Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1914 — GIRAFFE SURELY COULD BITE [ARTICLE]

GIRAFFE SURELY COULD BITE

“Fiercest Lion in Captivity” Captured by Darky With Piece of Rope-—Was Right Smart Rambunctious. "Did you’al) lose a gj-raffe?” he inquired. "Yep,” Returned the owner; "I sure did. Have you found him?” i: ; , “Yas, sah; I done found him.” "Got him with yon?”---"No, sah; I reckoned I better inquire first, sah, before Lfotched him over.’’ “All right; you fetch him here and I’ll give you a dollar for your trouble.” i “Yas, sah; but I reckon de trouble am wuss mo’ dan a dollar. Dat ole giraffe am right smart rambunctious. He done tried to bite me.” “-What are you talking about, nigger? 1 < Giraffes don’t bite! They kick. But you bring him along and I’ll give you $2.” “All right, boss; I reckon you am mo’ familiar wid dat gi-raffe dan I be; but he sure made signs like he would bite me.” The darky departed, and about a half hour later thegp was a sudden commotion on- the front porch of the store, the door was thrust open and In came the darky, puffing and wild-eyed and pulling on a rope. At the other end of the rope, Squirming and snarling, was an enormous Nubian lion—“the fiercest lion in captivity,” according to show bills. “Dar, Mlstah White Man,” exclaimed the captor, throwing down the rope and pointing to the lion—“dar’s your ole gi-raffe; and I tell you he do bite!” —Lippincott’s. *