The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-06

she didn't know you were coming and
YOU don't mind IL any more than YOU 90
that The biz horn sheep just dotes On
tAese iee1s, and ne eats EN-. and he eats
EN- What happens His meat gets sock
chleh run ci the favor. and want 20 Ten
you that when you shove your teeth into
hunk o. big horn mutton that's leezy,
you We got pretty near a uoufhful that
can Z De beat That's what leeky is-
eli The mountain lion dOtes on Big
horn mutton. I don't know whether he
lkes II il any better when it's leeky than
ne Goes when 10 amt, but that's got noln-
ing 70 Go with II. one day I thought
u play smart game on "A big horn, and
Dag him. sure. / knew there was "a noun
tain lion over on one side Of "a mountain
ieeaing place for big horns.an that on the
other side was one Of those biz splits I've
been telling YOU about. ] thought 10 up
mat Just as like as not thar lion would
come on q raid and send the sheep hump
ing Tor the split to go down stairs. So I
lay ln ambush on the far side OF the split
and waited fer a lion TO drive big horn
my way What I intended 10 do was TO
knock over the sheep before it had a
chahce 10 start down stairs, and then
shoot the lion, so that I could 60 around
and get my game.
now my scheme would have worked
as me as silk If something hadn't been
wrong with my Winchester. But I am
glad something was wrong with the gun,
because II there hadn't been. all / would
nave got would have been a lot Of big
norm mutton and mountain lions car
cass. Now, I've got this story TO tell.
l hid on the opposite side Of the spot where
the hill had been yanked i'm two. ] saw
two OF the biggest big horns / ever saw
leeding something like a mile away. BY
ana by they threw mp their heads and
stood a second. Then II they'd had wings
they couldn't have come toward me
raster nor with more disdain for the
earth. Why they did get gait on? Be
nina EN- STROBE "a mountain lion. He
dtdht stride, either He just up and
bounced. lie was hungry, but the big
horns were onto him. The biggest one
headed straight for me. l Rugged my
self
Choice mutton for support l says.
Ana what nice lion skim"
1t was picture TO see that big horn
come like wave Of the ocean toward
the place where II was going to go down
stairs the lion bouncing along with its
tongue out and It's toe nails more than
scratching gravel. The big horn, Just to
aggravate the lion. slowed up a little,
ana when the sheep got within a ROD Of
the cage or the stairway the lion wasn't
two jumps behind him. I saw that my
chance was just then, and pulled on the
sheep. The gun snapped. 1 pulled again
ana the gun snapped. The big horn took
the first step on the stairs 50 to speak
lie never thought the moutain lion would
nave the nerve to try and go down after
nm. But the mountain lion did have it.
lie crouched 4, second on the edge. and
over he won't. / was near-the edge on my
slue or the split, and ] laid myself fiat
ana looked over. The first step was a hum
dred feet down. The split wasn't more
than fifty feet wide. The big horn had
landed on the shelf, and the lion was in
space, headed for the sheep, way down
there in the depths. hid the lion light on
the sheep? Nice uestiOni Why you'd
believe lies about big horns You'd be-
lieve Dow! No sirt The lion didn't light
on the sheep. The big horn dropped from
the step he was on down to the next one
on the other side. The lion was wanting
something to eat the worst way. He
sprang down after the big horn. The big
horn just gave one bleat, and rose up
lie shot up in the split, and met the moun-
tain lion. He met him hard. He showed
his head and horns against the mountain
lions head, right there in that narrow
place, 5000 feet above the bottom The
mountain lion gave a yell that shook the
rocks Then he doubled up like a hiber-
mating coon, and the last l saw of him
was a speck in the split, getting along to-
ward the bottom. The big horn? Turned
and took the next step below, and it was
so far down that he looked no bigger
than a cat when he struck it. And on he
went down step BY STEP and the echoes In
! that split are so choice that ! heard that
! big horn bleatng with JOY long after l
| couldn't see him any more.
I'D like to meet DOW some time" said
the man from the foothills. 81 want to
| make him ashamed of himself, lying
| so about Rocky Mountain sheep"