The Red Cloud chief., 1890-02-14

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and together. In s~lIenc~. ~ ~ess eide ey
sidc TO where the lion lay. Wbea 20 cane
To the place 1t WAS near sandows, aaa thew.
uron the mud 81 the canal hank. We fcusA
the hon 'salct, wh<h ran into q thies clamp
Of r~s~is.
Vow. thou bcAstsr." ssid, swiit Shsu
iced the way into yoader REDS. Or shal! IT,
And ! made ~ though ! wvala lcsi The way.
Way, nay" he answered, 30 ut 90
mad The brute will sprsns upoa the and
Y thee. Rect will sbcct AHpors tho
rrcdsl ferchancr, " he aiceps, u ~il
arouse him And he dr~w his bow q Q
venture.
And how IL chancsd I know bot, but the
arrow struck tac sleeping lioa. and, iiks q
nash OF light irom the belly 81 Q cloud. he
bounded from the shelter ~ the rv~~is, and
sfosi before us with br,stlinr man. AnA vel
low eycs, tue arrow Qsiycrins In his Hank.
lie reared aloud Ia fury, aud the earth
shook
shoot with the bow" I cried, ssAups
swiftly ero he spring."
Hut tho courage had left tho breast % tho
eoas'cr. His Jaw drutpcd dowa and HE
nn4crs unbiased their held 81 iha, the bsw
Tell irom them. Then with . ioud cry he
turned and ted behind me, leaving the ION
~ sN f"hh baN NJ ! WYNN WAftnR INV
doom-for though I was zarv AFRAID
! would not ny tho lion crpu,Aca
himself. and, turning not aside. with one
great bound sw.p, ever me, ,cuch.ny me
not Tie 10, aud again hc bounded fsil on
the eoastcr's back. s,r,kin. HIN such q blow
with his grca, paw that his bead sAs
crushed a. IN egg thrown against . s,oae
he fell down dead, and tho lion stood and
roarod over hita. Then was mad with
horror, and. scarrc knowing what ! did. I
RrasPcd my sfTar. aud with . about
charged. Asl charged the llou lifted him.
self VI on his hinder legs 10 vrsct me, 20
that his head siocd up above inc. lie smote
~ mo with his paw, but with al my strength
! drove the broad spear into his throat, and,
shrinking from the agony of the steel, h,s
blow fell short snd did no more than rip the
akin. BACK he fell, the great sI~ar sap IN
his throat Then ris,nR, he roarci Ia pain
and leapt twice tho height of Q man straight
into the air, smiun. ~ tho sp,,ar with his
fore paws. Twice hc lcstsa thus, horribls
TO see, and twice hs fell upon his bach.
Then his strength spent lts~lf with his vash-
Ing blood, and, eroan,ns like . bull. hs died
and ]. bcing but . iSi, stpoi and tr~mblcd
with fear, now that oil csuss Of fear had
passed.
But ~ ! asocd and gssei 81 tho deed body
OF him who had tainted ma. aud ~ the car.
cass OF the lion, = woman. cvcs tho same
old wife, AtouA, who, though ! knew IL not
~ yet, had offered up her ficsh and blood
that ! inlHht bs saved alive, came running
toward me For ahc had b~cn gathering
simples, wherein she had great skill, by tho
wster's edge, not knowins that there was
. lion nigh tAnd. indsci, the hons fov the
most part orc not found In the TILED land,
but rather IN tho desert end the l.ibyas
Mountains. and from . distance had seca
that which have scs down. Now. When
she came near sho knew me for uAymAchis.
aud, bending hcrsclf shc made ohs,sancc ~
me. and saluicd me, calling mo Royal. and
worthy Of oil honor, and beloved and chos~a
% tho Holy Three, Nv, and even BY the
name OF tho Pharaoh che Dclivcrrri
Hut ]. thinking that lrerur he'd made her
sick Of mind, asked Of her what che would
speSk.
us Il . greet thing" I ssked. shat I
should slay . ltont II 10 matter worthy
Of such talk - thinei There live. aud kaVs
lived, men who have sia,u many lioua. Did
not tho Divine Tshutimcs The Oslrisn slay
With his own hand mors thaa two rssi
lions' il II not written on the tablet that
10 between the paws Of Ne living Kor~mku
the HphinxD that u scs beyond Nemn.
nigh 20 the seven py that h s,cw
lions aforctimei And have nos others done
Mkewisci Why. then, spcskcst thou shua,
o foolish woman
All Of which ] ssad becsuse, hsvinR nov
clam the lion. ] was minded, sflrr shs man.
ncr OF youth, TO hold u - . thing of no -.
count hut chs ceascd not "a make ohr,.
sAncc and 10 call me By nance that arr tao
high ev~n To BE- written.
thy mother prophecy. Surely The Molly
Spirit, the KnepsA, was ~ her. u thou
conceived By . sodi see tho cnea. TIE
lion there -be srowls within tho Capitol .,
Rome; md the deed msn. hc 10 the PtO,smy
tho Macedonian spawn that iiks . sor.
etRu weed. hath ovefgrown ths Land Of
Nile; with the AArc~iosiaa IAxtie shs,t
thou - 10 snlts the LsSp of Rome. Asd
The Nscrdonisa cur shall hy. and the lku
shall strike him down, and thou shalt ssS.ke
down the hon. and the Land of Ehcm ehsli
once moro b. freei frcei frcci Keen thy.
self but pure. srSordia. 10 The commasd.
msnt OF the euds, q con Of tns hJysi
hoUss' o hops Of Ehsm, b. bat
ware Of wopss tho Destroyer. ssl
~ have sesd. 30 shAli b
Poor an ! and wrctchcd; yea. s,r,cken
with sorrow. hare sin ned In s~rrssins Of
thss which shoud 10 hsd, and Tor ny sin
have ] paid In the cn.a Of that Whhh vas
born OF my womb; willingly have I PAID
for thee. But ] have stll Of the wisaosn 81
our pcopss. noe do TIE gods, 10 Whose syes