The morning call., 1894-03-03

ries cage over the entrance to The arena.
where he sleeps. but with only one eye
shut. in plain view. In an adjoining COM
partment, separated from Sultan by a
plank partition. Grnmbler also posed for
public popularity. Lions and bears do not
mix happily, so the PARTITION has always
been kept closed.
A marked antipathy of the mutual va
riety has existed between Sultan and Grum-
bier ever since they became cOteuants
The little bear liked to tease his big,
pompOus neighbor.
Many humOrists fail to see the faintesi
trace of fun in practical joke. Serious
results have many times followed horse
play, and the still angry and insulted lion
thinks that, under the circuD stances, he is
entitled 10 verdict of juStifiable hOmi
eide. Yesterdays trouble began with
Grum bler's excess of animal spirits. The
hairy knot at the TOP of Sultan's tail pro-
truded through the bars, and the bear lost
no time in giving it nip. The lions eyes
flashed, but he bit his tongue and said
nothing.
Then, to provoke the lion still further,
Grumbier kept pnking mis- paw out be-
tween the bars, tantaliZingly near Sultan's
nose. The lion struck at the intrudng
paw several times. but the bear always
withdrew it beyond the reach of his an
tagouist. Then the bear would still fur
Their aggravate the lion by scratching on
the plank partition. The lion aDgrily
struck back.
Then G umbIer was the cause of his
own undOing. He accidentally pushed
back the bolt % the dividing door. At the
same moment Sultan's weight opened the
door a few inches. With a roar the now
infuriate lion burst through into the den
of poor little Grumbler.
The big lion fercely seized the small
bear and gave him an angry shake with
his teeth. 1t was the beginning of the
end.
Grumbler was game to the finish and
made good show of fight. He bit saw
agely at his large enemy's legs. He was
too small to reach his throat. The lion
kept clawing the bear and tearing the fur
coated back with his teeth. Grumbler's
grOwls of anger gradually changed to
hcwls of distress. Crowds gathered and
Colonel Boone FASTENED upstairs to the
rescue.
The bear began to show signs Of defeat
He was fearfully lacerated by the lion,
who did not loosen mis- hold. Colonel
Boone fired three or four blank cartridges
IN Sultan's face. The lion never quailed,
so TO put poor little Grumbler out of his
misery the colonel shot him dead while he
was in the mouth of his foe.
Boone's next effort was to get the car
cass of dead Grumb bier away from Sultan.
II.
Sultan had tasted warm blood and he
turned up his nose at the cold meat. With
both paws on the dead body of little
Grumbler he roared out the news OF his
victory. To rescue the remains two a.
trndants prodded Sultan with piichforks.
The lion jumped TO the other end of the
cage, but dragged the dead body of the
bear after him.
Then a rope was brought and moose
thrown over the lions dead enemy. Sultan
seized 1t in his teeth and managed to slim
it over his head. The lion was lassooed
again. and once more he pulled off the
rope. the third time he grasped It in his
teeth. The haider the men pulled the
tighter Sultan held it. He didn't realize
that he was aiding the attendants, and
he was finally drawn by his teeth in to his
own cage. licking bis chops red with the
blood of his victim.
The manged remains OF the foolhardy
GIumb bier were gathered up and consigned
to the tender mercies of the taxidermist.
Sultan was not on exhibition during the
balance of the day. A dark cloth covered
his cage, and from behind this covering
his deep-toDed rOars came at intervals for
hours after the animal tragedy.
You can't blame a lion for wanting to
get at bear" said Colonel Boone after
ward. IT'S natural. but l never sun.
posed that Sultan would try to get at poor
little Grumbler. / only put that partition
ND To keep them apart, but see now how
II happened that Sultan broke through.
Grumbler had showed the bolt aside by
paving. and the minute the lion saw there
was weak s. OF in the partition be took
advantage of il.
I'm awfully sorry that the little bear
is dead. 1t was only about eight months
old and was given 10 me by LADY in Red
w0cd City. Her folks have been here two
or three times with juniper berries for the
little bear. and the next time thew come
they won't find it. The lion Is the one
that as presented to my wife by the
sultan of Turkey. and we have called him
Sultan ever since"
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