| Show I I A TAME LEOPARD i VIch I Wlk1 NVIth Its litatterAbout Ibo Streets lit llerlln I Of nil the cat tribe leopard mo the easiest to tame and teach if they are I I captured while oung When they aro old their savage habit have become fixed and It Is iilmoit impossible then 10 tome them I Thirty yean ago n curious and well I known eight on tho street of Berlin I wo Von der Madllcrn with him tom I leopard Baron Ton der 31dllern when 1 ft young mall was for Several years German consul In Egypt Wit it thcro 1 an Arab friend presented him with n I young leopard It was only a few days I old ItA eyes not open yet The young fcuron determined to make rt I pet of tho leopard and train and treat it like a dog Tho leopard was never confined in it cage tot was always allowed full liberty I lib-erty and was well fed and petted Ho slept ou n comfortable rug In his masters I mas-ters room and if the night was cold crept npon his masters bed and shared it with him Through tho day indoors and out ho I followed You der Madllcrn about like n faithful dog and displayed a doge affection for his master Ho grew by and by into a handsome creature ono of tho largest pf his era f ties and finely marked When ho had been ill I Von der JIndliernH possession I about two years tho baron wag recall cd to Berlin and took tho animal back I with him In Berlin tho leopard occupied I occu-pied the sumo place In hit musters house that ho had done before and followed r i tb lowed the baron nbout the streets t in tho Rome way I At first tho eight of tho creatnro stalking solemnly along beside tho man created Quito a sensation In tho city I and people crowded to sea them pass 41 Hot it grow to bo an everyday mutter which only attracted occasional notlcu from strangers or children I The animal lived to bo about 15 years I old 1 and died much lamented by nil who knew it His story fecini to prove I that the ulidiees of such aiilunls only on-ly slightly Inberlted and that their better bet-ter nature may usually bo brought out I by proper treatment Our Animal Friends |
