The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-16

travelling circus to procure nine of the
fierceSt and biggest wolves that could
be secured in India. He spent many
weeks collecting them. But finally he
had them all Gagged and brought them
to this country via the Suez canal. No,
don't get down your geography now.
Remember the name if you will and
look it up when you are through with
me, but at present, please listen and
don't interrupt.
The animals were landed in West
street, which runs parallel with the
North river. South street, by the way,
is on the east side of the town, so you
see that New Workers have a pretty
clear idea of the points of the compass.
But it is more than the driver of the
van that contained the wolves had, for
although he was to take them to Cen
trail park, he drove over toward Wall
street, which is down town. The van
was an ordinary padded furniture van,
and why the shipper was reckless
enough to turn nine fierce man-eaterS
into this wagon 1 don't know, but he
did it. Still il was padlocked, and so
no harm was likely to befall any one.
But you can never tell when some
thing unpleasant is going to happen,
and just as the driver turned into Wall
street, where the stock brokers and
bankers and other philanthropists of
New York work, the worst hap
speed, ran right into the van and upset
it and smashed one side in, and in less
time than ii takes TO imagine it, those
nine raVenous wolves were in the
street. l say ravenOus, and they were
indeed, for they had been so seasick
on the way over that they couldn't eat
a mouthful on board ship, and they
had only had time for a hasty break
fast of few sheep and half a dozen
lambs, so they were hungry enough
for anything.
Well, you can imagine what terror
spread among the men who infest Wall
street. Never before had wolves been
seen there since old Trinity church
first took up its sentinel watch at the
head of the street. Wolves in Wall
street, Perish the thought. But they
were there, and every man, woman and
child who sat out doors got in doors
in a jiffy. In two minutes time the
street looked as it does on Sundays and
holidays. The dreadful wolves ran
back and forth, bowling as only
wolf knows how, and it is dreadful
sound which once heard is never for
gotten, as the story books say.
They lifted up their heads and they
howled for something to eat. They
ysould have been glad to get some ten
der lambs. but if there had been any
lambs on the street when the wolves
escaped they We're soon in doors, too, SO
the wolves became desperate and
rushed in a body for Broadway.
l. they had been ordinary wolves or
dogs some one would have shot them, |
but their coming had been heralded in
the papers for several weeks, and every |
one knew that they were very valuable |
and worth catching alive. One old gen |
tleman suggested fishing for them from |
the twelfth story of an Office building |
batting the hook with a piece of raw |
meat, but there was nobody to get the |
meat.
A cable car full of people was going !
up Broadway just as the wolves turned |
into that great thoroughfare, but when |
they saw the ferocious beasts coming |
they all rushed through the car and out |
of the front door and not moment too |
soon, for the animals all ran in at the |
back door, and the car was filled with |
the snarlirg. swapping pack. The grip |
man had the good sense to shut the |
front door and for a moment it looked |
as if the wolves were trapped, but the |
conductor was not on hand TO shut the !
rear door, and in a moment the wolves
realized Il SUPPOSED that they had no
car fares. and they turned and with |
blood curdling cries, they left the car,
and all was as bad as before.
SO far no one had been injured, al
though there were q good many coat
tails lying around on the sidewalk
where the wolves had dropped them in
disgust when they discovered there was
no one inside of them. But this good
luck would not last long.
A policeman who was patroling his
beat just inside Trinity churchyard
fence happened to think of Harry and
his wonderful power over wild beasts
and he yelled to some one in the Trim
ity building to telephone to the public
school that he attended.
Il hra,
night before, and so had not had time
to study his geography lesson This
was 4 pity, because geography is more
neglected nowadays than there is any
need for. Now that we are gradually
getting all the world il is only right
that we should know something about
the countries that we possess, and in
stead of filling minds of different sizes
witls the same sized chunks, of arth- =
.netic that win never be used in later +
years. it would be a good idea to stuff