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and wildly that it was as much as they could 

 all do to save their own lives, and then, in 

 the midst of it all, made his escape and was 

 free to roam about in the City of New York ! 



For forty-eight hours "Wallace was at large, 

 and the people were almost in a state of panic. 

 All sorts of stories got about. Some declared 

 they had seen him in one place, and some in 

 another; but one whole day passed without 

 anyone knowing his whereabouts, 'and a ter- 

 rible time of anxiety and trouble the pro- 

 prietors went through. Large rewards were 

 offered for his capture dead or alive, big 

 sums were offered to men who would join in 

 the search, but it was nearly thirty-eight 

 hours before he was discovered lying down 

 quietly in a side street, and, whether he was 

 faint for want of food, or tired of roaming 

 about no one will ever know. After another 

 exciting period of ten hours he was driven 

 into a cage and his freedom was over. 



About two years after this, at San Fran- 

 cisco, while the keepers were feeding the ani- 

 mals, one man ventured too near "Wallace's 



