| Show W TO nU Annie Oakley tells n a good and true truo story about the difficulty Buffalo DIU t tonce once had In persuading n a certain party that ho he ws was telling the truth It oc occurred when Miss Oakley was with the tha Wild West show and tL a colored poten It tate from was amonG the tho spec spectators Ito Ile was from Senegal lions lons and other beasts ot of prey cause lots lot lotsof ot of trouble The good king thought It would be a i good scheme ns as well as n a great boon to hIs subjects It he could seCUre the tho services or of MIss Annie Oakley as lion killer In ordinary to his dusk dusky majesty Accordingly ho he made an offer to But I folo fob Dill namIng a price that was quite 1 high for tor even cen expert lion killers When Colonel Cody told the old gentleman that Miss Oakley was not his property and anyway could not be sold as n a mere piece Illee ot of Goods the king thought that t he had bad not named n a price high enough ij that that was Codys polite way ot of J putting It So he named a bIgger one only to be met with the tho same answer ahser Miss ankle Oakley Is not my property and Is not for tor sale The colonel rays tas he has hils often octen told an untruth and been believed nt at once j but that In this case It was n a hard matter to convInce the would bo be pur purchaser purchaser I chaser that he was telling the truth i |
