Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-06-13

COMBAT, and was Just running to nick mr.
the bride and follow Marengo. when he
sat up on his launches. This made me
stop. -e "'e
AS ne sat there with ishead loosely
Wagging from side to side. and mouth
idiotic. ii' anu
suddenly his head stopped wagring
ne prlcked his ears, and by the flash of
ms eye and changed expression. knew
he had seen me.
only one thing was to be done. and
dld It, The outernost tree was large
ana low-branched. To it ran and up
IL / scrambled, and had just perched in
fork about fifteen feet above terra
ilrna, as the lion arrived at the bottom.
Looking up at me with two red-hot
Goals Tor eyes, his long nervous tail lash
ing his sides, every hair on his body
turned to wire, and his great paws pro-
truded, he chartered at me as cat chat
ters to bird out of reach. His Jaws
snapped like steel trap, and his look
was perfectly diabolical. When he was
tired OF chattering he stood and growled.
Catching sight of the bride, he
walked TO 1t, smelled it, patted it, and
then came back and lay down and glared
at me.
! My carbine-confound it,-was
slung at my saddle Ny only weapon,
besides my hanger, was pOcket-pistol,
do lble-barreled, and what in those days
we called breech-loader, that is, the
barrel unScrewed to load, and then
screwed on again.
1t would have been handy weapon
against man at close quarters, for it
threw good ball-but for a lion! Be
sides, the beast was too far off.
Then the thought flashed into my
mind, where was Cognac?
Il supposed he had run away and hid
den somewhere. If the lion got sight of
him il would, knew, he soon all over
with the poor little fellow.
''All at once there arose, close at hand,
an awful and familiar yell. 1t had a
strange, muffled tone, but there was no
mistaking Cognac's voice.
Again it came, resonant, ,lOng-drawn,
and sepulchral. 1t seemed to come
from inside the tree Where the deuce
was he?
The lion appeared utterly astonished,
and turned his ears so far back to1isten
that they were almost inside out, when
from some hole among the roots of the
tree there popped Il small yellow head
with long ears.
Down, down, Cognac. | cried in
my agony; 90 back, sir!
"A cry of delight, cut short by a
piteous whine, was his reply, as he spied
me, and then, dashing fully yard
toward the lion, he barked defiantly.
with low growl and ruffling name
the beast charged at the little dog.
''Back went COgnac into his cave as
quick as a rabbit, and Stormed at HIM
from inside.
''Thrusting his great paw right down
the hole, the lion tried to claw him out.
Oh, how | trembled for Cognac!
but he kept up such a ceaseless fire
of swapping and snarling that it was
lplain he was either well round corner
or that the hole was deep enough for his
safety.
s'All the same. to see the great cow
ardly beast digging away at my poor
little dog like that was more than could
stand. Cooking my pistol, L shouted,
and as he looked up | fired at his blood
shot eve. He shook his head, and gave
him the other barrel.
with a scream of rage he bounded
back.
-.Cognac Immediately shot forth his
head and insulted him with jeerlng
barks.
But he was not to be drawn again,
and after bit he lay down further off
land pretended to go to sleep. Cognac
barked at him till he was tired, and then
retired into his castle.
.sReloading, l found had only three
bullets left. and concluded to reserve
them for crisis.
1T was now past noon. To begulie
the time | smoked pipe or two, sang
| a song. and cut my name, COgnac S. and
Marengo's ON the tree leaving space
for the lions, which determined should
be Wellington.
Il wished he would go away.
s.Having some milk in my bottle l
took a drink, and should have liked to
lbave given some to Cognac.
The lion began to pant, with his red
thornv tongue hanging foot out OF his
month. He was as NANCY and disrepu-
table looking brute as L ever saw.
..Bv and by he got up and snutfed the
air ali round him, and then, without as
much as looking at Inc, walked OH ana
vent deliberately down the road.
,.SIipping to the ground, L caught up
lCoonac. who had crept out directly, and,
after looking carefully round for the lion,
was smothering me with caresSeS. Inc
lion was turning toward a bushy ciuinl
in a hollow about two hundred yarus
off. That light green follage-wlllows;
waterl Had the cunning brute smiled
s.Anybov. it was a relief to stretch
ona-s legs after sitting six mortal hours
~, a branch. The lion disappeared
IND tbe bushes. L strained my eyes
nyar the plain, but could see nothing
moving. Then L gave Cognac drink
IF Of milk and few bits of bread-cake, FOL
which he was very grateful. Ot cours'
II was no use beginning race against
Ton with only 200 yards start III any
'n,har ,i of miles. The tree was bettel
than that. 1o,r ,in,e
, aAlI the same, he was long time
, | narhaIS he WAS ledlls SohO ~
RabI there came his ugly head arouiio
tbe corner again, making straight 10
, us. ...o..,- ,aar kisse,
lcorn,c and threw bit more cake lnt'
: - hole Then ] climbed again TO m.
onrcb .n Cognac retired growing INTO hi
2 tss and the beast of q hon mounted
- over us as before,
, Gle looked quite cool and comfort
; ; able, and had evidently had a sO0'
| III LA, ..Another houf, and he was still there
! nVhile was wandering how iong ~
roo,,v meant to stay. and If was des I!3
Ieani l;~ai TO spend all night on bough Tx
.i monkey. and on very short commons US
he got up and walking i11snf dui1sls %tserins IN s
foot Of .n1sug 5hs tTeei up @'n at me- with ali hi
migIts .sHe was quite 3 yard short, but n wa wa
startled that nearly LOST my pal