The sun., 1894-02-04
HE OUTHOWLED THE PANTHER.
It Was Only Baby's Voice. but II Was Not
Wee Small One by q Long sight.

II Was Only q Baby's Voice. but 1t Was Not
Wee small One by q Long sight.
Il never saw wild bear or panther. or even
a wildcat in my life." said the Colonel, but
for all that l saved m yseli and MI M OF er rom
panther once. and before i was three months
old at that
This was a good many years ago. and Of
course I have no personal recollection Of It,
but had my mothers word for It. and that il
enough. We lived in the wilds OF northern
Pennsylvania thsn. where my father owned
sawmilL was born next door to that
sawmill. and mother used to say that had
such an uncommon good pair OF lungs that
when 1 started In to use them could yell
enough to drown tho noise OF the sawmill. But
It was lucky thing for my mother and me
that had such an expansive and peryading
style OF bawling.
When l was coming three months old
mother made up her mind that she must take
me to her old home to show me OF Her folks
lived twenty miles away and the road there
Father had . horse that he called Spanker
Early In LIE he had been race horse. and
We owned him. he could 90 like streak il he
wanted 20. but no had disposition that made
into his head to go YOU had TO let him go until
he changed his mind and stoppsd. He GeneT-
him TO. and stood still when you we're par-
ticularly anxious for him to do his best. There
wa no way mother could get to make that
visit home except by taxing the chances With
spanker, and she took them.
was In the winter and one day father
mother started with me- to make the trin
spanker bqzzed along like a good fellow. be-
That she wanted him to 90 slow there mere
panthssrs s In the woods yet in those days, but
neigh norhood believe ior a long time l 'IWas Ws
had travel cd about half the distance on the
hind us. Looking back she saw a Eantbsr
bound into the road from the woods Il was a
very very IIargs o1eI and only few rods in our
5Searlng Hereby along in pursuit Of the sled
The waJ old spanker was tearing along mother
the panther. 1t would gain a little on us bY
sspuTts once in a while. and once mother
she got frightened aud forgot aeTssif fas at
70 give spanker slap with tho lines as a hint
for the old horse knew at once that lie was
WapfIgd ss 70 ny hpTry aP: ana stopped IN the road
with the yelling panther tearing toward US Ike
Mother thought then that IL was all m
win her AMI me, and It certainly must have
looked that way. The panther got within
Ihtee ,li. !ul9b1 5l US and mother SAID she held
Ae tlg 70 her breast and shut her eyes. She
coulin't think Of anJthing else 70 DO. WhsthrT
she pressed me trife too tight or not ant
me that things weren't running as smooth as
they ought 20 be. and ! gave a kick and
4 49, -. hhb'N .lhmoA1 lungs OF nine
loose Ny mother used 70 saT that when that
tsrrlne yell Of mine broke out In those woods
ths panther couldn't have stopped ans quicker
II ne had run against a tree. Ills eyes stucE
WaJ out ne was so taken abaek. Then lifted
up NY voice Ia the wilderness again and the
panther didn't want 10 hear any more ne
turned ana made Tor the woods n good deal
iastet than he had come out Of them. ASH
mother said that be never once stopTaI 10
lleoos back as far az she could see him cutting
II away through ihs trees that saAmait Il
sa'lsiy me. i9r lgie'et dowa TlElf awny. uul
hI-anN-bF Span cr got II infn lis head .ha-
We Sere wanting him a. stand. There ID tI's
ROAD, and aHaT he started on the double 4uick.
fathers house, The panthsr notFsr Sai1
Was never seen or heard " again and she az /
Ways SAID that abe believed that had either
scared Il 20 death or cut Of the eOpatEY."