Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-20

shin hv the African roQSt Animals
of an 1oscriptions ho,yl.d and ronred
ana called To- him, but he was loo tired
To give back the call and slept. aesnite
The stran.rennss of i, an lr,r , few
days he rested. and then IN. hars OF
his ca.e we're withdrawn it frst he
thought his chance of liberty had
come and snran- eagerly rn>,ard the
and cro,ched back Tnon sonathinr
sharp prodded him in me haunrhcs ana
he sprang forward 1hrough The onen-
inpIon,v IN ina bir,salf Il, l,rrnr
cage. Othor lions were driven in fron,
nearby capes ana thoy oved .1cb othcr
susniciouSIv as hnti,tad ,ha Inr5S of
tl,a dnsort ma inn~ia u.ho a.,,nnt ,iaare
no si,nren,nrv Heforn mo, MA ti,ne
to settle ihrir rivalries no .,fe of The
arena was thrown omen All man
wearing high b.ots ana a,,,ipr :.
whip entered. He was unlike the
gray-cyed man. His eyes were cold
steel blue. and his lips min and
straight. He stepped into thn ring
without fear and almost INSTANTLY his
whip whirled over his head with a
crack. Tho sudden noise semi fha lions
back 10 their corners-and then he
drove them.
Au,,hl;,a He pr;1
They. the lords OF the desert m.
Jungle, were whipped around the ring
nike dogs. only he, the latest arrival,
Fought back. He had lost his liberty.
ne mad been laughed to Scorn by n
spawn of Il lackal. but he still retained
ms PRIDE. The cruel whlp curled it
self around HIM again and again. but
ne would not give IN. Lying back in
ms corner he silarled ana growled. and
SUDDENLY sprang forward as he used
10 spring for the s~pringbok. But here
ne mel resistance y Stick Ghnf for
ward ana the llppers at the end of
the trainers fork caught him by his
open Jaw. n next instant he was
less E,,7ions hecnnsM bn va zap
he gave the roar, and noticed the man
change color. The latter nodded to
attendants and the other lions were
driven back to their cages. only the
lnutineer remaining.
For three hours they fought the hat
tle-the lion and the man. and the man
won. When the lion went back to his
cage he skunk at the crack of the whip.
but he snarled hack as he lodyea and
the man knew he would have To- fpht
again. That night the lion thought of
his changed conditions. He had been
Observation-Disclosures before the deer and
snecring iackals. he Thought
il over. 1t was not mete that a man
with n whip should beat The lord of the
desert and Jungle And then again.
the man hanged color when he roared.
Yes. the two would fight and sometime
sometime when the opportunitv ar
rived, he would jump quicker than the
between his naws he 1honrht of the
time and felt in i,narination the homes
in bis m,a,,,h ~ ,".7n - hinnh ,nnn.s
blood ,rickiins ON his ,ongIe h
thoupnt U.s. Zoo much ana risi,y nm
IN. NO ma niyb, rou I-,nr, sbai,
senaratc r,ras Inc ohio, lions an
swcrod hack ri, mo Innr Of me harm
t,ernblo1 AND rhonr a., no s,,,n1
:.
tbs lime comes.
Els chance did not come for MANY
days. but he waited and one day he of
the blue eyes grew careless. leaving
the fork against the bars. He only
retained the whip. In an instant the
lion bounded through the air and
though the whip curled around his
body if co1ll MOI deter him lie Womb
show the snecrinp iackal and the
timid deer he was still lord. Down
went the man and before the attend
ants could strike him off the blue-eyc,l
one wa "A cripple for life. From the
lions laws there dripped fresh blood
mans blood. Nevermore would the
arm be raised To strike. neyermore
would the blue eyes uucll the spirits
of the desert and Jungle. They carried
him out. but none came near the lion.
who retired to his cage licking his
laws as if smiling at his work.
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"e Wees d '''e"a'
For a week no trainer went near
nm ana then another appeared. In
mat Week the non had decided To treat
'he second To wait his time
ana 'heh bound. On entering the arena
ne kept ms eye TO the ground so h a
,he man could not see the hate III
,i'eiii, put ne lilteu theil quickly as he
heatu ihe Voice-ior IL was ms sym
pa'hi",hs iIlehu Oh tne gray eyes. Inc
seNoliu '.aine' carIieu no WHIP pu,
.S iieNei nesieo'eu nus iorh. Also ana
could thrnst ina fnris o,,icLar .nd ~.
thnn The ono WIN w,s no,,.ioI n,, IL
of the gray ewes never lost his tenn
per, never struck except when the lion
moved first and in time the lion be-
came tired of the game. which was so
one-Sided. In time he did as he was
told. He sat on The stool or Jumped
over the back Of another lion and very
49,, ~ az ne ,earhl
meant praise from the gray eyes which
talked to him AS they looked. Some
times of a night the man would sit by
his cage and together the two would
tell tales of the shimncring desert with
the black rock standing guard and the
tip of the desert moon rising where
the skyline met the ripples Of sand.
Yes, 1T was good to call back the old
DAYS and (,rDt i.XnC t1nlnpGtnnI