Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-04-11

Drive him few miles over rough roads and
you Will find that be is footsore; turn him
loose 70 feed and You will discover that he
has run away, or il he has not run away he
has Of malice aforethought eaten tulip and
poisoned himself. There is always some
thing wrong with him. The OK is brute.
It waf of piece with his accustomed be-
havioh for the one in question to break out
on pprpose, probably-with redwater just
whenS lion had walked off with his herder.
1t ws4exactly what should have expected,
and Twas therefore neither disappointed nor
surprised
"Well, it was no use crying, as 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
soldtp me as 'salted, that is, proof against
such diseases az redwater and lung sick.
Onegets hardened to this sort Of thing in
South, Africa in course Of time, for sup
pose In no other country in the world is the
waste OF animal life 30 great ..
80, taking my rifle and telling Harry to
follow me for we had to leave Pharaoh to
look after the oxen-Pharaoh,s lean kline I
called them), 1 started to see if anything
could be found Of or appertaining to the un-
fortunate Jim-Jim. The ground round our
ittIss camp was hard and rocky, and we
could not hit Off any spoor Of the honess,
though just outside the skerm we saw drop
or two of blood. About 800 yards from the
camp, and little to the right, was patch Of
sugar bush, mixed with the usual mimosa, and
for this made, thinking that the lioness
would have been sure to take her prey there
to devour it. On we pushed through the
long grass, that was bent dowr 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, It was very dark under the
trees, for the sun was not yet up, so we walk
ed with the most extreme care, half expect
ing every minute to come across the lioneSS
licking the bones Of poor Jim-Jim. But no
ioness could we see, and as for Jim-Jim,
there was not even finger joint of him to
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 have taken him right
away said at last, sadly enough. AT any
rate he will be dead by now, SO God have
mercy on him, we can't help him. What's to
be done now|
"1 suppose that we had better wash our
selves in the pool and then 60 back and get
something to eat. I am filthy said Harry.
"This was q practical, if somewhat un-
feeling, suggestion. At least it struck me as
unfeelins to talk Of washing when poor Jim
Jim had been so recently eaten. However, I
did not let my sentiment carry me away, so
we went down to the beautiful spot that
have described, to wash. 1 was the first to
reach it, which did by scrambling down the
ferny bank Then I turned round and started
back with a yell, as we'll might, for from
almost beneath my feet there came a most
awful snarl
II had Lit down almost upon the back of
the lioness, who had been sleeping on the slab
where we stood to dry ourselves after bath
ing. With snarl and a growl, before could
do anything, before I could even cock my
rifle, she had bounded right across the crystal
pool and vanished over the opposite bank.
It was all done in an instant, as quick as
thought.
"She had been sleeping ON the slab, and
oh, horror what was that sleeping beside
her ? 1t was the red remains Of poor jim
Jim, lying on patch of blood stained rock.
"'Oh father, fatherr shrieked Harry,
look in the water
~ looked. There, floating in the center
of the lovely, tranquil pool, was Jim'Jim's
head. The ioness had bitten it right off,
and it had rolled down the sloping rock into
the water.