Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-07-15
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- mel lrlEastH " hen fh' liI.n hal TAI %
him
Tho han-.a bounded awas ahl ia her
mouth eas mslnt- gaa= enc" D. strug
pl,.l tat shr 30 him hard ~ be Law
quiet in her month aud l,-ilt-i hnsk AMI
taW ihr face n Malta re-. sh" ran ffum
~" frne' - lhorn- irving save hitn
H. -aW h,f face. ha heard h,f words.
lh"n hr saw and heard little morr &c
a.. world grew dafk o. hun and be-
passed ~ it were. into deep sls-p
Pre- uily msloppgaas swuk" arain.
feeling pain "a hls ilinh Whsrv the iion.
oss had hittrn him AMI heard . sound =
shouting Ilelpnkri up near a. HIM st.sal
tho huno~s that had lo'.-aned hi,n fr,m
her Jaws. Sha was snortinR with rage.
and Ia fnpnt ~ her v - a is.i q lai hong
and strung with grim face aud
wolf- hil'. blas \ and gray. lsaund al-iut
has shoulders ~ such fashion that the
upper Jaw and teeth ~ the wolf rested
ON his head. lie st,aai l~fure the lionsss~
shouting and IN ono hand he held large
war shield aud in the other be- grasl-ai
heavy club shod with iron.
Now ,ha hoaecs cfouchcd bst~slf "a
spring growing terribly. but tho lad
with the club did not wait for III. spring
He ran In upon her aud sinota her IN the
head with the club. yet did not hill her.
for abe reared herself upon her hind legs
and struck at him heavily. He caught
the blow upon his shield. but the shield
was driven against his breast M strongly
that he fell bac kwsrd beneath the shisld.
Then the lioness sprang upon him and
worried at him. still. bccanse ~ thu
shield. N yet she could not come 10
him Ia slay him. But umsloJ,osaas saw
that this might not endure. Ter present.
ly the shield would be torn aside and
the stranger must be killed. Now, In
the breast u tho ilones. yet sto,d tho
half % umslopogsas broken spear. and
the blade ~ u was q span deep In her
breast. No he rose swiftly. ran 90 where
the lioneas worried ~ him who lay he-
meath the shield and. seising the haft
81 the broken spear. drove u de~p into
her and wrenched ID around. Now shs
turned. roaring. and oiswei nj him.
tearing his breast and arms Then, M
he lay. he heard . mighty howiins. and
beboidi gray wolves ami black lca,sui
upon tho hone~a and rent and worried
her tai she fell aud was torn Ia pi~re@
by them. After this thu senses ~ Tin.
slopowaas isft him again.
A. iength hss mind came taeh b. hiin.
and he saw that ba lay in cave aIsm .
bod of grass, while all stsut him were
tho skins % beasts and ~ HE side was .
pot filed with water. He dram II the
wster, and then he saw that his arm
was wasted ~ with sickness. and thai
HE hyeast vas thick with scars ssarsly
shinned over.
Nov while he lay and wondered the
mouth of tbs cave vaa dashsnsd. aud
through u came that same led VIM hsd
done hattie with the iioaass asd t~ea
overthrown by her, tsssins dad bast
spoa his shouidew. No pat dawn the
buck uysoa The ground. and walking IN
whsrs Umsiopownss lay looAe,i uppn him.
"Ouf' hs said. your eyes are osws--
do you. thsa. live. stranger
II i've answered um-iopsws ~. and
am hungry"
10 h tssas.- said the ether ''sisas
with tod ! bore yoa here through ms
forest. Zoe twelvs days yoa have ssln
withsss sease. drinking visitor essy.
Twice ! wss near 10 killing ron. that
ron might cease ts suffer aud | b. 10
troahlesi. bat held my hand isscsass ~
word which came 10 me fsvm osss whe
isd.Ad. Nov eat. ihss ye~r ssssmssh snay
return 10 yoa. Afterwara ws wiii talh.
And sfssrwarsi. - they - % night BY
ths Gre In the csvr. thsy spsss ssxvthes.
How ere yoa asmsdr' sshsa Um-
slopousas ~ the oshss.
II am named osissi the weif.- he
answered. and sns of zaia hlcpi--
u the blood u chska. the hing f.s tbs
father ~ Benasn9srsna, the fsshss u
Chaks. IVES my great grandfather
"whences thsa. csnss yeu. uslaxiY
II came from nwssllasd Il rum The
tit< ~ ~ usishssi, which shssid
rule THIS u shs story siguyssa. my
grandfather. wss . yonsssr tssssh~s II
senssasscaa. the fsthes ~ Chska. bss
M qnaFyeiei with neossaenosms snd
h~cssas . wasdsrvs With esstsis ~
the people of the Umtstws hs wasdss~d
into Swaziland and ssisavSed with the
Iisishsxi trii~ In thsiS Erssa raves, and
the esd ~ u was that he slew ne shtsf
~ The srits asd tooh hks plAcs Afs~s
hs wss d~sA my sash~s swisd h ~
place. Sns thew wss . asese party IN
ths trsts thst hated HE rule t>~rs~ss NJ
wss u me zala raes. and n wcald ksvs
s~t mp chief ~ ~ cia nwssi hlsu1 n
HIS tlaee MN. tksv eomid ss4 a. TIA.
fos ny ssshss's hand wss ksnvy - NJ
p~op,a Ncw I vss shs ssiy go u NJ
tsshsv By HE hssa wife sssd shosid h
ehisf after him. aud slsss~fsss ths.~s II
ths nwasi party end tk~y vese many
sna sr~Hs- -hsissi me sisa
~ msttevs sseoi tsll Last y~~s In ths
winter, - tken ny fslhss - his h~sss
uI.a kttliNs twvaty ~ ne hs~Ams~.
with shsis wives snd ehildr~a. h~es~ss
~ knew that thay piost~d susisss him
Hat tks hesAsnsa learned whst wss n
easss ssd tkey ys~vsAi~a upss wsfs a.
ing fsthsr - woaaa u tkrs>s swn dad
la p-xs<a htsa- ~ - IV1~m~d kisa
In ths aisht. sssI n ~ sasulns n 90
taid ~ sAas my faskss lsy slrk ssd
ssssmsssd NJ. ssd went ~ my fsskss
In his hse ! found him. snd M vsa
vx>ootna v1lk pin.
Wa siA ~ isshsvr isasA. W.
kas Asas NJ sviif
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sm rnlssN~A. saa yszn1ss - ssssxs
vhs has Asrs the deed. ssa he y.asss4i
- shs wosN&a.
Nov ~ sin wss yssss s.S ssls.
and ws haA l.ues svsssds. sss ! ssy tkss
asd mo- psssp. fns my h~sst wss mai
N ne. ] an nas rssss, trss s~sssaa NJ
sp~ss I rss a kss aud. shs~ssh she esssd
fw mssey. : killed he's wisA tks ss~~s.
That wss weii asas. t,slssl, s~sa sy
father. 'nss whsn I am s.se iseb "a
yusFssif. Ny ssa, for the.s s~ssi aas.
viii assvs ysa sss sna seh ysa ~ ye~s
pisesi sas u They avsv. poe sas sssi
yoa yes tirs. ssess shss ~ the. that yes
viii n.s wss tisl ywa secsss NE
~ swear "A, sar father, saswss.d
= s~r~s that wiii sissnp The sssa 4
thu trii~ - usIskasi Cat, every eas a
thsm sseel,t ths~s ~ nss ewn isisssi, and
lsias shsss vcsssa Ia slavery ss.s sksss
shildr~a b. t-.sisr
"'nss wossss fss yvusE mszssh. saia
nay fsshss Yea yea shall live g. lsise
Thee shis,fs sssas. tssixsi. Thss knsw
~ yoa no's In my hoar ~ da@shl yuu
shall 10 . wsadssss fos The re- yaafs Il
yeas hfs. chsla - slss, sas. sna
~ssasstas In snsthss lsa'i zoe sss&il ais
mass dsesh, and nss saeh asssA ss
yvsasf wissh hes aivsa a. ms TAsa