THE FLIGHT OF CASH.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 158, 24 May 1909, Page 3

THE FLIGHT OF CASH.

Main 111'."' l:!;:'- i!' eila 1 t*d at the I ,uji<inn /.mi than tlx." # o"t" side public cli.-ams >'i. Behind ill'- lion-hoMsc tlvr* « (lack leopariu-ss which is ins[>lii« i: l>l\ iavagi-. aii'l trie* lu oat lu-r ko-per. Hur neighbour is a great romping leopard, which a lath reared in India. He conies out to play v. li.n the British public is rt-prcsenled !>;• jnly a •Iheried Zoo man. Sometimes the animals gel «>"' .vithotit the consent of their Kh'|kt>. Jne which did so was Olmsh, th<•lippopotamus. He proved a savair; indeed when th'.' allftnpi «'a» mack to deprive ftim of hi» liberty. Happily. the (.Sardcns were closed ai the ♦iiii-. Try as they would. llk kee|>cTS could not entice «»r eo'-rcy the monster in ili« - direction of his len.

At last the suiK-rintend'-nt called up an assibtant whom the hippo lalcd.

The chief put a banknote in tin: man's hand. " Scott." he said, 'throw oi>en-lhc paddock gate, show t'otirself to Obash, then run for it."

Scott did. The animal modi- f«»r him i'uk'"" along th<; palli. after him into "'ih<« .mddock. tliml i'l ihi- railings ijist in fiiiic, and the hi|>|'«» «>» turning found the gate .s-cmvil behind it.

Presently a press ivpi 1 senlatitc airivetl to investigate the story, •vvhicjlad somehow flown the nt\.

"Hippopotamus "It. no ! Conn* and s<e him in liis <l«n." lie was answered, as tli«-> l'"<l him wh'-Tt: the monsi'T \\;ib I'Tiiyl. - London "Standui't!-."