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uneventful life for a very long while, and she had assisted her friend 
to feed them many scores of times. But this day, the call of the wild 
stirred the great cat. She suddenly crouched, sprang, and in a second 
was over the fence and had caught one of the emus by the back of the 
neck. In another second the unfortunate bird fell lifeless, with the 
strong jaws closed relentlessly over its backbone. 
On her best behaviour. 
The happy days of the two playmates were over. A wild light 
shone in the eyes of the awakened creature that had tasted first blood, 
and a very sad keeper reluctantly gave up his companion and pet to 
imprisonment for life. 
BRITISH AND GERMAN LIONS. 
I went one day to see the lions at the Zoo. My interest had been 
aroused by the information that there were both British and German 
lions there, and I had been invited to discover which was which by my 
own observations. It was just about the time when the “Arabia” was 
submarined, and Australians were very resentful of the cowardly blow 
that sent our men to, and threatened our women with, so cruel a death. 
