Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03

him walk turkey TOWARDS the toun
tain, and he held on to the girl, and
the Frenchmen threw Pa and the girl
into the brink with a flock OF ducks
and they went under water, and Pa
came up first yelling murder. and then
the girl came up hanging to Pas neck
and she gave French yell OF agony
Our friends knocked the Frenchmer
galley west. and pulled Pa out Of the
water and let him drain off,. and they
said: Hello, old man, how did yor
happen to let them drown your" and
Pa saw who the boys were and he
Rugged them, and invited them to nj
take something and then so to ht
hotel.
When Pa paid the check for the
drinks they charged In two ducks they
said Pa killed In the tank by falling
on them. But Pa paid 1t and was sc
tickled to meet the old circus boys
that he gave the girl he went II
swimming with a 20.franc note, ant
after staying until along towards
morning We all got into and on tor
Of hack and went to the hotel ant
sat up till daylight talking things
over.
We found the circus boys were or
the way to Germany to so with the
Hagenbach outfit to South Africa tt
capture wild animals for circuses, ant
when Pa told the boss, who was one
of the Hagenbach's managers, about
his airship and what dandy thing II
would be to sail around where the
lions and tigers live in the jungle
and lasso them, from up in the air.
out of danger, he engaged Pa and me
to go along. and guess we will know
all about Africa pretty soon.
The next day we went out to the
club where Pa keeps his airship, with
the boss of the Hagenbach's outfit
and a cowboy that used to be with
Pas circus, to practice lassoing things
They got out the machine and Pa
steered It, and the boss and l were
passengers, and the cowboy was on
the railing In front with his lariat
rope, and We sailed along about 30
feet high over the farms, until we saw
big goat. The cowboy motioned for
Pa to steer towards the goat, and
when we got near enough the cowboy
threw the rope over the goats horns
and frightened 1t up, and Mr.. Goat
came right along with us, bleating and
fighting. We led the goat about hall
mile over some fences, and finally
came down to the ground to examine
our catch, and we landed all right,
and Hagenbachs boss said 1t was the
greatest scheme. that ever was for
catching wild animals, and he doubled
PAS salary, and said we would pack
I'D the next day and go to the Ha'
genbach farm in Germany and take
a steamer for South Africa In a week
They were talking 1t over, and the
cowboy had released the goat, when
that animal made a charge with his
head on our party. He struck Pa be
low the belt, butted the boss in the
trousers until he laid down and
begged for mercy, stabbed the cowboy
with his horns, and then made a hop
skip and jump for the gas bag, burst
hole in 1t, and when the gas began
| to escape the goats horns got caught
| in the gas bag and the goat died from
the effects of the gas, and We were al
glad until about 80 peasant women
came across the fields with agricultur
al implements, and were going to kill
us all.
Pa said: "Well, what do you know
about that?" but the women were
fierce and wanted blood. The boss
could talk French and he offered to
give them the goat to settle 1t, but
they said 1t was their goat anyway
and they wanted blood Or damages.
Pa said II was easier to give dam
ages than blood, and just as they were
going to cut up the gas bag the boss
settled with them for about $50, and
hired them to haul the airship 10 the
nearest station, and we shipped 1t tc
Berlin, and got ready to follow the
next day.
Pa says we will have a high ole
time in Africa. He says he wants
to ride up to a lions den in his air
ship and dare the fiercest lion to come
out and fight, and that he wouldn'
like any better fun than to ride ovel
a royal Bengal tiger in the jungle
and reach down and grab his tail anC
make him snarl like tom cat on {
fence In the alley.
He talks about riding down hert
of elephants, and picking out the big
gest ones and roping them; and thu
way Pa is going to scare rhinoceroseI
and hippopotamuses and make then
bleat like calves is wonder.
think Pa is the bravest man / eve
saw, when he tells 1t, but notices
when he had that goat by the horn