Telegram-herald., 1890-08-05

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Hees sAe21. and as tie sUn w1s
SssSlng ss cane % . sandy plain where
zane anz EazEsgatoa Eelons gres II
abundance P4rehed and nearly deli
rioss vita heat thirst and hanger 80
tore ? those g0cssnzs OF TIE deseFs sad
aIe oQr IT, ftithogE those w01ceEful
predictions % nature, cool sweet and
l1icy. 10 co1ld hardly have lived a.
ether day
That night se slept IL Widespread
Ing tree, @ad though tie cries and roars
CT desert Inhabitants echoed al aro1nt
as. se slept s0lndly snd well Next
day se loaded ourselves with melons
aad continued the march We spoke
bat lltt1s-nsither of as wanted 20 dis
courage the other by the utteranee Of
his tkoughts. Tired. foots0re and hot.
we reached az noon 10. range OF hills
AZ the foot we found some inchie bulbs,
and feasted or them and some Of our
melonA About Ave o'clock that after
noon 40 were pushing our way over =
rocky plain. dotted here and there with
clay beds on which grew tufts OF tall
grasses and veldt thorn bushes. Pass
ing around thorn bush we both came
70 q sudden halt az the sight We saw.
A gre.t yellow lion lay outstretched on
rocky ledge-not twenty yards away.
Before we could retreat he raised up
with a threatening growL We darted
behind the thorn bush and drew cur
knives The lion bounded round the
bush and We faced him. We were not
lcng in suspense. The great brute
crouchei aRd, with fearful roar. he
sprang right az ne. fell Hat and he
passed over me, but before coald rise
his great claws struck my shoulder and
held me helpless on the ground. / re-
member hearings horrible growl Of pain
and rage, and then became unconscious
When regainsd my senses l sat up
and looked around. A few yards away
the lion lay dead in a pool OF blood.
There was a cut Ia his body over foot
long Lieutenant V. R lay by his
side, his right hand still clutching tho
knife, but nay trave eonrade was dead
His head had been crushed BY stroke
OF the lions paw and his chest crunched
In tho laws OF the lly-wounded
brute.
/ dragged the body OF my friend 10 a
cleft in the rocks and spent an hour
wedging powders In the rift and piling
up a heap OF huge stokes 70 protect tho
remains from wild beasts and birds OF
prey. Already vultures were In sight
a., cfr avnr arn.
where the dead lion lay. When the sun
went down l hacked a passage into vol
bush and stopped the way with mass
OF the sharp, thcrny branches All
night long iackals and hyenas snapped
and snaried around the carcass of tho
dead monarch. and by morning they had
stripped tho flesh of the bones. When
crawled out Of the protective shelter
OF the vol bush l made for a rolling
tract OF land which gave promise OF
water. The melons were scattered and
smashed in the fight with the lion and
had eaten my last inchie bulb. All
tho forenoon / toiled forward without
seeing trace Of zame or mangaton. and
finding only the poisonous scilla and
mario bulbs
No pen can express tho torture Of that
day. In the afternoon l was wild with
thirst. The rocks danced before nay
eyes and my brain was in whirl, but
staggered on. A leopard bounded be-
fore my path, and, with fierce, hoarse
shout I rushed ct II, longing to sink my
teeth into its flesh and to suck its blood.
1t fed and chased it, but few leaps
took it out OF my sight. Tho memory
of that day is burned into my mind
Towards nightfall gained the summit
OF small hill, and. looking over long
stretch OF sand and rock, saw a sight
that gave me feeling OF delight such
as no words can describe. Three camp
fires were brightly burning about milo
away. have no idea how reached
them. but whom a German acquaintance
stepped forward and led me TO seat
wept tears Of grateful Joy.
Ny rescuers, as may call them, were
party OF four German officers travel
ing westward, and when / had refreshed
myself told ny tale. 1t was instantly
decided to pursue the robbers and re-
cover nay vasr and contents There
verc seven horses with tho party and
two officers and four trusty blacks set
out with me early next morning. We car
ried oaly q small portion OF dried meat,
rolving on tho zane and melons for
LIQUID refreshments The trail was
plain. and on the afternoon Of the third
+ DAY wo reached tho last campfire Of my
former servanta Pushing on we came
in sfrht Of the rascals "a they were
outspanaing tho cattle. Charging upon
them. 80 captured tho whole gang be-
fore they bad time to organize ans de-
( fensc. Some OF them fred a few shots,
but none OF US were hit Disarminr
theul We led them away from the camp
and treated them according TO the South
African custom
The damage 70 the property was but
slight They had finished tho LIQUOR
and eaten all the private store OF dain-
tics. besides having killed and feasted
upon eight OF the cattle
The westward party kindly gave me
four men 20 drive tho oxen. and one off,
cor returned with mo 70 the Transvaal.
which "a reached without further
mishap -Zu BefshL. IA Detroit FREQ
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Bernard Priest, boy fourteen years
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