Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-04-18

open. He was closely followed by the
lioness. The two great animals bound
ed eagerly into the middle compartment
where the two men whom they could
have killed at one blow were awaiting
them. The presence Of stranger seem
ed to excite them to fury. They threw
their tawny bodies against the sides of
/ the cage, and snarled and growled in
rage The lions body rubbed against
the reporters leg, and as the monarch
of the forest felt the contact he roared
with all the power OF his mighty voice.
Swish and the rawhide whip which
Manager Conklin carried cut full in the
lions face 1t was a cruel blow, but 1T
was a necessary one As the hon felt
its sting he snarled and showed all its
teeth, but he knew that it was his mas
ter who had struck him, and he bounded
back into the compartment from which
he had come. The honess followed
close after him.
As soon as they had leaped in Man
ager ConlSlin sprang for the door to close
it, but before he coulddo so the lion had
dashed against it again and was back in
the middle compartment more enraged
than ever. This time the lioness-she
had followed close after her mate-show-
ed her ugly disposition.
She backed into the corner of the
compartment by the bars of the tigers
den, and showed all her teeth as she
swayed her body from side to side rs 4
cat does when about to spring upon
bird. Her mate was bounding about
the compartment like rubber ball.
Twice he sprang into the air rs high as
the reporters head.
But Manager Conklin knew where
the greater danger lay. He appeared
not to notice the hon at all. The lion
ess claimed all his attention. Lifting
that terrible rawhidc whip again he dealt
the crouching lioness a blow across the
eyes which brought her to her senses in
short order. With howl of rage or pain
she leaped back into her compartment,
followed this time by the lion.
Manager Conklin had failed to fasten
the door before, but not so tins time.
With a movement as rapid as that of the
lions themselves he was at the door in
flash and had sprung the bolt. The
lions were in towering rage when they
found that they could not get out again,
and they dashed their huge bodies
against the bars in a vain effort to break
through them, while they howled and
snarled and spit with inpatient anger.
All performance had been watched
with terrible interest by the man-eating
tiger in the other compartment only two
or three feet away The terror of the
India Jungle was almost beside himself
with excitement. His long claws were
unsheathed and his fangs were running
with saliva. His jaws worked conyul-
sively.
Ii he could have only broken into
where the lion tamor and the reporter
stood he would have torn them to pieces
in the twinkling of an eye. 1t would
have needed red-hot irons instead of
cowhide whip to have subdued him, and
it may be remarked that red-hot irons
are not kept continually on hand in
Madison Square Garden. As the re-
porter left the cage the tiger thrust one
great paw between the bars and tried to
reach him, but the distance was few
inches too great, luckily.
When the ErcaiHg SaR man reached
the ground again Kellar rushed up to
him and threw his arms around his
neck The great magician, who has
Travelled all over India ard good part
of southern Africa, was completely over
come with excitement He Rugged the
reporter as il he had been a long-lost
brother, and when he had finished hug
ging him he grasped his hand, and ms
he rung it with nervous energy, he said
II wouldn't do what you did for one
million dollars.