The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-19
Owe SHOT INAT COUNTED.
The Hope Ola Family Camp when Attacked
by Huge Panther.

From tie Gipbe DsnDcT
DALI.s. July mo" said one OF tho guests
men In the corridor, am no hunter and
have ns ~ rrsetended to 10 one but dia
saved my life and ROSS IDLY other lives. too.
immediatoly hal an interested audience.
am pretty. quiet citizen now" he went
Enough en People Rs {. ts
this country then. ! hunted and ,shed all ut
and down down the Trinity nn 49, good mann m r
But ON one OF those trips came mighty
pailas wasn't Hnnnytling but little scattering
hnmiet then: LIVED IN farm out here ABOUT
used to come hero to min. leave my wagons
over n the other side. where Oak Clitr now is.
md biing my corn over In boat: Sometimes
ahead OF us. and We would have to wait t,ll
). One limo I came with one wagon and
brought my vile and tho two babies Win ma.
We camped over there. lust about where the
day my wife got tired 81. town and stayed ut
the camp with tho children. She never was
much Of . hand for togn, apyway.
and ssson 0 "nd AZ he ne .s aa 81
tho third Hay was pretty late getting OIL from
camp. aiter got across the river. ,TIs moon DON
had jus. rissh. and ii mad. everything vague
r hs Gould s"a sSns hS%n
yards ron tie camp. I should Judge wien |
heard Que long; wild scream in the direction II
mu..zie. loading double barrel shotenn-and
M. shouting TO her TINT l was coming
Ny, only thought was that some ru!iian
After her scream there was silence. and then
tdreSe sar ,hf ala ISn friEheE uo cry Of
under Il root, and fell FULLY ten eel discharg-
Ing one barrel Of the gun, hnt was up again
And there wa the camp. with ils. flre smoking
away I and eHery5nins was uniet in the wagon.
elump Of bushes tn" baby wss crying in a nit ri
full. frightened way. or course ran in that
areGti"n FIRST, i Tns ian Tang, Of
ahead. almo.t in total darkness. merely. guided
BY Tho chili's cries. came suddenly upon
shot. The largest panther ever saw had lilo
shiid; It had ,rasged ne moor h1by out into
Instant with It's head lowered and lis tail way;
Ing wekedly. AMI lhen. before knew that
sprnng over its body upon mo.
The attack wns 50 sudden that was
Gsnds but tiers had not been time to use Is Il:
was thrown down with great violence. and l
f"n es st ae TSnis fSs sor ruth,
boys. That old wound has been my barometer
1ub uultIuSE Nuu Iuuu0u tu0T6 on my
breast when l fell. but nj. impetus was 20
great that it threw his body on to one side.
though his teeth were fastened in my shout
dor. With u mighty effort rolled away from
HIM ard struggled up A less active man could
never have done It. He bounded away through
tho bushes u few feet. hut without pausing an
instant BIO turned and lenped again. This
shot. and II that fsiIed there was no chance
Of escape f1r . any OF u.s. But fired TINT shot
went straight through his heart; His body
again. but he fell Geal at my feet;
The baby had boon screaming all this time.
but l give you my word was ,irnii to go and
look ut him. When did 70 to him. found
not SO much as bruise on his pretty white
skin. The panther mad hold him 6v his dress
ard had lifted him clear OF obstacles. even
when ne lcnped from the wagon with HIM,
As for my wife. ! found her in a dead
faint: and 1t was the longest time before l
could bring her out OF It. she bad been awak.
ened from the doze by feeling OF weight and
onression. and had found tho panther stand
ing over her with his two fore pave upon her
breast. She screamed and tainted. and the
Ianther took tue baby away from it's place be-
siic her. ltwas providence about that shot.
hoys. couldn't do 1t again IL l were to try a
thousand times. But 1t was y providence lhut
came lust when It was needed