Telegram-herald., 1888-09-02


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ny S.2aos CT cut-Ex hAs sp-4s hsd al
ready covered kin - vel as the aloe leaves
would xEo~, ~Lsa lie g2ys2 kind ~ sisa
snd lay down.
Il looked rousa Ia dizaay What wxs g
be dOne sswt eo1l6 nos Sc 70 sho0t aim
lying dswz. even II my bali<s would have
piercse ~ Intervening siess. WHICH ~as
doubtful. and u stood ap - ws0li either
run away o. ohzrgs ne. | reflected, ard
came 70 ths ooaclusson that the only thing
70 do w-s to lie down also, fer did nos fancy
wanasriag AFTER other bufsle IN that dense
bush II bulslo sss down. it is clear that
he must get ap sysan sofne ttnse - il Was
oaly a cass q pstisnce hting the nsbt Of
sit down, IS the Zaius cay.
Accordingly, sat down and lighted .
pips, thinking that the smell Of il might
reach the buffaio and make aim get up But
the wind ~ss the wrong way. and il did not.
80 when 10 was done | lit another. After
wards had cause TO regret that pipe.
"Wel, We sqs2tted Ike tsss for between
half and tlrse quarters Of hour, al AZ
Last began e grow heartily sick OF the per
L. Hill
the last hour Of comic opera could hear
buffalo saorting and moving al round, and
SEQ the red hsaked TIC birds flying OF their
backs with q kind Of hiss something ike that
Of an Eaglish missclthrush. but could not
see . single buffalo As for my old bull,
think ~ nsss have sleyt the siesp of The
Just, fr he nsvr even stirred Just a.
was uaiinE up my mind that something
must bs doae 20 save she stus tion, my asten-
tioa Wa attracted by a curious grinding
noise. At Arst thosght that 1t must b .
bufralo chewing the cud, but was obliged to
abandon the idea because the noise was too
loud I shifted mysslf round and stared
through the cracks in tho bush in the direc-
tion whence chs sound seemed 70 come, and
once l thought that saw something gray
moving about fifty yards of, but could not
make certain Although the grinding noise
still continued, could ses nothing more, 50
gave up thinking about IL, and once again
turned my attention 10 the buffalo. Pro
sently, however, something happened Sud
denly from about forty yards away there
came q Tremendous snorting sound, more
like that made b. IN engine getting heavy
train under Wa. nan anything else in the
| world
by Jovsr thought, turning round in
the direction from which the grinding sound
had come, that must he a rhinoceros, and he
has got our wind For, as you fellows know,
there is no mistakins the sound made by g
/ rhinocsros when he gets wind of you
Another second aad there was q most
tremendous crashing noise. Before / could
think what TO do, before | could even get
/ up,.ths bush behind me seemed 70 burst
asundsr, and there appeared, not eight yards
from us, the great born and wicked twinlIin z
ego Of hinge charging rhinoceros lie had
winded US o. my pipe, do not know winch,
aud, after the fashien Of these brutes, Lad
charged up the scent. Icould not rise could
not even ret the gan up---I had no time. All
that was Gbc TO do was 10 roll over as far
out of the monsters path "a the bush would
allow. Another second aLaS nc was over me,
his great bnIk towering above mo Ike q
mountain, and, upon nay word, / could not
got his smell ont OF my noStrils for a week
Circumstances impressed it 90 my memory,
at least suppose 20. His ht breath blew
upon my face, one ef his front feet Just
missed K,y head and his hind one actually
trod upon the loose part of my trouser and
pincaed little bit Of my skin. saw him
pass over me, lying as was upon my back,
| md ma ~ eli We
men were little behind me, and therefore
straight in The path Of the rhinoccros. One
Of them fung himself backward into the
bush, and thus avoided him. Tho second.
With q wild yell, sprang to his feet and
bounded Ike 40 India rubber ball right into
the aloe bush. landing well among the spikes.
But the shird-it was my friend Gobo-could
not by any means get away. He managed
10 gain ais fee. and that was all. The
rhinoceros was charging with his head low.
His great horn passed between Gobo's legs,
and feeling something on his nose he jerked
IL UP. Away went Gobo high into the air.
He turned a complete somersault at the
apex Of tie curve. and az he did So l caught
sight Of his face 1t was gray with terror
and bis mouth was wide open Down he
came, right on to the great brute's rump,
!
the rhlnocsros never turned tie crashed
s.rsigbt tsrough the aloe bush, only missing
the man who mad jumped into 1t by about a
yard Then followed a complication. Tbs
sleeping bvf a % on the farther side Of the
buss. hearing ths noise, ssrsns 70 his feet,
and fer . second, not knowing what 70 do,
stood SCH AT that insts ut tho huge rhino-
csros bhundered right on " him, and gsttl8g
his Aern bc1cs,a bis stomach gave hifa such
fea<ful dig tazs tas buffalo was turDed
over ON tn his hack. while bis ssysfasi
vszt most sFsaring cropper over ms car
cass In another moment, however, be Wa
up. and. ~besliRg round to tie left, crashed
tireugs the kDss down hin toward toe open
country
Instantly the whole place became ah~s
with alarming sounds. In every direciiof
troops Of sso-ting buffalo charged through
the forest vilI vita fright. wniis The IN
jur>d bull On tse farfher siie N tbe bush Be
gsn 70 below lls = rzad thing I lay qsft.
ssah for = rssr.ass devoEtly praying thai
nons of ths q Inz bsTaio wousd corne M
~ay. Tssn ~tsa -. ssn-er 'essensd &c
cn - ny co.. sAoo< mTsK. and looksi
roana One q ny hoyr, be vks had tsrows
hi1,ssE t<cs~sra into the base, wss slr-siJ
ha1 vay up tree. IL beavsa had been a
ths tsp e Il be could Dot have eisnh~s
quicker. 9obo uss lysng cla~e g Ens, sroan
ing vigrosiy, bat - suspected, quite NJ
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