The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-06-23
EXTRAORDINARY RATTLE.

>trovc 10 break from me; then lixiu" her
glance kccniy OH the tlnikcts below, shooI,
!" every limb. grow peeviah ut the ami
mails unusual obstinacy, aud was about to
let her suffer for the day, when my SENSES
were paralyzel by Il Tremendous roar. \
lion stood on the summit which had hut
Just TnIicl. lie was not Il dozen var!,
above my head, and his first spring must
have carried mo TO the bottom Of the pre-.
cpicr. The barb burst away at once.
drew the only weapon ha,l-a dagger
and, hopeless rs escape WAS, gr,Spiny the
tangled weeds to. sustain nv loo,in~.
awaited the plunge. l:ut the Iorly say
ar" probably ds'lained SO i"nvbic Il prey.
and continued OH the summit, .E,s hing his
sides with his tail, and lrarin" up the
gro"nI. lie, ut irn@'h, stepped suddenly,
listened, as TO some ai'lroachin. foot, and
then, with il hideoi> yell, sprans over me,
and WAS in the tllirhct below at :, sin"l,.
b"un. The wllpi. thick,t WI, INSTANTLY
aiNc; the shade whicl. h;"l iixc, on for
The abode Of uicar,lIy Tranquility WAS IN
old haunt Of lions, and the mi..i,,y here!
were now reused from their nooniay slum,
bnr. Nothing con,l hc .ram,lcr Or mir,c
terrible tham tic 'I!>tul!.-,! mnie-v Of the
fprc>, kimy>. Iii every variety Vi sava.,.
l"'S".,;:, ::r:n eii,r "a ;:irr, tl.cv plunged,
a'' l"ic "HI ycil"'i, ,!arlcd throt.! th,.
lake, burst thrpuG! the ilickct, rushed up
The hills, or >t""! ha! ing and roaring def
"ncc against the invader. The number
were imirI"'s", for tho rairn,.S Of sh;,,l"
ah'i water h;;i @at'ri"d them from every
quarter o: ihc desert. While stood cirL
IN" I" n'y ieri''"> i!,''!, and fearful OF at
liar'i"S their ":'z' !y the slightest move
'''"'' III" source "i c"'n'l"'''n arp";.led III
'"'' '''''i"; "' Il i'''''an S"''''r 'SS'''ns srvar
III '''''' through ii 'i'v'"e ut the la'her side
o' Inc valley lie WAS li'ipahy unc""-
s''""S "i INC '"rn'';a"!e l'l;.c" INTO Which
he was entering, ana The gallant cam"r "f
s'''> ''''""S''' l''e mis- showed mat i'e ";'s
'''''"'' "S o''e'S is '''' ana us ""r"h-
'o''"' '' '''t'' ''''''S'r 'S lilhHc!'' LAT his
'''''' So''' '!'S''' his horses irrt h'.!
"''', '''''''''' '''' '"''' ""'" /" i'"i' WAS
.'' "a' '''"9 ''''' '''"H OH '''e creature :
''',' ''' ."'v' "'''''' " cry o' h"fr"f'
'''"', '"' ,''i''>S'E S"''S
:. F'"' 'F''''''' nh" 81" 'h'
'l '''' ''''''"S ''' S'"o''"
''' '''''''' ''7'ic "' gigantic
-, Wv 'o'''''' VI ''e mon
''''"'' ''''' ''' inc ''''cf
~ ','' ''' '''"': "'''c me STEEL al one
=, '' .. ''"'', '''' VI" '"' > '''c''ca''-
"'' '''''' '''e' ''',' anu c"nt''"c''
'''"S''"s ''s'.'er' III '"e next moment,
I" ''''''" o' c''''''' came Numbering down
'"e '"'' ne. ''ry III" broken "it from
.''''' '''''''"' through Tie accident OF '"us-
my smuggling Ho'' and followed him i'll
'''' S'''S a'''r o' Tile chase. The sight
~" '''''e '''e',' ""s enough to arpaI the
''o'aes' ''''el'l"'y' Inc valley WAS filled
"''', '''c '''s' ''e''! retreat WA" impossible,
""s PISS '"''' 'ro'n tic sudden descent Of
.ne gen. morse ana man were rolled head
foremost among the lions: neither man nor
monster could retreat. The co"ilict WAS
horrible; and the heavy spears Of the le.
The lions, made more fu,;ous lv vor,,,.
snr,n.. n,,on t,,o ,o,.,c,I,
=, '''''' oo'e
'e'' ~ '''' s''""''' o' hc" III thc Troopers
thfoatS' ana crushed and dragged away
cur"ss and buckler. The valley WAS Il
struggling hcap Of human and s,v,,. l.,
H.. n,,r r,, , ,,,
.~u;,''. =: ''. ' e, u''se'' "''''''"S ana
,o''"s III 'so''eS, III their forms were i'll
d'sIngnlshable. The groans and cries OF
the Icgionarics, the screams of,hc nann,, i
horses, and the roars and bow)uos ot u,o
lions l,.o,1;,,, ;,1, a.. ''''