The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-28


"Wc loafcd about Godthaab for two
weeks before | could prevail upon Tib
to let the Arctic circle giants go by
the board. Then we caught a New
foundland whaler and beat across to
Cape Gridley, where we we're to look
for any mail that might have been
brought up by the last boat.
Then came the frisk of wind that
drove the tub well inside and made 1t
Imperative for us to tarry In that
dread northland for yet another bout
with fate. In which. incidentally, Tib
was destined to eclipse all Ribby
O'Hara and Harlem Slasher records,
and make tho Butchers Own, with his
new scissors blow, look like an aged
6e'ne working doiies. For Il was after
we left the whalor in high disgust at
Tuvak, or the Smooth Rock trading.
post, that Tib Cleaned up Chuck Nc
Burr, the welter-weight champion of
the Little Seal river and Hudson
strait. A milliondollar baby boy was
the gate receipts, and the winner was
to take all.
Nov, you know, | had always ham
kered for the boxing game a bit, but
Tib, because of his Now England up
bringing, had but little use for the
sport, and always insisted an angry
man In righteous cause could mace
the average pug into oblivion Yet,
despite his aversion to professional
bouts, he opened a new vista in fistic
possibilities, and was the first man
to introduce the sprocket-wheel smash
to the shores of Ungava and the
Strait. Dear, dear! what mill it
was, and neither of 'em wore the
American flag or talked into phono.
graphs!
But let me bark back and not
spoil the finale. The circus manage.
ment had given Tib carte blanche to
pick up whatever odds and ends no
could in event of failure TO snare
giant, and as a. side issue he had
brought along the faithful old picture
machine that once made him president
of Arcate. It was his intention to
snap series OF pictures of the rough
and rugged life, on the side. and
profit by them when once embarked
in business on his own hook This
machine We had tenderly brought with
us from GodthaaD on the iwhaler. AS
soon as we reached the post, Finer,
the agent gave US 22-carat welcome.
and when Tib set up his gallery In tho
long. low house and began squirting
on the screen scenes from Central
park and Palm Beach, our host could
moan. Man, man. never leave us
This was great game of Tbs. With
that loyal apparatus he knew he could
capture the affections and cooperation
of any agent or factor on the circuit
and obtain more favors than II he had
paraded out a fat salary. 1t was to
them what beads and tin cans are to
find the move paid for all bother and
expense
And because he understood these
men and had anticipated meeting
tbom. he had waived his hostility to
the bruising pastime and had trotted
HionS inIte VI loul aiAlouHu SUES Do-
tween different celebrated Chickens
and Gouger Boys, ! thought the gang
would go daffy with glee, They kept
him working the films slowly. so they
could dope out just how each lemon
was donated. And the old boy, al,
though the pictures had taught him all
he know Of the sport could so adapt
himself TO our hosts humor as to rant
lcarnedly on just how telling jolt
was delivered. When the screen got
hagy he would illustrate on my per
con. and the spectators quickly de-
cidod he Invented flst.cuffs.
80 ccrsess deplore its brutality,
he concluded, apologetieally eyading
my admlrlng gaze. And yei candor