["Jake was having the time of his life, and the harder the elephants pulled the tighter he squeezed the Signor."]

["Now, if you'll kindly give me your attention."]

["Looked like the pennant of a man-o'-war."]

["Kicking over their heads and into their very mouths."]

[Grace snarled over the cubs.]

["Every one of the great beasts jumped for her."]

["Jim," says Merritt, ... "there is a great advantage in having a squaw for the top part of that there fish."]

["A howl of terror from the platform."]

["There was a loose lion downstairs and a nurse and two children in the loft."]

["His vanity got the better of him when he turned his back on the lion, to bow to the audience."]