River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-10-08
Milton Folsom had Joined the show

lover into an unenV1aDle SltualloH
When the husband blamed himself,
the wife asserted:
Don't reproach yourself, dearest;
never mind what Others say or look
All will come out right in the end.
After Bryant had engaged his lady
rider he still had one matter in hand
that troubled him--as much as man
of his temperament could be worried
During the winter he had purchased
den of hyenas with the intention or
having them broken for feature OF
the street parade. When Bryant
bought the brutes he was confident
that his boss animal man, the non
king, would train the animals and APP
pear in public in the sensational group
For once the manager counted without
his host
Not on your 1ife." exclaimed the
lion king, on hearing the proposition.
What, me break them grave rob-
bers? Not on my tintype!"
Neither persuasion nor bullying
would alter the determination of the
employee, nor could the WHY manager
becoming the Brave Master of the
Grave Robbing Hyenas' Bryant even
tempted canvasmen, grooms and razor
backs in vain. Just as he was on the
point of advertising for a trainer
bright thought entered his dulllsn
brain. After the birth of the 1nsplra-
ton he cultivated Milton Folsom with
a purpose. The manager did not
breach the uppermost subject abrupt
ly. Shrewdly he bided his time, and
when he believed that he had sufh-
GENTLY ingratiated himself, he ex-
planned incidentally his dilemma in the
lack of a trainer and an exhibition in
the procession of the den of hyenas.
What / want" said Bryant, lis
man of nerve" He looked significant
ly at the young man as he emphasized
"a man of nerve
Milton Folsom repeated the words
and added, calmly: Il have some
nerve"
The manager fairly sprang forward
as he wheedled:
eff you could only do it, | would
make it an object"
But she must not know it while |
am breaking them in" said the young
husband.
The bargain was made in whispers,
as if the walls indeed had ears.
When the boss animal man learned
of the project he WAS bold enough to
expostulate with the manager, declaring
in his honest Indignation:
Mr. Bryant, you will be the death
of that young chap!"
IF / am" was the brutal return,
with leer and wink, 81 am Widower
and he will leave pretty widow!"
The lion king controlled himself
and curbed rising and rejecting ex-
preston.
Milton Folsom's determination was
a reckless and dangerous one, but he
proved himself to be the Brave Mas
ter of the Grave Robbing Hyenas,"
and it was not until he actually ap-
peared in the procession that his dis
tressed and greatly shocked wife was
aware of his thrilling exploit.
The boss animal man shook his
head day after day as the pageant
formed and the hyena den moved into
place, with Milton Folsom surrounded
by the treacherous, snarling, genuine
ly fierce brutes.
"Only a question of time! Only a
question of time!" the lion king fairly
groaned as he expressed his prophetic
belief
On one occasion the manager over
heard the wall and mendaciously
sneered:
"She will look prettier than ever in
mourning"
The employees first impulse was to
throttle the manager He looked dan
gerous and his eyes flashed fire. AS he
entered his den of lions he restrained
his hands, but his lips were free:
''You prefer to kill by proxy, Mr..
Bryant?"
The manag ger covered as if his in
most thoughts had been read. With
suppressed oath he turned on his heel
and from that hour avoided the lion
king as much as possible. The calam-
ity foretold by the boss animal man
came at last. The season was we'll
nigh spent and Milton Folsom had
escaped all harm and not received
even so much as scratch, when on
the fatal day the greatest crowds of
the season packed the streets and lined
up so close to the moving pageant
parade that they fairly endangered
themselves as the multitude i'll the
roar messed imDatientlv and Struppled
to catch glimpse of the music her
aided exhibit. The local authorities
were inefficient, and the cage and band
wagon drivers threaded their teams
through the mass as best they could.
calling at times to the excited throngs
to Clear the way" Just as the hyena
den was passing a public square the
hyenas, as if by command of a signal.
sp1ang upon Milton Folsom and rend-
ed him to pieces, to the horror of the
beholders. Strong men tainted and
women dropped to the earth as sudden
ly as if stricken with death The lion
king and several of his assistants
reached the hyena den too late to rem
der any assistance-only in time to
the den of four-legged demons. Bry-
art turned up in time to send the halt
ed procession on it's way. while Flora
Ervine. the eqTestTienne, rode away in
her place almost at the head of the
line, ignorant of the tragic disaster
At the managers arrival the lion kins
was supporting Folsom's limp form