New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-28

oc.d uromsc from the old man that he wou na was
n. daughter to school and IN frce year: later she
esn Ss tell II snake prCS%rent ss
in the Group som S, amusing tina. ND
with panther the I; H t ns' strip BORDERING
'e ySs! sss ans
"S farmhouse two niles for PAL Of ,r Ht the
This was duty that usually was prr' nrr,arnS orr
s lrps E The lot n and taking xN w1 I
pail started on Jog tro, A., e tomu ,""e rhats all
rTmf ore won need IT, replied went on my rsS
way reached the farmhouse in goo t1n oods or my
,ns mh . s%d was mile II %sp camp heard
bl"cdc,rdng yell AT one side OK ,nc ~ Aihundcr
Jew l under nv breath as stood still! with my
heart beating fat and my hair rsi'na freaks
If irht across the road the woods wer'. u, datk q"
wei, a, dark as they could BE- rrhcr .rc, mon
him from the rear had heard the yen III Ho, , and
now crnlchcd down in the shadow OK SOM xcennS
iong .Ladcd knife which opened ana Er..sped a"o3
for use Soon heard crachlns ~ the neil p"o aud saw
a." Ir SENDER body Of the panther he lenped
across the road just where '; ,"mn OF circle to
r rF u"' me- from behind thought % dared not
RIM lest he h"n c 1"" Hs,cua p" mrs ' stood about
twenty feet beyond TIE track Of moonlight ana "'"e"
TO e w,1 the no; Sns Sc fa 70 heard ~ qncs pcr
nj. feet and Jaw the savage CLEAN OF NJ !'I"" ~.
II. stood ,tiii right In III" ymmcr OF iiRn' anu 80"
iho; hn was "A frrriOus bcaSt Of unI>nnl ,Ic. TIL
mn $50 DENYING H. Scnred almost oar U III, WIZ;
Almost witloUt knowing Why. swung inc ,hih pan n,ii
over my head. "apod forward toward inc pIu.hc' "
inferred u, lod and Wild u scream a. my i''n4> mo
ear able o. The panther s".incd as9hi>hed, Id t
him tearing through the woods as If ms Nem''!' va"
a,.cr him. I got back to ia" camp "hHN n,. = ,,.
way. carried my rifle after tia II" ih.t'cr h'" '
, distance from The camp had 10 90. -, 49, .r
\ ply stefan. noted for hi modrsv ~ WI iv ~. '
Iii, vrrari,y tort IL story ~ cpntip"ir'. WV" w,,
yOuny man, -ild he. " sailed on II steamer iV" go,
orleans Vera cruz for my health nj t'e - INV
arrival lot 81 sailors were on the via" trran".
.moki:,y and spinning yarns. Thc>". n J aHerwa,n
lrnrrrd were for my especial hcncf' All OF .hcm,
we're aom scorpion, and cent p"drS. ana ,nn' o' .'
told how the latter got among TIE hrhFi'th'. OF w
one. shoe and snng t. dt 18th the unwiry straner
When I was ready 10 ro.ir" my nerves were aI ~,
cdc" I turned Ahe led inside ont core ! cro"i'u
in but forgot all about nv shoes which pirsi uc
side a chair when took them on In the hl"r',ne;
after hcht Of t-oulcd dreams. got IN N hrrs' NS
pred on nv right sho" f"lt snGl"c snsau IN on ~
Hc tom OF ms foot. and almost tainted ne Sh"
was 80 far that could not take II OIL QUICKLY: ana
a, thc tn-irr srreatiop continued WIS roiv.nrM
that pc!n had fastened it, poisonous cav. 10 IN"
ole OF nv foot h"oamc almost frrn7rd WIN
terror 10 which coded spasni ~ ANGER.
to,rd my foot doom h,r!"T I" crush TIC HE on ~
sranrcy rrongh il would further into ~" 'ho"
Thc,. pulled th' ei,"" on and f'nnd-a >n"l wirr
,olr brush - .oi.I. bad -trck INTO my Shp"
during the might "a Civ me >'3r". ~ ,ucr"dri
,fnlira',l. ~ - toxic. hr did rot got over IT.
cyrci, r;.iii the shin -ail"i a"a!u.