The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-10-10
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"The wild man 'ad little show for
the last time. fist to impress Ted Red.
dish, an It was pretty to see the way
William 'andled i'm. The look ON the
Wild mans face showed az 'ow It was
. .revelashun to i'm Then IL three
mates took last look at i'm and went
OF. M
"On the third day Sam was for go
ing round in the morning for the
money, but Ginger said It wasn't ad-
visable to show any 'aste: 30 they left
It to the evening. and Peter Russell
wrote Sam letter signed 'Barnum.'
offering i'm two 'undred for the wild
man, in case Ted Reddish should
want to beat 'em down. They all 'ad
q drink before they went in, and was
smiling with good temper to SIGH an
extent that they 'ad to walt 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 ct
the carpet very sorrowful.
We've been In the wild beast line
systematically years.. SEES Mrs. Red
dish. and it's the fust time anythink
Of this sort 'as 'appened.'
""Ealthy family. s'pose.' ses Sam.
staring.
"'Tell i'm. Ted SEES Mrs. Reddish.
IN 'usky whisper
"'No. you ses Ted.
It's your place. ses Mrs. Reddish.
"A woman can break 1t bettor.' ses
FER 'usband.
"'Tell us wotr SEES Ginger. very
snappish.
Ted Reddish cleared 10 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 wotT ses the
unfort'nit mans uncle, jumping of Is
chair.
1.-THE tiger ses Reddish. We card
something in the night. but we thought
they was only 'aving a little bit of
till, like. In the morning went down
with bit o. cold meat for the wild
man, and 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 i'm? screams old Sam.
Most Of 'im.' ses Ted Reddish;
but e couldn't ha' been much of
wild man to let tiger get the better
Of i'm. / must say l was surprised
1--WE both was SEES Mrs. Reddish,
wiping 'er eyes.
You might ha' card q pin drop;
Peter Russell was sucking is teeth, an
Ginger was wondering wot the law
would say to tiff it card of It.
Its an unfortunit thing for all
| parties SEES Ted Reddish at last, get
ting up and standing on the 'earthrug.
""Orrible,' SEES Sam, 'uskily. You
| ought to ha' known better than to put
i'm In with tiger. Wot could you
expect? wy, It was a mad thing to
do
"'Crool thing ses Peter Russell.
| "'You don't know the bisness prop.
| erly,' ses Ginger. that's about wot Il
is. wy, should ha' known better
than that
"'Well. it's no good making . fuss
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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
himself anyhow. I'm sorry. as said
before. but I must be on; I've got an
appointment down at the docks
HE moved towards the door; Gin
ger Dick gave Russell nudge and
whispered something, and Russet
| passed 1t on to Sam.
"What about the 'undered Quid?'
SEES pore Beauty's uncle. catching old
o. Reddish az q passed I'm.
"Eh?' ses Reddish, surprised-'Oh.
that's on
"'Ho!' says Sam. 'Hol IL It? We
want undered quid on OF you; an
wot's more. we mean to ave It,
"'But the tigers ate 'im,' says Mrs.
Reddish, explaining.
ct know that SEES Sam, sharply.
But . was our wild man, and we want
to be paid for i'm. You should ha'
been more careful. Well give you five
minutes: and II the money amt paid
by that time we'll 60 straight on to
the police station
| well, co. SEES Ted Reddish.
"He got up. and moved towards the
door. Ted Reddish didn't move .
| muscle, but Mrs. Reddish Topped on
her knees and caught old Sam round
the legs. and 'eld him SOS . couldn't
| move.
"They moved on slowly. not know.
ing wot to do. a.. of course. they knew
they daren't 60 to the police about 1t.
| "'Well. what the blases ID up nowy'
SEES Ginger Dick. a. they turned the
| corner.
| There was three or four 'undered
| people standing In front Of the 'ouse,