The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26

I Yaple used in his last trick with the I Twins, and dragged them off to con l duct an examination. The keeper WAS
 complaining of Jerrys actions, and
 Stettiner, nervous and fearful. de- l animal safe.
 l T think there will be no trouble
 said Yaple, looking Jerry over.
 1 Afterward Farnum railed inwardly 1 at a restraint that had held him back 1 from entering a protest then and tho He had kept silence against his owr l convictions. Work piled in upon him but he made a desperate effort to clear it up in time to witness Yaples act, which came along near the end. In l spite of his hurry, Yap1e had been ll | the cage several minutes and was com. l ing to the final trick in which Jerry ] juggled skill with the Twins, wh ,n Farnum entered.
 One of the presentments which come 1 to those who must look danger square ly in the face and know it, came to Farnum as he watched them let Jerry
 in at the cage door. In reality it was with him long before. He knew then that his presentment did not rest , against the lions, but against the
 awkward, shambling- -gaited elephant. And yet Jerry's appearance was every thing to discourage suspicion. It was not until Yaple's first command rang, clear-cut, that Farnum stopped grop- ing In darkness and faced the truth. At Yaple's first word. Jerry obeyed sullenly; at the second, he hung back the third brought him to open defiance Yaple stood quite cool and fearless, calling out the order to him. Sudden
 rage seemed to possess the brute, and with snort and below he charged straight for Yaple. The man held his ground up to the last instant; then stepped quickly and lightly aside. Far mum breathed again. He tried to more
 to do something. but his limbs were numb and worthless. Keepers were run ming forward, surrounding the cage, yelling and cursing uselessly. A pro- l longed hush of horror had stilled the house. Then some one screamed, and what Yaple had feared most happened Jerry went mad and tore in a great black blur for the place where Yap'e stood. The man shot. once. twice. thrice, but death itself could not have stopped that fury.
 Yaple was doomed The inevitable tragedy that the next minute was to
 know burned before Farnum's eyes. Ter
 rible cries went up from the crowd, for
 Yaple was facing yet another peril. His
 back was toward the Twins, and he was
 at their mercy also.
 But the end was a miracle. Like whirl-
 winds the lions had crouched for the
 sprlng--like lightning their massive bod
 les, alive with snew leaped straight for
 the throat of Jerry and bore him crash
 ing down. The Twins love and under
 standing had saved Yaplel
 Terrified and in uproar the people half
 fled, were half driven out. and, the tent
 once more empty, listened unmoved to
 the narticulate words of the man in the
 cage. For Yaple was tenderly binding up
 the wounds of the Twins, blinded by his
 tears and utterly contemptuous of his
 own blood staining his garments.
 Hello, Yaple. grinding away as usual.
 eh?' Campbell dropped into Yaple's of
 fees the following afternoon, tossed his
 well-groomed figure into an inviting
 chair, stretched his legs comfortably,
 and puffed out smoke from a big black
 cigar. '1 want your advice on that trac-
 ton deal shellito had in mind. It's got
 to be trimmed into shape before night,
 and I'm in a hurry to get it off my
 hands. I'm getting confoundedly sick of
 this slaving anyhow. But say,'-Camp-
 bell paused, chuckling and laughing
 say, did get out of my shell last
 night. What d'you think I did. Yaplef