. Peck's bad boy with the circus [microform]. that scaredpa and the managers. He said that if a travel-ing show did not perform all it advertised theowners were liable to go to state prison for20 years, and that each town had men on thelookout to see that shows didnt advertisewhat they didnt carry out. Pa and the managers held a consultation,and couldnt find that we advertised anythingthat we didnt have, except the ourang outangthat we took on at New York, which eats anddresses like a man, cause that animal gotwhooping cough in Delaware and had to besent to a hospital, but we heard he was well
. Peck's bad boy with the circus [microform]. that scaredpa and the managers. He said that if a travel-ing show did not perform all it advertised theowners were liable to go to state prison for20 years, and that each town had men on thelookout to see that shows didnt advertisewhat they didnt carry out. Pa and the managers held a consultation,and couldnt find that we advertised anythingthat we didnt have, except the ourang outangthat we took on at New York, which eats anddresses like a man, cause that animal gotwhooping cough in Delaware and had to besent to a hospital, but we heard he was wellagain and would join the show in a week. Paasked the Richmond lawyer how it would beif one of the animals that was advertised wassick and couldnt perform, and he told pa thepeople would mob the show if anything wasleft out. When we got to Richmond the whole popu-lation, principally niggers, was at the lot whenwe put up the tents, and everybody wanted tocatch a sight of Dennis, the ourang outang,and the posters all over town that pictured218. IThe Keeper Who Trained the Ourangoutang Took Me In Hand. PECKS BAD BOY Dennis smoking cigarettes with a dress suiton, and eating with a knife and fork and anapkin tucked under his chin, were surround-ed by crowds. It was plain that all the peoplecared for was to see the monk. The managers held a council of war and de-cided the show would be ruined if we didntmake a bluff at having an ourang outang, soit was decided that I was to be dressed up inDennis clothes, and put on a monkey mask,and go through his stunt at the afternoon per-formance. Gee, but I hated to do it, but pa said thefate of the show depended on it and if I didnttake the part he would have to do it himself,and I knew pa wasnt the build of man to playthe monkey, and so I said I would do it, but Iwill never do it again for any show. Thewardrobe woman fixed my up like Dennis,and I had seen him go through his stunt sooften I thought I could imitate him, and ofcourse there was no
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