The daily gazette., 1875-08-21
TIE LION IN HIS DEN
How Two Children Bob he'd Him oi
His Home,

His Home.
Or. Dlrker, Of Lower Lake County,
California, IL the happy possesor OF
two brave children. Last Sunday the
little one, Jenny, girl Of six or seven
years, made her appearance In her
mothers room and demanded her
permission togo outdeer hunting with
her brother. Claude is twelve years
old, end killed q deer about the size
OF buck rabbit one day last week,
since when he can't rest moment In
daytime and scarcely sleeps at night.
1t was 10 O'Clock when the children
started, taking dog with them. The
mother thought no more of them up-
I'll dinue--time IN the evening. Then
she became alarmed.
Night approaching, she was half
wild. All hands, consisting of some
ten c. twclTe miners, started out, some
en- horseback ard some on foot. Night
came darkness settled on the sti,l
valley with q quiet that seemed ike
death. The mother became frantic.
She heard an occasional gun ared OF
and knew that the doctor ead men
were in prrs.i: ot the lost children.
She could rot remain iu the house
another moment. She tool: the d:rec.
tion OF the guns report, ss well es she
could, and started after the crowd.
1t was midnight whel sac cane %
to them. There wes scarcely g Lelf
garment Of any kind en- her body.
She seemed TO have passed through g.
dozen des.ks-all but the dying. Erc1
the time she Joined be- husband acd
the ether men she led the crowd r-t;,
about 3 o'clock !, the morning, tte7
heard g dog bark, and IL another nc.
mert were With the children, Iho
were instantly awakened by tie ro:se.
Then Il was "Hcwd'e do, .ner,sssP''
and "HoTd'e rara?" and Ain. this q
splendid tree 20 keep house rrderY''
I'VE had 20 esh: for It, though, ;" sail
Claude. "See he-e-we had % XII,
! thefrst settler, F" ard s1rs enough, ;as.a
lay & Califor1is lieu, cne CT he larges.
size, With 6 ball il his brain. Claude
had shot him after dark. They had
been lost, but the boy imagined he
had struck the home t1sil Gad Lep.
running ca until hs re: tie lica I'D
shot him, Jenny ssys he was crouch.
cd down like cat aad not further
away ths1 across the room when tLeT
shot him. He sprang right into the
air and tunbled at their very feet.
Before starting from the house one Of
the men had put some biscuits In his
pocket, thinking the children would ne
hungry and these be offered them.
''No, thank you, said jennie, 1--WE had
quails for supper" They had taken
matehessnd Claude had ehotthe quail,
these they had roasted on stick spd
Of course they wPrc not hungry Il
| was sn elder sister Of these two plucI :
YOUNGSTERS who Tl7 out on horzebeoi
in very Wild tract Of country. Shs
was about twelve years old at that
time, and hGd been hunting stock, All
ct once she saw pair Of bright oye5
looking at her from tuft Of tell grass.
''l'm going to see what you are, sny-
how" she said. She 20. down from
her horse and soon found that the eyes
belonged to "tho rrett.ast little darling
she ever saw" There were more of
them, but she cnly captured one speci.
men and climbed back to her ssddle.
She bGd not gone half mile before
she heard something ioping behind her.
She turned around a1i saw lion. She
put her horse TO his lest speed. and al.
most few, she ssys, but the hoE1id
thing gained on heI, ''Of course, |
knew Whist she wanted ssid the child
a'but ] dido intend to humor her sci 4
lshness. didn't take but one, and /
left her two, and that's as generous &c
any enc need be. But she couldn't
seem to see It. Anyhow. she just flew
after Us; and old Phil-talk about his
being fast horse--I wanted TO break
his neck, The lion gained on US at
every step, till at last | took her baby
and threw It at her. Now take 1t and
leave you stingy old thing, said. and
she did; she just grabbed him Up In
her mouth and put off, and came
home"
The mother says that nothing would
give more comfort than TO know that
her children were all afraid of their
own shadows; but they have never
known particle OF cowardice in their
lives, nor their father before them.