The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-04-15

deeiaed him 10 RIA bic esn life in .
desire 10 he Of ssFicr 10 another.
Advancing hastily and pssFias lhIeash
the t4ngied VINES and thisk branri,es inis
. sort Of cavern. hr eau tso lsfse Mid
s.es. lie raised his gun 10 lTe As the
ANIMAL uttered q AAsaes groni and he
fsneied he wss intending 10 spring AZ
him. bat The hosl sas followed By sash
. piainilsr maan that hr sas iaached
with pity and seing bot q fe~ yards
from the animal and observing that he
held his icot up as II In pain and that
blood Vas dripping frsm the wound.
he stepped quickly 90 lis side and
eSamlned tho Young lion's foot, Or such
the animal proved 10 he. Hsidrnily the
baby lion had horn caught In a hnnirF's
trap and It's leg broken, and in IL
fury 10 get its ieg free. the poor bah,
had torn and mangled the flesh - that
II hlei terribly, The man toak his hand
k.rehirf and bound II tightly around the
leg hrtwocn the injured place and the
animals body. Neat he cut some sticks
for Splinis 10 hind on and hold the bones
together and taking a string from his
pocket bound up the injured leg. The
lian showed his gratitude by licking the
mans hand. As II showed a disposition
10 he 80 friendly, the man doclded Ia
take the crratnm home for pri. lie
took II in his arm a. You would small
dog and the baby lion nestled down on
his shoulder as u confident that h. had
found a friend,
What had hocoms 81 the odd lion and
lionrss vas mystery, On arriving
home. he fed the poor beast and In due
time with the hest Of ear and much
pcttlng is leg healed and u bocamc
extremely found of It, master. The lion
would lie ON the rug AZ the mans feet
when he was homo and allow no one
extremely fond OF It's master. The lion
would follow the man about the street
and he taught u tricks. The animal
would follow the man about the stree,
and many people came 90 see II. lie
laugh, Lion TO 60 TO the pcsiofiicc door
TO get the mail.
Lion would push open the postofiice
door and enter and jump up by the Office
window, take the mail In It's mouth when
handed out. and trot home ~ quickly a.
possible. Sometimes the creature had
many spectators TO witness these tricks.
II any one attempted to take the mail
the lion would growl ferccly.
The man never needed 10 lock his
house as Lion would lie on the porch
when his master was absent and no one
dared come near the door, aS he would
get up and walk back and forth In front
OF the door and growl sayagely II a
person came too near.
One day the mans wife went out and
the man and Lion were left Mt home
Then the man thought Of an crrand down
town and he told Lion TO lie on the
steps while he was gone and allow no
one 10 come in. The mistress returning
unexpectedly found Lion keeping guard.
She thought he would let her In all
right. but on attempting to enter he
forbade Il, and all her pctting and
coaxing proved of no avail and She was
Obliged TO wait until the mans return
before he would allow her to enter. II
his master had not stationed him there
and told him TO allow no one to come
in he would have let his mistress in as
usual. but he seemed TO know what
was said TO him. which greatly amused
the man.
One night he thought burglars at
TEMPTED 10 enter the house and some
one entered the room. II was his wife
and child and the lion sprang at them
as he thought they were going to touch
his master and the man awoke just IN
time to shoot the lion before he killed
his little boy.