The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-07-19

oird-for the "oureb" is one of the swift
'St o the African antrlopes. The doe f,I
lowed though not so fast, and soon fell ;o,,
the rear.
Inc Duck. pe~cc;vin- this, suddenly hal,
co. as II a>ha cd OF his want of rajjantrv
wheeled round. and "alIoped back unit, l.,
was once more between The doe and rho nj,
thing that had alarmed him.
What could this o,ld th,nc he bo ,ou
seemed to inquire of himself 1t was not ;
non. nor leopard, nor a hvena. nor We, ;
Jcka'. IL was neither fox, nor frnner' no,
eartl'-wolf. nor wild hound nor any of his vel
known enemies. 1t was not a Bu,hman
nei:her; for they a~e no, double. head.d a.
1t appeared What couu it be? II ba,
krf' It's riace-it had not pursued him. Per
maps II was not at all dangerous no doubt il
wa harmless enough.
SO reasoned the onrebi Ills curiositv o.
ver''"r his tear; ..,! ls wH1s b"iIar view Of -.
thing before he took 20 flight. No mate.
what 1t was. it could do no hurt at tba, dis.
tance: and as to orertnling HIM -pah . Their,
WASH t a creature. blp-d OR ,,uadrupcd in All
Africa. that he could not il.ny dirt in in,
face of.
50 he went a little nearer. and then litt,
nearer still. and continued to advance by sue.
cr>INe runs. Low this WV and now thar way
z'@zaggInG over the PLAN. until he was with
IN less than hundred spaces ottle odd Oh
Jert that first sight had 80 terrified him.
Ills companion. the doe, kept close atIe,
iIiih' ana seemed quite as curionS As himself
her large shining eyes opened to Their tul,
extent. as she stopped to gaze at intervals
Sometimes the two met each other in tbe;
course ana halted tor moment. as though
they held consultation in whispers. and asked
each other If they had yet made ont the char
act"r ot the stranger
1t was evident however. that neither had
done 80, as they still continued TO approach j,
with looks and gestures of inquiry and won.
der.
AT length III" odd object disappeared for a
moment under the grass and then re.an.
peared-hut tins time in an altered form :
some 'h'ng about |: glanced brightly under
10" sun. and tins canrin. quite fascinated
the hnrk. 81 that he could not stir from tb,
spot, hnt stood e.Ing II steadily.
Fatal fascination 1t was his last oaze
bright flash shot up. something struck him
through the heart, and he saw the sh,nin.
object no more.
The doe bounded forward to where her
mate had fallen, and stood bcatinr over him
She knew not the cause of this sudden dea,h
but she knew that he was dead. The wound
IN his side. the stream of red blood were nm
der her eyes. She had never witnessed
death IN that form before, but she knew her
lover was dead. His silence. his form s,r,trb h..
Ell along the grass motionleSS and timber
his CLASSY eyes, all told her that he had c.as
ed to live
She would have fled. hut she cou|J no,
leave hIm-sne could not bear to part even
from his IIielesS form. She would remain a
while and mourn over HIM
| Her wiIowhood was short one. Ao,;r
/ flashed the priming. again cracked the SHIN
lnC tube. and the sorr"wing doe fell over IN
on the nodv of her mate
! The vonnT hunter rose to his feet, and ran
forward. He did not. according 10 usual ems.
tom, stop TO load before approaching his uuar
rv. The plain was perfectly level. and he
saw no other animal upon it, What was his
surprise. on reaching the antcopeS. to per
crIve that there was a MiW one of the nartv
still alive.
"IcS, a little fawn, not taller than a rabbit
was bounding about through the rraSs. run
n'nS around the pro>tratc body OF It's mother.
and "'frrng It's tiny bleat."
"Betore entering the grotto | looked Se-
hind me; the Ion hal disappeared I'm.
knowing nv gentleman too we'll 10 believe
that he could hr far away. at the end Of an
hour thought | had better take peep a,
what was Toirg on outside.
81 had reached the entrance of :hc cavern
with great pr"cautcn. holding on each sid.
with both hands, and bending nv head eau
tiouSlv forward. when frl: mv>rlf vio,cn,Iv
caught at by the hood ot nv burnou>. and
had !i>t ilrnr enough to dlSenrate nav head
not to be lifted fairly N in,o the air. The
hon IN short. who had laid himself down on
the top OF the rock. bad stretched ONT ON,
of his hugh paws Ike eat. and scizinc hold
OF my burnou>, had begun to tear it with hl.
teeth GIVING every sion OF anger.
In hurried aga'n. and threw ont the
sheep he had set his mind upon. and on which
he dartcd Immediately, without the lcas,
SrruIIc NOR" tina tbs. he had thney,rcm,
indr'lra"y 20 drvour it under my very eyes
and when at last he thought proper to de-
camp. with his stomach tulI, and without o.
ven c0ndr>cendlno 10 turn round to >ay thank
yon. leaving on one side of the reekir, rr
mans OF his supper and on the other the b,t.
ot my 'a''ertd burnous, the day was lust be
ginnin. to dawn.
''llc had not even left me time enonob N.
thlri 10 20 hack to my neighhor TO take an
oft"r sheep; so that. on returning home.
Ia" TO Ihck out and Kill one OF my own tior k
as every good muS>uIman is bound to do o,
such day. 1t was the first time. since b..
came a man, that had been driven to su.I
an extremity. aud the lion alone could hay,
forced me 10 do So"