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nearly all occasions, with one bad excep- 
tion; and Csesar's mate, a shapely young 
lioness who sull'ered under the name of Mrs. 
Grundy, by reason of her exceeding demure- 
ness and propriety. Csesar's block was be- 
tween Mrs. Grundy's and Sammy's; and he 
usually turned his back on the latter in 
order to bestow his whole attention upon 
his lady-love. He was most devoted ; when 
she was busy and he was not, his eyes were 
never off her. None of the other lions 
dared say a word to her when Caesar was 
around. He was suspicious of even the 
trainer. Mrs. Grundy accepted his homage 
calmly, and ordered him right and left as 
best suited her whim and pleasure. She 
ate half his dinner as well as her own ; and 
Csesar only licked her soft back with his 
great red tongue and purred. She turned 
him out of the sunny corner of their cage 
and lay down in it herself ; and Caesar went 
off quietly and curled up somewhere else. 
He was a gentleman through and through ; 
and if she wanted to ride over him rough 
shod, why, he let her do it. She could not 
hurt him in any way by it. All the same, 
to the rest of the world Caesar was anything 
but lamblike. His disposition was marred 
by an abominably quick temper, though 
after the first flash he was always sorry for 
it, and begged pardon like a man — some- 
"his cold eyes laugh at you with a sneer." 
times, unluckily, after the damage had been 
done. And he was so sincerely repentant, 
and showed it so plainly, that the trainer 
could not but forgive him. That did not 
hinder the man from trying by every means 
in his power to prevent these outbursts of 
WALLACE, THE TRUSTING ONE. 
