The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-08-15
An ALGERIAN LION STORY,

An ALGERIAN LION STORY.
How ] came to be sitting, in very good
company, one glorious September ovcn-
ing, in the little moonlightcd garden OF
he hotel at AlgieIs is neither here nor
here.
Ny companions about the round table,
which WAS garnishcd with slim bottles,
llasaos, and plies of cigarettes, were all
E'rcnclmcn-three old Algerian colonists,
he fourth IN cxLieutcnaut of the Navy,
who had exchanged a life on the ocean
wave for that of II hunter i'll thrce-quar.
tcrs of the globe.
Before dinner had picked mp in the
salon Du ChailIu's gorilla-hook, which !
had never seen before, and my saying
something about this turned the CONVEX
,ation III the garden upon wild beasts and
the hunting Of them.
Some wonderful stories were told, es-
pccilly by the ex-sailor, though not
lit more wonderful than many one hears
from old Indian sportsmcn.
For the matter Of that the most extra
ordinary sporting story | ever heard was
old by-of all men in the world--a hare
hunter, capped Herewith a snakc-and.
elephant narrative, quite unique OF lit
lind
Presently, short silence. caused by
the uncorkinP and tasting Of new bot
lie of Hermitage, was broken by the
eldest OF the party, who had not said
much before. He WAS good.looking
man of fifty, with beard grnyrr than his
head. and merry twinkle in'his eye,
What he said / shall repeat for the sake
If clenrncss in the first person, Just us
ne told the story himself.
'Hrhe adventure Of which / am going
10 tell you, gentlemen, happened to me n
GOOD many years ago 1t was my first
serious interview with lion. Like most
serious things il had Il comic side too.
81 was young man then, and had
been some half dozen years IN Constan-
tine farming in partnership with n
friend, an old colonist, whose acquaint-
ancc | had made on board ship coming
out from Mmseilles.
oul nIo WV III T ,'or,, ro,l tocethor
'" ',n o., W." ar %U diai os scyer ond
after that i took . dislike to the place.
thought | would shift my ground into
this province, Algiers, push toward
, ,"o IanJ and mike irm of l. So
',o+,;nn a nn;aLhor to rive m eve TO
ti,innge in nv absence. / started on my
,rnEncrtiur exncdition.
81 say ], but | should say we, Tor
there were three OF us, sworn comrades
rs ever We're.
First, there was your hnmpie ser
vant secondly, there was my horse Mar
cnso, and better never looked through
II bride. He was bred between a DarD
sire and an English mare belonging tC
the colonel OF chasScurs 81 whom
bought him IN town, when ms rrgimen'
was going home. ne stool ABOUT M
teen hahdS 'woi Gl'IriIu VIC ht hon n,
ana the RESI- oi MS '"'l "N' "I' ,'1'io ' wv
muscle. iilS temper "' Eo !" wes, uII S",,nm
courage was ihsh me ~ Ho "mo fi iH;,U
about IKE oog, o.'' III ll','t one , i"lS
ana tl'"l MnS ~, , ns'l' Is a"ytb;ua o~
70 Inc cloSc ptuHiu''t " ",,H s"nn io oS
tcpt one 'hlng' th'' Sl1Gu "n lou, , ' .RS;
we aii nave our l'c'i'I'.,nS' ""r, i In
gas ms b'pcoS wpi' "i' ,olS w., WIZ ~, D ="
muItPly the iegS ny 'Mo, iu III Iia ~ MINI ~
Immediately, ana never MISSED lib ''n
,,n 1,;!l Wv" t thnro was Coonoc III
"IhTdly, there was .o .Ha pi,o "'
iai'hl"Iles'' inc inos' iioi'e''' "'o '>' ,
ard the wickedest little dog the worl
ever saw. He was more like terri'
than anything else; with short yello
coat,,a fox's head, very long ears, and
4 very short tail. The shrillness OF h
bark pierced your ears like knife, b'
the awfulncss of his howl-he alwa.
howlcd if left alone-b0files descripuG
During the fourteen years l had MN,
seldom left me day or night oha lou
uey he would run beside me- ana VINE VII,
$ tired get up and sit in my wallet, I'll
great nlcasnrc of his life was to steal b
hind people and secretly bite their leg
Il "By some mysterious affinity, he a.
u Marengo were friends from the HE
y They now sleep under the same tree.