The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-10
MODERN DANIELS
By LLOYD FLOOD

By LLOYD FLOOD

W ~ q t4llie county diaADA, rifle
tfom anyRhsre. and. % relieve 10
iediam o. 8 twohouFs wait. ) bad e1
tered into conversation with its s0l
tary porter.
it happened at Tillofs Bar. Nv
miles from here, afore the railRal
come. he went on. I'm them days
~as 2 Quieter place nor what It Ii
noW; and when a circus lost its waJ
and BOT into the village il was as goot
aa lord mayors show FOR the folk.
there
One day a menargery come intc
4lllotts Bar and set up 0n the village
green. But # done terrible bad. ali
along Of there beln' nothin but fat
Woman. and monkeys. and a mermaid
q the show. The monkeys done moth
sn' out Of the common and the folks
vas suspicious of the mermaid which
looked as T. she wanted wash-bad.
AZ for the fat woman. there was a fat.
ter nor her IN the village already wot
you hadn't got to pay anything TO see
70 after the first night the people KEEP
away.
"Judd-the owner of the show was
regular upset by the want O. patron
age He'd got lion and tiger, but
they'd had 70 be left behind at a place
10 mile on because o some trouble
he's got into with tho police. He'd
come away In a hurry, fl fact. and
there seemed nothing for him 10 do
now but 70 move On again. Wen. he
Naa iuss atartin to pack up when a
chap who was passln through TIL
iott'a Bar, lookin' for work sees Judd
ana asks him for a JOB.
Job be blowsdl / can't keep me.
self n this 'olei says Judd.
But me man said be was that hun.
gfy ne didn't mind wot the JOB was.
ana All Of a sudden an idea come into
Judd's head. He beckons the chan
behind tho tent where nobody can
aee them, and holdin bis hand before
his mouth, mysteriouslIke, he says:
Anybody know you here?
Not soul says the chap.
What's your name2' he asked
William Morton. says the chan.
Are You active? Can you jump
abouty
Try me, says William.
Lungs In good orderY
Whatcher meang
"see here, says Judd, could Won
40 q roar like wot lion does-when
he's hungryY
With that William Morton let's ont
4 howl as shook the trees. II was
halipast 10, and everybody was A
dinner. and them as heard that howl
left of eatln'.
That'il show you 'ow 'ungry / am,
he says.
Look here, says Judd. when he'd
got over the start William gave him
I've the very Job you wants Come
along o me.
They goes into the tent, and after
william had eat a fair-sized meat pie
and half loaf Of bread. they as 4
tax; and then Judd dresses him IN IN
skins wot had belonged to lion
which had died through seein hisself
IN a lookin glass.
All you've got to do. SAYS Judd
when he had sewed him up Is 70
prance about and owl constant az I've
explained It's ten bits day mind
you.' ''''''1
fnat afternoon there was a big
placard outside the tent settin forth
me arrival Of fulI-grown african for
asf Hon, which would be on view at
ne eYenin' performance, and all the
Iolk which had heard Williams howl
believed it, William played Ion first.
rate. He walked about the cage smell
m the sawdust, growlin' ali the while
except when he stopped to scratch his.
len.
Next day there was three perform.
ances, and after William was that
-ired he went straight of 10 sIeep
Rlthout undressin When he woke nm ,
le atetched hiaself and yawned and o
something at the other end Of the
age gave a start as he done SO. WI.
lam stopped Of a sudden and listened
I vas too dark to see much but he
made out figure In the corner.
The sun must have rose rather
luiek, for, all Qf q sudden, he see the :
'bllck az plaih as could be. and he
houBht his last hour was come. II
Fas tiger William had seen a tiger I.
lefore. but never such a ugly one AZ
his. nor yet 50 close. II had 'orrId
ireen eyes wot never moved and II
Fas q settin' up In a way William had !
cad Of as bein' the way tigers did !,
'1fore they jumped. He held hta
iFoaih 50 long that he nearly burst.
.Ad when ne did breathe It come
through his teeth with noise as made
pc tiger set up inch or two higher !,
4hen the tiger moved William moved 4
g not as be wanted 10, but because !
g couldn't help hisaelf. So the two
+ 'em started creepIn round the cage Y
Vatehin' one another; and Williams
cart sunk that low Il got pressin' on :
ari where II didn't belong, and give : !.
tn : pain like he'd never had before =
They KEEP On oreepln round jfee
hat for half.an-hour or go untli Wil. '