DINNER TIME

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2189, 30 June 1914, Page 10

DINNER TIME

ATTENDANT & HIS CH ARGES : : CAGED W3LS MATURE. EBv A.ta At a.] . . 'Dijuitu' hour!' Dinner hour at. the Zoot Froto'tii.e hoilso jjy the lake cOWe.6 ■■ tito sound of clattering buckets and the i-hoppiiig of meat. The torpor of tiio . c.ii'goi yanishes. The food man aos-so* , tho line of vision; the.'ftye of-every ■ animal is insi-antly ablaze. Friday afternoon saw but few visitors in ,or about tte Zoo. but theio few wfiifo qtuck to fill j'ti bdlvhid the food ttian-as. Jw'cqiiime-ncqd his afteriKtou round Wiitii his bags ittd clanging : buckets, te tl'ift feeding of caged' nn-ta-rftcd Mature lias 4'certain chsrm for ill. The Rail of the Wild. A -hugs black .'mar, <«:mhir.sor.io and . unwiekly-icciiinc, lumbered up to the ■■ bars of his pit-like house-. Rolling liisteugae cxpK.'Mnily, and, with the action, royrnSing a Set of dangerous yellow ' faagsy it -Kfedseti no stretch of this ■im : agiaiiLtion to bfclfe-v-e the keeper when; he reroarkfid tfeat .'the -aiu-tal Was "one with a piist." Taken from his wild : si'ate he was eariy trained to tho ways ■of th<s circus, But tie whip ef the master failed to-siibduo the spirit that for generations and giafi-orat-ioiis right ■' bark to Hiir.oio progenitors had been iintrammeHrd and free, . Civilisation had not 5 - ot irieulcsio'l that vanity in him that «ou-M have found. satisfaction in the glitter of thoVta-r-spa-.iigted 'jNnftyrui- ■ efi,. 'Slie'fasStnaWon' of this sawsdust : riftg, the plaudits of admiring spectators, ar.d the wstatic shouts of tho ■ cirdnti-loviai child, Only for a while did ihfe, SwSfet And'the bitter of show- ] life hold him, and thou ouo day the instinct of ages Hazed out in real revolt. : Or was it-tl'tat me'inari&s of his baby*- ■ hood liad returned, and.' once again lie Was betide his mother,, nosing fB tho soft Wirffi «arth, fas siveet' roots which his small experience hail already taught him lay there hidden asii'nst tho :Uiiknowteg? _ Or, r ''ii)i'aiirb® tie Was ■ trotting- ltis paifin'ti njovmg fu;r- ---' fcively, -silently in the gloem of primeval i forests, his small heart beating, Beating painfully as be- sensed danger—or thought he did—lurking in the dull shadows of tho undergrowth, which his j : toother so casually ' brugfaeel' aside. So , | the strong to-flch of memory caught hint, ! arrested- stirred liim under th» | tiar© of tli® circus lamps, and, for -isno gloriously-savage minute, ho broke free; I so- longer a more circus psrfmmjW, tot ~ —a bear. And a, very res! bear-like bear i at that. D'itl ho not maul him who ho : believed had taken him from his beloved wilds f . Shsrt-lived Was that burst- of brief, Satisfying revolt. Men—tboso hated alite-n nioii—came with sharpened fork and irons, a-riite wa-s.beiiteii back into the hated !captivity.'' Neither Was tba'i nil. He had committed tho unpardonable sin, and his days with the circus ■were;'oyo-r._ There came a ZOO with its enthusiastic promoter ant o'veriord, and nere_ bo was on this Friday aftshioon' waiting patiently, rmpat'entiy, for his broad and milk. ; It and 'h& stood erect 'Wsfli Ms for'apaws and' nose resting on the unper bars, a- iftas'j of fl«sli covered wit-is a pjgijM-cont #oat of- fur, watching, wM J - moUrhfu'Hy human eyesi the only pftSoji wfe> oamo pi eminently into his life disappearing up the' path with clanging buckei arid empty hag:,'

, ;H fs jit '$&} ffrte, A Ittie'.teiiijethe fceepfer is nrispifg, ■sfiij thsivlse j-eapfiears , ift the- vicinity of #s lions' ■Gag£-. Fast as he safes,, hewetfer, .expefctiSSfty. has Stat- eJJ Mtii tljs nrafn m. separate partitions, King ijidj a-jiji ftii ppftsdrt are alert to the insiiiiing d'f the iflcte'ssita aMhjtief 6.{ : ta.et6 hiijniftis isio sfe &*ff% Weening tJie TvliitcTim. of tlj,« fehce, P<jfttap.s * siiibiler wariiing hi* Mioved thett., too. Bav* net j&st eyeitts , sitbGeiis.eisiisiy dr ,, taij'ftibt them that at a ,e*f telii ■ tjfiiw o'f tile ■■■day» Vh*f» fhe ahaffows c*f tices a.ni tliiiigs" a;re begterijng' to t!i© tnsn they t)s<># scftiraiis ffimself fiorn tiw mass o! , p.tli;.eiV &eaWmglfiis, iisp.l'ess msn, tftefti 5 , fi«sh ft»a ; m<^'p(!y.,beef? And%k &&$,- Hljo sH wl seo Aβ' cxwijitMh. AH oftsVinoils lUjTi j>. <jf ''.jfte*t S»-pushed ■thTfiji*!i: lih-6 :bs'rs," ai;i:(3' 4 ' ■■thfe JtiSairely dignity ftE th© lion TaivisMs: feaesliirig iip/iind cfewrij li»sh}fl.e' : )ii;s tail fiiriSiwiy ■a-gata.sfc tfe bars, and eiivitting ft dcep: f ■low, slmtMferfome fc indeed iiii ofa|(?ct of a*6, iL Jii.Sty'■pjili' at a ?tout, cjiWe (Jis.'ifipo.at'j'Bg tate Hi^ : gpotjhd, ahd feif-raieing r<ia.r, » jii.ttiji' throtigli She air. aii.d the teeth ef His MEsjcsiy , 'are cLeepty .ombt'ddjgd , itt 'the ■nieat,-: '■' '■ '■, And ttai tpijt} i;inaTiS*erecl rjijestitinsiflash' aWMiS tjio thaiifeiiti' tff the 'i6r &a!<fer. ■ Will 'hi* -wracE ta'j fap : m th« foetl a-.? if i 4 ytte'.t.hfe ftfedMi.iio oflisr over Wi<te.?sii3 i#c<wv k play TS'feh 'it afe fiis puttj. relative. jEh'e cat Tyftb j. intfiisef Will one SeQJind he. perittits. hiS to M*t kvEijrfy. on and theii.'rising giran.tl'iy t<i his Jee't, : .ha throtts l)is tjontd: *01l fe.nlc, holding lire "yjetirh" orect' bbfew, Jiini, t«rn:s,' and steins haiig'iWit back iute- lite i?se;ess<?s «f his darkened den. Kiflg Dick i.s at 4(niior. . ' .

flouna We WMp? pontf. . Again tliv keftjjer .(tisappeatt;.., bat Jiis following jjiGve Svlti him',in the direistibn of that'ctl)«r. fotv—the 'sea Hate.' 'The keeper .is Irefarg' jheim inj js' anlofckin.g the' gates of tte'liili'.e.. • Jput ivhGijre a.ts the seals ?■ A riis'li and , sWjig Jjnif'raur .of auisisiy fej-plteii. waier is tho answer, There flashes jiito the stittjigbk ajan.g_, blaffik-, gKstftiiing. bofe,., tli«t 'i , ? visible fdr but, a msment and ihim ranishes into fhe dSpt%, :p.Hly t<s ?c----appear yards '<nvaj\ Aiid■' iji its fi-sle fdloft's, • scarcely diacefftiiiie.. but as swiftlj rhovirig, ■ 'tejn, strigito, j*t siiiiifar, Turning, fwistiiie, dJvtrtg., tJotiteKug ono *ji!jje : r a.:ftbther, : im seiais tifintiiiuo .tleir ?4»tic een*:plfi-tion-s, Preseri.tiy the siiiajlw follows no, hjorp. to.fte lead of the 3a*gejj find , .,, at kftgtlw AWay «rer ijj* -tfie gate cliijjfiv ipc. (ij> tile .grftsfeiJ Alflpci.it rpsbh'e? 'it*. self tatrgMy into Wija't it is--t3je ffeijiaiti ■seal. Willi tlin .tlie'Wrcilet.S' 'cea.so to lap. the eaiicrehj vAges. of tie basiti., iwid "in 'ft* ce.ti%& tij^re'cQtiirA fng .way fato ■eve.f-iiicreivsin.g circles, tlio, fl.itt. lie' : JvMslieff4 fektl <if .' .*)ib gßa Jjirtj," I%'ftirri the catl'et .Ife'b-uckei fs inV'incilib, and lie waits with iriSTfMig l : K>.adt:uf ; n.ed ifl #& 4ir.6(;tteti of' th'A. kbibet- Sis geirtkir eoaitia.nion foetis froiji tljo liahd anil suteits to a Httle pottm*. Sivt feoeto..and' dasly mart tiie Hien ijowb.' t<i nw} the );.cej»* a.dro.itlj' tUTiie fliis to ii:fiGfl(j.t}t. The efooture e'f icetega (ihi snQsv is C6impcttea t in orte to c&fttff* his fed, iff givb -an e-xiifbiMmi Jof dvritig siAifl entchiiifj tliat inj to his wafckftrs ss it tihisi be' mg to hi«. The 'jMus'te.of tHe BUBhe.t. . Ami sa tiinii(?r4iiii(? passes. , Ani'insJ natuw, .from the tiiiy liirf diirping in tiao nvmry to .tfe stabily festrjoJi fiirfadjflg.gfaflaiy fosinil liis .p.efl, frorti tue ■ monkey oltart'criiVfj tfetad JiiK tijrs to ihfl irjiijestm i>f tjit sfasort lihrriiiiig plrtefcfly at- tto ?rM», i (mm tfi* gavl?IJlujtiiigptl ■ penguin. waWliiig oft tlifl rfg.es <*f the blift'to tiw. 3-oitls_ spiirti.u* xn thoir Iflgoisn. lioniago i<s the ■ l\«c[;wr and tars ltttisle «i the claiig of i the torfvrt. ■ ■'