The proprietor of a menagerie relates that one of his lions once had a thorn taken out of its paw by a French lieutenant in Algeria. Tho lion afterwards ran over the list of officers belonging to the regiment of his benefactor, and out of gratitude devoured all cf superior grade to the lieutenant, who thereby found himself promoted to the rank of colonel.
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Northland Age, Volume IV, Issue 49, 27 July 1908, Page 7
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