, 1865-06-04

!: e: :::;; Is s.: & n! g.:
vance oi 'he pumas. iffeeafs1 &sES
fat fiom their hnse thAt waen thaEN%&6 N324Se
m&de they would be nh.e u cut OF saaif 1EFS
titat. - :;
dfstsnct t. The mare On c;tacr haud5~Is les
eeLed tu twenty-five ya cs. ite sltu.t,on
wus etowipg. II us, exri'iu.ly nIvres an.
al1s- Louise ElMcr, Ly inr luc hest r:Ae
shot amopE US, pos her Llu=in.nug ( drew
back the baul1.ier, and IN three g .pnd, IN ".
i, 's likely there wuu:d have be :. royal
luna 1uuhde ing there in tue gruss, vita
:Eiiet through III, brain But Hatrv uru1up:-
!! put down the WEAPON, scu,dns nis viz
H. lc in hi euod buIloseu wa,:
Fie, Loulse, would ou deprive rs Of the
tmn:t tmeht We hare bsen 30 iCng in search
'1sny It's shame! downright ta,l.r;ty.
to pt' nit those ietuclbus hsut... TO magic
3bu ha'uee the .nnaceut fouls!' exclaimed
u MIA Indignantly, lingering rhc LEX OF hc-
Ma, srncra Diana-El leo mao nus.to
palu."
and alsndoz. was right. TIE lion would
kll nuthlrg. That ne saw Tery ciear,T IL
iessttan tnrsy sec.snds.
4heie tsm= suddenly 4 sht,,l nelgh from
thc .eLefal Ct hutsc, magnificent brown
s:a1t IA yell more 1ike tic scr. an of a
| sharp-set steam Wills Il than the neigh Of a
buisr, and, Ill moment, he y hole 1ruop WA
charging down like Il Mhtri wind.
First they came, f1u- Or n:e abreast. IN
| 8, ctions, pass1bE between us ard nt.fnare
| hnd Ley. LII til: prnas, the t.al Of thc cui-
uhn, when the leader snileuly swept ruuud
! In curxe TO the left, the au 1nals dropp ne
into sing elc flv US 1egu1a1ly IS the oest dfilrd
| t1oopcts On uaEln cuulu h asc done. and 1uxut
| the, wtnt like lG,h eniDg by LIE lett Until
| the ht ad OF IN. cbiutAn anne toaul aud
tapped the rear On tie inside By about tn
ANIMALS, leav-n. spa,c OF about six feet
CHAR between the laps OF tie eucle, ,ich
ireiosed the Two pu1nas aud tnc marc with
her fs,als.
Tie moment that tie mare found herself
eachc1e1 BY her friends, shs fell a1ro,tl5 ,n-
to the ranks, Us did Ter ioals. But The lat
tuo, when they shot If ar tan,ent and
Ioiued thei. .uubg fiieuds In charge Of 1na
ul.tren na5ts.
Thr runa:. .lnding themselves completely
cnv.lupcu- SIT up q ter1tic foar, =ud, on lhe
Instant, dashtt upon their ens 1nics with
heauIops bu1e fury. The male NADIA tsc-
n.endous leap u mrd at thr b1o~n stu HIN,
| VII Oh Whreilrg on the instant, his heal to-
wstds tie on: Ei line, let 1y his Le:ss with
suth fvIcc thas thei5 intact with the pun IS
jaw soul'ied llkS The crack Of y pis:os: Tue
vast blu t. vas hurled ind oTet end across
tie !esolvinE clIclr, and, TX. t'gntnius. .
fiery gray dropped lnto the line. wheel; d, and
drove his hoots into The pum.'s RIBS With L
thud that sent the monster 1uili.; over ana
oysr, howtD. with Fa.e and asuny.
The female puma Sprung hrr leap upon q
b"ausitul mut1l 4 nase, 5lme ten auima.s in
advance Ct thr boxn s1alii1n, and was more
haldly dealt with than her mate. As qutrE
as tEou:.tt the nl&c aud Two OF her nrsre%t
Ct mtanlons telf wssh.n the Enr, tn nd ial
to-, and, s:mnltiscous'y. the c fell ctusu-
Ipg hl"ws 'ts1n six sp1telul ho rs .r,n puma's
head, h,east, ard shoulders, knocking eve: r
atm oi tghs out Ut her 10 i second an l.y-
ing her cut there Gu the grass us ump as
/ rrg.
"Bsavo. little beautyE' cheaEed Louise for
the littlc ulottled N ,rr-
HUI 1ah lur General Brownm shouted
/ nia.a, enthusiastically. EStst
"vna os totlos caivaihosn' put IN Men,
toza. in e1tacies-
..llu, rah oraso! viva! 70 1t, wild hozses!"
We IL yelled in concert.
and 20 1t they did-thosc gallant defend
! rourd they wen. IN thai whirE;ns, DIZZY
waltz d.aling natter.ng blows with their
ycpreiul heels until the last sra'k oflite w4a
! beaten from the mighty punas, and then,
with tnanv proud neigh Of triumph, they
went branching AWAY trom tue field Of battle.