| Show J N 1 JL t MM M it S roar of the dri rish lion by A WRIGHTA PATTERSON kik r old peter brown died he left his fortune a very one to hla his grand son con P chailey brown as the young man signed it or dickey crown brown as he w as familiarly known to his bis intimates rut the fortune had bad conditions at cached conditions that were a beast ly bore dont don t you know old oil peter had been one of the old settlers of Plum plumville ville hla his ton son had been horn born there and married there and dickey had bad ural first seen the light of day at the same place but with the increase of fortune dickey a I 1 mother had developed society lean ings and she had taken dickey east at where she could dabble in the odeen of the tha society sea and dickey had bad grown up in the atmosphere of saratoga and newport with an occa elonar visit to london when the aea son was on when it came to the question of a university nothing short of oxford would answer all america was waa too provincial to he be thought of so it was aba that he spent the greater pait of his teens and neared hla his majority in eng land at all times a willing student of anglish snobbery it was with consid considerable frable disgust that dickey read the letter from lis hla Ame american la aaers law i era ers him that if ho he wished to have the handling bt bf hla bin grand grandfathers rathers money after hla his twenty fifth birthday it would be noc nee ebsary to comply with the tha old gentle mans expressed command that he spend each of his birthdays from hla ble twenty first to his twenty fifth in his matita town of Plum plumville ville A beastly bore dont you know said DI dickey cItey as he be read the letter for we thaid time I 1 I 1 bay tia now why cluid not cot the old codger havo have left that out it was waa on the first ot of july that dimcey arrived at Plum plumville ville monocle brilliantly checked trousers sputa spats walking stick and all the tha other essentials mab kh life in ani lank don would be scar scarcely LelY worth the living Plum plumville ville lust just at that time was very much imbued with a spirit of ism ibro and looked lt at everything english englis very much is a the audience looks upon the vii llata in the show the town was waa eing to celebrate f and they were go K gnp todo it bil on a very big scale for baj been ar ra ranged for borun the tha exception of otan even tings areco fireworks when alis be alb ul t f mi ai r scribed ascribed funds began to run rim low and it seemed as though Plum villes celebration was waa not destined to wind up 1 in a laze blaze of glory Yta ther that thai was the he way it seemed before dickeys dickey s arrival j th the 0 finance committee of the celebration felt wit thit he be should and would provide the needed funds for the fireworks and the chairman waited upon hm him at once and broached the subject what dickey said bald to the chairman that official did not repeat but he be did report to the committee that the funds for the fireworks would be forthcoming and the town paper contained the th following notice on the morning of the th third extraordinary celebration ATTRACT attraction IONI I 1 the th committee on arrangements arrangement of the th plum llla fourth of july celebration announce the engagement of 0 a GENUINE LION I ION the only ong on jn in captivity in this country ale H wilk be securely cared caged and will provide entertainment by roaring when hah tall in I 1 twisted DO NOT FAIL TO SEE IT the th admission will be ba 25 conta cents aben fourth of july morning da dawned wiled a large la rge site elie tent was wag oue one of the features of the grounds on which the celebration was to be held across it in large lotters letters was the sign THE ENGLISH LION HEAR IT ROAR the curiosity of the visitors and the townspeople was as at white heat beat and they flocked into the tent as soon an aa it was waa opened I 1 there was dickey in a hastily constructed ted cage securely bound down en cn all fours properly arrayed la in his big ch checked eclied trousers trouse is s m bitt spats with hla his monocle fastened seu rpy in place and himself decorated with a bushy busby tall the chairman a young hopeful garbed in continental uniform and cocked bat was vias operating the tall I 1 piece this was but a doubled strand of ropo rope netted around dabkey alt acy a ach so BO tightly that when given an extra twist or two it became torture to the tha victim and produced the promised roar I 1 the crowd went wild with delight at the novelty of the entertainment while dicke dickey roared and howled and swore and vowed towed vengeance upon I 1 Plum plumville ville and the entire nation dation the worth orth of Ore fireworks works vita which Plum plumville ville wound up its celebia tion were promptly paid for when hen the bil wa presented dickey spent biz hl birthday in bed in the town hospital ind his has not been heard from froia since the lay day fall wing though the fane fame of Plum plumville ville a british lion ion has haa spread from ocein ocean to ocean should he be fall fail to return for his hirt liday this year the town alil be b able to replace the present hospital with a more commodo ous oua structure truc tura out otha old gentle rain nina x fortune ll 11 tubel lu haoold dickey not meet the th condition ot if the win will n 61 aa au |
