The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-02-10

paired. and don't have 10 put up end
take down tents. and ride all night ON
trains. We are all stopping at hotsls.
and getting rested. and % II having
. Chance to shine.
The managers think pa Is trying to
commit suicide, for he wants to take
the place Of anybody who Is sick
or drunk, and Ii the understudy OF
everybody. We got one act that just
curdles your blood, . cage In the ring.
with lions and tigers and leopards. who
60 through all kinds Of stunts. One
lion rides 4 horse and jumps through
hoops. and lands on the back Of the
horse. and jumps on . staging anc
let's the horse go around the ring. anc
then jumps on again. The horse IL
blindfolded. so he don't know It h .
lion that jumps on his back. but
thinks II Is . man
The tigers ride bicycles. and the
,eopards jump about wherever the
trainer tells them to. = monkey acts
as clown. and q little elephant runs =
mAke-bslieve antonohils. That oct
alone h worth thu price Of admission
well tie regular trainer vent b
Con<y Island. and gpt drunk. and We
either had sD cut out that psrforn-
anes. or give back thu money. AMI
the manager Vas waiting about u
'cause noching Makes . circus MAN
v2h Eks giving back rpod mnneJ-
Then ra Ea1f he wusrbf xaEe thu DAY
by taking cAnER OF tina animal ATf-
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the CREE 1frpIIE.r ahE chute TRIM z-ts
animal puErusrK Tine dirn I'D a:urn
vsrs TWO 11EHs 1shEt WE'RE up riifis W.
Socise6es I ranhiist dEr un WHEN
they went In and wEp@f their Eailr
and looked n ra N mp,ir III I'D HF
20, we won't DO . thing tD p5n" VhsF
actually looked ~ each other xnI
vinked: but pa ootionsd TO tia We
locipedes. and looked feree, and uhsa
they hesitAted about getting on p
said: You won't, won't you" and be
took . club filled with lead and start.
. ed for the biggest tiger. He hesitated
] a moment, and then he jumped on ths
{ machine, and the other followed, and
1 they raced around, and then pa made
d them get on and jump hurdles FINAL,
j he motioned to q shelf for them u
G jump up onto. and when they hest
e tated he kicked one In the Stats, ant
hit the other with the club. and they
went up on that shelf too quick. br
= they stayed there and snarledr at pa
: and was afraid they would jump u
u him when his back was turned.
1 Then they brought in the blini
r horse and the lion, and the lol
! was onto pa, and ne struck right on
l. He got up on the pedestal from
: which he was TO jump onto tn
q horses back, but when the horse cam
= around the lion wouldn't jump, AM
4 pa said: "I'll give You one NOR
s chance" and the horse went nnde
" the lion, and he wouldn't jump. s
Il pa stepped the horse and took an iro,
9 lar and knocked the lion on onto tn
floor, and he growled at pa, but p
kept mauling him, and finally tn
lion jumped up on the pedestal an
seemed TO say: Bring on your horse.
made his jumps all right, and the au
dience cheered pa.
All the animals went through thei
stunts all right. but / thought coui
see they we're laying for pa, and
wished he was out of the cage. Til
wind-up came when the lions wer
seated on benches, and the elephan
was between them, and the tigers an
lecpards made pyramid, and th
monkey was clawing around pas leg!
The signal was about to be given 10
the animals to return through th
chute. when the monkey tackled pa
legs like football player, the ele
plant pushed pa over, and the lion
paved him and snarled, and tn
tigers took a mouthful out OF pa
pants. and the leopards snatched hi
red coat on. and the signal was give
(, for them to get out of the cage, an
they went out like boys at recess
leaving pa In the cage with the blin
horse, with not clothes enough lei
on him to wad q gun. He was nc
even scratched, however, the animal
having just combined to humiliate pa
Tho audience cheered. Pa said
well. wouldn't that skin you" The
"A threw him an overcoat to put on. an
~ he bowed like hero, and quit the rim
80 cage, and was met outside by the whoi
!. show management, and congratulate
= on having more nerve than any MAJ
!. alive.
I, Pa said: "If you will give me
- shotgun loaded with bird shot, viii
J, make those animals get on their knee
" nj fhe mart nerform anco and beg N, v n \ r