The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-12-01

man, in case Ted Reddish should
want to beat em down. They all 'ad
a drink before they went in, and was
smiling with good temper to SIGH an
extent that they 'ad to wait minute
to get their faces straight afore going
in.
"'Come in ses Reddish, and they
follered i'm into the parlor, where
Mrs. Reddish was sitting in a arm
chair shaking 'er cad and looking at
the carpet very sorrowful.
We've been in the wild beast line
seven-an' twenty years. SEES Mrs. Red
dish, and it's the fust time anythink
of this sort as 'appened.'
'Ealthy family, l s'pose,' ses Sam,
staring.
Tell i'm. Ted ses Mrs. Reddish,
in 'usky whisper
No, YOU SEES Ted.
It's your place, ses Mrs. Reddish.
IA woman can break it better ses,
'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
Put him in with the wot?' ses the
unfort'nit mans uncle, jumping off is
chair
The tiger SEES Reddish. We card
something in the night, but we thought
they was only 'aving a little bit of a.
tin, like. In the morning l went down
with bit O. cold meat for the wild
man, and I thought at first he'd es-
capped; but looking little bit closer"
Don't, Ted ses is wife. I can't
bear it.
Do you mean to tell me that the
tiger as eat imp 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 was surprised
eve both was ses Mrs. Reddish,
wiping 'er eyes.
You might ha' card pin drop;
old Sans eyes was large and staring,
Peter Russell 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 ses Ted Reddish at last, get
ting up and standing on the 'earthrug.
""Orrible,' ses Sam, 'uskily. You
ought to ha' known better than to put
i'm in with tiger. Wot could YOU
expect? Wy, it was mad thing to
do
'Crool thing ses Peter Russell.
You don't know the bisness prop
erly,' ses Ginger, that's about wot it
is. Wy, l should ha' known better
than that
Well, it's no good making a fuss
about it, ses Reddish. 1t was only a
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
hlmsef anyhow. I'm sorry, as l 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 Russell a nudge and
whispered something, and Russell
passed it on to Sam.
What about the 'undered ouid?'
ses pore Beauty's uncle, catching old
o Reddish as e passed i'm.
Eh?' ses Reddish, surprised-'Oh.
that's off.
Hot says Sam. 'Ho! is it? We
want 'undered quid off of you: an
wot's more, we mean to ave it,
But the tigers ate 'im, says Mrs.
Reddish, explaining.
know that ses Sam. sharpIv
But e was our wild man, and we want
10 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 Wen go straight off to
the police station
Well, CO. ses Ted Reddish.
He got up, and moved towards the
door. Ted Reddish didn't move a
SAS' bub N1l Il6uulSu HODD6d on
her knees and caught old Sam round
the legs, and 'eld him SOS e couldn't
move.
Ihey moved off slowly, not know
ing wot to do, as, of course, they knew
they daren't go to the police about it.
Well, what the blazes is up nowq,
ses Ginger Dick, as they turned the
corner
There was three or four 'underad
people standing in front of the 'ouse
and women's 'eads out of all the win.
ders screaming their ardest for the
police, and as they got closer thew
card a incessant knocking. II took
EN- nearly five minutes to force their
way through the crowd, and then thew
nearly went crazy as they saw the
wild man with 'alf the winder-blind
missing, but otherwise well and ,artv
standing on the step and giving rata.
tat-tats at the door for all e was
worth.
They never got to know the rights