The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-03-07

lay on the table.
"That was my head. It was cut
off in the jungles Of Hanky-Foo, where
tried to murder a gang of the worlds
most famous scientists. Oh. you got
to give II to Tom. Re was big top
| spieler. This was his stuff know 1t
by heart:
"Look + Look Look + he'd yell and
hold up that skull.
1.-THE crowd would come on the gal
Top. After couple or three women
had tainted In the crush of people
who were afraid they'd miss a free
pike at something. he would begin:
Upon the inside. ladies and gen.
! tel-men, Is the mar-vel-us geological
spess-l-man brought here this week for
your approval by your own govern
ment--the United States Of America
"Then he'd wave the head.
awhile searching for orang-
utangs In the Hmalayan jungles Of
HankyPoo, where the most mammoth
species of the beasts abound, 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 1t was.
1t leaped from a tree with murder In
Its heart. After q bloody battle In
which two men were struck dead with
trees which the brute uprooted and
hurled at the members Of the party
Prof. lie Pax, with one swoop OF
his machete-the only weapon ever
used with success in battling with
orang- utangs-severed the beast's
head from its body.
"'Never have the chains been re-
moved. 1t Is feared that once re-
leased 1t might rush among the people.
killing hundreds in Its blind flight.
prof LIE Pax presented it to
the French government, which turned
1t over to the French Society for
| Scientific Research, and after the In
fluence Of our greatest diplomats was
brought to bear, II was leased by the
United States. A bond of half mill
hon 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 Sc
curely Gagged; loaded with chains 80
there is no danger and any little child
may view with safety this marvellous
educational exhibit In the amphthea-
ter behind me. It's government ex-
hibit, ladies and gentlemen. and Just
to cover the travelling expenses the
government authorizes us to charge
only a dlme-ten cents-for every ad-
mission ticket which you can purchase
from the lady Mt my left. Here's his
head. Go In and see the living, breath
ing body
"And the way they would fight to
get up to pay a dime to see me was
enough honor to last me all my life.
Tom would come inside and give ans
other lecture I'd try to batter down
the bars, tear round the cage just as
II | could strangle a bull with one
hand
AT night Tom would unlock the pad
lock that held the chains on me, I'M
hook me, and we'd go to our hotel and
count our money. We saved nearly q
thousand dollars In three weeks. We
landed here three days ago, and have
been playing to all the Rubes In the
world, 1t looked like to me.
about four hoVs ago, after the
show was closed. Tom came round.
But he didn't unlock the cage. He
stood in front and laughed.
= "'Whats the joker says /.
ats on YOU he answers, sort OF
pert. I'm going to leave town with
the capital stock
"And, laughing fit to kill, he turned
out the gasoline lights and walked
out of the tent.
81 thought he was foolng, but he
wasn't waited about an hour for
him to come back. There l was chain
ed In the cage In that dark tent
and nobody round. l yelled and tore
anu fought the chains and shook the
wagon-it wasn't any put on. / was
a raving brute for sure. | woke up all
the people in the neighborhood but no
body would come within a block of
| me ultll the lbNll SIM uiliNSu. Aie
stuck his head In the tent.
"'What you wantT he says, speakin
timld. like.
AZ want out ! answers. and tears
out a couple Of bars.
, "He ran off and got the whole police
, force. The police force wanted tc
shoot me for fear | might get loose
and kill everybody in town; but the
, marshal shook his head, bless him
/ and said If they did the French gov
, eminent might get after EN-. SO they
: all went home and locked their from
doors and went to bed.
FINALLY ! pulled the chains loose
from where they were fastened to thu
) cage and got away. l couldn't get GU
e OF the skin, and I was In a fine fix
The only valuable property could fint
, round the show was the skull. and
, thought might want to start the show
| again and brought IL along.