American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-03-21


ly fall over"
but what dld you do with this?"
asked. pointing to the skull which still
lay on the table.
THAT was my head. 1t was cut
off in the jungles of Hanky-Foo, where
I tried to murder a gang of the worlds
most famous scientists. Oh, you got
to give it to Tom. He was a big ton
spieler. This was his stuff, | know II
by heart:
"Look Look Look = he'd yell and
hold up that skull.
THE crowd would come on the gal.
lop. After a couple or three women
had tainted in the crush of people
who were afraid they'd miss a free :
pike at something, he wouid begin:
Upon the inside. la1lies and gen.
tel-men, is the mar-vel-us geological
spess-i-man brought here this week for
your approval by your own govern.
ment-the United States of America,
''Then he'd wave the head.
"'Whlle searching for orang-
utangs in the Himalayan jungles Of
Hanky-Poo. where the most mammoth
species of the beasts abound, a party
led by Prof. Jules lie Pax, the noted
French scientist, of whom you all have
heard, came upon a huge, hairy being,
the largest Orang-utang the scientists
ever had seen.
Like the enraged monster II was,
it leaped from a tree with murder In
its heart. After a bloody battle in
which two men were struck lead with
trees which the brute uprooted and
hurled at the members of the party,
Prof. lie Pax, with one sw0op of
his machete-the only weapon ever
used with success in battling with
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the beasts
head from its body.
"'Never have the chains been re-
moved. 1t is feared hat once re-
leased It might rush among the people,
killing hundreds in its blind flight.
"Prof. lie Pax presented 1t to
the French government, which turned
It over to the French Society for
Scientific Research, and after the in
huence of our greatest diplomats was
brought to bear, 1t was leased by the
United States. A bond of half a mil
lion dollars was deposited by the treas
urer Of this nation, guaranteeing the
safe return of the monster. and the
beast is now being displayed to GER
tained favored communities.
1.-THE Headless Hottentot is SCI
curely Gagged; loaded with chains so
there is no danger, and any little child
may view with safety this marvellous
educational exhibit in the amphithea-
ter behind me. It's a government eX-
hibit, ladies and gentlemen, and just
to cover the travelling expenses the
government authorizes us to charge
only a dime-ten cents-fOr every adj
mission ticket which you car purchase
from the lady at my left. Here's his
head. Go in and see the living, breath
ing body
"And the way they would fight
get up to pay a dime to see me WA
enough honor to last me all my life.
Tom would come inside and give an
other lecture. I'd try to batter down
the bars, tear round the cage just as
If I could strangle a bull with one
hand
"At night Tom would unlock the pad
lock that held the chains on me, IN
hook me, and we'd go to our hotel and
count our money. We saved nearly 8
thousand dollars in three weeks. VIC
landed here three days ago, and haV'
been playing to all the Rubes In TN
world, II looked like to me.
"About four hoYrs ago, after TN
show was closed. Tom came round
= But he didn't unlock the cage. III
! stood in front and laughed.
: "'What's the joker says |.
! Its on you he answers, sort 0
: pert. I'm going to leave town VIII
the capital stock
, "And, laughing fit to kill, he turne
! out the gasoline lights and wake
out of the tent.
y 81 thought he was fo0ling. but h
wasn't. I waited about an hour 70
!. him to come back. There | was chalI
a ed in the cage liz that dark ter
. and nobody round. l yelled and TOT
y
and fought the chains and shook u
n wagOn-it wasn't any put on l WI
a raving brute for sure. woke up q
the people in the neighborhood, but n
n body would come within a block
me until the town marshal arrived. I
n stuck his head In the tent.
"'What you want1' he says, speak,
n timid like.
"I want out | answers, and ten
IT IL a couple of bars.
lie HE ran off and got the whole poll
so force. The police force wanted
r. shoot me for fear | might get loo
iy and kill everybody In town hut q
marshal shook his head, bless ht
at and said If they did the French &c
eminent might get after 'em. SO tn
- all went home and locked their FRO
t. doors and went to bed.
FINALLY ! pulled the chains loo