Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-04-10

and tail. One blow Of she tail will
break . mans ribs or leg"
Just think Of that mother!" gasped
Miss Joy.
yes. / am thinking Of II. dsughteri"
Kangaroo meat 10 not ranked
among the delicacies." said the pro-
lessor. but 1t IL very nutritious. In
fact. n pound Of It has more nutrt-
ment in It than q pound and a quarter
Of Chicago beef, and at half the cost.
IL is a wonder to me that American
capitalists have not arranged to i'm
port kangaroo meat"
If they would only arrange, moth
err" sighed Miss Joy a. she remem
bered the price Of the last beefsteak.
Perhaps the Democratic party will
bring 1t about replied the mother.
At this moment a stranger who had
been listening to the wise talk butted
In by asking the professor:
did you say that kangaroo could
knock a man gally west with a blow of
his tail?"
yes. SIR"
Gosh all hemloak! Say. don't you
think the bird could be taught to use
his tail as a pile-driver?"
"Ladies-ahem-we will now pass
on to the king of beasts" was the
evasive reply.
Mother. what is a pile-driyer?"
whispered the daughter.
Its a machine they use to drive
money out Of a college student when
he's behind on his board!"
LEO, the lion, has been written
about by hundreds Of hunters and nat.
uralists." began the professor as they
came to the proper cage, land yet We
do not know him as he is. He is q
beast Of moods. One day he will at
tack a man with great fierceness. The
next he will fee from him. By nature
he ia c~arniverous. Meat is his sole
diet, and his. appetite demands at least
thirty pounds per day. A full grown
lion has been known to devour the bet
ter half of an OK in n night"
Suppose we had n for a board
err" gasped Miss Joy.
Lord! Lord" almost walled the
mother.
MAN is the only living thing the
lion fears. and not always him." said
the professor. 1T is asserted that IL
man will look Leo steadily In the
eyes for three or four minutes"
He broke on there to draw himself
up and fold his arms and stare at the
beast with q scowl, wrinkling his fore
head. Leo stood 1t for about forty
seconds. Then with q growl and .
roar he plunged against the bars with
such force that they gave way and he
sprang down upon Miss Joy.
RUM Run! The lion Is loose!"
There was a wild scattering. Mrs.
Morton tainted away and fell to earth.
but the professor never turned a hair.
The lion crouched down and laid a
pay on his victim and growled.
"The tail of a lion f. not the tail Of
a kangaroo" said the professor as he
stopped down and rciutched It. Never
theless, 1t Is capable of sustaining
great weight when used-thus!"
And next moment he had lifted the
beast from the ground as a boy might
a cat and was swinging him in a cir
Gle. There were yells and cheers and
cries of hold him!" and presently the
circus people came running with ropes
and Leo was thrust ignominously
back into his cage.
Miss Joy wasn't hurt, her mother re-
covered from her faint. and professor
Bascomb was a hero. Miss JOY man
aged to tell him SO. and though he
called her Mrs. Calhoun and Mrs.
Woodhouse and got things badly mix
ed up, she understood that he was also
popping the question and she replied
yes.
Copyright. 1913. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)