Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28
As we strolled along the shady sic
pulled out Harkins' letter.

l.
Sam wants the latest wrinkle in publicity. Being by
nature and training mental vacuum, you send to
for help the you learn m in the West. Come
nowl Out with it! What you up against, and
what has it to do with mountain lions?
| showed clipping toward him. 1t contained the
news story that gancing when Sans letter and
lacks were handed to me- Under a scarehead there
appeared the following:
Special to The Rocky Mountain Neps)
Ramos, n. NJ. Sept 2-For the last three nights the
citizens of this and the ranchmen of the surrounding
country have suffered greatly from the depredations of
mountain lions. The first night young
and calves killed and several thousand stampeded
Night before last much the things happened but
the opposite side of town Last night lion came to the
back yard of Jose Herrera wealthy ranchman here
and after killing young eaped year-old
child and was difficulty driven off before
least human life. The Town Council has offered
reward of twenty-five dollars for every lion killed within
radius of miles Meanwhile only the womenfolk
and children but also the men are IN panicky condition
of the Of the cattle
which stampede on the slightest provocaton Posses
"Well?" said Mccain after he had finished
"Well!' said /. Cant you see it yet? Why,
alive it's lead-pipe cinch! We play Ramos week
from today In a few minutes IN going to wire the
Mayor that Samuel Harkins, proprietor OF the Mighty
Harns Show, realize the desperate nature of the situa
ton and wish do all that's my power alleviate it.
To the first man, woman child who captures
tain lion by of lariat within five miles of Ramos
l, Samuel Harkins, will make the stunt worth while
For such animal alive and physically o. K will pay
five hundred dollars the day my show plays there
Furthermore will guarantee the captor steady job
my circus hundred and fifty dollars month and
board throughout the of this and all of
OF Sam would be stung good and plenty half
dozen of these cowboys lucky enough to rope bear
cats at and the same time but they won't. You'll
beat them to it--you and Hollow.
Il and who!"
@You and Hollow. You heard me the first time
Come in here while shoot off couple of wires"
XIE turned into the telegraph Office where | sent
message to the Mayor of Ramos and another to
Sam. While was writing them glanced at Mccain
once in awhile out of the corner of my eye He was
putting cigarette and gazing at me with all the I'M
utterable admiration Jonah must have had for the
whale that he knew going to swallow him. The
wire to Sam short:
Ship Hollow here by express in closed box. Have
arranged episode that will produce publicity prosecution
Mccain with me. Sends his regards. Am writing
plete details Tom
P. S.-Have Grogan wire what, when, and how much
food.
Say" said Mccain as stepped out into the street
again, "of course realize that play only mental part
this little parlor drammer Aside from getting killed
eaten alive, have little nothing to do. So sup
pose | should keep my mouth shut and say nothing
However, if it isn't asking too much should like to in
terect question before it is too late
what is it,
"Who the Sam Hill is Hollow"
really was amazed. Mccain had travelled with the
show Sans guest for several weeks early in the sea-
son, and thought he had learned to know everybody
and everything the lot.
"Don't you remember Hollow" said |. "Whv, he's
the biggest OF the three mountain lions. He's the
you've got to"
zone moment" yelled lack. a don't know the ami
NAL; but my instinct tells me to wonder what's in a
name. May trouble YOU to tell me how he got the
rnonker Hollow"
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