The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-10

iA round aud Difin him. it iumre
as FAR of as ever It could ana took Z
: tremblin' az over
William thought he must BE- dream
in but as the tiger KEEP Ga shouHn
IKE wot man does when the hous.
is ahFe, Or he's fell overheard he 81,
that 4 wasn't real tiger. but 4 ma.
Z dressed up in a skin same as he Va,
hisselt To make sure he calls out.
Hullol
The tiger stopped a. il be was shot
ma jumps round io0kin to see where
the sound come from.
HulloH says William again
Oh, my gracious. cries the iige,
al Of tremble.
Wotcher mean by 1t ang' asks
william part angry and part out y
breath.
Mean--wot2' asks the tiger
Chaain' me about ike thlsl
Chasin'-me? ! Amt done much
o. the chasln
Well, % are you, anyhowg
K dunno 90 J am now. says the
tiger Onst I was Henry Mead
How did you get ing
7 didn't get in--I was showed ill.,.
BY Juddg
] dessay Chap as offered me ten
Dts day 70 pretend bein a tiger. I
shall want as much a night as well
after this How much do Won get7'
Then they started comparin notes
Wish / admit come into the bloom.
IA place, says Henry.
Judd had another placard outside
the tent that mornln'. all about the
Royal Bengal tiger wot had arroye "A
the night, and didn't It II on with the
forest Hon from Africa; and the show
was fuller than ever. Wot with roar
IN and performin, William and Henry
Mead had no rest until near ten
O'Clock that night, when Judd closed
tne proceedin's by announcin' that an.
other lion and tiger-bigger and saw
ager than wot these was would arrive
before mornin' The fact was he'd
made 80 much money that he'd been
able to send for the animals he'd left
behind
Wots he up to now?' wondered
William. The place is gettin' a reg'Iar
Nor's Arki
But they was both too hoarse 10
talk, and too tired to think; and Al.
rectly after they'd helped one another
out Of their skins. and had their sup.
per they lay down in the straw and
slep' sound.
1T couldn't ave been much after
midnight when Henry Mead. who was
2 light sleeper, heard somethin wot
woke him up quicker'n electric |
shock. 1t was the sound Of animal
'nifiln' under the partition up against
which ne was lyin He gave William
hard poke in the ribs. William half
wake, thought as he was goln through
ast night all over again: and It took
henry a minute or two afore he could
make him understand wot was the
natter.
GarnH says William in a temper
You've been dreamin'
Ushl Listenl' whispers Henry.
In the silence and the dark them
wo sat on the floor strainin' their
ars. Presently the snifin' began
gain, and a most awful scratchin fol.
ows It.
'Wot Is it?' whispered Henry.
Dunno, says William under his
reaf. But / don't like It. Got
latchg
Here's one, said Henry. You
trike 4, and II look through a crack
4 the boards.
while he done It, William Green's
cry careful to the partition and looks
trough q crack What he sees give
i'm an awful turn Less'n six inched
'om him was a Iona real onel And
longside the lion was q tiger-like.
Use reali"
~ @AA1 ehiA ! fttNfY ASKS
I've 'ad enough Of this, whispers
VILLAIN, holdin' on to Henrys arm.
Tomorrow Jud'll put 'em in with US
there amt no other cage!
Put wot in? asks Henry, all Of a
bake.
Lions and tigers-llye 'unst'
" Wot--loose?
4" They viii be-if we amt out O.
~ amt goIn' to wait for my
Ioney. I'm goin' nowl' says William.
one Of the animals give a low
rowl.
Very cautious. with Henry close
ahind him, he feels his way to the
Dor and begins unbolHn' It, and when
was open they both drops silently TO
le ground.
Better nor beer was the smell O.
esh air to them two. Wild animals
as done With Performin' In cages.
Impln' through oops. and bein' It
le 'orrid smell Of the skins and the
iwduat was things Of the past. They
as freel But they didn't stop to
ink about IL They just legged out
Tlllot's Bar as fast as their feet
'uld take EN-. and never stopped I'm.
daylight broke
The porter's tone was strangely con.
ncing az he finished couIdn'f heIr