Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-01-06

retllruirlg-sshe does her toilet hand
somely.I' He seized little ddgge.
which he had taken from one Of th'
| Arabs. aCome, let uss wish eaci
other good morning, = thought he
| At this moment the panther turned
liner head towards him suddenly, anf
fixed a surprised and earnest gazf
llpon him.
| The fxedness of her bright and
| metallic eyes, and their almost lnsup-
Ibortable briIliancy made the soldier
I tremble, especially when the mighty
! beast moved 10 wards him. With
| GREAT boldness and presence OF MIND
lie looked her directly in. the eye:
Having often heard that great power
Ihay be obtained over animals ia that
Ihannbtr: When she came up to him,
be gently scratched her head and
IS smoothed her fur Her eyes gradual
" softened, she began to Wag her
tail, and at last she purred like acat;
Is but 50 deep and strong were her
In notes Of Joy, th at they resounded
through Ithe cave like rolling Of a
church org hn.
The Frelchman redoubled his ca
resses, and when he thought her -fe-
.roeity sufficiently tanned, he attempt-
ed to leave the grotto. The pan
.ther made no opposition to his going
out; but She came bounding after
him, lifting up her back and rubbing
against him like an ailectionate kit
ten. 1ahe requires a great deal Of
attention" said the Frenchlnan smll-
ing Hb tried Ito feel her ears and
throat; ahd preceiying she was pleased
with il, he began to tickle tue back
.of Her Head with the point OF his
.aagger, hoping to find a favorable
opportunity to stab her; but tue
hardness Of the bohes made him
tremble lest lie should not succeed.
/ The bea4ifuI sultana Of the des-
trt seemed to tempt the courage Of
her pris spner, by raising her head,
stretching her neck, and rubbing
against him. The soldier suddenly
thought that, Vol kill her with one
blow. lid must strike her in the
throat. He raised his blade for that
purpose but at the moment she
crouched down at his feet, looking
up III his face with q strange mix
tnre Of affection and native fierce
ness The poor Frenchrnan Aeaned
against the tree eating some dates,
and castiog his eye anxiously around
the desfri, to see if no one was
coming TO free him from his terrible
conipani bn, whose strange friendship
was IS liEtle TO be trusted. He Of
Iferea to feed her with some nuts and
dates, bat she looked upon them
with supreme contempt. However,
as If sensible Of his kind attention,
shelickda bis shoes and purred.
aWillI she be so when she gets
hun gry?l' thought the Frenchllnan.
The idea made him tremlAe- He
looked al the Size of the panther
She was three. feet high and four
feetlong without including her tail,
which waas nearly three feet more in
length, and as round as a great cud-
gel.
and her face was distinguished BY a
peculiar! expression Of cunning
Tie cbtd cruelty Of the pan ther
reignedAhere; but there was like wise
something strangely like the cpun-
tenance Of an artful woman, in tho
raiety a hd fondness of the pre- sent
moment She had her ell Of blood
and d"she wished to frolic.
During the whole day if he at
tempted tp walk away, the pan thel
watched him asi a dog does his master
and never suffered him to be far ouI
|of sight. He discovered the rem aims
of his hbrse, which had been dragged
near the mouth of the cavern, and
he easilE understood why she had
respected 4 his slumbers.
Takid g courage from the past, he
began It'd hope he could get along
very comfortably with his new com
panion. He laid himself beside her
Iin order to conciIiate her good opin.
lion. Fl patted her neck, and she
began I'd wag her tail and purr. Ht
took hold of her paws, felt her cars
rolled her over on the grass She
suffered him to do all this: and Wher
he playe ID With her paws, she carefully
drew in her claws, least she hpul(