The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-27
Rirhmonh pispatrh.
RICHMOND. MONDAY. JUNE y. rsso
Alton Adventure In AIscrir

was reused by something ap3 "a. uup, at
>" hI "S on ,hn head sbro,ssi the side of the
tent which made me think for momch' '"a.
l had been struck by an iron bar Win cia"s ~
the end which carried with me IN my wa
son: hut in an instant the idea flashed across
me that il was n lion which was smiling al me-
through the back of the tent III rcmahco
where / WAS without moving there Was tne
prohabiIity of the beast tearing mp the tent
and dragging me through. On the other hand
an a,temp; 60 move closer TO the IRE wonld
probably he detected as the lion has the sstFiie
charac ieristies IS the cat. ana would dooDtieHs
have sprung npon me in that case, and have
carried me OF. While hesitating what TO do,
the animal. most likely from not being able
any longer 10 feel anything through the wall
of the tent, must have turned away, Tor atter
what was in fact, but a few moments, but
which seemed a very long time, there was
AsFrfic shrek, followed by low, deep groWl-
~ then "A shot and n louder growl felt
IL, for my revolver, which had placed be-
ms head before going 10 sleep, and creep
iround the tent l saw the horrid beast
Il kding perfectly SELL, with gaaring eyes, aud
~ kinuing the same low. deep growing, and
Al hing in his mouth the body OF man, which
II occasionally lowered on the ground as
8 nth the intention OF taking frmer hold,
hevar entirely letting 20 Of II. saw by
- direction of his look that he had caught
- Of me- and terrible We're the associa-
connected with the beast in my mind that
T Dared not move or breathe for some seconds.
when the thought suddenly occurred 10 me
In his mouth. My liking for this man had be-
come strong that the desire to rescue or
ayenge him drove every feeling of fear ont OF
my mind and with Il steady aim, fired al his
Ioiy inst ytelind the shoulder. Singularly
enough although L knew l had hit him
he merely gave loud growl and remain
I'D stationary, without relaxing his
thold of the Arabs body. How long h,
4would have remained in this state of immo
| biIity can't say, but l was just about TO try
the effect of Il second shot when regular vol
! ley OF guns was fired from out OF the darkness
be beast sprang forward toward me, almost a
The same instant that felt sharp, singing
sensation in the upper part of my arm, an'
fell To the ground, so close to mo that stepped
back to avoid blow from his paws in hi
death struggles. They did not last long, ant
rs soon as they We're over l fetched Lighted
brand from the lire, and, first holding ii TO tn
face of the dead man TO see who II was, ant
feeling much relieved at finding il was no
Hamed | waved il about As signal for IN
2tbefs that they might come with safety. The,
soon came and clustered round the body of III
dead lion. some kicking il, and others spittin
on and reyiliEg it, and all of them claiming
stle honor of having killed him, claim tina
they seemed far more interested in defending
than in cominisserating the fate of their dea'
companion. All the efforts we made 10 releaS
the latter unfortunate from the Jaws of tn
lion Were unayailing without having recours
TO our knives and as there was not the leas
doubt of his being dead, for the teeth of tn
powerful brute were buried in his chest ant
back, we determined on leaving both bodie
where they were until daylight. The frs
thing did when l awoke was 10 look for tn
bodies of the Arab and tho lion. They Wer
lying where the beast had fallen in the night
and his stilened jaws still held the body of til
man as in powerful vice. The desire of pre-
serving a record OF the event for friends il
England to look at was too strong to he resist
cd, we set to work cut three pieces of tim
Der 10 point and having raised the lion to a
upright position, kept him up by means of III
pieces of wood. TO conceal these, planted
shrub here and there, which had the dcsire
effect and the result l obtained was n mega
tiye. the like of which | believe never wa
seen The attitude is rs natural rs possible
and makes one shudder to look ~ it.
IPhoi0grGphic NeNE.