THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1919.
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You should know that
Omaha is a city of business op
portunities and of wealth evenly
distributed.
You may fire when ready, Palmerl
Looks like bolshevism were breaking into
base ball. May the best man winl
The High School of Commerce is going up
in price rather than in brick and mortar.
The brotherhoods' plan could not make the
railroad situation much worse than it is.
"Treat 'em rough" seems to be the "morals"
squad rule, no matter where it operates.
Nice little rains are making trouble for the
outfit that hopes to profit by a corn crop failure.
John Mitchell says the high price of wheat
is the basis of all the trouble. Well, it had to
be laid somewhere.
If the prince of Wales only can get here in
time for Ak-Sar-Ben he will have a story to
tell when he gets home.
Omaha will have to struggle along without
a new city jail for at least a few months. Those
of us who never use one will not care much.
A Chicago judge ordered a boost of $2 a
week in alimony to a wife whose husband's
wages had just been increased. This is start
ing it around the circle, all right.
Why not suspend traffic over the Douglas
street bridge altogether, and thus relieve the
"morals" squad of the necessity of "putting the
fear of God" into respectable citizens?
. Wall street evidently got a hunch as to
what may happen when the authorities begin
to take acttion. However, another crop of
lambs will soon be ripe for the shearing.
Jr''SWpping andfuel representatives are asking
for a coal commission to prevent "disaster."
After what they went through with for four
long winters, the worst that peace could do
should seem relief.
Wage advances have been of little help to
workmen, where the cost of living goes stead
ily higher, traveling faster than the rate of pay.
That is why strikes are of no avail in settling
jthe difficulty.
Colonel Patrick of the air service says that
airplanes -were not wantonly burned in France.
On the contrary, eye-witnesses and participants
say it was done with the utmost nonchalance
and sang froid.
. ' Harry B. Zimman was a corking good
grocery clerk before he went into the city coun
cil, and now he will have a chance to put his
expert knowledge to excellent use, at least
until Commissioner Ure comes home and takes
charge of the "muny" grocery store.
Prince Aage has the better of it, so far as
prohibition is concerned. He is in no danger
of drouth in Denmark, and from his vantage
point may sympathize with his unfortunate
friends over here who are trying to assuage
their thirst with "2.75" or something weaker.
If you are interested in the prospects of a
permanent peace in the Balkans, behold, the
Roumanians pillaging Budapest. In good sea
ton the Hungarians will return the compli
ment. And that is only part of the muss we
will be mixed into when the League of Nations
comes into play.
Gompers and the Germans
All the world dearly loves a fighter for a
good cause, as well as a lover, and most folk
will take grim satisfaction in the way that Sam
uel Gompers is laying about him at the Inter
national Trades Union Congress in Amsterdam.
There is no mealy mouthed crawfishing on the
part of Gompers in refusing to accept the
flabby explanations of the German trades
union delegates that they "just went along"
with German militarism and imperialism dur
ing the war because they "thought they were
fighting a defensive war." And in his uncom
promising attack on this effort of the Germans
to evade their full responsibility Mr. Gompers
not only voices the formal protest of the out
raged Belgian workers, but he himself repre
sents more nearly than anybody else the view
of all the workers of all the AHied countries,
who cannot forget or overlook the extraor
dinary sheeplike attitude of their brethren in
Germany, who, like Bob Toombs, loud mouthed
and "invincible in peace," were "invisible in
war" and stood by while their companions in
Belgium were actually bound into industrial
slavery in Germany before their very eyes.
That they allowed this without protest arms
Mr. Gompers with a case and enables him to
expose this type of German hypocrisy as well
as the amazing effort of the Holland extremists
to save the face of the German delegates by
blaming the war on "capitalism" and even
"American militarism." What the new group
of- international trade unionists need as they
prepare to bury the old international is to take
a candid, open attitude toward facts and not to
spend the time in' the mere ventilation of dis
' proved and discredited theories. And it looks
as if Mr. Gompers. whether they like it or not,
is going to hold the delegates to this task.
Philadelphia Ledger.
WILD TALK AND ITS RESULTS.
Mr. B. M". Jewell, vice president of the
railway department of the American Federa
tion of Labor, may be and probably is right
in his statement that any plan to settle the
wage controversy by act of congress will fail.
Wage scales can not be successfully made the
subject of law. But Mr. Jewell is talking wildly
when he asserts that the shop hands will, un
less their demands are granted, "tie the roads
so tight they can not run." Such a threat must
inevitably react on the maker and the men he
represents.
If Mr. Jewell is sincere in his expressed
purpose, he would very much better serve his
own ends by keeping still until time comes
to act. This is not a good time to try a bluff
on the American people. And if he wants to
try stopping all industry by a general strike, it
might help him if he would prepare by study
ing the history of the American labor move
ment as applied to the railroads. Let him
begin by looking up the record of the strike
of the engineers in 1877; then the fate of the
Martin Irons endeavor in the middle eighties
might interest him, and the "A. R. U." strike
of 1894, when Eugene V. Debs fell into the same
hole that engulfed Martin Irons. There is matter
enough in the history of the seventeen years
here involved to give subject for deep con
sideration by any labor leader who hopes to
tie up the railroads so tight they can not run.
Quite aside from this, Mr. Jewell should,
keep in mind that in event he were able to
carry out his philanthropic purpose, his own
people would be the greatest sufferers. . They,
like all other large groups of workers, are de
pendent for their daily bread of the steady
movement of food supplies to the cities. If
this is cut off, starvation faces them. Mr.
Jewell's remarks may be set down as the ex
travagance of a man who is suffering the ef
fects of a hot day, but viewed even from that
point, they do not help the cause of labor any.
Sound American Doctrine.
In addressing the grand jury called to in
quire into the Chicago race riot, the presiding
judge said: "The government that can not
protect the humblest citizen can not protect
the strongest, and is a weak and inefficient gov
ernment." That this is pertinent criticism of
the local government of Chicago is not of so
much importance as its broader application to
national affairs. The doctrine is soundly Amer
ican. Unless the organized forces of law and
order can afford protection to all the citizens
all the time, equally and certainly, there is a
fundamental weakness in the system. All the
responsibility does not rest on the government,
however. Some part of it must be borne by
the individual, who by his own conduct is ex
pected to contribute continually to the main
tenance of law and order. When this is under
stood, and observed accordingly, race riots will
cease. Only when people take the law into
their own hands is peace disturbed by un
seemly proceedings of the sort that disgraced
Washington and Chicago recently. Time
enough will be had for inquiry into the direct
and collateral causes of the outbreaks, but the
first business of the courts will be to search out
those guilty of the high crimes committed, and
see to it that they are adequately punished.
Our government owes this much to its own
right to exist.
Limiting the Height of Buildings.
An ordinance now before the city council
would limit the height of buildings to be
erected in the future to 125 feet, or eight
stories, generally speaking. This is not a new
matter in Omaha, for as long as thirty years
ago, when the Bee building and the New York
Life represented the acme of local "sky
scrapers," the question of limiting the altitude
of future buildings was vigorously debated.
At that time four stories was seriously put for
ward as the ideal height for a structure of
any kind. The question has at least two sides,
and should be carefully considered from all
angles before being finally determined.
Minneapolis has adopted 175 feet as the stand
ard, thus permitting at least four more stories
than Omaha would sanction. We still have
plenty of unoccupied ground on the town site
to allow the construction of low buildings to
accommodate the growing traffic of the city, and
we have many more buildings under than over
the proposed rule. Will it not be well to allow
the city to grow a little longer in its own dis
orderly way, rather than to undertake to guide
and repress its tendencies, lawless though they
may seem, and offensive to the exquisite aes
thetic taste that reveals in an artistic skyline?
Suppose nature had adopted such a scheme in
relation to forest trees and other features of
the landscape? Social use will still determine
business values, and city ordinances are not
likely to change the trend of growth very much.
Sunday Ice Delivery.
The Bee has won its fight for Sunday de
livery of ice. When the ordinance was passed,
this paper protested against it, and steadily
since then we have called attention to the ab
surdity of this law and asked for its repeal.
Ostensibly intended to preserve overworked
ice wagon men from the necessity of toiling
seven days a week throughout the hot summer
weather, the ordinance produced the conditions
that might have been- foreseen from the first.
It shut off supplies to humble homes of thou
sands who need ice on Sunday and yet have no
facilities for storing a sufficient supply to last
until Monday. Now that the ordinance has
been repealed, and the sale and delivery of ice
on Sunday is again permitted, it is tip to the
ice companies to so adjust their working forces
that men will not be asked to work longer
service steadily, as is done in other industries.
Let us have our ice on a common sense basis.
Pay of American Consuls
Richard Spillane in Philadelphia Ledger.
In calling attention to the wretched pay of
our consuls, our commercial agents and our
diplomatic representatives, the Corn Exchange
National bank has done a good work.
You cannot expect fine workmanship if you
use cheap tools picked up from the bargain
counter or at rummage sales. Neither should
you expect the best of service from underpaid
men.
It is a marvel that we have had good men
in our consular service. Some of them have
been of very great service. There probably are
few more valuable men in the consular work
of any nation than George H. Scidmore, who
has been in Japan for us for many years, yet
he has received only a pittance. One United
States consul in a Latin-American port did a
work during the war that was of inestimable
worth to this country, yet he does not get as
much as some Western Union messenger boys
who are in the Wall street district in New
York earn.
Recently when the igovcrnment was looking
for especially high-class men to go into for
eign fields and study particular industries a
man of unusual ability who had been manager
of a great wholesale dry goods establishment
and owner of a large department store offered
his services. He spoke four languages. He
thought he could be of much value in broaden
ing America's cotton and woolen trade. He
has a fair income, but when he found that he
had to submit to a rigid examination and trot
down to Washington at various times and then
wait four or six months for a verdict, and if
he was successful he might get a job paying
$3,000, or at the extreme $3,600, he decided he
did not care to make the sacrifice, so he re
sumed business, and now is the head of a con
siderable establishment.
American consuls are not paid on an aver
age as much per day as plasterers or riveters
or locomotive engineers, yet they are expected
to live in a style to maintain the dignity of this
great nation, be able to look after the com
mercial and other affairs of their country in
the foreign field to which they are assigned
and generally be a credit to America.
William C. Redfield, secretary of commerce,
is a practical man. He knows business from
the manufacturing end as do few persons who
have held office in Washington. He has been
remarkably efficient in his administration of
the Department of Commerce, but he is ex
pecting too much of consuls and is not doing
justice to them when he permits them to
struggle along on pay that does not assure to
them a decent living.
Mr. Redfield figuratively might camp on
the steps of the capitol for a week or a month
or two finding diversion now and then by
throwing his card or a brickbat at congress
and blithely announcing he would continue the
pleasing practice until he got enough money
to pay decent salaries to Uncle Sam's consular
; opresentatives in every part of the world.
The foreign trade of this country is $10,
000,000,000 annually. It is difficult for the
human mind to grasp the immensity of this
sum. It is going to be bigger, much bigger.
Its growth depends to a degree upon the class
and character of the men who represent us in
the fields abroad.
American business cannot afford to have
the old stingy system maintained. Good men
are worthy of good pay. In the consular serv
ice this is especially true at this time when we
are entering upon our great enterprise in world
trade, for which we are spending in ships alone
a colossal sum.
Half the reserve of the "muny" ice plant is
gone, reports the commissioner. The time to
complain is when it is all out. Just now it can
be used for no better purpose than to supply
the citizens. And, by the way, when a limit
was set on the amount a patron can buy at the
"jitney" stands, was any similar restriction put
on the ice cream factories that are being fur
nished with ice from the city factory?
Argentina is in trouble with Great Britain
just now because of inability to refrain from
helping Germany while the war was on. The
specific item is the purchase of an interned
German steamer in the fall of 1918, when the
end of the war was in sight. A lesson in be
havior may help the Buenos Aires politicians
amazingly,
Strength oj German Government
The rejection, by a vote of 243 to 53, in the
German national assembly, of a motion of lack
of confidence in the Bauer government may
not fully measure the strength of the opposi
tion. The motion was framed by the Junker
Right, and the Extreme Left has more faith
in bombs and rioting than in assembly votes.
But as this test was followed by an affirmative
vote of confidence by a large majority, the
cabinet seems firmly seated.
The predictions of some weeks ago that the
Weimar system must succumb prove thus far
fallacious. There has been much material for
discontent. The proposed capital tax has been
favorably considered by the council. Fierce
dispute over war-guilt followed Herr Erz
berger's sensational charge against former
Chancellor Michaelis". Hotheads in Silesia are
raising an army 'for the defense of the empire
as it was.
. Conditions of life are very hard, as in all
Europe, with the growing consciousness, in ad
dition, of German responsibility for the slaugh
ter. Bolshevism in Russia, so-called commun
ism in Budapest and even in Munich, strikes
and riots .for political ends in many cities,
have set acene for disorder and chaos; yet
with many reasons for falling, the government
refuses to fall.
This is a fact to be accepted with relief
throughout the world. There can be no stabil
ity in a peace with Germany if there is no gov
ernment of sufficient strength to carry out the
nation's undertakings. Irrespective of the fate
of individual cabinet members, the Weimar ex
periment is showing a most welcome vitality.
New York World.
What It Costs to Dress
Presumably after much serious thought the
experts of the United States industrial board
have composed a wardrobe for a workingman
and another for his wife, with prices showing
how much more it costs to dress with economy
in March, 1919, than it did in 1914. Accepting
these figures, which indicate that the working
man and his wife now pay nearly twice as much
to dress themselves as they did five years ago,
one is surprised to find that both dress for al
most identically the same sum. In 1914 he and
she would have dressed, respectively, for $58.65
and $58.15; but now they pay $106.15 and
$101.80. His "three pairs of overalls," for ex
ample, have gone from $2.25 to $5.55 and her
"three aprons" from 90 cents to $2.25. One is
surprised, too, at the discovery that the man of
the family spends more for his hats than the
woman; and even today an estimate of $3.60 for
any woman's hats, how many is not stated, does
not seem exorbitant. One wonders also how
the board experts decided on the number of
overalls for the workingman and the number of
aprons for his wife. Christian Science Moni
tor.
The Day We Celebrate.
Alfred Bloom of Alfred Bloom company,
born 1853.
John A. Gentleman, undertaker, born 1881.
Abrak L. Elkus, former United States am
bassador to Turkey, born in New York City
52 years ago.
Mrs. Edith C. Roosevelt, widow of the late
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, born at Norwich,
Conn., 58 years ago.
Phillips Lee Goldsborough, former governor
of Maryland, born at Cambridge, Md., 54 years
ago.
' Earl of Leve nand Melville, the first British
peer seriously wounded in the late war, born
29 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
Euclid Martin, president of tie Board of
Trade, is home from a western trip.
The wrestling match between Evan Lewis,
the Strangler, and McMillan, the Strong Man,
comes off at the Coliseum this evening.
City Attorney Webster has made out bond
in the sum of $50,000 for Fowler and Beindorff,
architects for the new city hall.
Judge Kelley, assistant general attorney for
the Union Pacific, has gone to Salt Lake City,
-ccompauied by his family,'
Our Free Legal Aid
State your case clearly but
briefly and a reliable lawyer
will furnish the answer or
advise in this column. Your
name will not be printed.
Let The Bee Advise You.
Cigaret Law.
P. W. When the new cigaret
law as passed by the state legisla
ture was soon to go Into effect a re
port was current that It would be
illegal to give to another a cigar or
cigaret without having a license to
sell. Was not this report incorrect?
Answer I do not know anything
about the report you refer to, but
the law is not subject to such con
struction, if there was such a report
current at the time.
Wages.
F. I T. I am working for a
farmer by the month and hear he
intends to fire me soon. I have po
tatoes and other garden truck out.
Can he compel me to move if I re
fuse to sell the potatoes and garden
to him? Can he compel me to
move until my potatoes are ready
to dig?
Answer In answer to your ques
tion it depends upon your contract.
However, from the meager informa
tion contained in your inquiry will
say the landlord by proper legal
proceedings could dispossess you
and your action against him would
be for damages sustained for breach
of contract. There is no way he
can compel you to sell to him your
garden product
Exemption.
E. E. R. The communication
you received from the collection
agency need not bother you. There
is no way that they can enforce
payment that you refer to until you
are in a position to pay. If suit is
brought against you and a judg
ment is secured you can file an affi
davit for exemption as required by
law and they cannot take your
household furniture.
Wages.
D. L. I am a stenographer and
have been working for my present
employers several years. Each
year I take a vacation and they de
duct my wages. Is there any law
justifying my employer from de
ducting wages for a vacation given
me?
Answer You are not entitled to
wages unless your employer volun
tarily pays you.
Child's Wages.
A. C. E. For several years I
have been working and earning
money. My parents, take all my
wages. I am 18 years of age and
live at home. Am I entitled to my
wages and do I have to pay board?
Please answer these questions
through your Legal Aid column.
Answer Your wages belong to
your parents until you are 21 years
of age.
J. E. D. Can a girl 16 years of
age get married without her par
ents' consent?
Answer Parents' consent is
necessary in order to secure a license.
Stock.
W. M. I purchased ten shares
of stock in company and at the
time of purchase I agreed not to
resell it to anyone. Is such con
tract binding upon me?
Answer No.
Workmen's Compensation.
C. P. Y. My employer sent me
on an errand and while crossing the
street I was struck by a street car.
Am I entitled to the wages provided
for under the compensation law?
Answer You are.
Bigamy.
D. A. B. If I am divorced in Ne
braska and marry again before six
months in South Dakota and come
back to Nebraska to live, and after
my six months is up am I still a
bigamist, or am I free, or is it that
I am always one? Could the moth
er of the children get the children
for that if she proves that she is
capable of providing and caring for
them?
Answer If you return to Ne
braska after six months you could
not be guilty of bigamy. The cus
tody of the children would in no
way be affected by the fact that the
marriage was contracted in another
state prior to the six months' period.
Contract.
J. M. I bought a Case tractor
from parties through the mail and
paid them the cash and they said
it was practically new with the ex
ception of plowing ten acres doing
demonstration work, and when I
tried to use this machine it would
not work and I wrote to them in
regard to it and they said it was
covered by the Case guarantee, and
I wrote to the Case Co. and they
said they sold this tractor in 1916
to through the a&ove par
ties as their agents and their guar
antee had run out on it. I have all
letters that I received from them.
Answer If the tractor was mis
represented to you you can sue for
damages o rescind the contract and
sue for your money back.
IN THE BEST OF HUMOR.
"Has our client a good case?"
"Good for sfiveral thousand dollars."
Boston Transcript.
Flubdut) How are the life preservers
on this boat?
Guzzler Fine. I've Just had three, as
ffood as I ever drank. Topeka Journal.
"Been out to visit the Browns at their
summer cottage yet?"
"No. They went out there for a reit
and we decided to let them have It"
Detroit Free Press.
"She Just kissed that tall girl 16 timet."
"Shows she must love her, eh?"
"Shows she must hate her, I think."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
DAILY CARTOONETTE.
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ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
"THE CIRCCS BIRD."
(Judge Owl grows Into the biggest owl
in the world when Peggy and Billy plant
him lit the hothouse. He seeks to join a
circus, but the manager is afraid to hire
him for fear the tiger will he jealous. Peg
gy and Billy sot up a circus of their own.
Judge Owl, growing hungry, takes the meat
of the circus animals.)
The Tiger Goes Flying.
HOO! Hoo! Too! Too! This
meal is good!" screeched
Judge Owl, gobbling down the sup
per of the circus animals.
"Yow! Ow-ow-ow!" howled the
tiger from the menagerie tent, "I'm
hungry!"
"You! Ow-ow-ow! We're all hun
gry!" howled the lions, the wolves,
the hyenas, the leopards and other
animals.
"Judge Owl, you take that meat
right back where it belongs," scold
ed Peggy, frowning very severely at
Judge Owl. "Those circus animals
need their supper." Judge Owl
winked at Peggy and then winked
at the audience, which had gathered
In Peter's back yard to see him.
"I am putting it where it be
longs," he chuckled. "I need my
supper more than they do because
I am bigger than they are."
The audience laughed and laugh
ed when Judge Owl winked and said
this. They couldn't understand his
talk, of course, but they understood
his wink and his chuckle as he gob
bled the meat. They knew he had
been in mischief and had run away
with some one else's supper.
The cries of the hungry circus
animals grew louder and more an-
"I'm Not Afraid," Declared the
Manager, Stepping Forward.
Looking Up the Record.
York, Neb., Aug. 3. To the Ed
itor of The Bee: Would it be out
of the way to hunt up those old
placards that adorned the walls of
the headquarters of the democratic
national committee, as well as state,
county and city committees, in 1912,
showing the "H. C. L." as the "most
serious question discussed over
every American breakfast table,"
and billboard the country with
them? Then to give it a real dem
ocratic coloring, dig up the ones
making the charges as to who was
to blame. And as a balance against
those put at the bottom the prom
ises made to the people "to be
kept." And now, if you want to
give the picture life, hang opposite
this the exhibits from one to nine-ninty-nine
of their performances,
and you will have made up a good
case.
So we will not stop to explain ex
hibits one by one, but let you do
that between heats. After a run
to keep up with the shifts of new
claims and promises. Then get
"Congressional Government," by
Prof. Woodrow Wilson, and the
"New Freedom," by . Candidate
Woodrow Wilson, and interline them
with recent doings, and you will
have a drama that is tragic.
Now don't ask me again, "Why
hark back to what is gone?" while
every means in reach is being used
and abused to hide the past and
build up a new reputation on more
promises, yet if they insist, we will
try and make It as plain and specific
as article X in the league of na
tions covenant. FRANKLIN POPE.
Kimball
Piano
Sold by Us
Just 45 Years
No Better Piano Made for
the Price.
Many Kimball Pianos are
in use today purchased since
1874.
The price is low
$365 buys a handsome
style, made in oak, ma
hogany or French Walnut
finish.
Grand Pianos from $700
up.
You get them at the net
cash prices. You can take
your time paying for same if
you prefer. Better select
now. They will grow in
price.
1513 Douglas Street
45 Year of Personally
Conducted Art and Muiic
Business.
gry. They wanted it right away,
which wasn't a bit strange, aa they
were given only one meal a day
and a delay sharpened their appe
tites a lot. The circus people, too,
were angry. Led by the manager
in his high hat, the animal keepers
and canvas men came flocking to
the gate of Peter's yard.
"Where's that owl? We want
that meat he stole," cried the man
ager. "There's the owl and there's the
meat. Go in and get it," said Billy,
letting the manager and head ani
mal trainer pass through the gate.
The head trainer's eyes nearly
popped out of his head as they
rested on Judge Owl's huge form.
"Jumping kangaroos, what's
that?" he shouted.
"It's only an owl. Get that meat
away from him," ordered the man
ager. "No, thank you! I'll let you do
that," said the head trainer, back
ing away.
"I'm not afraid," declared the
manager, stepping forward. Judge
Owl stopped eating and cocked his
head on one side as he looked at
the manager. .The manager halted
a moment, then took another step
forward.
"His-s-ss!" went Judge Owl, just
like a goose. The manager stopped
short. Hoo! Hoo! Too! Too!" sud
denly screeched Judge Owl, spread
ing his wings, ruffling his feathers
and darting his head toward the
manager.
"Howling hyenas!" yelled the
manager, leaping backward. Near
him was the open window of a coal
shed. Through this the manager
dived in a panic, expecting any mo
ment to feel Judge Owl's beak
grabbing him in the back. But
Judge Owl only chuckled and went
on with his supper, while the addi
ence yelled in glee. This show was
funnier than the circus itself.
"Some bird! He ought to be in
our circus," gasped the head trainer.
"How much did that meat cost
you?" asked Billy, who hadn't in
tended for a minute not to pay for
the meat which Judge Owl had
taken.
"It cost $20," answered the head
trainer.
"Then here is $20 for the meat
and $2 extra for your trouble," said
Billy, counting out the money from
the sum he had taken in at the gate.
"Now all you circus men can come
in and see our show free," he added
politely.
The circus men certainly were as
tonished when they saw how big
Judge Owl was and how well he
was trained. While they were look
ing at him the uproar of the hun
gry animals in the menagerie ab
ruptly stopped short, only to break
out again, louder than before.
"Yow-ow-ow!" screamed the
tiger. "Ow-ow-ow-ow! I smell my
supper and I'm going after it. Ow-
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ow-ow!" the scream came again, this
time it was closer.
The crowd around Judge Owl
heard it in alarm.
"The tiger is loose!" cried the
circus men. At that moment the
great, striped body of the ti&wr flash
ed into view. One great bound car
ried him over the fence into the
yard. Another carried him to the
top of the coal shed, from where he
looked down, snarling and showing
his teeth.
"Meat! Fresh meat!" growled the
tiger, crouching as if about to leap
into the startled crowd.
"Meat! Fresh meat," cried Judge
Owl. With that he pounced on the
tiger, gripping him with his claws
and bearing the astonished jungle
beast into the air.
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