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That's what his friends in the circus kept telling the great Masati.

But Masati.

But Masati, otherwise known as Thomas McCarthy, didn't listen.

He thought he was invincible.

He'd survived a decade in the cages with the beasts, although admittedly he had lost

an arm to them a few years back.

Also, he'd had a few drinks tonight and was feeling unusually careless and venturesome.

The circus was full.

The big top was bristling with excitement.

The people of Bolton had come out in force on this winter's night in 1872,

and Masati was going to put on a show for them.

He stepped into the room, wearing his leopard skin outfit, with a sword in his one good arm.

He was also packing a revolver loaded with a blank cartridge.

He may have been reckless, but he was not mad.

Masati whipped up the crowd with a description of what he was about to do,

and then into the lions Den he went.

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