| Show A dor jog log let loose THE JO jomer JOKER wilo WHO LOST A BW BET BUT wad HAD tta tra ALL alili THE FUN some days since a saloonkeeper saloon keeper on gratiot avenue paid certain par spain t h in chicado far for la lion ilon to add to the thet attractions of his saloon and tb theother the eother other morning aa the place was haind bertill tile ged ped lion was placed at a the front ron fut cut door to to keep beep him out of the wet half a block down the street a farmer was having his wagon repaired and a bi big 9 bulldog bull buli dogias dog was chained to the hind axletree he grew uneasy the minute the lion was rolled out and it needed only a few encouraging words from the boys to render him half frantic fri frh untie he growled and plunged and tore aro around un d and attracted quite a crowd among whom was a man who remarked 99 thas a brave bravo dog of yours stranger bravel brave pd fd like to see eee the tho man manor or beast he be tackle tackie tac klel klei replied t be the owner 11 about that never trever saw a dog whom stand before a lion cavell cf veil Vell heres heroes abne one stand be fore two lions see how anxious he be is to get there yes but he puts on that because bemuse bes hes chained if he be was loose e you boll get him within a rod of that specimen 11 Could nl eh Maybe you want to hear bear yourself talk is well I 1 dunno pm im opposed to betting card playing dancing and all that but seeing you are rather sassy about this got ot half a dollar dolar stat here which says fays thau that you cant get that dog to go within six feet of that lion put up money up moll moil money eyll shouted the farmer as he went down into his own pockets after alter the coin the money was put pa up the crowd fell feli back and the farmers face wore a smile of triumph aa as bo he still further excited the dog and then slipped his collar with a yell of rage the canine made a beeline bee line for the i king of beasts and in another moment there was reason for a terrific yell of applause dog and lion filled the air so to say eay the lion was I 1 rolled over and over grabbed hy by the throat and shaken aroun around drawn across the street and back by the ear and when the dog finally let up on tl 0 e corpse the battleground battle battie ground was covered with hair and hay bay and sawdust and glas glass eyes at that mo mot the saloon keeper rushed out a policeman came up and for five minutes the air was rent with pfouts sl outs and exclamations and expos espos tu lations lons ions it was all in fun explained the farmer dot lions cost me 25 in sheeba go protested t ie saloon man 41 who put up this job deman demanded deci t the he officer as he glared around on the crowd by and by a deep silence fell upon the crowd and in a voiad which had only kindness in it the owner of the lion hon said he must have his 25 or he would start for the police court the policeman said it was waa certainly a case for the courts and the crowd said the farmer might have known 0 wn what would happen he protes protested ted but finally came to time and when he had passed pasted over a 10 bill and given his hla note for the balance he nal hal only one sentence to utter that was now then pil give any of you five acres of land to put me face to face with the outlaw who put up this job on a bard working innocent mani manil detroit pree free pres press |
