Feliciana sentinel., 1892-08-27

patch, you bet I'd larn you to move .
little pcarter'n what you's . movin'
now"
was very little surprised st last
when I saw that we had made only
about five miles, and the sun was low.
knew how rapidly dark comes In that
country, and ! must confess that 1 fat
somewhat depressed. But that depres-
sion amounted to nothing compared |
with what 1 felt few moments later, |
when the bearers suddenly deposited
the palanquin on the ground and one OF
them said with profound salaam:
1--WE not go on. Night come. No place
sleep. We 60 back" ''Pick up this
machine, You rascals:" l shouted. but
with one accord the hect-footed
heathens went flying down the road to-
ward the village we had left In
| moment we could hear nothing but tho
| sound of their footsteps. and in mo.
ment more even that died away and
| everything was still.
.Well, Sam, we're in pretty mess"
/ said, anxiously. for l really could see
no way to turn. l had noticed as wc
came from the village that there was
perfect network of roads, and l was
quite sure that we could not have found
onr way back in the daylight, while
| ~~--
| absurd. At last we made fire and
agreed to take turns watching out the
night examined my gun carefully, a
good, plain, doublc-barrcled shotgun,
which had been thoughtful enough to
bring with me, and SAW that my pistols
were all right, too, and then, placing
them handy, curled myself in the pal
anquin and in about five minutes was
sleeping the sleep of the just. walked
once in the night, and looking drowsily
out, discovered Sam stretched on the
ground near the fire snoring as happily
as though he were back on the old
plantation. I was too near asleep "a
realize how great the danger was, so ]
merely settled myself into more com
Portable position and went on with my
, last dream where l left it off.
Il What walked me next time was 9
wild, piercing scream, that made my
heart stand still. l tumbled out of the
, palanq uin, grasping my gun as went
and was just in time to see the lion
, the terrible mnn-eating lion, dragging
Sam across the lighted space by his lef
arm fred. but ! was too aEitated t.
>, - aim we'll, and l gave him neck wound
;, which enraged hiw without injurin;
:, - him fatally. With roar that echoe'
- over the hills he dropped his prey an
; came at me.
h His onslaught was with such rus
;. that stepped backward involuntarily
and in doing so l struck my foot agains
~ one of the poles of the palanquin an
=, fell headlong. my gun flying from m
:. hand. In an instant the great bea:
" was upon 1ne, his huge fore feet plante
on INV breast, the great open mout
against my face, and l was as nea
- fainting AS "A man ever comes, l SUI
- pose thought of the horrible fate b
10 fore mc-to have my bones crushed an
my flesh torn by those cleaning teet
w that were even then SO near my FAC
'e lie was evidently satisfied that I W;
C. dead, and that he could drag me away
II his leisure. In the meantime the wour
:" in his neck was paining- him, and
DC sat down on his launches present
- and began trying to lick it.
1S And while lay there, knowing tn
ne il I should move even an inch he won
ne be upon nc. looked mp, and there
Nv =, clear space between the trees w
NJ the constellation of Orion shining
t.'' peacefully as it used to at home VIII
:" we watched it every night and we
MS n always so fond of it. The sight u
he ncrved me. ! said to myself: ! W
as move. and give the ,en chance
"a kill me. And just as l was on t
point of stirring something else move