Pueblo chieftain. (Pueblo, Colo.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04

and the cage out on the lot, but I
hunted up Oily and rushed him to the
cage. We took down the sides.
Leo was sitting on his launches
holding up one fore-paw and licking
1t between yowls. When he saw Oily.
he began bouncing around the cage on
three feet, ten times as mad at Oily
| as he was at the tack in his paw.
| Oily was az white as sheet.
Go to it," I said.
| Love or something gave the little
| narrow-eyed man more nerve than
l ever imagined he could dig up. He
must have felt he was going to death
or mutilation, but he walked right up
| to the cage.
Come here. you brutel" he said.
an dhc reached between the bars and
| took Leo by his tack-infcsted paw. I
| had a tent-stake ready to jam into the
| big cats face il he tried any ugly
business, but the old cottage cheese
was too cowardly and pain-frightened
| to make a mean move. He Just put up
his muzzle and yowled. and yowled.
and Oily took the tack by the head and
jerked it out of the paw. For mo-
ment Leo yowled. then he began lick
ing tho paw: then he went to the back
of the cage and spread out ready to
sleep. We put up tho side of tho cage.
Oily sortof tiptoed away.
II guess that will DO all right" he
said in whisper. like a person In
sick room. III he sleeps well. he'll
feel better in the morning"
1 said I hoped he would and that
hoped the old grannie OF beast
would have sense enough to know the
kindness Oily had done him.
any enthusiasm. Somehow don't
fe etlhe same way about that Androc-
les business. Mack. The more think
about 1t. the fisher It looks"
Well. one OF the stunts OF our par
ade was to have old LEO on top of his
cage with Pink sitting in a chair with
one foot on his back. OF course the
old lion was chained to a ring in the
cage-top, but 1t was a good stunt and
made a hit with the crowds.
The day after Oily had done the
Androcles stunt the parade started for
town. Oily was cutting across the
show-lot on some business or other. |
and he passed near Leo's cage. The |
moment Leo saw him he pricked up
his ears and yowled. Oily stopped |
short and looked. of course, and the |
next moment Leo made a leap for him. |
Pink shouted and struck al tho big cat |
with her .hull-whip, but she was either |
too late or tho lion did not mind her
blow. for nc hurried off the top of the |
actly the length of the chain and
stopped with a jerk and slammed back
against the side of the cage. hanging
there by the mock as IL he was trying
to commit suicide by hanging. He
kicked and clawed and scratched. Pink
yelled, and some of us climbed to the
top OF tho cage and We all pulled on
the chain and hoisted Leo to the top
OF the cage again. For n moment he
shook his head and swallowed hard
and painted. and then his gaze caught
oily's again, and zippl over the side of
the cage he went again. clawtng and |
scratching and kicking.
Well. this time the chain broke, !
Down the old cat went to the ground. |
tail first, and fell head over heels. He |
got up and shook himself. paved his |
neck whore the collar had choked him, |
looked around for Oily. saw him and |
started after Oily on the LOPEZ
Run? Oily went in at ono end of |
the menagerse-tcnt and was out of the !