I20 THE MINDS AND MANNERS 



times manifested itself in Luna Park, her former home; but 

 when we purchased the animal her former owners carelessly 

 forgot to mention it. 



Four days after Alice reached her new temporary home in 

 our Antelope House, and while being marched around the Park 

 for exercise, she heard the strident cry of one of our mountain 

 Hons, and immediately turned and bolted. 



Young as she was at that time, her two strong and able- 

 bodied keepers, Thuman and Bayreuther, were utterly unable 

 to restrain her. She surged straight forward for the front door 

 of the Reptile House, and into that building she went, with the 

 two keepers literally swinging from her ears. 



As the great beast suddenly loomed up above the crowd of 

 sightseers in the quiet building, the crowd screamed and became 

 almost panic-stricken. 



Partly by her own volition and partly by encouragement, 

 she circumnavigated the turtle-bank and went out. 



Once outside she went where she pleased, and the keepers 

 were quite unable to control her. Half an hour later she again 

 headed for the Reptile House and we knew that she would 

 again try to enter. 



In view of the great array of plate glass cases in that build- 

 ing, many of them containing venomous cobras, rattlesnakes, 

 moccasins and bushmasters, we were thoroughly frightened at 

 the prospect of that crazy beast again coming within reach of 

 them. 



With our men fighting frantically, and exhausted by their 

 prolonged efforts to control her, Alice again entered the Reptile 

 House. As she attempted to pass into the main hall, — the 

 danger zone, — our men succeeded in chaining her front feet 

 to the two steel posts of the guard rail, set solidly in concrete 

 on each side of the doorway. Alice tried to pull up those 

 posts by their roots, but they held; and there in front of the 

 Crocodile Pool the keepers and I camped for the night. We fed 

 her hay and bread, to keep her partially occupied, and wondered 



