Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-30

A general hunt would be made on the
morrow.
While the lion generally shakes OF
sleep AZ shutdown. and INDUCES Ia a
roar. he seldom leaves his cover until
Al hour and a half later On this
night we had a full moon early in the
evening. and We knew that the lions
would be heard FROM by nine o'clock
The three % rs had left the boat. and
werr u7er -t,,'cr pu ,hc hank below
The other party We had fully can
vas-ci what was "a D. G0ae. and had
drawn lots o. $50. wh0 should De So
Iec,.1 ! was The lucky winner Il
Ha. not Dor than a quarter after
nine when a lion rosred. and greatly To
orr satisfaction we found that he was
directly north ~ u.s. For the space Of
three hundred feet the ground was "a
l-vel as q s0or. Then is asceudet
htly ta- . hundred feet further TO
a ridge. beyond which vas rocky and
brOkea ground n we sprang up We
-lts ogt ,wO lions on this ridge.
The u11o was clear. and we couId see
them Almost rs plainly A. ~ day.
Iley we're male and female. % iargs
size ant the Fac. % their exposing
Themselves so boldly proved their
courage I was all ready. ard after
a haud=hake with ny companions I
walked over 20 the other party. which
had been thrown into 4 state OF great
excitement Some had their guns.
and ONE we're bringing them out. and
! raised nv voice and commanded at
teuti0n. and said
"tfentiemen. the lions ara here, Do
not open a fusillade ard a them
OF. bat wait until they come nearer"
Would you wait until they are in
the camp shouted the payma<ter.
Not exactly. but they mus, have a
fair show. you know Even our
eOwardly natives here can FIRE of guns
and raise a great row. Why don't a
couple Of you 20 forward with your
rIfess
Far him talk grOwIed an En-
gIishman.
Nothing but Yankee blusser- odd
ed a second
You and I will advance upon the
beasts alone. / said TO the French
sprig Of nobility. who stood with gun
in hand.
No, no, no- he replied as he
backed OF.
But though, you gave the lion a
fair sh0ws l. there \ man in this
crowd who dare= 20 with mes-
stepped out. revolver in hand. ami
Tor half a minute there Wa deep
silence Then two or three OF them
urged me not TO be fooIhardy. while
two Or thre Others gr0Wled 0ss that L
was only Yankee bluff and buster
The lions Foared again making The
very earth tremble. and ! saw that
neither had changed position
Some 81 yOa have seen 81 - slur
the nerve required by men IN our VEGA
si0n- said when the ruarsuxs died
away Il am gong % drive those
lions OF the ridge should ike eou-
pany- Who viii eoue with me-
Not a ma moved
Very well. I wlI 20 aioae rE.
A. all can -~c. : my oaly weapoa
I-trlcx out ~ a moderate pass. ta-e
% the lioas and The re~volver n hauA
! was going 70 hluF the osas.. or 49,
uy lie ! believed thsv ea1l1 b.
biuGed They stood about four s-~s
aparE had, elevated and tails up aasl
had 9 advanced forty s-~t when
both uttered n deep grUWL Before I
hal gone 4 hundred feet The mea we're
begging me- 70 seturu- Hal / ALTERED
or halted Or looked back nv power
would have vanished In a -ssou4 I
had ny eyes "a the lions. and I went
steadily forward They gruwLed again
and switched their tails Whea I had
covered Oae-tairi % the distance the
female crOuehed a. IL for a run at me.
while the male Vas evidently neasy
Al half the distance the male advanced
a step or twO. with a low ROAR. and the
female changed her place to the other
side Of him Behind me- every man
held his breath. believing | was going
to certain death I am not going TO
deny that | was in a tremble. and that
would have given ten years Of my
life to be out of the scrape. but | had
been insulted and slurred a u Yankee.
and wa. af.ha- - HI HI. VI
or come off with flying coIors.
When | had come within fifty feet OF
the lions ! fully expected they would
rush upon me. Both we're excited and
angry, and both ready. Here was
where nerve came into play. II was a
game Of bluff. but il takes nerve 10
bluff kept straight on for the male.
and he let me come within thirty fee,
-twenty-teu-indeed. | got the full
strength Of his offensive breath before
he sprang aside with a snarl and tros-
ted away. His mate followed his move
ments. and ! was saved Every ma
who has hunted the lion knows that /.
you can upset him he becomes coward
~ To upset him you have got to work
on his other nature He Is easily mys-
titled and just as superssitiOus as an
old woman The idea of ms daring
to come straight AZ them. alone and
apparently unArmed, was too much for
their equanimity- Once they were on
the IN they became more frightened
with every rod and this permitted me
10 carry out the second part Of the
programme | shouted after them.
eating shem I~1eSai- aud cONarIs. and
| ehased The male along The rifga fnr