Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-30
A COURAGEOUS YANKEE.
How He Bluffed Some Chicken
Hearted Foreigners

Having safely landed AZ S. Louis.
west coast OF Africa. we soon bar
gained with the owner Of q suitable
boat for a trip up the Senegal river in
search OF menagerie stock For 4 yer
tain sum he was to obey our orders
Tor thirty days. besides furnishing all
articfeS Of food and drink There were
three white men OF u. and each Of Us
had two servants. while there were
seven or eight men belonging 10 the
1S>- We had no cargo except tn.
goods and cages belonging 10 the me-
nagerie expedition. and the boat was
n craft somewhat resembling an
American canal boat. but very light.
and propelled by three oarsuen on a
side What we wanted WA 70 cantur,.
some ~ the big lions Of the great >a-
hara desert. and we had been shipped
away from GThralta very quietly to
try ? new idea il animal hunting.
Vow. while I had long been in the
employ 81 a German h0use. and could
rattle OF the language faster than ans
native born. ! EE sill a Yankee from
top 10 ta-s. and il did not take NOR.
than two words against M count- "a
set me On edge When We
made our fourth cazp Up IL
river We were y good ffty miles
above salt water zua In the lion aasin-
try What was my disgust 10 nud a
large party ahead % us-not animal
eatchers. but animal Killer There
were five or six English army and na-
val officers. with q large retiuue oi
servants. two French officers and
three or four French civilians All
the officers were on leave Of absence
and out for a grand lion hunt When
they found We were only meuagerfe
men their welcome grew cold verv
fast They had come TO meet the king
of beasts in the open and give him a
chance for his life. We had come 70
effect his capture and degradation by
undetermined measures lean see nov
why they should have felt cuntemp,
for our vocation. albeit it was an hon.
est n and one requiring courage. bat
couldn't see it then Therefore. Ger
tain remarks let fall that night in nv
hearing nettled me. and aroused all nv
Yankee pride Ny companions were
likewise indignant. and as We turned ia
for the night, our boat at the bank in
front Of their camp. it would n % have
taken much more TO bring about an
open rupture
Two Of the hunting party were par.
tieularly Ofensiye-an English pay
master and a French civilian. The
latter had a title Of some sort. and wa.
looked up 10 on accOun OF il. Tbs
Paymaster talked because he saw that
il Gispleased u, the F~renehman De.
cause he was both ignorant aud con
eeited The point they aimed to make
was that il took n brave man to hunt a
hOn- while any coward could set a trar
for him Now each one of Us had mo-
only downed our lion in 4 fair fight,
but our tiger A. well. and we talked il
over before going TO sleep. and deter
mined not 10 love Gu next dav. a. ".
had at first intended. We needed ue
assurances from our bOatmen that We
were n the lion country. To tn
north Of Us stretched the great deser,
OF sand and shrub, and before ten
O'Clock the voices Of several lions had
been heard on the still night air. Next
morning we all moved about thres
miles up the stream 10 a more broken
country grown up To bushes and hs-e.
A. o Of the men were making c.adv
To 20 o on a hunt. the Frenchman
took occasion to express his surprise
10 me that we had guns along. H.
supposed he said. hat We hid our.
selves in trees and lassOed the lions A.
they passed beneath. or that We set
steel traps in his path and gave him uo
show to escape II was meant for An
Insult IA l was az a white heat. but !
ehoSed down my wrath and waited
We knew from the lay Of playground
that no lion would BE- found within five
miles OF the stream. As the cover va.
not Of the right sort. and none Of Z.
went out with the party. OF the i've
Or ak who did go all came back FOO;