Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-25

In me though, that ! would not go back.
and I crept forward on my hands ana
knees towards the top OF the bank. which
was covered with a close low bush. IL
was n biz OF a climb. ana | had stopped
a minute 10 set my breath. wnen 1
Thought | heard low moaning noise
close 70 me, / gripped my revolver, but
It was Of little use IN the darkness, go
/ took out instead n big bowie knire !
always carri d. ard held IL ready IN my
hand. The next moment there was sort
Of hurting rush through the air above me-
and something leaped right down upon
my shoulders. / gave ycil, and theh
another and then away down tha Dahk
we rolled. irving and tearing at each
other in an agony Of mortal fright. As
soon As ] could get my right hand free
/ gave a despC rate thrust with my knife
and with a yell Of rage and pain, the
creature dropped of from me; and
heard the thud OF It's fall on some pro-
iectine rock or bush that had caught 1t
In IT'S downward descent.
Il was more frightened than hurt. and
soon scrambled 10 my feet As a smoker
Is never without matches / soon had =
light. with which ] CROPPED my way down
10 where the creature lay. and what do
YOU think 1 fOund?'
"a teeger. may be" said another old
schcol-fellOw.
Eye silly gowk. there are no tigers in
Australia. ! found Bill. but my word. he
was not the comfortable. well-fed beast
ne is to-day I don't think | ever saw
such dog as he looked then either be-
fore or since lie was a Faunt. starved
skeleton. bleeding slowly from wound
In the side which he had got in his strus-
made dffeTlUf to
escape. but lifted his head and gave me
a look 20 pathetic. so almost human IN
its mute reproachful appeal for help, that
il fairly went 10 my heart | spoke gem
tlv to him: and he looked UP At me as
II he would fain have spoken ana tod
me his story. re Jet me staunch the
blood that was tiicking from his side;
and ! bound UP the wound az wei as
could. He then staggered 10 his feet
and whincd. and caught my sleeve with
his teeth. and showed me as plainly as
n he had spoken that he wanted me 10
follow him
81 took mp the lantern and he wassed
his tail and licked my hand; ana We
scrambled up the bank together, ana
then. always whining and looking back
he led the way into the bush. ne
brusbwood was 20 thick and dense that
I was almost beat. ] could scarcely force
nv way through: but whenever | stopped
10 81 - i''9" .rd ,,,lleJ AT nv
ana laNI, ~. -, -, .,,,or,, 80 dis
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dumb beast ana make all the haste
could 10 follow Ey this time the day
was beginning 10 break, and h was not
So dark as Il bal been. lie had Led me-
10 n sort of cave formed by shelf Of
focN proJe'tlF i'o'' -, H. ,.,s
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Nsht mat ri'"' - ~, -,,s-,.
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wasted anu spent ~ ~ - ~
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OUT 10 tha open u. eye .t
AMI She seemed 700 laI h'Hr iol ,F,.,
but there was Nir I'D NJ. SUM- 49,,
see vs. the hicHcrns oI ny nv '"''
! stopped down 10 look az h'r'
As FOR the dog who had crawiel after ui
be io0Sed up in my face with h.i iathedc
owes fr,l Of dumb prayer Tor ~ %.
and th4u-f0r he was fairly beat. ana
could not. / believe. have dragged hi,
trarob,ing limbs another stcp-he stretch 4
himself ont on the grass beside her ana
licked her little wasted hand. / was In
g,,cb , state 81 excitement myself that ]
e,,rl,. tr.n,ilad scarcely knew what TO
40 but cot some water and lavel her
f,ce ana r,o.eto.oI her 1lns. AMI VIXEN
che paI swaWoweI few drops she came
round so far that she could utter word
or Two I'm faint whisper.
.sThue bit by bit got ner story. she
and her father had been on th,ir way
home from the eold-heids' ana ne h1i IL
considerable sum Of money ON MIN, no"
much she scarcely knew, ana u naI nl
tie matter. for u was j Goht. ~ ''',N
some gully on the roa' re ma pc"
upon ana roooei anu Hl" -, -
had He'd INTO the yN4H Hf. d. W,
creature. and wandered aiout gay ""I
night I'll Bill had come hfcA 70 HeI. anu
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