Passaic City record., 1893-09-02

rows of the now considerable crowd
became agitated with a new sensation.
The news spread rapidly. Frantic
men ran to and fro; several ladies
tainted the circus proprietor was sent
for. A lion had escaped from the
menagerie, and was supposed to be at
large in the town.
ssSend for Philippinil" cried the
proprietor. They did so. Philippini
had started early for picnic IN the
country and would not return till just
before the performance in the evening.
The proprietor was in despair.
"Where's the beast gone TOP" he
cried.
A roar from the bank answered his
question.
"Weil, Tn blowed if he not in the
bank ~ exclaimed the proprietor.
1t certainly appeared to be the fact
that Atlas THAT was the lions name)
had taken refuge in the bank, and was
in full possession of the premises and
assets. Under these circumstances
there was, Mr.. Bradshaw explained,
a difficulty in resuming cash payments,
but if his checks would be accepted
the crowd roared almost as loud as
Atlas at such an idea. Something
must be done. They sent for the
Mayor; he repudiated liability They
sent for the fire brigade and the life
boat crew; neither would come They
got guns and peppered the furniture.
Atlas retired behind the fre-proof safe
and roared worse than ever. Mean
while the precious hours were passing.
Mr.. Bradshaw's money was also on its
way from London. At last Dick took
noble resolution.
ST will go in at any cost, he cried;
and, in spite of Fanny Flirtington's
tears, he scaled the window and disap-
peared from view. The crowd waited
to hear Atlas crunching, but he only
roared. When Dick was inside he
paused and asked in low voice, sIs
he chained?"
''Yes," answered Sig. Philippini
E.. L L X
Sally business over?" and he came out
with long pole in his hand. He
used the pole to stir poor Atlas up
when the roars became deficient in
quantity or quality.
sThe money ought to be here in
three hours, said Dick. s'Have yon
got the back-door key.
Philippini reassured him. Then
Dick took wild running leap at the
window; Philippini stirred up Atlas
who roared Justify. Dick escaped
with his life, and landed, breathless
heap, at fhe Mayors feet. The Mayor
raised him, and said he should write
to Her Majesty and suggest that Dick
would be a proper recipient of the
Albert Medal, and the Vicar (who had
no money in the bank) Indignantly
asked the crowd if they could not
trust family which produced scions
like that. Several people cried
.sHearl' 'sHearl" and told Mr.. Brad
shaw that they never really meant to
withdraw their deposits. Mr.. Brad
shaw thanked them, and looked at his
watch.
At $50 Philippini ran up; he also
was breathless, and his shoes were dus-
ty from walking in the country. At
once he effected an entry amid scene
of great excitement. A moment later
he appeared at the window, and cried
in terror-stricken voice:
81 can't 'old inn I can't old i'm
Els mad Look out for yourselves !"
and he leaped from the window.
The crowd fed in all directions, and
two boys were all but run over by
cart which was being driven rapidly
from the railway station to the bank.
ssAll right" said Dick to the signor
"bring up the wagon" And then,
with great difficulty and consummate
courage, the signor and Dick brought
an iron cage up to the window and
drove Atlas in. The operation took
more than an hour, because they had
to feed Atlas before they set about it.
So that it was six o'clock before Atlas
was out and the money was in. and the
Sandhin and District Bank opened its
doors for business.
"We gained just the time we needed, !"
said MI. Bradshaw. cit was dirt
cheap at fifty pounds!"