The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-09
Roh Hnd SOME Exhlblt.


II noticed that Bob looked fat
around the middle. lie pulled back
his coat and stuck his hand into tho
opening OF his shirt and felt around,
and In a minute pulled II out again
with a grip around the neck OF the
biggest snake / ever saw. He pulled
the snake out yard by yard. IL must
have been 10 feet long. Anyhow it
looked that long. He had It
wrapped around his waist.
"Won't 'urt you,' said Bob, 'E
don't bite ] was liking along behind
jim when 7 saw this snake scoot
across the trail into the brush, and
| dived in after i'm and got i'm.
Come on! im' going to ave some
fun
Bob pushed the snake inside his
shirt again and started for the
hotel. followed. There was q
card room where the guests had
card games going. 1t was always
crowded. A lot OF people were
playing when Bob came in. Money
and chips were all over the place.
Bob strolled around TO the middle
OF the room and all of a sudden
pulled the snake out and waved 1t
across the tables.
SCrambling the Gambling.
There were wild yells and shrieks
and people tumbled over each other
TO get out through the door. In
half n minute the place was emp
tied. the tables ard chairs were up
set, and chips and money were scat
tered around on the floor.
''All those games were scrambled,
/ don't know how they ever straight
ened out their accounts.
Bob had n favorlte trick. In the
hotel yard was a pool and foun-
tain. Bob would get down on his
knees and stare into the pool, and
then move around a little and stare
some more. Some new arrival who
didn't know Bob's tricks would
come over 90 see what he was look
ing at.
Pretty soon he'd ask Bob what
he was looking at, and Bob would
get up and say: "Why, there's the
funniest little goldfish down there
| ever saw"
Then the stranger would get
| down on his hands and knees and
( look IN where Bob pointed, and
| Bob would give him a little shove
30 he'd take a header into the pool
Bob would run like n kid and stay
out OF camp for an hour or so, and
come In looking innocent and not
] L
Duck Shooting at Home.
zone night Bob got an old smelly
goat and put 1t in Hen Berry's room
He tied IL up and tucked II I'm tho
bed with its head on the pillow
There was yell when Hen lighted
up and saw that goat. lie moved tC
another room, pronto.
"A little later somebody tried C
put one over on Fitz. Bob was al
ways wanting to go duck hunting
and he had a shotgun In his room
Someone got a lot OF decoy ducki
and nailed them on the rafters ovc1
Bob's bed. lie had n cabin with M
ceiling and shingled roof over
head,
when Bob was in bed somebod!
began to 'quack -quack.' Bob's room
lighted up and moment later hi
shotgun began to bang-bang- banl
inside the room. We rushed in {,
see what was the matter, and there
was Bob lying In bed, innocent look
ing and asking what all the fus
was about, as n he'd Just walked up
HIS shotgun was standing In IN,
corner. but the bed and the floo
OF the room were covered will
splintered decoy ducks and shingles
The roof was full OF big holes yoI
could see the stars through. Some
body lost fine set OF decoys tina
night.
"Bob had ono more shotgun expc
rlence. lie. Jim Jeffrios, Mayo
Harper and Eddie Mailer went quai
hunting up the valley. While the,
were fooling around camp Eddi
saw Jim's legs under a tree about
hundred yards away. Jim wa
standing there with his bacl
turned.
shooting Jcffrles just a Joke.
Just for fun Eddie picked up
shotgun and blazed away, Jim go
half dozen shot In tho back of hi
calves They're In him still. jim
, jumped about 20 feet right up IN tn
air, came down and started 70
Eddie on the run.
Eddie ana the mayor and Fit2slm
| mons dashed for Eddie's car and II
out across the desert. Jim got hi
shotgun and piled into his big loco
mobile and went after them, Eddie
engine was missing and h
couldn't make quite speed enoug
TO get away. and every time Jim go
within long range he'd let go tn
steering wheel and stand up for
moment and bang away with loa
of quail shot. Eddie'd duck but h
had to sit at the wheel. Bob an
the mayor got down behind the sea