The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-11-13

age enough to do anything etiectual. l was
now fully awake as you may suppose. The
hon was standing up, growing continually
and moving from side to side as if he felt nm
certain what to do. At last. he crouched. and
saw clearly that he was getting ready for a
spring. At that moment heard a loud vel
behind ms, and saw everything around light
ed up by a blaze of fire The veil was kept
up constantly for minute or two: and all at
once somebody, looking as thomgh his head
and shoulders Were ali in blaze, came run
ming In between me and the lion. The brute
gave tremendous roar. more in fright than
in anger, and went bounding off into the
darkness. then saw that the person with
the fire was Apollo himself The blaze had
gone ont. but the little fellow had two or
three lighted brands in each hand, and was
tlouri>hing them about his head. and dancing
and whirling round in frantic WAY. Ike A
little drmon-thou"h Ia me. inst then. h.
seemed more like an angel of light The poor
little creature was In such a state of terror
that h" could hlr,lv speak. and did not hear
a word that said. Load the gun load the
gun, :" he kept screaming. The great bca>,
Will come back Load the gun
This was good advice. and followed i,
as quickly as could At first. on rising.
found myself so stiff that could hardly move
my limbs. But the blood soon began 10 cir
cnlato again. and when had loaded M. VIC
moved of; toward the wagons. Apollo ran
before ne all the way still in terrible fright
with irving pan on his hradanh firchrant
in his right hand Jumping and screaming
ike a mailman to scare the wild beasts. W,
"ot safely to the out>pan place. and when
had something IN Stav nv hunger. ! made 4
palio tell me- how he had managed the a'iair
which was sill mystery to ne found tha
tie poor fellow had tried harl all dav 70 in
duo" the other men 70 JOIN him in @oinr t
my relief They made one attempt in tn
morning a. mentioned. hut their hearts fail
cd them At night Apollo made up his min
to undertake the business hv himself and h.
set about it in a really ingenious manner
He took one of my large trying-panS an,
covered the inside with a thin coating of rrln
powder. iu>t enough moiStcncd 10 make i
barn SLOWLY; over tli- he placed some straw
which had used for packing. and Sprinklct
DR., powder upon 1t; and on the TN Of all he
raised little heap OF hruShwood AMI dry
sticks. With This on his head he started from
the warors iu>t after dark When he had
come about half way. he lay down and crawl
ed toward me so slowly and cautiously thai
the lion did not observe him until he wa:
within hundred yards OF us. Then ii wa
that the irutc first rose up and began growl
ing. Apollo said that when he heard it hi
went into a fit. He lay perfectly still, unit
the lion became quiet. and he then began a
gain to creep forward dragging himself alon.
on the ground. inch by inch and resting for
minute or two for every ward he made. \
took out a lucitcr match from 4 box which h,
had brought from the wa-on. and li"hrcd it
He touched the straw. Will h blaZcd M i'm
mcdiatrlv 1t was while he was doing thi
that the hon tc.amc much cxcl;cd; hut A
polio left him no time to act for he dashed IL
upon us. a> have told Won. with the irving
pan on his head: and a burning stick in hi
hand. and routed the enemy at once :,
now YOU know the reason why feel such
particular regard for the little Aamaqua.
really believe he showed more ingenuity an,
couragc in saving my life than he could hav,
mustered to preserve his own"
Apollo had certainly behaved in a mos
creditable manner. and was ready 10 adm
that he deserved all the good that his maste
could do Tor him. As for the lion, Suppo>
ed that nothing more had been seen or hear,
of him.
You are mistaken there" said Hutton. ,
ha t the best part OF him now at nv house.
lad an ac' cunt to settle with the rascal t,,
the horrid torture had suffered through hin
BESIDES as he was evidently 'man-catcr.
would not have done to leave him AT large. i
could help it. was sure he would not qui
the pool As long as the oxen remained nca
it. We hunted for two davs before we cou
manage to turn the old cannibal out of hi
den among some rocks and bushes. .JolIn>o
happened TO he nearest to him and bowie
him over at long shot. \ capital shot
was too: the tall went in behind the ric!
shoulder. and came ont under the left flank
gave johnson five pounds for the skin whic
mean TO have stuffed and set up at homc.i
memory of the day passed with the li,in
owner. and the day after. The first con>iC
cr to have been the most miserable iav. an
the other the happiest, that have ever speu
in my whole life.
A NICE QrEsTIoN SETTLEp-l cntcrc
a log schoolhou>c once, where '.DchatiI
Society" was holding forth upon the question
If man saw his wife and mother in the wa
: ter drowning, which should he help out first !:
. The question was considered with animation
upon both sides for while, when a back
t wardnesS began to manifest itself. The pres
, ident desired, IF they had anything to say, It