The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-25
BENAIkH FULL OF BACKBONE.
he WENT DOWN AID SLEW A LION
N PIT on s. SNOWY DAY.


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US out with i, IN which Horatius and
Macedonian, and Dioxippus the Athenian.
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.Aace1oiiah dLMeu N4th shleld ana sword
and javelin, and the Athenian with moth
ing but a club. The Macedonian buria1
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So Gu Du' cue @A'i41''iaA success
4ully lodged u, and the Macedonian lifted
the spear. but the Athenian with the
club broke It, and the Macedonian drew
the sword, but the Athenian tripped him
up before he could strike with IL. and
then the Atheutan with hts club wouId
have beaten the life out or the Mace
DOMAIN. fallen among his useless wea-
pons if Alexander had not commanded
stop Stop" But Beuaiah Of the text
Is about to do something that win eclipse
even that There IS trouble in an
the neighborhood. Lambs are carried
of IN the night. and children veuturine
only a little way from their fathers house
are found manuled and dead The fact is
the land was infested with Hons. and
few people dared meet one Of these grizzly
blhsts much less corner or attack it,
As a good Providence would have it, one
morning footstep Of a lion was tracked
in the snow. IL had been out on its de-
errand through The darkness bnt
al last it is found bv The impression If
the four paws on the white surface of
the ground which way the wild beast
came, and which way il had gone Per
uous undertaking; but Benaiah. the hero
Of the text, arms himself with such weau-
ons as those early DAYS afforded. gum
powder having been invented q far sub
sequent century by the German monk.
Bertholdus Schwartz. Therefore. vithout
gun or any kind Of firearms. Benaiah of
the text no doubt depended on the sharp
steel edge for his own defense and The
slaughter Of the lion as ne followed The
track through the snow. II may have
been a javelin, it may have been only
a knife; but what Benaiah lacks in weap-
on he VIII make up In strength of arm
and skill Of stroke. But where is the lion?
We must not get off his track in the
snow. The land has many cisterns. or
pits. for catching rain, the rainfall being
very scarce at certain seasons, and hence
these cisterns, or reservoirs are diwred
here. and there. and yonder Lions have
an instinct which seems to tell them
when they are pursued, and this dread
monster Of which speak. retreats into
one Of these cisterns which happended
70 be free Of water, and is there pant
ing from the long run, and licking its
Jaws after a repast OF human flesh. ana
after quaffing the red vintage of human
blood.
Benaiah is all alert and comes. cautious
~ on toward the hiding place Of mis- ter
ror OF the fields Coming to the verge Of
the pit. he looks down at the lion ana
the lion looks up at him. What a moment
il was when their eyes clashedl But
while a modern Du Chaillu. Gordon Clln-
ming or Sir Samuel Baker. or David T.iv-
ingston would have Just brought the gun
to the shoulder, and held the eve against
ths barrel and blazed away into tbs
depths. and finished the beast Benaiab
with only the oId-time veapon can a.
nothing til he gifts on level with tbs
beast. and so ne iumps into the pit ana
the hon. with shining teeth Of rage ana
claws lifted to tear to shreds The last
vAst{ee of human, Ifa s,,,.;,,,