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back and forth, back and forth like they were playing tug o' war, the snake was just like a rope, first it was coiled but then it was stretched out with the man on one end and Ian on the other until Charlie Dave pulled the man off and Ian coiled it up like a lasso and pulled it over his head like a hat with a hole in the top of it. Well then it was quite a brouhaha because the man wouldn't give Ian the ten and was accusing him of stealing his snake, and the crowd was yelling give him his money he did what you said, and Charlie Dave put his finger under the man's chin and said give him the ten, and then another circus man came over with a cop, but it wasn't a mountie it was only Angus MacEachern, the town cop we called him, even though Reserve Mines wasn't a town, and the circus man said I want this man arrested for stealing the snake, and Angus said well what's the story Ian, and Ian e:q>lained the situation, all the time stroking the boa constriaor which was now showing some signs of life, and the circus men when they no? ticed this started to look wortied and said things like, this is a dan? gerous animal if it 'ts hungry, this is a dangerous animal we had it doped up but the stuff is wearing off, but Ian was stroking it with not a care in the world, and Charlie Dave with his finger un? der the circus man's chin, every time he moved the finger went with him, and every time he moved Charlie Dave said, give him the ten, and Angus started 'tting nervous of the snake too, and he knew even if the snake was out of the way he'd still have to deal with Charlie Dave, nobody would put it past him to hit a cop if ?? SALES-SERVICE-mTALlATlON J?T WELLS & PUMPS i'TD. W//i'eV-/if'/{4i'/4&''" • Water WeUs: DrUled & Dug' • Pumps • Test Holes • Water Conditioners Serving Cape Breton WESTMOUNT (Ucence No. 264) you gave him a good reason. Of course the crowd aroimd now was enormous, and Ian uncoiled the snake from aroimd his neck and had it wrapped around his arm and the snake was really starting to squirm, and he said to the circus man, O.K., I'm going to give you back your snake now, and the guy jumped back behind the table was in front of the tent, and Ian went around afi:er him and then they were going round and round the table, and the crowd was laughing, and the guy was yelling take it inside and put it in the cage, and Ian said, give me the money first. So he threw the ten dollars on the table and Ian went in the tent. Of course the m TAYLOR'S 'DENTURE CLINIC ""dentures 1 Registered with "TAPS" (Services for Veterans) MONDAY-FRIDAY: 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. (AFTER HOURS ON REQUEST) CONSTRUCTED, RELINED & REPAIRED 92 Charlotte St., Sydney J. B. TAYLOR • LICENSED DENTURIST 564-9111 THE CAPE BRETON Si4WMertiMe 'IRRESISTIBLE" The Kingston Whig Stan. "A BOAT LOAD of MARITIME FUN" SPARKLES WITH ORIGINAL WIT AND FINE MUSIC" 111 AUGUST... AUGUST 7-10 SYDNEY. Centre 200 12-14 BADDECK Centre Bras d'Or 15-17 PORT HAWKESBURY.. S.A.E.R.C. 20-22 HALIFAX The Cohn 23-25 PICTOU DeCoste Centre 27-29 GLACE BAY Savoy Theatre Cape Breton i3''' Canadien 'AirAtlantt THE 10th ANNIVERSARY NATIONAL TOUR '95