The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-05-29

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splpndid riding. and y beautiful lad,
all No. Whit, aud gold who Jumped
mr. ugh hoops. and an Indian juggler
ub, swallowed swords and pulled
,sris am, Yards " ribbon ont Of his
mouth AMI q man who "l,op"d ih'
lunr nm a bicycle and made Won Just
hold ,our breath oh ! couldn't begin
,p i.lI ,ou an tho wonderful things
thor, Uorc
F,nail, a Keeper brought a big liou
ou, int, tho rims and made u iumr
over the horses backs and through
hoops and 10 an sorts ~ tricks. whom
all vi = sudden guoss nobody ever
lupu Nnat happened the lion got
sulky and wouldn't jump any more
And the keeper raised HE whir to
STRIKE n aud II gave the most fright
mi roar and sprang NJ his throat The
man Jumped aside. but the lion kept
straight on. ont NJ the ring and right
over the little strip Of ground between
Us and II
oh II was awful For q moment
YOU could hear a pin drop boo,
sat straight and rigid In his seat and
then the afr VAS suddenly filled Win
the most dreadful shrieks and groans
and people Vcrc rushing In every ~
rection. climbing over the seats and
ono another knocking ouc another
down and tramplinr on each other
am me lion came right on It's whit.
belly crouching close 70 the ground
and its eyes blazing It seemed head
ed straight 10 u seats heard papa
say IN a loW, set tone that sounded
ever and ever 10 far away
NV God
And then Aunt Jennie got hold OF
my hand and pulled me up onto m,
i~'t and turned 20 him and said. Just
as 80. '.". '.i 1uI mo 90 iO 'hluca
Henry, you must ave the chill.
dren
Papa seemed TO wake up then. and
grabbed hold Of US both ard began
dragging NJ along over s'htg aud poo
pie. Oh. q was awful and ! never
want To go 10 another circus as long
as live
was crying. Aunt Jennie Aunt
Jennie" for | never knew until that
moment how much ! loved her, and
for a moment tried 20 hang back end
glance over the crowd to see where
she VAS standing
What saw made mo almost faint
I held my breath and waited Sha
VAS standing quite alone, for the PEG
pie ali about her had run away. and
the lion was close al her feet
Then. before I could even cry out.
something wonderful happened The
lion suddenly lay right down on IN,
ground In front Of her and began roll.
ing over and over. paving the air like
a kitten or a little puppy, only II was
so big and clumsy
II vas all as still now rs II had been
noisy before Every one waited and
held his breath. while several Of the
keepers crept slowly mp from behind
with spikes and bars. and, almost be-
fore We knew II. they had driven m,
lion back across the ring and hal him
NNA' h'IlNl lNN hNiH " NAH 'dAf
When It WIS an over the people
crowded about Aunt Jennie. So that
papa and Bob and I had TO sQue,y,
through the crowd to get Z" her, an.
then We Rugged and kissed her as il
We would leave on yes, ard
papa kissed her, too, and then papa
said In a choked kind Of voice.
II thank God. but | cant under
stand II yet, dear Is II another cas-,
u Daniel in the lions dem"
And Aunt Jennie laughed with he.
eyes fun 81 tears.
No, Henry, II was the bunch q
"atnip The lion got Il instead Of 81
vertoes
Papa explained II an to ms after
ward how the lions and the tigers an,
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