The sun., 1889-03-31
Ing. In another instant he was In the cage
beside Manager ConklIn, and that gentleman

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eating Bengal tiger. lie, was lying close TO
tho bars which separated him from the middle
that he could easily have thrust his paws. be.
| tween them and reached tho reporter. There
was u wicked CLEAN IN tho big tigers grcat
! green eyes. and II seemed TO gain In ferocity
when Manager Conklin casually remarked that
he was the most savage tiGer he had eyer
terrible terrible animal 4 he had had room. but Tho
iost wide and IN moving away from fSs the tiger
he would have been obliged 70 get close to
hSsh Of hS as sRs lions sG
become greatly excited a. soon as they had
seen tho stranger, come into the cage, and thoy
were snarling and leaping about a. though they
The reporter looked at them as they, dashed
as he caught sight % OF the isrocious S siesm @ MIN in
their eyes lie began to think that lie hai better
ar ousad Se advice @ny rsny f coo
man ihere ut that time was Manager Conklin.
for when the reporter cast a hasty glance al
upon every face strained. anxious xpression:
Tody" Hamilton had taken on HIS hat and
SuS ma man had but llils time time to nc notice this.
moment more he had eyes for nothing but the
OCCUPANTS Of tho cage.
IN s, '' ssrRt Msnssr ss 0ess G Il: S
n low voice.
The reporter took one step backward, and
back; Manager Conkiin stepped to the door
which separated ed the middle ompartment from
that in which the excited lions were confined.
and, pulling the holt. opened 1T. ,.--,.,
:, And right then occurred something which
tho reporter is nt loss to fully explain The
smoker, and has been for many years. but it
would certainly seem that at that supreme mo-
smoking. At this writing. several hours after:
ward. ne cannot renemher that he thought OF
It at all. Bnt. be that as it may. he certainly
d akS Ss, fT" 5nt gad E
cal action The proof OF this Is that he discov-
cred with surprise. after no had come out Of the
cage. that he was smoking freshly lighted
cigarette.
As soon as Manager Conkln had pulled the
s1 OF tas d1Gp i its catch lie lion snrang
mails bounded eagerly into the middle com:
have killed at one blow wore awaiting them.
Tho presence Of stranger, scened to excite
Riowied in rage. The lions body rubbed
hs as hs s he are
swish and the rawhlde whip which Manager
As the lion feit It's sting he snarled and showed
who had struck him, and he bounded back Into
the compartment from which he had como.
Inc llOneSS followed close alter INN.
As soon rs thev had leaIed in Manager Conk-
lin sprang for tho door TO close it. hut before lc
could do so the lion had dashed against 1t
she had ioli owed close after her mate-show.
She backed into the corner Of the compart.
ment by the bars OF the tiger dem showed
to to side i asa as cat does Wien about to spring upon
bird. Her mate was bounding about the
compartment like rubber bal. Twice he
tnfn ha al iDh "a bA Nr'c
head.
But Manager Cenklin knew where the great
aaeT an a
ton. Lifting that terrible rawhide whip again
he dealt the, the sr9uchiIE loness blow across
ieaped back into her compartment. followed
Manager conklin had failed to fastsn the
door before, but not so this time With a
e as pa at as aaor aa % hf Gns
s sprung II the s bolt The lions We're Ina In toWerine owe ling
wsn % E.y hs s :Gnd SnSs mot
Ii: :onuh them, While they howled and snaried
Al, his PERFORMANCE had been watched with
terrible interest BY the man eatiEg tiger in the
The terror OF the India jungle was almost be- |
side himself With exc excitement ter HIS long claws
ss kass sHaE
II he could have only broken into whore the
lion tanner and the reporter stood he would |
an eye. It would have needed red-hot irons
instead Of a rnwhide whip 70 have ,subdued
are not kept. continually on hand in Madison
Square Garden. AS the reporter LETT the cage
the 'gsT hrust one great paw the
was as few inches too great. luckily.
threw his arms around his neck. The great
mnGic ian. who has travelled all over India and
overcome with excitement He hugged the re-
porter as If he hadEbeen lonG-lost brother.
rrasped his hand and as he runG it with ner-
Il wouldn't do what you did for one million
dollars"
THE VISIT TO THE TIGERS.
The, feelings that aeitated the mind OF the
reporter who had watched his fellow scribe
pass ,thrp1nsh he exciting ordeal related
hs Swf worgf ny letter a BE-
and the lions had been visited. But it seemed
:" hun mat nat ths ; lions had dons very much the
ally lemonst trate ed that a reporter could 90 into
heir den and GONE. out again alive, Ie didn't
fs . t be afsn for 70 ar
anyhow But a hearty handshake from his
,3mpnniof, t9 restored from what had ndo93,-
wouldn't have shown that white feather If he
sd bS as 0 sng s Ss so sp s
stepped promptly to the railing lodged under
I. and mounted the steps. He had been told by
he superintendent that It would be impossi-
de to rceuSe tho tigers SO as to allow them in
he same compartment vi tn himself and tho
'erOrter for the reason that they were fresh
,nimae. unbroken 20 the sight OF strangers in
helr midst. and I INT It would be suicidal 20
lttempt to handle them In q manner sim lar TO
nat in which the lions had been handled He
uithor allayed the reportorial fears by assur.
ne lin that tigers were Of Il much ilerCer and
nor" treHcherous disposition and were twice
IS Iuck In their movements. The reporter
bought thut II this inter was fact. q Bengal
iIer could give chain lightning u handicap aud
Jutrun IL.
Now. when you get into he den look ont for
heir claws and see TINT they don't catch yon,
n they'll tear your arm or Icy right out Of the
Dcket. 10 particularly careful to, keep in the
igsr over here Ee's vicious devil" This was
positively refresh ing. ltwas delightful. Such
prospect oidi tow moments pleasure OF an
cstaiic sort sometimes turns mems heads. 1t
nrnYd tho reporter's for l,y the time lie had
orty tigers instead Of four, and each of them
lnd eight feet. armed with sixteen murierous-
pk arh | n oil trnly y