The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09

spring. The mouse was quick enough to
get under the partition and into the cage
Of tiger. From there IL ran into the
lions cage.
The big fellow was in position that
brought the mouse within reach of him. a.
ne came into the cage. The keeper who
saw the meeting thought it was all up
with his m0useship and the mouse evil
IDENTIFY thought the same. He made no eff
fort to escape and stood between the out
stretched paws Of the lion, within a few
inches Of the big beasts open mouth
Neither stirred for a few seconds and the
mouse scampered away The next day he
was back. He avoided the puma and tiger
cages, but ran around the lions cage
Inc growth of the understanding be-
tween the pair was gradual Each day
the mouse went nearer TO the king of
beasts until, in time, he saw that he was
safe. At first he waited until the lion
was asleep. Then he would approach
him from the rear and circle around him.
Then he went within touching distance
While the beast was awake, and finally
as the lion paced about the cage, he ran
about his feet Several times the lion
was forced 70 keep q paw in the air to
prevent crushing his little friend.
Yesterday a crowd watched the antics
of the mouse for an hour. He came from
somewhere behind a partition, and uibbled
OF few bread crumbs that had been
left there for him. The lion was asleep
and the little fellow ran over to him. He
made little jump and went under the
shoulder of the lion, out of sight of the
crowd. lie reappeared a second later and
went over the back of the king The big
fellow aWoke gave a yawn and a stretch,
ana he mouse was down between his
paws. With his eyes half opened the lion
watched the little fellow trOt around be-
tween his paws The lions eyes closed
again ANA the W. an, 10
haunches, squirrel-like. He went around
and ran under the cages each time taking
care that the animal in whose cage he
was going was too far away to reach him
lie explored the cages on the tier and
made his way back cautiously to the
home of his big friend. The lion was
awake, padding up and down The
mouse ran to the center of the cage and
became interested in a piece of cake
about the size of half dime a child had
thrown into the cage against the rules of
the place. He took no notice of the lion,
who Immediately altered his course evil
IDENTIFY to avoid stepping on the mouse.
The keeper in charge of the lion, VIXEN
asked about the strange friendship said:
They have been friends for some time
The lion, 1 think, doesn't care anything
about it. lie knows the little fellow is
harmless and that he wouldn't be a mouth
ful for him. The mouse never does any
NAAA6 ~ WOiIy NiiC llOls ana IHey gel
along air rlght The puma that died, how
ever, would lay for a rat or q mouse until
he got him, and this mouse showed his
sense. lie never went near the puma after
he found the lion was not going 10 bother
him"
The action of the lion is particularly in
terestug, in view of experiments made
with the cat family by the Barnum circus
people about seven years ago, in Bridge
port. AT that time it was desired to see
what effect small animals would have on
the larger ones The stables of the show
were flied with mice, and many were trap
ped. a ha}f dozen. controlled by strings
We're allowed to go IN the quarters where
in an uproar in an instant. The elephants
threw their trunks above their heads and
tugged at their chains trumpeting in
alarm They tried to stamp upon the mice
and could not be quoted until the rodents
were taken away Keepers said The AMI
mails We're afraid the mice might run up
their trunks.
They We're placed in the lion cages. and
the effect was leaning exhibition upon
the part Of the big cats. The mice were
killed as quickly as possible The tigers
acted similarly. and the leopard and
pumas went al them like trained mousers.
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