The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-07

after the sorry outcome of his jour
nal!stc experiment Tib got disgusted
with Installing wheels of progress, and
as we now had modlcum of the taint-
ed he decided on a bit of the cosmo.
politan. Almost before ! knew II we
had swapped dlll placidity for the hys-
tsrical bleat and blare of Broadway.
Only the change was so radical ] near
ly inconyenienced seven motormen by
being run over before my patron could
di az me aside and into the permanent
oLicc OF circus.
'WCn just stop and say how dye
de- sad he, grabbing me by the collar
and encouraging me to enter.
Then did ! kGow the old lust had
returned. and that once again we we're
destined to supply foundations for the
big parade.
"'Not anything with equators IN it,
groaned. as the head sheik fell on
our necks and joyously proclaimed he
had had seven we-never-sleop sieuths
, trailing us for month. I'm a gutter
unless It's mild insisted.
I'm RESPONSE. the handspring pat.
ted me lovingly on the back and led
us to big map and asked us to
guess. held my hat over Patagonia,
for two years before Tib and had Wis.
tied that joint and with fly-paper had
tried to catch few OF the rollicking
sprites who longed TO eat Magellan
and the other early press agents. They
had proven great sprlntors and had
caught us before we covered the first
quarter. and 1t was only with painful
memories aud "A broken collar.bone we
had torn ourselves away and gained
the coast.
Something with blondes In IT,
begged, for ! saw Tbs eyes spark.
ling as he cooked his head In the old
way and benevolently studied the
chart.
"Our would.be employer IN soothing
tones reminded how we had dlstanced
all other collectors In picking up cir
Gus truck. lie showed us ten.foot
posters of our cannibals and sacred
goats and lion-faced boys; and with
this gentle lead began to spring the
trap, To cut It short, the circus
wanted giants.
ITO sustain his statement he pro
duced cablegrams and terse letters
written In red ink In which the owner
said he hankered only for a dozen high
men. who would scare the village nags
into the Methodist church when pass.
ing on parade. Ard they must be lofty
enough to do this without recourse TO
high.heeled boots and two.foot
shakos.
"'Of course, IL he wants giants,
murmured Tib and light not of sea
or land cleaned In his brown eyes as
he formally agreed to try his dangdest.
knew there was no use In endeayor-
ing to dissuade him, and needless of
the threatening gongs | slouched along
in his wake unwittingly on my way
70 dramatic situation that for pure
Intensity OF emotion was to render
Fridays dimpled footprint merely
pretty climax.
"As ill-luck would have II, tic man
ager possessed slight tip from a
Morayian missionary VINO mad been
doing a lecture stunt after long stop
In the edge Of the arctic circle. Armed
with this shadow OF hint, my patron
now led the way TO Brooklyn and un-
fortunately landed the lecturer 1t re-.
quired deep display of heart Interest
Ia the fat-faced, stubby fat.eaters back
home before our man would veer
around and answer indscriminate
questions. Then he opened mp and
told us OF the lost race of Anakim
and Tib murmured in my off-ear,
'There were giants in the earth In
those days
1.-The missionary fastened to ex-
plain he had never met any Of these
big people, but half.assegted his belief
t1iat they could be found somewhere
up there In the interior Of Greenland.
He added. significantly, they We're
amply protected from circus collectors,
mot only by peculiar territorial and eli