Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-03


An This did not make Pink dislike
LEO. He was the darling OF her heatt.
You don't require a collie dog 10 ps
ILL tempered in order to love IL, anu
neither was 1t necessary Tor Leo 10 20
ferocious TO keep Pink's love. She 1us'
about worshipped that dear oio I'LL r
she used to call him her boy and ne.
big baby and other pet names, ano
she always said that when she retireu
from the sawdust ring she would take
Leo with her, no matter what M
pened to her other big cats. l toid NJ
a couple of things about Manna,.att
iauitors and what they would think OF
a lapdox like Leo. who was as Die As
a pony and looked as fierce as ne
wasn't. but Pinky eaid she had ABOUT
az much use for a fiat In Manhattah
as for a submarine, and that when sus
retired she meant to have nice nl.,9
farm on a Catskill hillside with sooo
timber-lot where Leo could roam
around-and eat beech suppose
and lie down with Pinky's lambs. IL 'he
lambs were not too fierce for company
for the dear old cst'
Yes Pink was a nice girl, ana the
act she pulled off in the big ring cage
la, each performance was all 1t was
cracked up to be on the big pos'ets.
She had all the hig cat stunts ana
same she had invented on her own
hook, and when she stepped into the
cage in her short spangled skirt ana
| her ribboned sandals, with her short
buIl-whip in one hand and reliable
lforty-four in thu other, she always
made a hit. She had big lot of brown
hair and a way of doing II up Win
q little red-and-. old turban on top OF
it that made her look like real queen
OF beauty. and che was all that ana
more She had a heart of solid gold
| don't know lust when Oily made
himself prominent in her, notice hrst.
| think the first she ever thought OF
him was with annoyance He worried
her Leo terribly. Leo had the same
feelings toward Oily that every other
animal had. and when Oily would pass
Leo's cage. the dear old thing would
! Jus, yowl with rage. lie would bounce
around the cage and yavp and carry
on in an awful manner. He wcuin
| Jump at the bars and bite them ana
get all worked UP and nervous he
would get so mad he would fairly weep
and the tears would run down MS
jowls. and Pfnky said 1t upset him 90
that he would be like another lion Tor
an hour aftervard.
All this had one effect; II maoe
Pinky notice Oily. They had one DIE
row over Il. and then Oily came and
begged her pardon like little mar
From then on they were together lot.
Probably Oily fell in love when she
gave him that rake-ovcr. At any rate.
We all knew. before long, that oiiS
was head over heels and that Pinky
was favorabiy inclined. We expected
TO hear any dav that they had been
married between the afternoon and
evening performances
Then Oily camo to me looking like
a lost soul.
Mack" he said Tiny right. name he,
ing John Roger wcltzl. what wou,a
you do II you loved tho incest little
soil in the woild and she handed YOU
ono that put your hopes on Ice"
whats Pink been handing you
now" / asked.
Oily seemed surprised that had
guessed the girl was Pink.
How did you know she was the
goii?'' ne asked but without much
spirit. We'll. no matter She's the
dame I mean. Mack. she's Willing to
marry me"
.'oh. that part /. finc enough Oily
said Sure. the big show Is all right.
Mack. She's willing to be tied, Pink
is hu,-say. you know Morris7''
Like a book" I said.
Say. II is a fact he stood for hcfn'
married in the ring-cage with all them
cats?"
Then I Knew. onv didn', have to tell
me another word. Pink and Morris
had been married at the evening per-
formancc one night when We showed
at Dallas. II was a great stunt. and
advance news OF II had filled the tent
SO full We had to walk the elephants
single file in the grand entry TO keep
them from stepping on the Texans
who were sitting on the sawdust at the
foot of the blues. II was a great stunt.
and Pinky never tired telhn- about 1t.
and 1t was such good stunt that
every cat-traincr that got married
after that had the wedding pulled off
in tho ring-cage. I could sec why she
had suggested tho same thing to Oily.