The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-21

weather, I'll show you the sort nj
man | am. | should love a bit of dan.
ger FOR your sake
About week later, the girl was
sitting on the poop-deck, reading n
book. The "old man" was mnrchipp
up ana down with Il quarterback trot.
casting glances ut her and thInkin,
now pretty she was, when suddenly he
uttered howl that would have fright.
eheu an elephant and sprang into the
port mizzen rigging. / was near at
lle time, and | looked at him, wonder.
ing whether he had gone mad, Then
saw what he had seen, and | went I'M
to the starboard mizzen shro,,Js as
quickly as he had gone up the nor,
ones. Ihe girl raised uer head and
locked up ut the Captain and he gained
uo"h Ut her and tried to shout. But
Tor some time he could only max.
faces.
Look! lookp' he yelled at last.
come up the rigging.' The lion is
loose"
She sprang to her feet and looked
about h"r. Not four yards away from
her the lion was playing with a coil
OF rope, the terrible claws alternately
exposing and sheathing themselves.
1he creature was paying no sort of
attention to the girl at the moment.
hut OF course it might take it into its
head to spring on her at any instant.
AS she stood, she was cornered be-
tween the stern of the ship and tha
cabin door. There was nothing to be
done but to climb up the rigging.
She tried, but the first step was too
high, and she could not manage it;
when she realized that, / thought she
was going to faint.
Hoskins was just going down to
give her a hand, but at that moment
the lion looked up and saw him,
and lashing its tail gave mufiled
roar. The old man" stuck where he
was then, and sort of shivered all over
like jelly. AS for the girl she moaned
and gave herself up for
lost. Just then-out Of the cabin came
Professor Hay.
He took one look around and saw
the lion. Then he picked up a broom
that someone who had been washing
lecks had left leaning against the
1eck-house. and pushed at the lion
with it. looking it straight between the
eyes. He kept walking forward, push
ng the beast gently before him right
nto the waist and back into its cage,
n spite of several ugly snarls. When
lie had 1t safely fastened in, he came
lstern again, looking not the least bit
.xcited or worried, and put the broom
carefully back in its place. The girl
vas looking hard at him, and her eyes
we're shining: but he didn't seem to
'e aware of it. Captain Hoskins had
'ome down the rigging and was look
ng a trifie ashamed of himself. He
hadn't known it was so easy to push
ions into their cage with a broom,
After bit he spoke up.
"That was fine bit Of work, Sir"
le said. IF hadn't seen it, couldn't
lave believed it."
"Oh, it's nothing" said the Pro-
essor. 1T was my business. 1 have
and wild animals"
After that he seemed to dismiss the
whole subject from his mind, and went
lown into the cabin. But 1 saw him,
ater in the evening, talking to that
,irl, and he must have had something
to say to her, for when the
old man" met her next morning and
began making excuses for himself,
she cut him short.
captain Haskins," she said do
you remember advising me to marry
4 brave MANI"
Il do said Hoskins, bit puzzled.
We'll" she said softly, "he asked
me yesterday; and I'm going to take
your advice"
All of which shows you. Doctor. that
bravery is very much matter of GUS
tom. AS for poor old Hoskins, we had
mill-pond weather the whole way,
home, and he hadn't even chance to
show himself-Sketch.
LOVE AMI AnVENTUpE