The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-02


rs. Despite the cookie burrs /
and, for there was quite a herr
bottom.
inventory Of injuries. The middl
OF his back where the bull had frs
struck him--luckily the animal Ia,
been dehorned-hurt like the dick
ems. but the rest of him, thougI
considerably shaken up an,
scratched some. seemed to b
alright. After II was definitel,
decided that Bob would live. Louis
went searching for the motor tina
had been In his hand when tn
chivalrous bull attacked.
Louise found II lying In the road
way just where Bob had dropped II
But II was q different story witt
the small camera. Louise has
dropped 1t In her mad dash Il
safety and the bull had steppes
right on II, grinding 1t into the soft
ground and breaking the casing
beyond repair. Even the film wal
torn 20 badly that there was nc
hope Of salvage. We just left II
where II was.
WERE TREsPAssERs
After putting the bull h Ii
place and satisfied that It would
not bother again, the colored boy
came back to see how everything
was. They weren't his cattle. but
he was supposed to keep an eye on
them to see that they didn't bog
down when they went down to the
river to drink. The man who own
ed them lived quite a distance in
land. II wouldn't have done any
good to see him anyway. Actually,
We were trespassing on the land
and It was our own fault II we
got into trouble.
The colored boy told u that that
bun had caused q good deal of
trouble to the fishermen who took
that way Of going to town from
the river. Bob happened to be his
first successful attack, however,
though he had made passes at
several others. We could Just see
his head stretched above some I'M
derbrush q hundred yards away a.
he glared at US.
PRISON FARM SIGHTED
After . little massaging, Bob's
back felt better and. getting our
bearings from the colored boy, we
on to the canoe. BY lying
down In the back Of the canoe he
was able TO make himself comfort
able. The possibility Of cracked
ribs bothered US at first. but as the
morning wore on and the sharp
pain settled into q dull ache. we
decided nothing serious was wrong.
At any rate. we couldn't afford to
pend money on q doctor unless
developed.
Soon after our start we rounded
he headland on which was the
tate prison farm at Angola. II
was something new for VS. to see
,onvicts clothed In the conventional
moving picture stripes. working
llong tops Of the levees. We had
not known that stripes were still
N use In some Of our prisons. Fish,
srmen had warned US that we
would not be permitted to land
here. but we tried 1t anyway. The
fishermen were right. Hardly had
he canoe touched the shore when
TWO guards stepped out on the
bank and waved W on. We assur-
ID them that we were merely
harmless visitors. but II did no
rood. II seems q permit from
headquarters In Baton Rouge Is
The only thing that win pass there.
STRIPES SHOW STANDINGS
We tried to ask them some ques-
lions about the stripes and. after
some hesitation. they told US .
little. II seems that an ordinary
prisoner wears a suit Of stripes an
inch and q half wide. The real bad
ones have very wide stripes. Many
Of the guards are TRUSTEES serving
long terms. and they wear a suit
with pin stripes. We understood
their hesitation when they told US
that. Both these men wore the
pin stripe suits. A few days ago
one Of the trusty guards attempted
to escape by removing his clothes
and swimming the river. They
found him a short time later In a
dismal swamp. his mind practically
gone.
Just below Angelica the Charles
Richardson" swept past Us and. the
boat being new to US. we under
rated Its wash. The first huge
wave struck us like a stone wall
and swept the canoe from end TO
end. Inasmuch as we took 1t bow
on there was no danger Of capsiz-
ing. but the canoe had three inches
Of water in it. and got our blankets
good and wet.
MEET NEW BOAT
We have been on the rivers 90
long that almost every boat that
passes NJ seems like an old friend
and We know just how much wash
each OF them throws up. We know
we can run close to this one. but
have to give that one q wide berth.
II Is only when we pass an unfa-
miliar boat and take undue liber-
ties with 1t that we get into trou-
BILE. The Richardson" was the
first new boat We had met in
almost five hundred miles and we