The Washington herald., 1921-04-10
I. :. >.eeyDeo eou,tneyR R5leY Cooper

knew that tt must Be watched: that n vss Q
thing Of danser: that the old instinct Of pre-
ervstion within her cautioned vsriness ana
strategy and . vigilance unepding. And n
WIS during this resiizatien that the hate
which was % come began to breed and %
develop hate that would never CEASE
She was . thing fascinated: yet no Erovi
came from her spotted throat no hiss passed
over her iens. sharp teeth. Her game would
be a waiting one. when her torn brain recov.
cred sufficiently for treaeherous cunning 10
assume command-and instinct was caring
for her nov. She nd not even retreat 10 her
corner At the aght Of Delsine ~ he sp-
preached her cage. in spite Of the fact that
his voice was raised and angry. she merely
looked at him. expendins little more interest
upon him than upon the young. intense man
al his ade-snd certainly none. for she could
not understand. upon the words. Delains
tsboed forth hand
Seq that leopard IN theref I'm going 70
work her. too. together with the lion and
tiger and horss and dog. And do you think
won't? wait-thats an-wsit Then your
see whether you ever could get away with .
bum hippopotsn1us rolling ball
Then I should think" the voice vss
quietly inastent-" that IL you've got such .
wonderful act you'd at least give US a fair
chance TO develop ours. A person can't do
anything with just an hour q day"
AN hourT' Deaaine covered at him
"a Hov ,,,,,rb rrore 40 x,ou ua,f, ~ nos
going to let you kill that hip
He seems to be in pretty good health now
and we've been working him all winter Al
least came coidly. he doesn't know what
it means To feel the touch Of . whip o. 70
have powder marks on his forehead
Delains snorted.
Don't get away from the subject! say
you've been working that hip 100 long Al q
time I know. I'm the menaserie superin.
tendent- You've had plenty Of time"
Its slow work trying TO pound anything
into a hippopotamus brain. He can't under.
stand like other beasts
Nobody asked you to get UP the act
But Mr.. Williams gave Us the right TO DO
It He said that We could do what ".
claimed-
He wasn't figuring o. me putting on a
feature. When he knows that thereu be q
difference"
He knows already
Went 70 him and whined. eh-
The faee Of Tom Bayiiss became white
his hands cienched. slowly to relax
The position Of animal superintendent
gives you a great deal OF Ieewsy.- he said
at last. in forced calmness. I never vhined
to anybody. simply told Mr. williams, a.
owner Of the show. what had happened.
Were both to put On our acts At the sane
time, on opening day. And the best one
wins"
A sneer, ss Delaine turned bis back For
a moment Baylss he<dtated in white anger.
then. TO free himself from the possibility Of
violence that might spoil his one chance Of
soccess hurried out Of the animal houss.
Delaipe placed his hand between the bars Of
the Leopard den and snapped his fingers.
Beauty he ordered. come out ot that.
Wake up there! Hear me? Wake up
ceased her gazing into the tigers den and
obeyed as Delaine commanded her forward
coming slowly toward the outstretnhed hand.
even allowing the big trainer 70 rrmple her
ears and smooth the hair Of her neck D.
lsine's eyes narrowed
Thought So he murmured; tts taken
all the fight out Of her. Cues I'll Try her
out, after all He blew his whistle Put
the runway up to this den. I'm going TO take
on this cat for q little session, alone"
And this time Beauty made no objection
There was little need for the whip: les for
the blank cartridge reeoIver. Like an au.
tomaton. Beauty went through her rote Of
tricks, one after the other. displaying no
nght, no insurrection. Delsine gr1nned aAl
Stepped out Of the arena
She's o. k was his verdict. That punf
getting killed Knocked out her backbone
Wen work all three cats together tomorrov-
And when tomorrow came Delaine's sole
task was that Of handling the Bengal and
the great Nubian- Cunning had come 70
Beauty 20 combine with hate. the cunning
which sent her within reach Of the tiser,s
clawr time after time. which caused her 70
stt passive and oesdient upon her pedestal
while her enemy csrcled about her. their fur
touching more than once a. the angry Jungle
to leap upon its own enemy. the Nubasn.
Not once d,d Beauty fsn In her role. not |.
falss movement did she make. not onos dd
her claws sxtsnd or forepaws JAb the air d.
circles before her a. the other animals
bounded past or the whip In Deaaines hands