upon a low rock in the centre of it a lioness lashing
her sides with her tail and uttering low growls. The floor of the cage
was of sand and stretched upon it was the king of beasts, his great head
upon his paws, and his savage eyes resting upon the bystanders. At
length he arose, and coming to the great iron rungs that surrounded it,
he yawned, and the boys started back in affright from the terrible mouth
and teeth, but he soon returned to the sand.

"Pixy's mane is prettier than the lion's," said Fritz. "Oh, my Pixy!"

"Yesterday it was your gold-piece, now it is Pixy," grumbled Franz
impatiently. "You should be glad that your dog is running in the open
air, instead of being fastened up in a cage."

"Yes, I am glad of that, but, oh, I cannot keep from crying when I think
of the street boys, and how they may chase him."

"Come to this cage, boys," called Mrs. Steiner, "I wish you to see a
lion that I once held in my arms and petted as if it were a kitten. He
is now a great, grown lion, but he was born in this garden, and crowds
came to see him and some people would give the keeper a fee to be
allowed to take it in their arms. No one would dare to touch him now."

"Except myself," said the keeper who came up that moment, put his hand
in the cage and combed the long mane with his fingers.

"Is he always so tame?" asked Paul.

"Yes, except at meal time; then they are hungry and show their native
ferocity; I would not dare to put my hand in his cage then. If you will
come here at five o'clock, you will see him fed."

They promised to come, then went to see the panther, the hyena, and the
wolves; and then Mrs. Steiner called them to go to the great pavilion
where the monkeys lived and played as merrily as if in their native
haunts; running over the branches of the tree in the centre and swinging
from the ropes, chattering, grinning, teasing each other, and making
themselves generally amusing to the many spectators who crowded about
their pavilion.

"I never imagined so many in one place," said Fritz, "and they are
flying past and around each other so fast that it makes one's head giddy
to watch them. I like that little fellow that is so playful and
good-natured. Now a lady has given him a lump of sugar; and oh, see that
bigger monkey has taken it from him and eaten it. That is a shame!"

Fritz was so interested in the cunning little creature that he was glad
when the lady gave him another lump of sugar which he p