With Gun & Rod in Canada 



the hole outfit and sez he is goin to make em do a thriller 

 he calls it. what do i do i asts him sit still and be reddy 

 to pull em out if tha tip over he sez that didnt sute me 

 none so i gits a kupla wimmen that aint aktin to go out 

 in my kanew and i run the falls standin up and stood on 

 my hed rite in the big water and cum thru safe all hands 

 cheered except the boss did you git the pitcher i ast the 

 kamra man he shook his hed and pinted at the boss who 

 wus cursin and hollerin sumthing ferefull. he shakes 

 his fist at me but i dont pay no atenshun. hes gellous 

 i tells my gurls cose we put on a beter show than he did 

 and run rite by em on the falls he'l take a fall out uv you 

 sez one uv my wimmen sorter fresh, yes he will i cum 

 back at her il pull his head off and put it in his mouth i 

 tells her. you think yer strong dont yer she sez. im 

 strong fur you i tells her and she sed no more, the boss 

 makes a bet i cant beet Jim one uv the other gides i- mile 

 down river and back and i takes him on and trims him 

 good when i gut back the boss give me hell cose i wasnt 

 arownd and sez tha jes gut thru taken the pitcher and wus 

 sory tha had to do it without me i ofered to do it all over 

 agan but he sez kinder sad no its 2 late, well i cant be 

 runnin kanew races and play aktin fur you all the same time 

 and all hands laff it wus a good one on him i gess and then 

 we went back to lunch the boss takes me outside after 

 lunch and tells me to slip over to the river without sayin 

 nothin to nobuddy and at 2 oclock to start polin up the 

 falls and runnin down and to do stuntz both ways and 

 heel put a kamra man hiding in the bushes to tak my 

 pitcher and then heel have sumthing to spring on the 

 bunch as a sirprise sumday and to do them stuntz till 

 4 P.M. then cum back to camp, so i done so and gut 

 tired as hell and i never seed that kamra a tall but ile bet 

 he wus sum sirprised at what i dun that day as i put on a 

 few new ones, when i gut back it wus supper time and 



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