The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-11-18

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which soc;,x - h.. fr}, by > ,oorsc
after Inc fir>t y;,;s?;. Of il c;,t Il
caused = sort Of dr,amiarss. in
which There was no sense Of Dain
nor f.c.;n. Of terror t!,cnyI, ! was
u,tite conscious Of Ill that WIS hap
ncnir. n,at}, an,,,af,d to mo inc.
v;fal,lr and r,.;noin,;7 ,o,tionl.ss
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; T Lal = 1,ail. Of reviewers in uIv belt
i r;sv CT hnrc oa,t;alIy Ii*pelI,d
the langi,d sttlror t!:.t cl.c:i;.::nt.,i
ny j5rain. Ai: blood flowed through
my veins less s!ngsis!s!y, "ii,i. grasp
ing one OF NY weapons. 1 pointed
tic m"zzlc i'll the brutcs ear and
fired The SIX cI'&:g>s.
Il ft:t jIc tiger S}l.k2 violently,
his teeth HruU5t,l together as l.c
. bouilI"d forward, AMI paving the
s;,n:i in It dying effort. hu fell over
dead. Ills jnw relaxed, and i stag
gr."ii 70 nay feet free, and thank
God comparatively unhanne;}.
''i!c tcet:, ;l;d c!a%s Vi the AM
! nv! Is;td pi"Wo': deep IUIro''5 Ill ny
body and tom tie SKIN III &hGc';S,
but the wounds were not Of = Sc
rl1nS nHi''re.
L 1vit weak from tic loss Of
blood. but Vas enabled to bind up
my wounds and stop the flow.
'.Ihrn Ior the tirst time ! glanced
about me. wondering what had be
: come OF my friends, ;;nd Il they had
given lne up for lost.
The moon Lad disappeared be-
hind the black dense cloud that
now covered the entirc horizon. SO
/ intense w,s the darkness that il
was impossible to distinguished cD-
jccts bat u few feet distant. \ hol
low murmur III tho light moving
putis of air rev>Ebcratcd through
! the heavens like the distant NUT
tcr Of thunder.
II ij!!out further warning. thc
hurricane burst with fearful vio-
lcnce, hul,ling showers OF sand into
my face, forcing he TO lie beside
the body OF the tiger, while my
head MAS thrust bcne:th one Of his
paws in order TO breathe somewhat
frcer.
! The burning sand forced itself
T through my clothing. inAaming lay
WOUNDS, and increasing tenFold the
agony ] already experienced.
! i hardly Tcntured to breathe tic
hot, fiery blast which was offered
as the only means to protlact my
wrotchcd existence.
/ ..I'rcGucntly / Was forced to rise
and shake the sand from nv body.
! for the fear OF beinc buried alive,
and s2cw]y the time passed while
the SIMEON RACED.
1T is rossiblcI may have swoon.
! ell beneath the great amount Of
suffering I had endured. for, when
/ again fully realized what Was
passing around me. the cimmcrian
! darkncss had disappeared a few
rays of light were striving 10 pierce
The yellow atmosphere filled with
! clouds OF dust and burning sand.
"Shielding my eyes from the
minute particles that almost drove
ne frantic. I cSsayel 10 form some
idea as to my whereabouts and posi-
ton. { lad escaped from the jaws
of the tiger, hal survived the fury
Of a simeon and row to die III the
desert from starvation and hunger
was a fate almost too hard for one
who hal endured the amount OF
suffering that had been sent upon
me.
..llovinc pillars of sand occasion
a!iy swept by me and scycEa!
times 1 was forced to shift ny po$i-
ton. The SIMEON hal expended
its force. b,l, had ?,.fs nama!},Glcss
currents OF air u,yvi...s ;,:n::. which
caught ND vast misses Of sand.
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ocro,, i3c im10,.p,::. l,l,in,
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tlcl and ftn. n1mosY!,cr,. brcan,e
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