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ropes, Monarch knew that mischief was 

 afoot, and when a man began throwing 

 back into the hole the dirt that he had 

 dug out, he mounted the heap and silently 

 but strenuously began to dig for himself 

 a new hole. He worked twice as fast as 

 two men with shovels, and in his efforts to 

 escape he only assisted in filling up the old 

 hole. 



For some time he baffled all attempts to 

 get ropes on his forepaws, having learned 

 the trick of throwing them off and seizing 

 the loops with his teeth, but he was soon 

 secured and stretched out on his back. The 

 Monarch roared his remonstrances and did 

 his best to get even for the outrages that 

 had been done to his rights and his feel- 

 ings, but the ropes were tough and he could 

 not get a chance to use his enormous 

 strength. He was dragged on his back 

 into the cage, the door was dropped and 

 the ropes were removed, but the chain re- 

 mained around his neck and that was made 

 fast to the bars. As soon as he found him- 



