i'm out an put i'm in with the
tiger - 80. 80. j
"'Put him in with the wot? ses the
unfort'nit mans uncle, jumping oil is
chair.
1.-The tiger SEES Reddish: We card
something in the night, but we thought
they was only 'aving little bit Of ia
tin, like. In the morning i went down
with bit o.. cold meat for the wild
man, and Thought at first he'd es-
capped; but looking little bit closer4-'
Don't, Ted ses is wife. I can't
bear: it, -. ',
ado you mean to tell me that the
/. tiger, as eat 'im?' screams old Sam.
Most of i'm ses Ted Reddish;
but e couldn't ha' been much Of a
wild man to let tiger get the better
Of i'm: must say Twas surprised" '"'
1--WE both was ses Mrs. Reddish,
Wiping 'er eyes.
! You might ha' card pin drop;
old Sans eyes was large and staring,
Peter Rnsset was sucking is teeth, an
Ginger was wondering wot the law
would say to tiff it card of it.
It's an unfortunit thing for all
parties SEES Ted Reddish at last, get
ting up and standing on the 'earthrug.
"''Orrible,' SEES Sam, 'uskily You
ought to ha' known better than to put
i'm in with tiger. Wot could your
expect? WY, it was a mad thing to
do
"''Crool thing ses Peter Russell. 4,
You don't know the bisness prof.
erly,', ses Ginger, that's about wot it
is. wy, I should ha known better
than that
We'll, it's no good making fuss
about it, SEES Reddish. 1t was only
wild man arter all, and he'd ha' died
anyway, cos e wouldn't eat the raw
meat we gave i'm, and is pan O. water
was scarcely touched. He'd ha' starved
himself anyhow. I'm sorry, as I said
before, but l must be off; I've got an
appointment down at the DOCKS
HE moved towards the door; Gin
ger Dick gave Russet a nudge, and
whispered something, and sRusset
passed Il IN t6 sam: s'stt,sss-e'ssts
'"'What about, the 'undered quid?'
ses pore. Beauty's uncle, catching old
o. Reddish: as e passed i'm.
."'Eh? ses Reddish. surprised-'Oh,
that's off, 5. -. = >. ..,~'
"""Ho!': says SAM, 'Ho.: is IT.. We
want "a 'undered quid off Of you; an
wot's more, we mean to ave it,
But the tigers ate i'm says Mrs.
Reddish, explaining. ::
"t1 know that ses Sam, sharply.
But e was our wild man, and we want
to: be paid for i'm: You should ha'
been more careful. Well give you five
minutes; and if the money amt paid
by, that time Well go straight off to
the police station
"Well, co. ses Ted Reddish.
Sam got up, very stern, and looked
at Ginger.
You'll be ruined if we do ses
Ginger
"'All right, ses Ted Reddish, COM
fortably.
Tin not sure they can't ang
you,' ses Russell
az amt sure either says Reddish;
and Id like to know 'ow the law
stands, in case it 'appens agin.'
"'Come on, Sam ses Ginger; come
straight to the police station
He got up, and moved towards the
door. Ted Reddish didn't move a
muscle, but Mrs. Reddish Topped on
her knees and caught old Sam round
the legs, and ED him SOS e couldn't
move.
"'Spare 'im.' she ses, crying
LEA go o my legs, num- ses
Sam.
"*Come on, SAM ses Ginger; come
to the police
"Old Sam made desperit effOrt,
| and Mrs. Reddish called i'm crool
monster, and let 60 and id 'er face
on 'er husbands shoulder as they all
moved out Of the parlor, larfing like a
mad thing with Mysteries.
"They moved off slowly, not know.
! ing wot to do, as, of course, they knew
! they daren't 60 to the police about it.
Ginger Dicks temper was awful; but
Peter Russell said they mustn't give
up all 'ope-he'd write to Ted Reddish