The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-06-06

command set the nailed and toothed pro-
cesSion in motion Each assistant halted
lust outside the cage. The baby elephant,
bringing up the rear crossed the thresh-
hold the grated door swung to behind hlm
with dismal clank. and the animal tram
er stood alone. like another Daniel. in the
midst of the fierce. mismated family with
absolutely no weapon but the small whip
in his hand
Without pause, he led the striped, spot
ted train three times around the cage.
The four tawny monarchs of the jungle
strobe along at the head in dull-eyed ma
jesty, with dignifeG, measured tread, sol.
emnly obliyious to tiers of puny biPeds
called men Behind the lions came
quartet of tigers, surly aud soured by cease
less travel and long imprisonment, yet VIZ
liant and not without kind Of savage dig
nifty They moved along with a peculiar
shoulder motion ominously suggestive Of
the mighty muscles strung beneath their
striped hides. ike bands of steel needing
but touch TO spring them into deStrue-
ton Next came the jaguars, pumas ani
leopariS-the lesser cats-skulking close
to one another. with compressed tails and
iudrawn fanks, swinging their cruel. round
head ceaselessly from side to side, drawing
back their whiskered lips 10 hidrou>, mlrth
less. satanic smiles snarling and swapping
Inadvertently. and turning upon the audi
euee great, yellow. haletul eyes, which
glowed with an eternal. unquenchable ha
tired Of all things that be Yet the man
at the front never once Turned 70 hook at
them 20 it ~cemed1. bu, left their good
behavior to their honor Ani the tiny
ppodle- and terriers -campered up aud iowu
and through the hne Of great eats barking
joyously, stumblin. swkwarily over the
great paws. Just a. if there were no deadly
talon> within. itching to -tnke them.
Surely the little dog, were conss-'ous #
closer bond be,wween them and the all-com
pelling biped at the head Of the Proc'-s'ou,
aud trusted ia him for pro,ccIion'
Stock,ou ,,lIdeul, faerd about and the
pr,,c,-ysiou halted \ circle 1t chair. had
bs,cu placed around the cage sod At
signal. canin,> and lelinc, leapsd upon
,he~s and ,guai,ei "a their haunohe- The
donkey, fcbra and baby elephant ,,.'k p.'--
iiions in the CENTER
Il va, All impressive ,iZht-ihis human
being. guarmed aud uuarmorrj. in the
cage of the great eats In these animal.
ace, ii confict have broucht the organs Of
destruction 70 the highest peffrct,on. The
grrai mu~cle- Of hulh ADD Jaw. the loss.
eurvins teeth, the cruel ;alons, al ,Fsll
Death sudden. cataciysmir death and
behind them Iis- a -Iecple>-, un,amablo
fer,city. Yet >tockion. in the gTicks
which followed. beat each brute to hps wiil
rendered nugatory che art law Of its be.
ing ycs. held in sbeyauce is very God.
gwen instincts 4 ~elf preservation. and
forccd II ,o acts->ueh a, leaying ,hFvagh
hoops of drr-fr,l1s whieh every hbcr r,--
e,silr-d in repugnanos aad terror
The aniuials wrrr "a their good beha-
yior. wi,h the cSoypJi,so e one lion Nhsvr
duty it va. O., push yeh-ripids ridden by
,isrr Either indignant at che uacnisl
otlcc assigned % him or -ulky fron an
ovrrsharp touch # the whip-fos these
great eats all not brg-pk abuse Uhcn DOING
their h,-,, he took hi fofv ircs from the
vehicle and stubboruly dropped 10 the
sroaui En,rcatis-- aud THREAT, faded 10
move him and when S,ockton struck him
sharply over the n,~s wilh hls Whip be
sieiously drew back b. hF~ until all h,s
yellow fang. we're exposed to view and
believed ~i'h rage
Yrt hi, whole attitude belied hi, war.
lik. ,lemon-l raiions. Tor he shrank from
the master above him, hi, Hank> quakcd
n, ewes. fuil Of hate werg ais, full of
fear. and he cut very mean figure IA
deed. crouehiBg there upon the ground,
for kiu- of beasts Finally StocAton,
never lo>ins patienee bu. bound to con-
auer--as he must or ahdicatc ht> power
foreycr-detIly slipped win, hosp over
the recilciirant : jaw and gave 4 steady,
-rruu. pull Smarting with PAIN, Leo then
consented reluctantly and with woeful bad
grace. to return to the yelocipeie aud TN
ish the tiger ride
The only mi>hap vas with beautiful
fetiale iaguar whose trick was TO leap from
her chair 70 a low pedestal, twenty fee,
distant and maintain her balance Am
bilious to do her best she crouehed a mo
nent with taut muscles aud fixed eyes,
calculating her distance; then she sailed
as gracefully through the air as a bird. tail
aud hIHd feet streaming out behind. Alas
for her noble effort In her zeal she over
leaped triAe, and struck the further edge
of the goal For second or two she
elawed desperately at the wood to save her
self and then toppled over and fell to the
floor
Catike. she landed on her feet. But
the disgrace was too much for her explo.
>iye temper, Something flashed through
the air like the CLINT Of a vanishing hum
ming bird 1t was the jaguar paw. aud
the next instant the heavy pedestal rose in
the air at an angle of thirty degrees
1t struck the side of the cage with an
impact which set the bars to dancing, and
the animals AS we'll
For moment the outraged beast gared
furiously about her, as if challenging the
world to combat; then. overcome with