The sun., 1891-05-24
BESET BY MOUNTAIN LIONS
NIGHTS OF TERROR For A FABfLE
IN THE ARIZONA IVILDS.
A Man and Two Women Take Turns Kees
Ing All Night the Fire ON which Thoa
Lives Dependcd-Welcome scouts.

| IuG All NtGnt inc ftre ON w men A6os
Lives sDependcd-welcome scouts.
Prom Drdtes HiooEme.
While In command OF a small scouting part
In Arizona went into camp one bright day ol
line. The tests had been pitched and the snl
mails ent out to grazo under strong guan
wal waiting "s sS sammSns SotS To- alnner % whieS snsa
BY tho strong 9dor waftod from m an an aad1sce9 ai1
we're "Soa miles he
fort and hundreds from amy settlement Then
soms eS es shsS and shssp ssnua IL hs s Sn
which Were herdel through the TERRITORY
d ,Ss,n ThG alive live
night came on they would lis down whsrsys
Hysiss' sssi as ss shs bed 81 Sis!d
Mountains were seen In the DISTANCE, whiel
mana man ana lew y 'rna,Iesnakes % % and tarsnsu7
were ere the only living hings nsnr..
come summons with which my cook greeted
and l. was soon d. asing ,ns.iSs to hed
1 was in the midst OF this sitvory repast whe,
! noticed Ia STRANGER nrproinehng me. no w
Of % se1% sna
tremely handsome; he wore full beard ant
monstaehe. both Of VIII & ch . were ifon,e graz n.
The ter circumstance was the most temAr1
ahe thing Of all. for In those days in ArlzonS
manner. 4 were tho commanding officer.
~ s.s :, SO yo@ could !, lend me pissd
tirely without arms" said, not unreasonable
sr.ss ss sGsT Sas S hs aa as ns he p
| three mon hs by those Internal California lions
sT spd ,bsI. !, bid shooting iron might xiii s0n'
Arc you camping nenr hero 2" asked.
III , Iiys i1ss around IN me bend of the river: w1
Greatly astonished. i asked II no lived their
w., oh; no." he replied. my wife and moths
Little dreaming was so near q residence. ]
camp, started forth with my new aoqqalnt.
u large shelving rock rising from the levs
M prairie II was not more than 100 M yards from
peenllar-so entirely ut OF place that OK
~ fnsnTss my .np It s m..
| ori,c Lam under great obligations to t. what
"na or hn 5SE l.
BY This time we had reached tho natural
er"una: and it shei tered space about twent
dow: ward. As stepped under the proteotin3
roHf law law .wo women st!tinE ns At h wHrk ,,,
Mesicans a not tA Si tie eas hoMe7eSs how
We're isinciined to converse IN any language
% " e ssht
enable me 10 understand them thoy oyercamt
their I1s. rel, r.IInctance' and We chatted quite
IeaTasd that they had boon LYING Il there ,S
OF fnrThng. and later proposed erecting suit
The In niians, had not ,moleste1 them. but
hsbita.ioa and ,Sere howiod vile til dsyisSs
.hom 10 10 ~ sIl tight to Keep the fire burn.
Ing. which was their only protection from
Conselutntly they had taken turns sittins
Ha"ina listened TO a arspEin description o.
Sf pjsso or ed II
own % would willinsy end 5 or p' give them ~ one. me-
but all tho wenp ms IN the eompand. ever
s bs
SO stringent thai was utterly unable 20 ac'
commodato them.
N, host. " but lost i, crossing the riyeE;
S.se ,tis tsn y9p are :he first person that has
ss }G7 him. End also .1. es .ss,
That ihree human beings should he annoyed
night after night hy, wild beasts. and u com.
seemed iner"dlhi yet such was the case.
snsSa len yan nSnn.y ham, hSnTht si ao rrs s me- viii
send the y company y in " charsc M OF the sereesai
about iiye miles further down The river to on:
W n bsro w bs WS y'h yUa snS
is an 1ld fronte,sman and T. acting guide log
me- He Is y good shot: and a2d will ENJOY the sport
turned to camp to give the necessary direc:
tions. About an hour later the company moved
sad my e9mpa nion rointing to the one man
'I eannnt mn ITS veIi you ~ answered Tho peopl.
say they arc worried by tte lions; and hav9
,Gd them y"n and VIII stay with them To-
esesrsa q9ird I, tppn"se" said
"Yes."1 answsred. m the m country ;" i'' is full d
them. but am rpre this man Is NJ criminal
-. Well sai,i Gnrley IL they viii ntrot out
With that we started toward the rock.
The California lion may nave logitimsp
WidcaI families icing believe. a eros. De Sss
fhey gave Ws, coffee, breal md fried Iaoo,
for supper, and our hos, SUNRISE! and he.
scription did they haye. When 'larkness came n
on they won't to bei or On watch. AZ the cas1
w" told them all to retire whenever they, fol,
and 9 ,bH wana rs nG second I'd BID
order and that 0Ir ammnnl,,ion was handy,
then We nermitted the lire to die out
Not long did we wait; We had not been on
guard more than hn!f an hour when Curle3
whispered TO me. " DID you see that thing
l hal nireaIy seen T.. hut It was only a coy.
must not slo sboo. i VIII rIstep INH 1 e GpSos oos
II believe you ARE right. said Curley; BYt
how about this senator that il hI'proRching?~
Sue enough. here came u lnrgo lion. watkins
proudly along. scarcely thirty yards from us.
DO not irrr." Ire aid culle'. Wait until "
lew minutes later four large lions were II
our immpdi .e front. The man hnd certainly
told the truth thus far. whatever his Intention
as to farming might be.
80 on take the one on the left and I'll take
tho one on The right" said Curiey. Are rod
ready =.
krndy," replied.
Tire
The report OF our ,iGas and the screams d
the startled slrepe's weie almost simultane.
GUS: tho three were sle ling soundlv. and the
shots matt! nj startled them. J threw anOthe3
ca fridge into NY tie md fired mt an escaping
hon hut doubt II Injured him We rebuilt
tho flrc and d aggrd two hne specimens OF th1
l,v,tn lvl,f "a all