Show ONE MILLIONAIRES START II I I I He Earned 10 By Throwing the I Strong Man of the Show I Detroit Free Press Had I caught II my train that night laughed the man I who had nothing to do for a quarter i of a century but sit and watch pine I trees grow to swell his bank account I l I would probably be a farmer now I trying to raise a mortgage and a few I I other things I had gone to a little town in lower Wisconsin to see a colt i that a man there wanted to sell me I was a good judge of stock and j j shrewd on a trade but a greener country coun-try lad never broke into a town I I would have walked back tothe farm I after I found mself too late for the train but I saw a handbill announcing i announc-ing a show that night and couldnt I resist the temptation to see it though j i itcost a quarter j In my hilarious appreciation I was more of an entertainment than they had on the stage especially as I was utterly oblivious to the fact that I did not look like any one else in the audience au-dience Toward the end a huge fellow came out tossed cannon balls in the air held men out at arms length and lifted heavy weights After this showing show-ing of his prowess he offered 10 to any one whom he could not throw inside in-side of two minutes I was the crack wrestler in all our section though none knew it and I felt as though the j I challenge was aimed directly at me I turned hot and cold during a few I seconds of intense silence Then I sprang up and as I came out of my blouse shouted Ill go you bgosh There was a roar of laughter and then some of those about me urged me not to go up and have my neck broken But one old man told me to go in It was a tough job but I finally threw I the giant alnjost through the floor with a hiplock There wasa little hesitancy about giving me the 10 but the crowd shouted till I got it Then the old man took me home with him and in a week I had charge of all the teams in his lumber camps In time I became a partner and he cleared the way to make me rich That was really re-ally a match for a million |