Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-14
AN AFFET LION.
His Love for bi> Keeper and His JOY
on Meeting Him.

on meeting him.
Gerard. the great lion hunter. captured
whelp in the mountains of jebel Nezours,
Algiers, named it Hubert AMI brought it up
IS he wolld brir up dog from puppyhood.
After time, his huge pet becoming too dan
gerous TO 90 at large, Gerard made present
OF the animal to MS frienh, the Due d Auma e,
and Hubert travelled 10 Paris in a big cage,
oemoaning his separation from his OLD m as
ter The next year Gerard himself visited
Paris on leave of absence from he army, anu
went at once 10 the Jardin des Paates To see
his exi'ed favOrte. He describes the inter-
view as follows:
Huoert was lying down. half asleep, re-
garding at intervals with hali-shut eyes the
per ons who were passing and repa sing be-
lore MIN. All of a sudden he raised his head.
his tail moved, his eyes diated, a nervous
motion contracted the muse es OF his face.
He had seen the uniform OF the Spahis. but
had not yet recognized his friend. drew
nearer and nearer, and no longer able to re-
strain my emotion | stretched my hand out
10 him through The bars. without Ceaslng
MS earn st gaze he applied nose to my
hand and drew in knowledge with a long
ore tn. At each Inhalation his attitude be-
cane more noble. his look more satisfied and
atfectionate. Under the uniform that had
been so dear to him he began to recognize the
trent OF his heart. felt that ii only needed
single word to disspate the doubt.
"huberl" | said, as laid my hand on HIM
my old sold er!'
Not an Their word. With a furious bound
anu a note OF welcome he spran2 gainst the
IRON bars, that bent and tremb ed with the
blow. My friends lied in t, rror, calling on me
10 do the same. Noble animal! You made
the world tremble even in your ecstacies OF
pleasure. Hubert was standing with his cheek
against the grail Z, attempting to break
down the obstac e that separated lie. magnif
cent to behold as he shook the walls OF The
ouluing with his roars of JOY and anger. His
enormous IOngue licked the hand that l had
abandoned TO his caresse., while with his
paws he gently tried to draw me to him. If
any one tried TO come near he fell into fren
zles OF rage. and when the visit RS Iell back
70 distance he became calm and care sing
as before. handling me With his huge paws.
rubbing against the bars and licking my hand.
while every gesture and moan and look told
OF his joy and his love. When / turned to
leave him he shook the gallery with his heart
rending roars; an 1t was not till had gone
BACK TO him twenty tunes and tried 10 make
him u derstand that would come again that
| succeeded in on ting the place. After that
| came TO see my friend dat y, some lines
spending several hours with MIN in his cage.
But after while / noticed that he became
sad and dispirited, and when the keepers al
luded 10 his furious agitation and excitement
every me left him and attributed his worn
out and changed appearance to this cause,
took the advice and made my visits as sell
dom AS possib 9. One day. some four mon his
from the time OF my first meeting with him in
Paris, | entered the garden and one of the
keepers came forward, saluting. and ssid:
Don't come any more. sir; Hub TT is dead"