The Red Cloud chief., 1884-09-05

way. s;ld Mr. rs = AT u the
yeTsaia 81 bis huas : t~hpasel one
tine July evening. watching tss sun
sink oyr the rock. thai o~yerhung the
Nerhudds River. ''its very ss-si faa
NJ least. 80 long a. yoo N hnatlns ihe
tiger. 6u, when tho IIgvr takes tn hunt
.ng % Is nos unite 50 jnsiy
but. altloaZh I've hal some nar
ruw escapes in that way. tas'. I'd sooner
Says thgm AL twlcc over than oas such
%.d7eniune n happened Ia ms close 70
ta:s very : a.. about SIX yeS~s a-o
lin these DAYS. AZ So,i mss ihiak,.e
place looked very different tfssn What q
does now. TIE railway ws-a', esen
begun then. ami ! was fi'c ouiy whiiU
man f,r niles round.
An this clearing was a. ahiek NJ a
h~at-bru>h. with irres ant jungis- Tghi
down - the wstrz .dge. sad II yau
wanted to 20 anywhere. your oals
chance WAS "a look ou; for sofus place
Were an ,icphs8t bad crushed bis sat
through tue ihKssss. and then f8ilo~
his trt L.
Il don't bel csc yuu'd have .lcpi ycsV
sound here in hos mes | can prom
ise YOU I dida't ier the first month 90
80. No sooner Did !, get dark than
you'd hear n rps ia. H.ty crseke.
,rumpets al blowing NJ once. aud by
that YOU would know that an elephant
was coming down ta drius NJ the river.
'ThcE tnat would v.ke up the cTysco
dies in tie mud along ib. bank. andi8
a minute they'd all he splashIn- sod
believing ia chorus. % louder than
another.
Then ,hc monkeys IN the ,rrcs
overhead would begin ~~Fraking and
gathering and bowling like mad.
Then that wolld arouss some dread
ful old native bird. whose same | could
never lind out (pcrhaps M QUE hAd
.5er bern able To inyouH one bal
enough ior ~. ani IL would start
shriekiny away n II somebody was be-
ing murdered.
And SHIN. al NJ once. slcrc woi'd
come 70 Eng through the depths of the
the roar 81 a { ger. whAch seemed
20 strike them all silent fora momsnt
n caunpn browns the cTarklc al ire
works bat in another minuac or two.
they were Mi Just a. bad n. ~er.
but the thing. that plagued me
most were tie in kals. fosy e hearu
them often enough. aud - YOU can
judge whE II must have ir~'n for n
fresh ont from Europe (sni rather
feverish into the bargaio) Ia hear under
window. every night and all night
aInoisc as IL forty chlidrsn we're :
being bitten by bali q dozen mad dogs !
AT last / couldn't s;ssi IL any
AMI I made up ms siDd that
I'd teach thsm 10 bold thelriSslgu = be-
fore | had done with th~m II | hal Ia
Keep watch Tor n fcrteighi - do IL.
$50. early ~ ornhg. went out
~ n sn~slIcseariug % the vgfs ieari %
he wood. sshcr- Their wcrcA plc1iy 81
.ackals' tEaeks about. aud ds: = hoe
ieep enough Ia 81 me. lsa@i1g Iii-;
ms head and arms ut
Then ( waited til night dame al
when al nv native sery .nfs were
! took nv double bar ele@i rife.
away Event aud gDt ins tibs bole
wait till 81 a.ka!s iprnei upts
'Bnt ons would ave ~tisugtsi the
Ineaking brnts~ anew what I Mas agter :
ar. although they bal coeIe in erosds
when ] dp,Hf wan, them. vet now.
when ! s,s watching and wishing for 1
mem. o 200 woui.l show hss bspse
"NelI. there / waited sst waited.
III AT lsssI gst 40 tired ana suf that !
rae est nanking OF giving IT zap sud
horse to bed. when l ;hoaghf I
card a nasli.g in the taAzAet us in .
of me
The nsxs moment their va. a.
er,ckiirg. like drics iwigs snap
Iing under n heavy wetgAk. and oa. {,
Dio he-oleariBg. with cssry point cs
i'm qnise plain in the gtnEess simmer
ncoaiichk esIne ssaikinC nse hizgs..
ig-T / rad ever secn in ns E. 4
"Es us ne trying ;o-saaks out ths&
wa IT ftghtened was ir ghtsn<i. 1.
nd very badly frsghsesd too. ! aa
ell vDl /,
Indeed Icooldn't seli have t~a
een m y tree. I saasisi have laAl no
ar. foe the real H-rgsi tiger nnis
! IEb like the pan,hsr - the esSgss.
wen II 1 hal been ssf % level g,sunA /.
q hare felt snorsp ~DsufoTtasAs: fer i,
sea. al least. 1 1paia hare iad /,
Aassre - fight or En- But. isums-s ,
was inso this prerson. hoks wxh /,
~ head jus; levcs xisa shs gusaaj. I I,
put there - purpose sDr the
snss TO eat wiserss<< be likeA !
.ffe tiger szu Be n. plain - go /
isa. snt came sesrssg On Ia ] cSaia I.
has hot bUs;ts on usy face. ADD :
oaDs eszry 81 The gres; viii. fsnx. :
sss g~iifFeredSe sBsnoussy n use nopn- !
ghl Why 2dati .soox him. tos
-. WAY. ux bcznsc at lie s~y /.
y, raoreTness u1sae lid hss- ss,- Z
my bad "a Ike . strz~e.r. Ny ;
nlT hsare was 90 keepz&s< sslil sn1 1
ID II.
-Nseznwssae. Mr Tse<r seemed gsi;~ 4
> mBeh taken baek - I IA. The I
ytt of = Dzn Eesd growing osf II 6
&c grogrd Ike . Mushroom Has. 10 {
oubs. quite = rez thing ia hs exps<s- /,
ami he e~sbaerEsy d&i not kxex :
'hs; TO make OF t. He prowBeS hzeS-
ard and forward u front of Fse, sssE-
= unessiiy. and coming 50 close b. m~ 4
ross aud fb<n thai tA< frosh fruzn :
= oren asa snd CREST ruI tongue eew b
9 In fakes Al over my face q
This Was bod en1azh- ~ ron usy |.
~ coming. fW ccw tbs TIGER. kag- L
z locked - M long saough - trunG 5
Ok u into his heod 10 % ruund bckasd 9
s<Th@ ISeIs - r. ~ - ores. Epm
Me ! eou34 - ~has ~ tzesr ~ =
- 4 ~ qu51o0 mneh - tpu3 =
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