Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1910 — HOW HE SAVED THE CIRCUS. [ARTICLE]

HOW HE SAVED THE CIRCUS.

Wonderful Storjr P*t by Owner . ' *"«’***» HUrh Compliment. Willis Cobb, the circus man, toM this story; Years ago he Was traveling through South, with a wagon tent' show and the press agent among other glowin* accounts of “what’s coming,” announced a “herd of twenty camels from the sandy desert of Arabia." When the show reached towk, instead of twenty, there was but one sickly camel. Some of the country newspapers paid no attention to this slight discrepancy, but when Cobb entered the office, of a Georgia country editor he was mad enough to fight. “I saw your parade, e*h,” said he, “and you lied to our people. I’ve A good mind to roast you. Where are your twenty camels you made my paper say you’ve got in'your show?” I— “I’ll tell you how it was,” explained Cobb. “When we passed the swamp on the way here it was full of alligators, and without the slightest warning they leaped upon the bank and devoured ajl but one of the camels. We put up a brave fight, but it was no use.” * The editor gazed at Willis a couple of minutes and then said: ‘You’re a good one. You ought to be a Georgia editor. Come out to my house to dinner to-day. I want to introduce my wife to the biggest liar on earth. She’ll be glad to meet you.”