Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1888-06-28

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longer safe fnF them - run ~ oar tide.
A. length ane a the ladies bocams
tir-d. ani called for her dandi n Wa
iruaghi. snd 80 down inr her - enter
A u iourhrd the gruuad. The little dog
iuRiIvd down b. wclcome his mlsiress I,
but In moment his prrity wami-rls
we're cat shurt Ilkr a fash = great
creature spfang intu the road, and snap
ping ~ puur little Pr.m. vanished With
ths rapiiity a tlioughi down The
step hillside. We frlt thuusler-
struck. and stuud Coz some moiuents
Ia harrihed silonce gaEing down
into the bushss where the gliding
form bad disappeared; but noihiag
was 10 he seen 90 heard. The elastic
irrad a the leopard L.ft No sign o.
track and ~ uoi-clussly had II passed.
that Ne could not tell whethet Il had
Slipped at uucs ~ the tsatiom II the
rayiue. ~ whether II was then lying
unly = iew icet bslaw ~. hidden In the
hrushw"od. The latter We Imagined
10 ~ the case frum the suidun silenes
that fell uPsn she ether ioe-. which.
in-sead q whimpsring a. before and
rrhelliug against their imPi-uumeat.
nav covered, mute and terrified. 10
The cushions - the several dandis
fsur ftim mu-t have hrru Allied by
the hrsi clutch ~ the rruyl slaws. fuf
be- ns'rr uttered single cy We
huui'd home. growing much over hi
dreadful fate. sod che gentlemen u
th, party immediately returned % the
spot With their rn.. ami b,atcrs; but
nothing was then 90 b. sryu q the
iyuparl
>bu"tIng partir. were frequently o.
gaulfsd ni,oui th,s time. boat ihsy were
not uitsu .ur,, -,iul, ewing o. thr dru-r
ipuEle that ru,rfyd thr .HIa,.. and
ih" tmpu...IiHty q following The
quarry even uhrn sighted 1h, beet
'hnu,s ua. tut 4 SOLITARY sportsman e.
sfsrud "a night Iu ttr,, hua the lruI-
nuls. thuush 80 bold in -.,kiug th,ir
Uu1 uui,y .Bf, ..r,wu-f .urss. urrr
extremely cautions wH,u danger Wa.
a. haud aud would generally leave che
bait untuurhri near which their uu-
-"ru enemy lurkrd Trap. tan. were
placed Hn luW srur tuv ard BuAIuh
which th.N u,fr Auuau Co frequent.
hut sst CIV s,p ,auEht there thst
Nrat
lNill cHurluls With an exciting ride
Experienced ~ y yuunE pulirr uhic-r.
whu. hriug .Hidruiy summoned ta iu.
'csilgttn q rt-, at q village .am, mIl,.
from thr station, started "a ou bis
Stout hlI-punN accompanied bt h.-
ht"rt. lsrgr retriever After going q
short distance. hs uutlrrd that the dog.
Instead II running flsput ~ usual. was
k,,piHg ris.r tp thr ttprN'. hrri. ana
from q cuui.uupu. ru-tl, o. 'hr ,rerta.
tiuu alung th, siis Il ths rur,I. D.. ..,iu
perceived that lc,pRrl vas Keeping
paeo sith theia Having 49, wrat.pt
tut n huntir g-erui. BE- curid tuks uf.
uhrusive measures, uut rtIunE W. r'F~
dog. b. indur,-l Il " krrp .lu-r h.luv
thr girlh. - ths .id. I,rtHfnr.t frlm
BE-. fr' TIE dog ssrV.l quite e.
understand the position, ard newer
abandoned the -h.Itrr ihu. fumrI
and thu. ~. VILLAGE vt. r,sshed be
safety. thuush tht leopard, hirh was
evidently hungry, "nl1 rrliugu.-hri Ihr
rursuit uhrn thr muI sail. .urruund-
iug lHr lul, town erry actually yu-
trrHi b,th hur.r ani t.g v.rr much
int.guai M the hong race al.ur thr
steep hill-ruad, thr rider having bern
afr,iJ o. slBcksn pace fpr "a utum,ut
lrsi the leopard shuud thu. hsy, time
tu MAKE srriug lle WB- 4 pat.ru,
1ud pet-',sring leopard. aud duuhtis-a
dinri u,ll ihat night. though uut. ! am
GLAD a. .ay, ~ uur frisud retriever --
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