WHAT HE WANTED IT FOR.

Temuka Leader, Issue 354, 15 February 1881, Page 3

WHAT HE WANTED IT FOR.

Those who attended the sale of animals fnm Barn urn’s hippodiome m Bridgeport, the other day. re ort the following occurrance. A tiger was Initig offered. The bidding ran up lortyfive hundred dollars. The last hid was made by a stranger, and it was declared his. Barnnm, who had. been eying the stranger uneasily during the bidding, now went up to bi n, and said, ‘ Pardon me for the libeity ; but wid you tell me where you are fioni ? ‘Down South a'b't,’ responded the man* . , ‘ Are you connected with any show I ‘ No ; I am n- 1 ‘ And vou are buying this animal 101 yourself ?’ • Yes ; for myself alone. Barnnm shifted about uneasily fot a moment, gazing alternately at the man and the tiger, and evidently Hying bis nett to reconcile the two together. ‘ Now, young man,’ he finally said, 1 you need not pay for this animal unless you want it ; for there are those here who will take it off' your hands. 1 I don’t want to sell it.’ Then Bnrnum said, in hi 3 desperation, — . s What tn earth are you going to do /tpih such an ugly beast, if you have no of your own, and not buying it for someone who is a showman ? ‘Well, Til tell you said the purchaser, * hiy wile died about three weeks ago, \W had lived together for ten years, _ sj-,d—and I urss her.’ He paused to r v.i'ie ins eyes ‘So I’ve bought this t.'<er. ” 1 I understand you said the showman in a condoling manner. So the tger was forwarded to the s*ranger’s abode j hut how the two agree together we have 1)( ’t Vet heard.