The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-02-18
A NOVEL

tbC HedEl OF ANY lnEpT M fhn y.tftn
national n.,,;ma IS oIJ So .No'"s
, tina, Father Po,y nus. whiis on , hun,;n,
excursion in lnd,, had III. ,,nd f,r,nn-
d. to XIII a wild L,.r. Ue ,b.r.E,. ,h.rnI,
il would h. the s,nn,e,t ,h;un in Ths
world TO shoe, a t,uer. . rh;nncsrons ~
An .l.nhant Lot n. s.o hn,r hn
ceedcJ
once more esumoj nv march ,bro,,,,
the forest, desiring no,biup better ,,,n ~
engage in = STRUGGLE Of life or death with
all the monsters i'm The islands u,S
consequently too eager 10 !, mari; ,l,a, I
was gradually wandering from the hunt
ing party. They had Told me That IA.
ROAD wen, up for abou, two bours in AN
ascent a; and IN less than All hour | found
IN, self going down.
Suddenly at the distance of n few
yards heard a terr,bI. b.Ilowing |
turned to the side whence the noise pro.
ce.ded, and there stood a bnHc,l,.
Oh! that MAS a fine piece of game for
a sportsman. Nevertheless, as my gun
shook "A Iutle-I don't know whv-h,..
tween my hands, | steaded il ayain4t m.
branch Of II .ree, and pulled the ~,rioyer
Scarcely had | done SCI. when | saw two
red, flaming eyes coming towards mo
whist the furious beast tore up the soil
With his muzzIe as a plough divides il i'm
To burrows. | let go my second shot: bu,
instead OF SIackeriug his pace, nv second
am Scented 10 quicken it.
hal only tnner enough left to seize
hCId OF Il branch OF the tree under which
| Was standing, and la wiz myself up to
IT. aud then to clImh to the = branches.
But when got there | MAS far from tie,
'ng quit OF my buffalo for, no, bciuu
able 10 :"ll"w ne W to the tree, he very
Wisely brt""k himself to guard the trunk
ct 1t. Daring the first ten minutes, |
sand to hun ~ III may 90 round and
:"und, my good man | don't care u
nS tor ,on, depend upon it," Bnt the
next ten minutes | bryan to see tina, i,
was u more serious matter than at first |
had imagined.
When l had been perrhed there an
hour, | un'irrs'o"l, 10y the quiet compo-
SIRE with which he paced round the tree,
HAT tho MAS resolved 10 continue to te my
H""l-r until he could become my exrcu-
ir"nrr. Occasionally he raised his head
up, aud looked At me with CORY eyes. bel
lowing III n threatening manner; then he
would n'bh.e the grass l!a, grew round
The tree, as if to say You see, | have
here all | require grass to eat. the morn
my aud evening dew to Stake nv thi,s' !:
whilst YOU, as Yen are - ]carm:vorous AM.
maj, AMI unaccusioincl Ia feed on ve,-
dnre, You viii he forced 10 come down
from your shelter and whenever YOU do.
it will lee aiLup with you."
F~'runatei,, Father PoIvpus is a dan.
ing blade, sad to myself: ''polypus, my
~irlen'i, the iougcr YOU wait the weaker YOU
, will become. Allow Your buffalo AL
hour 10 sheer oil, and it within that hon,
he is not gone, Why then We shall see"
=. looked n, my walcl,-it was eieve,
, O'Clock. Good" said / 1; ",t twelve o.
clock we shall c"ne To a reckoning"
A. ! had suspected, the buffalo, Tins,ea,
Of leaving the tree, continued TO kee,
watch, raising his nose from time TO tim,
upwards. and believing with all hi
might. As for me, every ten minutes
looked ~ my watch and drank a sip on,
, Of my flask. At the fitlieth minute,
said to him "Mind my worthy friend
you nave only ten minutes left, aud il
in ten minutes more, you have not take,
. Yourself off. we will go away together.
But at the fifty ninth minute, instead q
making OF, he lay down, stretching hi
head towards the foot Of the tree, dilatin:
his nostrils and glancing at me will. al
!. angry look, which seemed to say sol,
we rave yet time enough before us. Don
, DC uneasy"
But ! had determined otherwise. A
/. the s'x'leth minute, swallowed all tn
: rnm had lef'-a good pull, too, | too
, my cntIas between my teeth, aud calcula
ting the ground, contrired to fall just
yard behmd his tail, which ] seized wit
my lett hand as bad seen the Spanis|
torreros do NJ Cadiz and Rio Janeiro.