Show r I LION HON A TIGER Cr Greater ater Bravery Shown By By- By Bythe th the e Smaller Animal The owner of a ring one circus traveling trav tray eling through the West this summer found himself in sore straits h the death of a much advertised lie lion n which was tho the star attraction of th the e ee show With a Q fertility born of ot n necessity ne ne- e he ho advertised in tho nearby y papers for a brave man man mam A good strapping Irishman applied for the po po- po- po My bly pet lion has bas Just died said sald th the e showman and I will give you 55 5 a day if you will robe yourself in fn his skin and go through his tricks All AU you have havo is two performances a da day cash money The Irishman rea 1 assented to the proposition and bein being g of bright wit and intelligence soon learned all that all that was required of him Tho The first afternoon of ot the show how he I went through the tho paces well enclosed in a largo large iron cage and occasionally emitting a roar loar to startle the guileless c countrymen In the tho everIt the manager manager man man- ager alter thought he be would tap cote the climax by announcing to the audience that lie he would place tho lion Ilon in fn the tigers tiger's cage On hearing this tho the son of ot Erin was terrified beyond comprehension However with trembling steps he ho went into the tigers tiger's cage but at once crept I up Into a a. corner praying to himself Faith God help me in this terrible trouble he moaned Rape Kape away from me the tho scratches of tho the big cat Gw Gwan n replied tho the tiger t tyer yer snaking up there like that ale ain aint t too a wearer of ot the green Teen 7 |