The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-09

small form, the only human amongst them:
Buffalo took very kindly to his protege and
showed him around while Kibatti amused
him with his innocent unsophisticated pratt
tie which convinced the kingy bovine that
little Iibatti was indeed wild wood
wait.
"And where do you oil sleep?" asked Hi
BATH of buffalo,
Il sleep here near the gate. King ell
ephant rests near that big tree. King Lion
prefers lying near that great log. there.
Brother rhinoceros hrows himself down
on the edge of the banana grove, leopard
SHORES stupidity near his pile of bones.'
After u little while buffalo lay near the
gate for a little rest. Kibatti lay near
him, but not to sleep. His eyes We're quite
| against the ground and his head sway from
side to side. IAibatt unties a cord ant
stealthlly passing it around the fore legs o:
the buffalo drew the other end around the
neck in Il Slip moose without waking him;
He then crawled off toward the elephant and
tied his fore legs together. gently tightening
the slip moose and fastening the rope three
or four times running round and brought
rous he did the same. He then went out
of the gate and brought his bundle of nets.
He took one up, fastened one end to the
fence and drawing it lightly like curtain
over the form of the sleeping lion, just hung
it on splinters and projections of the fence.
In like manner he secured a net over the
leopard and another one over the byena. All
this did clever little Kibatti without waking
any of them He then stole out of the gate
q second time and made his way to the tree
where his parents were sleeping.
Come. father" he said, ''the kings of the
herds are trapped and netted. Bring down
mother to the lower fork and come thou.
Hasten with me with a bundle of spears,
two bows and quiyers full of arrows, for we
must finish the game before morning.
Completely armed with spears and ar
rows, \batti led his father to the gate
and stealthily entered the fenced enclosure
and they stood over the still sleeping buffalo;
l<ibatti gave his father a sharp-pointed
spear and gently laying his finger on the
vital spot between neck and head, showed
him where to strike. The father lifted his
right arm high up and with one stroke sew
cred the spinal cord; SILVER passed
through king buffaos body and he rolled
over stone dead.
Then Kibatti and his father crawled to
log by. the fence with his side exposed
Eibatti pointed to his own left side behind
the shoulder blade, and father and son
drew their bows, and drove two arrows into
lions heart, who sprang up and threw him,
self like ball into the net which closed
round him taut, and he presently lay still
and lifeless In the same manner father
and son despatched leopard and hyena
There then only remained rhinoceros and
elephant.
They chose to attack the irst-named
beast, who was still lying down on his side
unconscious of the tragic fate of his CON
feherates.
Kbatti pointed to the enemy's fore
shoulder and touched his father with
| his finger two inches below the shoulder
blade. His father understood, and launched
| his spear straight into the body. in which
the blade was buried. King rhinoceros,
! feeling the iron III his vitals, snorted and
struggled to stand. but in doing so frightened
| the cords and fell bach, rolling half over.
Kibatti drew his bow and buried an arrow
close to his fathers buried spear. Mean
| time, king elephant had taken the alarm,
and, struggling with his bonds, had cap
sized himself on the ground.
! kibatt gave vent to Il war-whOOp and
cried, Never mind, father let the rhinoce-
ros die. Let Us away to the elephant while
he is helpless" They sprang to the pros
trate beast, and they SHOT their arrows
first to every vital point exposed, and then
launched their spears with such good effect
that before long the last of the king of the
| beasts had ended his life.
| Nbatti and his father then flew to where
the old woman crouched in the fork of the
| tree and taking her with them, they left
the ruined village and sought a home in
another district. whore, because of the ter
riba revenge they had taken on the forest
! lords, they were held all their lives in great
| esteem.