The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-05-23

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ment. But the old horse knew hil
igame, and pivoting on his fore leg
still brought his stssA guns TO beal
ON the enemy. asiisiss 81
.sHOon with asroustthe lion mad,
his spring; but AGengo lashed on
/ both heels togeths6 oith such excel
ilent judgemeRt Of aufs and distance
that, catching him ~ in the chest
he knocked him I'll - . heap 70 th,
ground, where be N motionless
Then with anei4h UGtriumph and 9
flourish Of his heels hvay he gallop'
ed through the grove out on to The
plain and was safe.
1.-The lionllay sostill that l though,
he was dead, or at any rate quite
hors decombat, and wns just running
to pick up the bride had follow Ma
trengo, when he skt up on his
launches. This made me stop.
"As he sat there With his head
loosely wagging iron side to side,
and mouth wide open, he looked
quite vacant and idiAic.
"Suddenly his head stopped wag-
ging, he pricked his ears, and by the
fash of his eyes and changed ex.
preston, knew he had seen me.
sOnly one thing was to be done,
and I did it. The eutermost tree
was large and low bsohched. To it
ran and up it I scra1hbled, and had
lust perched in fork abour fifteen
feet above terra firms as the lion ar.
rived at the bottom.
Looking up at meWith two red
hot Goals for eyes, his long, nervous
tail lashing his sides, every hair on
his body tured to wirA and his great
paws protruded, he 1hattered at me
as cat chatters at . bird out Of
reach. His jaws a1npped like q
steel trap, and his l0dk was perfectly
diabelical. When he was tired Of
chatteting he stood aad growled.
"Catching sight of the bride, he
walked to it, 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 weap-
on, besides my hanger, was a pocket
pistol, double barreled, and what in
those days we called . breech load
er, that is the barrels unscrewed to
load, and then screwed on again.
at would have been a handy
weapon against q man at close quar-
tiers, for 1t threw q goea oaii-put Ior
a lion besides, the beastwas too far off.
Then the thought flashed into
my mind, where was Cognac2
II supposed he had run awsyand
hidden somewhere. II the lion got
sight of him it would, l knew, be
soon all oyef with tho poor little fel-
low. ~
"All at once thefs arose, close at
hand, an awful and nniliar yell; II
had strange, mufntd tone, but
there was no mist kiAg Oognac's
voice. ~. n''s
Again il came 3eDohant long
drawn, and sepplchral II eeesed
10 come nom inside the tsees Where
the deuce was heY
''The lion appeared utterly aston
ished, and turned his ears 80 tar
back to listen that they were almost
inside out, when from some hole
among the roots OF the tree there
popped small yellow head with
long ears. !,
!" Down, down, Cognac ! cried
in my agony; go back, sirP
" A cry Of delight, cut short by a
piteous whine, was his reply as ne
spied me, and then, dashing fully a
yard toward the lion, ne barked de-
family,
"With a low growl and ruffilng
name, the beast charged at the little
dog;
nack wen. Ioga'o la'o n.s .ass -
as quick as rapoi' anu S'oi'neo a'
hlm from inside.
fhrusiing ms great paw iigne
down the n0le' tne non .rleo 70 cav
MN out on' no" ''e''o'eu io'
Oognac.
nu. @ ne nups up "a s snar,;na tho,
io !. 80 " s,a;I JnPae ,.a. - voII aro1nJ a
:. waS p'a a.. 10 .ha h",a I ..s deen
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.llan cou,u S'AnS. os1uf y poI
soi, snou:eu' anu anu 40 .U IL. ,.ou t T.
nrea a. hls 9iooI '.os ~. o 10
snook ms neau anu sA'' " ''0
o'nsr ..si,:.s ysi.e,. ..rna
"ds' " 'o''A' " '"' NO ~
Gu os'A'
"Cognac Immediately snet fortn
his head, and insuited him with
Jerking barks.
put ne was no: o.. 70 Ie uiswn a
again, ana ai'e1 . s o.s ss iay uo"n !.
Iurtner on anu plsvenoeI sa 10 70 !,, EU : " =
steep: Sognac 1sIAeu l - lin : .,i' = nc
was tireo' anu '''el ie'ieu i"'o n''
castle. ,
.Reloading, | found that ! had
only three bullets left. and concluded