Show ZA caged wyth WITH A AA ANACONDA rt ni A barnaze man pays denely for form fora a free peep nga aga nt dhow during 13 the timo time that robinsons circus was on the line of the missouri pacific railroad the jim fisk aide show con consisting slating of wax figures of fisk mansfield stokes and a large ada anaconda conda started from leavenworth to join the circus near st louis the canvass and wax figures figi figl ires were stowed in a baggage car filling the front end and leaving only one door for entrance to the coaches the baggage man be ing of an inquiring mind and think ing he would take a free p peep beep at the show just to see what fia fla fiak flak k and mansfield looked like opened the door and stood among the waxen images of me the illustrious trio while he wab wags admiring the graceful contour of mansfields bust what was his bis horror to see the monster anaconda raise its head and begin slowly to crawl out of the box the serpents eyes were upon him and his forked tongue moved backward a and nd forward like a we weavers avers avera shuttle hav ing heard beard of the power or of the anaconda in squeezing its victim to death in its terrible folds our trunk at once realized the danger of his situation his hla mind reverted with lightning rapidity io the events of his life and visions of wrecked saratoga frail valises vali ses and flimsy carpet bags arose in fly a mountain of judgment before him he would have given his right hand for a stout steel plated trunk to craw crawl I 1 into but no such sueh thing was at u hand haud after protruding about half his horrid length the snake bilake paused and turned his eyes in at ardoth arioth iother rr direction the wag wasl not slow jp iri availing himself of this opportunity of making his escape yand with of a ferret he crawled over piles of boxes gained the door and made good his retreat to the coach there he be found the showmen and on informing them that the snake was endeavoring to escape they went into the baggage car gud aud secured the reptile the was so gratified at what lit ht regarded as a miraculous mira miia culous escape that he be made a solemn vow never again to liry pry into the boxes of showmen under his charge when he be wants to see bee a snake he will pay pay llis liis money like ilke other people and take his choice missouri democrat |