Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-06-16
An African Adventure.
TIE STONY ~ A TRAVELLER.

TIE srORy ~ TRAVELLER.
The Gun was setting st the close of an
excessively hot day. a. Was wandering
along the banks Of q small stream that
wendell its way through dense forest in
Africa. / Was mounted on Q powerful
bore, but after day Of hard riding it
Vas now nearly tired out, and it could he
plainly seen that before long would be
compelled to halt and let the animal rest,
and ut the came time rest myself.
WIS one Of q party who had set out
early in the morning, with the intention
If spending the day in hunting; but dur
ing the excitement Of the chase, as ILL.,
luck would have it, got separated from
the rest, and when would have regained
them. discovered, to my chagrin, that l
was alone, and SO far distant from my
com panions as to render it impossible for
them to hear my calls.
was unacquainted with the country,
and had taken no note of the direction in
which had come, and after wandering
about for some time, was forced to the
conclusion that instead of extracting my
self from the forest was only entering
deeper into it. Nor had noted how the
time had passed until the frightening
shadows caught my sight, and glancing
into the heavens saw the sun was pre-
pairing to chronicle the close Of the day.
And when it was half hidden from sight
in the horizon l found myself on the
banks of the stream of which l have
spoken, and slowly wandering along, un-
determined whether to proceed, or wheth-
or to halt in some appropriate place
until the morrow, and then to take south
erly course, in the hope of coming across
the village had left in the morning.
After moments thought l came to the
latter conclusion, and with this decision
l began looking about for the desired
spot to spend the night, that was now
fairly set in.
had not long to look, for in . short
time discovered spot enclosed with
dense underwood. This soon reached,
and secured the horse to tree, with suf-
ficient rein for him to eat the green grass
that grew luxuriantly around, after
which l gathered some fagots and dry
leaves, and placing these together, ap-
piled q match which had about me, and
10 few minutes had blazing fire. TAX
ing bird from my saddle-bsg, which
had fallen victim to my rifle, which was
now standing against tree, I plucked it,
and placed it securely on two forked
sticks, over the blaze, with little addi-
tional food from my saddle-bag, soon
had supper to entice less hungry man
than I was ct that time.
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could not have been able to see my hands
two incbes away.
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freshed by the rather hssty meal, began
preparing myself to sink into the arms Of
MOI pheus; but had scarcely taken one
lock around with this intention, when
nv eyes became fixed with horror ON two
fery balls but few yards of in the dark
ness. For Q moment l knew not what
they were, but it gradually dawned upon
my mind that they were the fiery eyes o.
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