Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-09


hoas md dignity sbeoad.
Adveaturr WiIh . Passher.
Ths a.i~sl had alvsady bee. wound
Cd b n1s hell. Hssisg warned the
villags shikasss b keep e3oss beAisd
- With ~ hsasy sPeaf ~ hsd IN his
hand, heeaa 10 follow IL vcsnded
panahes; bet haA scasesly ecae twenty
I've yards. VIA 90 a IL bes1ess.
vho vss . high gsrsnd, bsekoeed 10
-, and pointed litAls belov Lin. md
in fruut II ne. Thsss - IL large
panther sitting out. sncoeesalsd. b.
tvees tvo bashes. . dooea yards besoss
-. I could not. hovevss, 80 .his
hssd; end whilst I rs thu Delayed he
eans out With Q roar. sesaiGhs st Ne.
I hred 1t his chest 9Th ball and, -
he sprang upou me, Tie Shot barrel
vus aimed at his hssA. In Tie next
moment bs s~issd ny len arm and he
gun. Thus. nat bring able 10 NJ the
gun - . cl b, I forced Il cross-sise
into his mouth. He hit the sock
through in one place, and whilst his
upper fangs l.ceraied my arm and
o8oos suc ~Wch to38e SCot sosO sssC
gun. His hind claws pierced my left
thigh. He tried very hard 70 thro~
ne over. In the meanwhile the shika-
rec, Who, hal be kept the spear before
him. might have stopped the charge Of
the panther, had retreated some paces
TO the left. He had, instead Of spear
ing the panther, shouted ont and
struck him, using the spear - club.
In moment the animal vas upon him.
stripping him of my shikar bar. his
turban. my revolving rife, and the
spear. The man passed by me. holding
his wounded arm. The panther thus
quietly crouched Eve PAGES in front of
me. I knew my only chance was to
keep my eye upon him. He sat with
all my despoiied property, stripped
from the shikaree, around and under
him. The first step I moved back.
wards, keeping my eyes on the pan.
Their, I fell upon my back into thick
bush, having slipped upon the rock.
Here I was still within one spring Of
the animal, who appeared, as far as /
could see, to Ike not at all disabled by
the fight. Nothing could have saved
me had he again attacked. l retreated
step by step, my face still towards the
foe, till I got to my horse, and to the
other heaters. who were all collected
together some forty yards from the
fght. L immediately loaded the gun
with charge of shot and q bullet that
I perchance found, and taking my re
volver pistol out of the holster, and
sticking it into my belt, determined to
carry on the affair to its issue, knowing
how rarely men recover from such
wounds a. mine. I was bleeding pro-
fusely from large tooth-wounds in the
arm the tendone OF my left hand were
torn open. and had Ave claw-wounds
in the thigh. The poor Shikarse's arm
was somewhat clawed up, and II the
panther was not killed, the superstition
Of the natives would 60 far to kill this
man. Terribly frightened as he was.
his wounds were not so bad Is mine.
I persuaded my horsekeeper to come
with me and, taking the hog spear he
had in his hand, we went to the spot
where lay the weapons stripped from
the shikaree. A few yards beyond
them was crouched the huge panther.
Again, I could notasee his hee d very
dist notify, but fred deliberately be-
hind his shoulder. In one moment he
was again upon me. I gave him the
charge of slot, as I supposed, in his
face, but had NO time to take aim.
The horsekeeper, instead Of spearing,
fell upon his back. In the next in
slant the panther got hold Of my left
foot with his teeth, and threw me on
my back. I struck at him with the
empty gun, and he seized the barrels
in his mouth. This was his last effort.
I sprang up, and selling the spear from
the horsekeeper. drove it; with both
hands through his side, and thus killed
him. I immediately had my boot
pulled of. Ny foot bled prcfusely.
Fortunately, the wound was in the
thin part OF the foot, and not in the in
step or ankle but the teeth had ret.
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