The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-08

hans they 4 Il not Ike his eyes. We
tried to figure out that It was his
.,Cent-every man and animal has
distinctive one, rs bloodhound own
crS know And we tried diet. Oily
WAS fond Of onions. and we thought
maybe that WAS It. He went without
onions for weeks. and II made no
difference. We tried rubbing cotton
on Oily and .hen putting the cotton
N the cages with the brutes. You
know how n Cog or cat or any
other animal will go for anything
scented with a scent they don't Ike.
Well. they paid no attention 10 cot
ton scented with Oily. They just did
no like him. During those days Oily
just mored around the show and
didn't care whether he lived or died.
II was on account Of Pink.
This Pink person was widow and
4 Young one, and one Of the finest
girls with the show. knew her be-
fore she married Morris. who was
her frs: husband and who was killed
in the big blow-down in Kansas In
II, and she. always was Just about
rs fine "a they make them. Morris
I had never cared much for. He was
a good enough clown but a sour
tempered individual. ! read q story
somo fellow wrote and got published
in magazine. and although he
charged the names. anybody would
know It was about Pink and Morris
1--WE used 10 call him Grunt. he was
always so complainirg). and II had
a lot Of stuff about how Grunt lay
under the big stick. crushed and
holding Fink's hand-you know, the
only a clown but human after all
stun. That story would make a
| horse weep. but 1t wasn't any OF 1t
so. The big stick hit him on the
head and he never knew what hit
him. II he had known. his last
words would have been Sue the
show. We can get damages for
this!"
As said, Grump Morris was a
good-enouSh clown. but he was not
much Of a husband. Pink gave him
all the weeps he deserved, and /
guess she didn't think much OF
marrying again until Oily Jones be-
San TO make up to her. Now. there's
another thing not many people know
or think about. The kind OF man
that makes the big hit with the inno-
cent birds and beasts. like men
toned, don't stand one-two-three
with the ladies'. as a general rule.
You can take that or leave II, but II
is 80. Maybe the danes have an
inside liking for killers-soldlers and
big game hunters and such always
seem to make a hit with them. some
how. give It up: I've got other
things to figure out. at the end OF q
show season when we've had rain
once every day and sometimes twice
and then some.
Anyway. Oily seemed to stand In
pretty we'll with all the danes In the
show-Pink, especially. Come TO
think Of It. he must have stood In
with me pretty we'll, too. although l
never thought Of that until this min
ute! Come to think OF It, did push
him along pretty fast. rushing him
up from canvas-man to what you
might call my general assistant In
half a season. But Oily was handy
man, and he could get things done.
He was oily, that way. He had a
brain, and he CREASED the trouble
paths with It SO things slid easily.
I've got to drive around the block
like. and get back to Pink Morris.
Maybe you'll bring her to mind
without my telling you any more II
| say her ring name Is Princess Cara
Yes, thought you'd remember her!
She was just the best little handler
Of the big cats We ever had. and one
Of the best the world has produced.
There's q lot Of bunk about handling
the big cats. and there's lot that
isn't bunk. Those who think any
one like Pink Is in mortal danger
every minute she Is In the big cage
have II all wrong. and those who
think the trainers are as safe In the
cage with the big cats as they would
be at home in bed are just az wrong.
You get one OF the trainers TO strip
get any OF them to strip-and you
won't find one that Is not SCARED up.
The reason Pink wears her fieshings
to her wrists is because one arm Is
so married the public would turn sick
to see it. One Of the cats ciawed her
there. The truth Is that the cats
have their days. Some days they
are as sweet as pigeons. and again
they are as mean as rattlesnakes.
Some days one cat will be cross and
all the rest will behave like little
angels: another day they will all be
cantaakerous: another day they will
all be good. Once in while you'll
lind a cat that is good all the time.
remember, when was kid on
my fathers farm, We had bull that
was 50 eet-tempered q chipmunk
could push it out Of the way. Pink
/ had one cat like that. It was big
he-lion with mat Of beard and
name and big yellow eyes and the
sweetest temper any brute ever had.
III tell you what he was like: he
was like one II those big, heavy
haired orators they grow out West
who stand up on n platform and
shake their names and howl and
look grand and ferocious and then
so home and eat half a soup-plate
OF milk toast and call 1t a full meal.
That was like old Leo. He was
star poser. He was the noblest cat
ever saw. did the llno-rampant act
to perfection, yowlcd like a blood
; thirsty hyena. and never even acted
annoyed except when he had eaten
TOO many chocolate creams and felt
satiated. believe that IL he hadn't
been ashamed TO be seen doing II,
ne would have eaten hay instead OF
meat.
All this did not make Pink DIS
like Leo. lie was the darling OF her
heart. You don't require a collie dog
tn bo Ill-tcn Dered in order to love IL,