Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-20


was necessary 20 allow the audience 10
disperse. T8en with another bound ne
jumped cu-, and the same moment tne
roof collapsed behind h!m. That was
done by strength OF shoulder. me iollo"-
Ing WAS done uf strength OF arm.
Oue day o. tn plain Of CamarZae,
bull went mad AID escaped from me en-
closure ana chaseG and injured several
rc9ui- sud would nave done great deal
I'D damage AsG Us nos been for Cape Natl-
i9a. Tue -iatt ran az tle animal, waited
for {, and as Is lowered It's head for the
7 rush be seized 10 by tue horns. and with
one twist 0i his 4rm aid il on us back
w ~ is f0O- h50ls Kicking heiplessly IN
BIZ air.
or his superbuman strength there mad
been Other proofs. but these viii serve 20
-fnav not OBIe Hatnou's muscularity, but
.-.-1 bis courage and devotion, for ne new
, er nesiisted 70 risk his life when be could
4 help Ills fellows. 81 that be was AS good
Z as he was strONg. But that be should lose
. none % bis strength 10 was necessary, as
Pescade mad said, that he should eat,
, and his companion Obliged MIN TO eat,
/ stuUng himself when there WIS only
enough for one. This night, however,
I suppeT-eyen for oue--had net yet appear
Cd above the horizon.
Nv Q are Ia tog." said Point Pescade.
And 10 dies pate it ne returned 10 his
.
platform, he gesticulated, he did a few
dislOcauOns, he walked on bis hands B hen
he did not walk on his feet-haVing OBJ
served that you do not feel so hungry
I with your head downwarGs. He began
over again, in his halEPUvencAl, half
sclave lingo, that perpetual patter 81 TIE
shoW-bOoth which the clown Tires OF at
Toe crowd.
Come in. gentlemenw shouted Point
Pescade. There is nothing 20 pay tin
you 10 Out-and then it's only a kreuL-
zer.''
But TO 70 out il was necessary 70 20 IN,
and although five or six people stopped,
no one attempted 10 enter tne arena. r
Then Point Pescade with a long switch
pointed out the ferOciOus animals depict
ed on the canvas. Not that NJ mad
menagerie to show the publicl But these
terrible creatures existed IN some parts
" Africa and India, and if ever Cape
/ MatifOu met them on the road, why they
( would only make a mOuthiul for Cape
| MatifOu
And thus he chartered on, Interrupted
every now and then by the giant with a
bang on the biz drum that echoed like a
cannon shot.
The hyena, gentlemen, the hyena,
comes from the Cape Of Good Hope. Ac-
tive and sanguinary, you see him clearing
the walls Of the graveyard on which he
preys."
Then turning to the other side Of the
stand he pointed at dsub OF yellow in q
clump OF blue trees.
"Here you are! The young and inter
esting rhinoceros, only fifteen months
Old! He came from Sumatra and nearly
wrecked the ship he was brought over
IN by sticking his horn through the hull.V
Tlen to the other end he turned again
TO show tue lion amidst greenish mass
Of the bones Of mis- victims.
Behold, gentlemen! The terrible lion
OF the Atlas, He lives in the depths Of
the Sahara, in the burning sands Of the
I desert! When the heat gets TOO much
Tor him, be hides in the cavesl Ifhe finds
any water dripping he opens his mouth
and drinks it rs It droDsl And that's
why he's called an humidian -
But ali the attractions seemed to fail
Point Pescade shouted in vain. In vain
Cape hatifou banged the big drum.
Things were growing desperate.
/ However, a few Dalmatians, powerful
( looking mOuntaineers, came At last, and
stopped before the athletic Matifou, and
/ cOOlly examined him with the air Of con-
noisseurs.
Point Pescade Immediately challenged
them:
"Walk up, gentlemen! Come inl Now's
your timei Grand contest Man TO man!
I
any amateur that hOnors him with his
confidence! pair Of cotton tights as a
prize for the cOnquererl Are you game.
gentlemeuY ~ added Point Pescade, adj
dressing these big fellows WAC stared at
him with establishment.
But the big fellows did not seem to see
the fun Of accepting the challege, and
Point Pescade had 10 announce that as no
amateurs were forthcoming the contest
would take place between Cape Matifou
and himself Yes. "Skill shall be pitted
against strength"
"Walk upl Walk up Don't all come
at Oncep' Vociferated poor Pescade. "You
will see now what you never saw before!
! Point Pesoade and Cape Matifou at It
! hammer and tongsl The twins OF Prov
1 ence! 1es-twius-but not of the same
/ age, nor of the same mother. Eh? Aren't
/ we like each other-me particularly ?"
A young man stopped IN front Of the
platform. He listened gravely to these
threadbare pleasantries.
The young man WAS about % or a little
| older, and was above the middle height.
! His handsome features, with certain Sc
| verify about them, denoted pensiVe ma
! ture, disciplined probably IN the school of
suffering. His large black eyes, his
/ beard which he kept shout, his mouth
! rarely accustomed 10 sEhite, but clearly
| cut beneath his SILKY moustache. pro-
claimed Enthusiastically bis HUNGARIAN ORR
gin and the preponderRnce Of Magyar
blood. He was dressed quietly in mod
ern suit, without any pretense at being
/ in the fashion. His bearing could not
be mistaken; the young pa an was already
] man.
! He listened, we have said, 70 the useless
! patter of Point PescRde. With some
sympathy be looked at HIM showing on on
the platform. Having suffered himself
! he probably could not remain indifferent
/ to the sufferIngs Of others.
1.-TWO Frenchmen." be said to himself.
"Poor fellowsl They have not done much
/ tO-dayW
And then the idea occurred to him to
| constitute himself an audience--an audi
I ence that paid 1t was only a Bit OF
| charity, perhaps, but IL was a bit OF
charity in disguise, and II might be well
come.
/ SO he advanced towards the door-that
I IL towards the piece OF canvas which on
] being raised gave admittauce TO the ring
/ walk IN, sir walk in :" said Pescade.
eve are just going 10 commenced
/ "But--l am alone" said the young
man, good naturedly.
"Sir," replied Point Pescade proudly,
I and somewhat chatingly, "the true artist
| looks az the quality and not at the guam
/ tity OF his audience"
However you will allow meY' SAID