The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-21
THE SALT LAKE HERALD: SUNDAY. JANUARY p. 1900

ing wolf with the red eyes and the loil-
ing tongue, closely pursued by the rag
ing tigers their delight was un-
bounded.
But Eddie Manson was at the circus
and ne had a grudge against Paul be-
cause the latter was such a favorite
with everyone. He did not know what
the beasts Were, for he, too, was under
the influence of Paul, but ne did not be-
lieve that they were wild animals. and
he knew that if Paul left town that his
influence would 60 too. He thought
that when the audience learned that
they had been fooled they would be
incensed against Paul and the mana
81 would discharge him.
The next night the crowd was double
the size Of the first audience. There
were people from New Haven and even
as far as Bridgeport, for the papers had
| been full Of the wonderful exploits OF
this 10-year-Old boy
Paul had spent the night with his an
imals, teaching them new tricks he
made one cat stand on her hind legs
with the other standing on her head,
and then he Made the dog zap over
them. This in itself was an amusing
/ trick, but when you fancy enormous IL
gers doing 1t and then picture a big
I Will dtiAkS OkEE E0A teAAA JeA--E@
I what an impression il would make
upon circus audience that had come
/ 10 marvel at things.
{ The tent was black with people ana
! when Paul came out. riding on the
VOLTS back and fie-eely pursued by
/ the ramping tigers the audience
/ shrieked its appreciation.
Paul put them through several tricks
and then a knotted rope was lowered
/ from the top Of the tent and he climbed
/ it, followed by the two tigers. The
/ spectacle of a tiger climbing a rope
i would move the most sluggish people,
and when the two great beasts were
/ half way up and the wolf began 10
howl dismally the vast audience was
/ sDellbound.
/ Now was the time for Eddie to get
! square with Paul. He nodded to q. tel
/ egraph boy and the latter ran out into
! the ring waving a telegram for Paul.
Scale it up: can catch it, said
Paul. So the messenger boy scaled 1t
/ up and Paul did catch it. He notion
/ ed to the beasts to stop climbing while
! he read it. 1t seemed to be from his
father, and said: Come to mother at
! once. She is very sick"
! Paul came down the rope so fast that
| he knocked the cats off and the audi
]
I can tigers dropping ten yards. They
/ landed on their feet as cats and tigers
/ do, and then sat down to lick their
paws which had been bruised.
Paul never stopped TO explain a
/ thing. but in his circus clothes he ran
to the railroad station, which was on
the next block, and caught a train that
| had just stopped &c its way to New
York He who had fooled others was
( fooled himself. But it was unpleasant
| fooling.
Meanwhile the tigers and the wolf
sat in a row looking toward the exit
/ expectantly. The wolf licked his chops
wolfishly, and the tigers .growleG ON
in0usly. They were evidently grieved
at the departure Of their master, who
was on his way to New York, forgetful
/ of tigers, cats, wolf or dOg-everything
/ except the fact that his mother was
sick and wanted him.
As soon as he had passed the town
| limits his influence over the audience
ceased As the people sat looking al
] the fierce beasts and wondering what
/ Paul was going to do next, the three
changed in q twinkling to two harmless
tortoise she'll cats and a mild-lOokine
collie.
But If Eddie had thought to WORK
Paul harm he was mistaken The au-
/ dience supposed that this was some
sleight-of-h OF the wonderful boy
and it cheered and eheered until tbs
cats and the dog took fright and bolteC
out Of the tent and straight to Paul:
/ house.
If you can find a copy Of the Sudbury
Item of the morning after this per
Torrance you win find that all I have
said is true. But. come to think Of it
the Office of the Sudbury Item was de
strOyed by fire the next morning ans
every copy Of the paper was burned
So you'll have to take my word for al
I've said
Paul found his mother perfectly well
but she had a talk with him and told
him that it was not exactly honest t