The Columbus commercial., 1908-05-17

anxious to come too near our breast
works. Then an old lady, probably
with a local reputation as a witch
doctor, rose behind her boss and
flung her skinny arms aloft and be-
slowed a few imprecations upon us.
The cats began to get bold The
crowd believed it was due to the spell
cast by the lady. Anyway, as we
were like hot hand-out to famished
orphan on Christmas eve, the evil
brace were game to try and net us.
"The audience went wild when the
twin spotted ones left the barriers
and dragged themselves towards us,
inch by inch, as if the proceedings
were very secret. 1t was like betting
money on the home nine when the UNI
pire is your friend and lives in your
village. And to add to the festivities
the lions began to wriggle and act I'M
easy. We realized they were about to
awaken.
ga yah, jali!' shrieked the To-
mans.
"9ve 'em another nullifier,' cried
in Tbs ear, indicating the quartet
of sleepers.
Except this biggest one,' he tele-
phoned back. L may need him
awake
"And friend Feeney, believing it
was the last act, threw back his head
and laughed in low gurgles. His
blood-curdling jollity seemed to jerk
the head tabby into radical action,
and a streak of white marked her
spring.
Missed / yelled.
"'Rotten!' cried Tib, as he also
scored a zero. and the target lighted
on our uneasy parapet.
Then the breasrwocgs came to
life
"And say, sir, if the dope had
quieted old Nero so far as we were
concerned it didn't preclude his hav-
ing a little argument with puss.
Screeching and roaring they rolled
over and over, while the other cat
looked on in amazement.
Mail her,' directed Tib.
'And ping! l did, at distance of
90 feet. She whacked her paws
against her nose in vain, for the
aroma would not down, and while
her congo.
Then we turned to watch the duel.
just in time to see the cart-wheel of
beasts strike the barriers fairly oppo-
site the chiefs lookout.
There was a crash, and the whirl-
ing, furry forms bounded out into the
audience.
LAS the orchestra circle emptied in
flight Feeney, indigo with rage, raised
his AK to hurl at me, who was nearest.
But Tib did a little rainbow stunt
with his gun, and as the gentle shower
fell on Feeney's nose he lost interest
in things, ditto his balance, and top
pied over and down onto the fighting
animals. The leopard promptly re
sented his intrusion with a tap of her
paw, and the lion also found time to
bestow a hearty cuff.
LAS the two rolled away in the for
est we enjoyed a good scrutiny of the
now quiet ruler. 1t didn't need
medico-legal expert TO diagnose he
had cast his last vote.
Somehow, | like him best this
way, murmured Tib, pensively.
by this time the natives had all
fed, evidently satisfied we were
fairies with evil intentions.
"One old hag, even in her fright,
could not resist the temptation to
turn in her course and hurl a nervous
spear at her PROSTATE master.
"ghis simple act of courtesy
cheered me wonderfully, as I didn't
believe the gang would feel much
hurt because Scraws had made his
exit. We were not taking any chances,
however, by lettering. We found our
boys snugly yoked together ready for
slave jaunt north, and with their aid
managed to sling the still insensible
pussy on a pole. We left the lions
and with only the cat to show for our
pains We recrossed the Bango and
picked up our reserve force.
''Since then / see the Bango dis
trict has passed under the control of
the Uganda protectorate.
$50, / reckon, our little act in the
arena was productive of some good
outside of furnishing this country an
opportunity to inspect at popular
prices the only prize white leopard in
cantiyity