Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-05-12

rush, half rolled. half spranS into the patch
Of thick bush to the right. fired after her
as she went, but SO. far as could SEQ without
result. Indeed, the probability is that I
missed hcr clean. AT any rate, she co. to tho
bush in safety, and oncs there, bcCa:i to mako
such diabolcal noise a3 l never Ecard be-
fore. She would whine and slric.;, tacl
burst out into perfect voilcys Of roaring that
shook tho whole place.
".Ucl,' l said, we Elust Just let Ecr roar;
to co i2to thar bush after Lc4' ut night woald
be .nadnccs.'
"At that moment; to my as.onish-lc1t and
alarm, there cane al answering roar from
the direction of tho river and then another
from behind the swell Of bush. Evidently
there were moro lions about. Tho wounded
lioness rcdoublod her efforts, with tho object,
suppose, of summon!nS the others to her cs-
sistancc. At any rat, they came, and
quickly, too, for within five minutes, pcoping
through tho bushes of our s,:c-cl fence, we
saw magnificent Lon bouading aloa. to-
ward us through tho tall tamboaiin grass
that in tho moonlight looked for all tho world
lillo ripenirs cora. Ol he came in great
leaps, and glorious si-ht it was to SEQ him.
When within fifty yards or so ho stood still
il an open space and roared, and tho lio2ess
roared too, and then there came third roar,
and another great blac., named lion stalkcd
rlajestically uo and joined No :, and really
began to realize what Jim-Jim must have
undergone
"Now, Harry whispered, whatever
you do, don't lrc-it's too risky. If they let
us bc, let them be-
"Wcll, the pair of them marched OF to tho
bush, whcro the wounded Eoness was row
roaring double tides, a2d tho whole three Of
them began to snarl and Crurnhlc away to-
gether there. Presently, however, tho Lon
ess ceased roaring and tho two Ions ca,1c out
again, the black nicncd one fl:Dt-:o prospect,
suopose-and walked to whcro tho carcass
of THO o.. lay ard shifted CT it.
"Oh, what lho,n whispered Harry, who
was trembling vita excitement.
-"'Ycs,' said, but don't fire; thcy might
all Of them come for Us
Harry said nothing, but whether il was
from ito natural vill.rl2cs3 OF youth, Or be-
CAUSE to was thrown OF his balaacc by c.
citec;ent. Or from cheer rcc,:iesscccG, an
sarc l canao5 tell you, rovcr LaviaJ bccn
ablc to Get a satisfactory explanation IRON
hi.,; bit at any ratc tho fact remains, lie,
without word Of warning, entirely disrc-
CardinS my c.horss2t.o29, Lifted up lis West
ley Richards and fired CT tho blac.: Ela..cd
Lon; ccd, what is more, Lis il sii,atlJ On the
Ca-,..
'c,c-t second there was lloSo awful roar
from the injured brute, 1-o Cl2"cd arou2d
him and roarcI with pa.a, for Eo was sadly
stung; and thoa, before CoIld MO Cp M
mind what to do, the great black rl2coJ
brute, evidently ignorant OF TIC cluse Of LIS
pain, corang right a. tho thro-5 OF h.S con-
p2HioA, to whom he evidently attributed his
misfortune. 1t was g cGr.ouj sight to SEQ the
evident astoaishment of the other liol at this
most unprovo.;cI assaul.. Over he rolled
| with Oh angry roar, and on to him sorauG
tao black named demon, and commenced
to worry him. THIS finally awo.;e
tho yellow n.a2cI lion to a sense
of tho situation, and 1 cyI bourd
to s2y that ho rose to the occasion in a
most elective manner. So:2clow or other
hc COT to his feo:, and roaring and s.narting
friShtfuily closed with his mighty foe. Aad
then cnsued sco1o thai absolutely battles
description. You know what a shocking
thing it is to $50 two large dogs fighting with
| abandonment Well, whole hundred OF
do,s could not have looked half so terrible
c5 those two great brutes as they rolled and
ro2red and rent in their rage. 1t was al
dWlu anu u WO.lucil W SGt tLC
cats tearing at each Other with all the fierce
energy of their savage strength, and making
tho night hidcous with their heartsAaking
noise. And tho fight was grand one, too.
For some minutes it was impossible to say
which was getting the best of it, but ct last
saw that tho blcc r1ancd lion, though lie
was slightly tho bigger, was failing. G:c
inclined to think that the wound il his fan.
o1~lL A,,-.x 10
worst of it, which served hirl right, as lie
was tho aggrcssor Still I could not Ecl:
feeling sorry for hi::,, for he had fought q
gallant flyht, when lis antaSo2;Gt finally 60;
him By tho throat, and, struggle and strike
out Gs lie would began to shake the lifo out
of him. Over and over tAoy rolled together,
an awo inspiring spectacle, but the yellow
COY would not loose his hold, and at length
poor black mano grew faint, his breath caIae
in great snorcs and aeeracd to ratio in hi.
nostrils, then he opened his hugo mouth,
t Cavo tho ghost of a roar, quivered and was
| dead.
"Whcn he was quite sure that tho victory
was his cna, the yellow named lion loosed
! his Grip and snitfcd ct his fallen foe. Thcr
he licked the dead lions eye, and next, with
his fore feet resting G.. the carcass, sent ur
his own chant of victory, that won't rolling
and pealing down tho dark ways of tho night
in oil tho gathered majesty of sound. And
at this point interseroL. Taking careful
I sight at tho center of his body, in order tc
give tho largest possible margin for error,
fired, and sent o $40 express bullet right
through him, and down he dropped dead
upon his mighty foe.
"At that, fairly satisfied with our perform
;ancca, VIC slept peaccably till dawn, leaving
Pharaoh to keep watch in case any raorS
! lions should takoi it into their heads to comt
! our way.
''NThcn tho sun was fairly up wo arose, nnG
very cautiously procoeded-at least Pharaoh
and did, for l would not allow Harry tC
conc-to 500 if we could SEQ anything of thu
wounded lioness She had ceased roaring
immed, ltely ON tho arrival of tho two Ions
and had not made sound einco; from whicl
we concluded that she was probably dead
! was armed with my express, and Pharaoh
il whose hands rifle, was indeed . danger
GUS wc2poa-to his companioa3-had Sa C.;
| On Our way we stopped to look as tho two
dead lions. They were magnificent animals
both of them, but their pclta were entirely