The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-01-17

When the lion and the hyena found
themselves again on the street they
passed a butcher shop. The meat that
was hanging in all parts of the store was
ilvitingly red. The blood flowed in small
streams on the marble floor.
See" motioned IT, lion, you say that
men don't eat meat. Here are provisions
enough for a week for the entire animal
colony of our garden. l wonder If it is
human flesh"
Il can't bear the smell of that stuff"
she said in %disguest. The very sight of
1t gives me nausea"
do you see these big ' houses and
heavy ~portals?" resumed the lion. Men
lock themselves in there behind heavy,
wood and iron for fear of being devoured
by one another. On every corner you will
find scntine!s with sharp sabers to pre-
serve order. What wild beasts these hui
man beings are!'
AT that moment an automobile came
tearing down the street. 1t ran over a
little child. The poor thing was killed
outright and its blood was sprinkled on
the lions face.
''Thi:s is frightful." he exclaimed, while
he wiped the blood away with one OF his
paws. ut Is impossible to take q step
In peace here. It is raining blood in this
human cage"
They must have invented these rolling
machines" ventured the hyena, "to shed
as much blood as possible. They probably
press the blood out of these mortals. I
saw men In open houses drink this blood
out of bottles. 1t seems to spur them to
terrible deeds. At least there are bloody
ARRAYS in many of the houses which We
have passed"
II understand now" added the lion,
why that big creek, called the Seine,
passes through the cage. 1t cleans 1t and
takes away all the blood that Is spilled
here every day. TIL people were afraid
Of the pest and therefore constructed the
stream. All bodis Of murdered men are
thrown. into It."
Let us not cross the BRIDGE begged
the hyena, Everything is so horrible
here. You must be tired. Let us 60 back
TO our cage"
I could not follow the pair on all their
peregrlnations. The lion wanted to see
everything and the hyena, who's fright
grew at every pace, had to accompany
him against her will, for she did not dare
undertake the way back. alone. When
they arrived at the bourse she succeeded
In persuading her companion not to enter
there at least. From this den of cut
Threats there issued such a. terrific howl
ing and yelling that the hyena almost
tainted.
"Oh, murder" she cried, this must be
the place Of general slaughter! Do you
hear the signs and groans of the victims
- AAAA - So DAao6 oA ~ ! sup
plies all the butcher shops. Let's hurry
4 away fro here
The lions tail began to droop between
his hind legs as the noise grew louder
and louder and the hyena's teeth were
cEattering.
They had hardly taken ten steps when
a. great uproar was heard. Men came
rushing along from every corner. Stores
were locked, alarm bells We're sounded
and the paving was taken from the
streets, and with boxes and all sorts OF
refuse barbados were erected. Then the
noise of the city was suddenly hushed
. The human beasts sneaked about noise.
: lessly; they cre3t along the houses and
were armed to the teeth ready for an at.
! tack.
! Then followed a carnage such as the llor
and hyena had never seen. Hundreds
. We're killed. Some of the men were Ii
military, others in civil dress. After thu
, riot was quelled the pavement was
strewn with bodies of the dead ant
wounded.
AS soon as the lion began to conceive
) in q measure the significance Of the com,
bat he cried: Dear Lord, help us ont q
i this hell. I am punished enough for Civ,
I Ing vent to my desire to visit these Scrue
! beings. How mild are our habits com
pared with those of these demons!,,
i Through the first egress they saw tn,
lion and hyena flew back to Jardin de
PlIntes. They jumped into the frs
empty cage. They felictated each othe
on their narrow escape.
When the lion saw how the hyena wa,
testing carefully every bar of the cage Ii
asked her the meaning of this strang
q proceeding.
FIJI am Ftrying these bars to see of the,
are strong enough to protect us agains
the ferocity of the human beasts,'' sal
i the hyena.
During the deer hunting season in til
Adirondacks. Just closed, 500 deer wer
killed and Iwenty-three men killed q
wounded. according to the Rocheste
Democrat and Chronicles estimate.