Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1910 — Joke on the Lion. [ARTICLE]

Joke on the Lion.

A British offloer waa shooting — in Somaliland. One night, as he lay on his bed, within his tent, a lion made a sudden spring through the rough fence which had been put up around the encampment The lion took no notice of the animals, .but went straight to the sport* man’s tent and seized the sleeper—fortunately by the hand only. It must have been a terrible awaken ing for the officer. But somehow, the lion changed lta grip for the man’s shoulder, it got hold of the pillow instead, and then decamped with its prize. Next morning the pillow was found in the jungle, at a distance of several hundred yards from the encampment. What a disappointment It must have been to the hungry lion when he dl* covered his mistake! • „> ■