The Russellville Democrat., 1888-08-23
ING A RHlHocERos.
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 Amer a uard Fight.
 my elrht-boro and a half @
 Are cartridges iu my pocket. I
 four. and reaehing the ant
 safety lay down. For mo-
 wind had dropped. but pres
 entie puF of air passed over
 blow on towards She rhinoce-
 wonder what it is thot
 o strong about a mnn2 Is it
 or bis hreathP ! have never
 e to make out. but ! saw some
 1e 1ther day Chat in the duck
 iho man who is working the
 ias little piece of burning
 ore hia mouth. and that f he
 they can not smell him. We'll.
 er lt waa about me that attract
 attention Che rhiHocer0s soon
 mc and within haH % minute
 he pua Of sind had passed,
 as up aud turning round
 his head up-wind There he
 f0r a faw seconds and shifted.
 en he bcsnn to move. first of all
 trot ihen. as the scent grew
 srr. at @ furious esilop On he
 snorting like a runaway engine,
 ts fail stuck straight up in the
 he had seen me lie down there,
 uld not have made a better line.
 s rather nervous work. ! can toll 1 lying there waiting for his on-
 ht. for he looked like a mountain
 sh. determined. however. not Ho till ! could plainly see hts eye. think that rule always gives one Tight distance for big game. So Hted my rife on the ant heap and ed for him. kneeling At last, |n be was about forty yards away. I that tho time had come. and. aim straight for the middle of the st. pulled Thud went Che heavy .et, and with a tremendous snort ? rolled ihe rhinoceros be- th the shock, just like a | rabbit Bat # had thought he was done for l was mistaken, in another second he was up and ing at me as hard as ever. only a his head held low. I waited un- he was within ten yards, in tho e that ho would expose his chest, he would do nothing of the sort. just had to fire at his head with left barrel and take my chance. U. as luck would have it, of course, animal put its horn in the way Of bullet. which cut clean through it ut throe inches above the root. and 3 glanced of into space. After things got rather serious. My was empty, and the rhinoceros rapidly arriving-so rapidly. in- |. that l came to the conclusion had better make way for him. ordingly l jumped to my feet and to the right as hard as ] could go. [ did SO he arrived fuil tilt. knocked friendly ant-heap fiat and for the md time that day went a most ynifieent cropper. This gave me lew seconds start. and I ran n wind - my word, l did Unfortunately. however. my lest retreat was observed, and the loceros. as soon as he got his legs in. set to work to run after me. v, no man on earth can ran as fast m irritatod rhinoeeros can gallOp. l knew that he must soon catch up. But having some slight expe- co of this sort of thing. |, luckily myself. kept my head. and as fled anaged to open my rife, get the old ridges out, and put two fresh ones To do this. l had to steady my 3 a little. and by the time that had 1ped the rifle to I heard him snort and laundering away within a few ss of my back. l stopped, and as | so. rapidly cooked the rife. and red round upon my heel. By this } the brute was within six or seven Is of me, but luckily his head was
 I lifted the rife and fred | i'm. It was a snap shot, and l bullet struck him in the chest l lin three inches of the first. and l d it's way into his lungs. 10 did 1 stop him however, so all l could l was to bound to one side, which ] l with surprising activity, and as he l 'hed past me fire the other barrel | his side, That did for him. The | passed in behind the shoulder and l t through the heart He fell over his side, gave one most awful l ala dozen pigs could not have 1 e such noise~-and promptly l ], keeping his wicked eyes wide | l all the time. ] for me, I blew my nose. and go- up to the rhinoceros. sat on his l, reflected that had had a tai mornings shooting. Prom H. l r Haggarfs teio story t's Harper's 1 dztne.