The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-09-20

or 90. ulsh0Ut pereslEEng han. . he Az
isrvening carer Was usirk and strong.
In this. howsEer. he as most ualoTlu-
nIiely deceived: Cor the enragsd lion sau
him in passing. and few ~ HIM siah
dreadful roar. In IN issiani. ~ thoagh
Il had beea done By aEsgoke al lightning.
the rife Vas broken and lhFOwn out 81
the espisin's hand. his lefi arm II ale
same mensnl bring seized by me class.
AMI his righI by Ihe teeth. Of his desPe-
rate antagonist While these tAo bEste
ard sturdy eonbalanls. a. whose courage
none could STAIN" were standing IN NOR
tai conflict, Lieutenant Dslamain ran NJ,
and discharged his piece lull al the liar.
This caused the lion and the captain 20
come tn The ground together. while Lieu
ienaEi Delsmain fastened out al The laa-
gle IN reload his gun. The lion now be-
gan 10 crsaneh the captains arm. bal as
Ihe brave fellow. Notwithstanding The pain
which this hnrrid process caused. had
! the canl determined resolution IN lie sill,
the lordly savage lei The lsll arm irO0P
out of his mouth. and quietly placed him
self ina erOuching position. With both
his paws upon the thighs Of his fallen
foe. While ihiEgs were in this untOw-
ard situation. the captain unshinkingly
raised his hand 10 support his head.
which had got placed III at ease in The
fall. No sooner. however, had he mo-
we'd il. than the lion seized the lseersIed
arm a second time. ersuached II - be.
fore, and fractured the bone still higher
up. This additional niaasIi;o Eiori from
tie lion was not lost upon Captain Wood
house; il immediately Put him in mind
that he had "commiiiel an act oil ImpTu-
dence in stirring. The motionlsss state
in which he persevered after this broad
hint. showeTl that he had learned 10 pro-
o. by the painful lesson.
% lie now lay bleeding and disabled IN.
der the foo, Of mighty and irrisaied enc
NY. Death was close upon him. armed
with every terror calculated TO appal the
heart of a PROSTATE and defenceless man.
Just as This world, with al lis leeling
honors. was on the point Of vanishing
forever, he heard two faint reports OF
gun, whirh he thought sounded from
distance; but he vas totally al loss 10
account for them. lie learned. after the
affair was over. that The reports were
caused By his friend al the outside Of the
Jungle. who had flashed of some powder
m order tn be sure ,hsI.he nipples OF bis
rife we're clean.
The two Lieuienants were now has
tening 10 his assistance, and he heard
the welcome sound Of feet approaching;
but unfortunately, they were in wrong
direction, as the lion was betwixt them
and him. Aware that IL his friends fred
The balls would hil him. after they pass
ed through the lions body. Captain
woodhnuse quietly pronounced in a low
AID subdued tone. - to the other side
to The other sides' Hearing The voice.
they looked in The direction from whence
il proceeded. and 60 their horror saw their
brave companion in bis utmost need.
Having made circuit, they cautiously
came up on the other side, and Lieut..
! Delamain. whose GOODNESS in encounters
with Wild beasts had always been con-
spicuous, from a distance Of about do.
zen yards, fred al The lion over the per-
son Of The PROSTATE warrior.
The lion merely quivered; his head
dropped upon the ground, aud in an in-
slant he lay dead on his side, close to his
intended vlcum.
Aiyprsity willingly UNDERGONE is The