Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-02-11
It was exactly what j should have expected,
and I was therefore neither disappointed nor

It was exactly what ! should have expected,
and I was therefore neither disappointed nor
surprised.
"Nen, 1t was no use crying, as I should
almost have liked to do, because If this OK
had redwater it was probable that the rest
OF them had it too, although they had been
sold to me as ssalted,' that is, proof against
such diseases as redwater and lung sick.
One gets hardened to this sort of thing in
South Africa in course Of time, for I sup
pose IN no other country in the world is the
waste Of animal life 50 great.
Use, taking my rife aud telling Harry to
follow me lfor we had to leave Pharaoh to
look after the oxen-Pharaoh's lean kline I
called them, I started to see II anything
couldb y found Of or appertaining TO the un-
fortunate Jim-Jim. The ground round our
little camp was hard and rocky, and We
could not hit OF any spoor Of the lioness,
though just OUTSIDE the skerm we saw a drop
or VIC Of blood. About 800 yards from the
camp, anda little to the right, was Q patch Of
sugar bush, mixed with the usual mimosa, and
for this I made, thinking that the icness
would have been sure to take her proy there
to devour it. On ne pushed through tho
long grass, that was bent down beneath the
weight Of the soaking dew. In two minutes
we were wet through up to our thighs, as
wet as though we had waded through water.
In due course, however, We reached the
patch of bush, and In the gray light Of the
morning cautiously and slowly pushed our
way into it. 1t was very dark under the
trees, for the sun was not yet up, SO we walk.
cd with the most extreme care, half expect
ing every minute to come across the lioneS
licking the homes of poor JimJim. But nc
lioness could we see, and az for Jim-Jim,
there was not even a finger joint Of him II
be found. Evidently they had not come
here.
$50 pushing through the bush We proceeded
to hunt every other likely spot about, with
the same result.
"'I suppose she must nave taken him RICH,
away ! said at last, sadly enough. AT any
rate, he will be dead by now, so COG have
mercy on him, we can't help him. What's &c
be done now? "
:" I suppose that we had better wash our,
se1ves in the pool and then go back and got
something to eat am filthy said Harry.
This was q practical, IL a somewhat un.
feeling, suggestion. At least it struck me a.
unfeelins to talk Of washing when poor Jim
Jim had boon so recently eaten. However,
did not let my sentiment carry me away, Sc
we went down to the beautiful spot that
have described, to wash. l was the first tc
reach it, which I did by scrambling down the
ferny bank. Then l turned round and started
back with a yell, as we'll I might, for from
almost beneath my feet there came a mos,
awful snarl.
u had lit down almost upon the back OF
the lioness, who had been sleeping OH tho slat
where we stood to dry ourselves after bath
ing. With a snarl and a growl, before 1 could
do anything, before I could ever cock my
rifle, sho had bounded right across tho crysta
pool and vanished over tho opposite bank
It was all done in an instant. as quick a.
thought.
"She had been sleeping on the slab, ant
oh, horror |! what was that sleeping beside
here 1t was the red remains of poor Jim
Jim, lying on a patch of blood stained rock
"'Oh! father, father!' shrieked Harry
look in tho water
II looked. There, floating in the center
of tho lovely, tranquil pool, was Jim-Jim's
head Tho lioncss had bitten it right OFF
and it had rolled down the sloping rock int
the water.