Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-03-20

WHOLE NUMBER, 1853

MORALLY wounded, had still strength aud iero-
city enough to dispatch half doseu armed
men. He therefore exchanged bullets for in-
gOts, Of iron, and even with these he ran terri.
be risk. IS We zee from his frst snploymeut
Of them. At midnight, under the light Of
full mOOn. he met youOg loo. mere puppy
Of two years old, who, on seeing him, lay
down Geross the path. and did not move, even
when Gerard was within fifteen PAGES. Be.
lieVing this to be the animals tactics, he IhoI
!, better not 70 advance nearer Lpseling on
lbs ground, be fred, shining just beneath the
shoulder. How il happened he knew not, 80
sudden vas the Ousllught- bat before hf eOuld
see ssythibg he was Knocked down, and his
hand touched the leg Of the aEimal standing
over him. Luckily for me I wore my lhisk
turbsu. which he tore with bis teeth slipping
from bin and leaving him my burnous. ble~
on. the brains Of this foolish youngster while
be was spending his WrSh upon my clothes
Ny first ingOt had passed right through bis bO-
dy. below the shoulder the second entering
at his left ear came out at the right Europe
ans imagine it. very simple thing to Vsnquish
the lion /; you have only to be good shot and
10 be perfectly COOL To be good shot is moi
rare /; but when you have to meet such an an.
tsgonist, 10 await him, perhaps not to see him
until he is about to attack. and then to know
that your first ball, however veil aimed, will
only wound him, the 'eoolness' so lightly spo-
ken Of will be very rare quality. HoweVer,
adrOit your frst aim. you hare little time for
your second the FIRST Shot hits him while he
is mCtonless the second must be fred as he
bounds upon yoI. Gerard soon learned this
and he says with naivete. perfectly French .tha
be always commenced the struggle with min
gled doubt aud confidence doubt in the effee
Of his shots, confidence in the protection diVin
q'Gccorde ga creature 7 Ere supreraE' as il th
poor lion was not equally 'sa creatureP That
, however. is tho ught never entering the min,
of the hunter or Arab. We we're amused a
the lamentations aud imprecstions Of discon
Solate woman whose lamb he'd been eatSn by
lion she spoke with bitterness Of the 'heartles
wretch who had eaten lamb, Which she her
self would have eaten hst not the lion anticipa
ted her ......
Such being the terror and hatred inspired b,
the lion, we can understand the frantic demon
strAtiOuS Of joy over bis corpse. They triumph
over their dead foe. insult him, call him 'assas
SIM thief 'son Of Jew Christian, Pa
gan. pluck his beard in scorn and kick hin
contemptuously. It iss relief to their hatret
the reaction Of terror. In reading this we ar
naturally reminded Of that scene 10 Homer
where the Greeks crowd around the dead bod
of Hector. marVelling at his great stature
: and each inflctng wound on the terribl
corpse.
, Very picturesque is the scene Of triumph
The fires are lighted in the forest movin
amidst the snow and trees are groups OF me
and women. looking by the freight like phaI
i toms. in their white burnouses, as they distrit
ute the pieces Of lion.hesh roasted on brasil
Ell big enough for an elephant The women cha
10 ter on their universal theme the men talk
, powder. 'bloodshed, and lions Abdslliab, IL
: singer, yells improVised cOuplets. while flu
'e player charms the savage ear. They have il
N suited the lion, and now they eat him