The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1894-02-22
HUNTING TIE PUMA.
A Dangerous Neiehbor TO Have In Dark
Forest.


Forest.
The Cosmopolitan Magazine has a
description OF the puma from an old
hunter, which is scarcely calculated
to encourage any except the most
hardy in seeking that troaeherous
animal.
You have travelled far Tho sun
goes down. You build FIRE and cook
your meat, and then good tea and
the td6dc. IL Is pleasant. You hear
the loon crying on the water, or tho
last whistle of the heron up the pass.
The lights in the sky come out and
shine through n thin mist; there is
nothing like that mist, it is so fine and
soft. You are sleepy. You bless the
good God. You stretch pine branches,
wrap in your blanket aud lie down
10 sleep. IL Is all quiet. AS you sleep,
something comes. 1t glides along on
its belly like snake.
IL Ia pity IL you have not cars that
foel--tho whole body rs ears For
there is swift lunge, snarl--nh,
| you should hear III The thing has
you by the throat, and there Is AN end.
To kill the puma yoa asast watch,
always watch. 70 viii sec his yellow
| eyes sometimes IN tree. Yea win
hear his brcat, et night rs you pro-
tend TO iiccp, orl you wait iiI you
see his foot steal out Of Ike shadow;
then you have him.
From n mountain wall ~1u watch
in the morning, and when you SEQ him
you follow and follow. and do not rest
till you have found him. You must
never miss fire, for he has great
strength aud a mad tooth. But when
YOU have got him he is worth all.
| n toanvo,..,v s~s~ s.a1tsaeh by tts
Owner for One That Contained Money.
/ arrived here just before the first
bank suspension, says Denver cor
respondent of the st. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat, and one of the first calls | made
was on n merchant whose nervousness
made IL painful TO do business with
him, no matter how large a bill could
be sold to him. On this particular &C.
casion he seemed afflicted with an ex-
cessivoly severe attack of his chronic
complaint, and he told me he was too
much worried about finance TO talk
about giving orders.
After awhile he became communica-
tive and told me he had succeeded in
withdrawing from the bank that day
rather over four thousand dollars,
which he had put away in a strong box
In an actually burglar-proof vault, into
which thieves could rot possibly break
through and steal lie proceeded 10
tell me in addition that he had made
up dummy package representing
and indeed counterfciting, the pack
age OF currency, which he had careful
ly labeled with the nctual contents OF
tho valuable roll. The dummy pack
age, he explained, was IN the back o.
his ordinary cash drawer which hi
showed me. His explanation of Thu
, peculiar precaution was that as he has
been seen by several people who hat
, helped start the run on the bank Il,
. was afraid his place might be burglar
izod, and that if IL was the DUNN!
, package would undoubtedly be talsci
without being opened and examined
and the thief would hurry away with
| out searching for further booty
. smoked a good cigar with the mer
= chant and tried to convince him tina
e his bank was all right and that he ha'
Q taken great deal Of unneccssar,
n trouble. Late in the same day, how
|. ever, the bank had to suspend, an
O when saw my customer the next da
= he chuclsled over the success OF hi
precautionary measures. When ! 60
!. him down to talking business he sue
n denly remembered he owed our nous
: few hundred dollars, and said If
r would wait he would go to the vaul
. and get the money. He came back il
o about ten minutes looking as thong
o lightning had struck him. He carried
y his hand what / presumed was his ro
!. Of bills, and when he threw IL on III
r. counter and rushed headlong to hi
/. cash drawer began 10 doubt his sar
N ity. But in n minute his peace of min
n was restored and the explanation wa
D obvious. He had made up the real an
dummy packages so much alike that n
= had deceived himself and had placed
;, roll of brown paper in the vault, Will
a the package containing over four thor
+, sand dollars had been lying loose /
:, his cash drawer without any proteC
ton against fire or thieves. His RI
= marks on his own bluuder were abui
- i've in the extreme.