The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-01-24

| the children had been left 1T was very
dark, and the Zulus had gone. The
poor little things were tied to tree,
which stood apart from the clump
about 25 feet. They were boy and a
| girl. The boy was gagged, and the
poor little girl was in dead faint from
| fright. | was about to cut them loose,
when a laundering roar, SO near that
the ground trembled, made me clutch
my spear in Mortified surprise. l dared
not fire my heavy rifle, except as a last
resort, for the report would surely
bring the Zulus. | looked toward the
brush and saw two eyes, which glowed
ominously in the darkness. l placed
my spear against the tree, and hold
ing the point in the direction from
which the lion must spring,I awaited
the attack
"'He evidently saw the point of the
spear, for he moved uneasily from side
to side, as if seeking chance to jump
by it. | followed his motions, till, with
an angry .snarl, he sat upon his
launches, thus showing his intention
ITO jump over it. For moment he was
motionless, and then, good heaven! he
the spear quickly under him. He came
down upon it, breaking it in an instant.
His great paw struck me'-he put his
finger on the queer scar on his cheek
land fell with awful force against the
little girl. The lion lay motionless, for
the spear had entered his heart.
"T, with some difficulty, extricated
myself from under his heavy body,
which lay across my legs. l found the
girl stone dead, but the boy was I'M
hurt, and could see by his staring eyes,
which showed white even in that dark
ness, that he appreciated his terrible
position.
81 cut him loose, but left the gag in
his mouth, for fear he might cry out. I
placed the little fellow on my back and
set out for the boats. When 1 reached
the edge of the mud hole, heard the
bushes cracking and knew at once
must face a new danger, and a second
growl told me it was the other lion. l
FASTENED on, and had just reached a
narrow strip of dry clay between the
bushes and the mud hole, when l saw
the tell-tale eyes. l got as near the
edge of the Shiny swamp as possible,
and began to have some hopes of es-
cape, when she sprang at me with ter
rifle force. | sprang down and towards
her, hoping she would jump over me.
She did, and not striking me as she eX-
pected, she hit her nose on the hard
clay, and turning a completed somer-
sault fell upon her back into the mud
hole In an instant l dealt her a blow
with my cutlass. which added to her
confusion. | struck her again. but she
dashed the weapon from my hand, and
turning over. beoan to struggle through
the soft mud. new she would be out
and upon ne in IA instant. | had no
recourse but to uso nv rife. | tool; Il
quick aim. fired. and she fen dead. but
whet her frorl T." shot or the tremen-
idous blow had dealt her with the cut
lass, could got r. =.
~ r'c'-cd / The hoy, viso had
fallen in -" Il t'~.~'e md fairly ran
tow I'D f'tl ";.es. c@rla. however,
make tut Sow rr "rr@s in the dark
reee al : ee'1 f v.cui Gcd face
Causes T. '"r-Hi ""9rv. lad almost
rnac', ! tsor'. r.hona tai Zulu doomed
~ !" -. ard The r~oment he
y@yr tie / h.. t~ yr~err before me.
There v-@e 10 t':"e or he's tction now.
! n LII i Z - 81 ! 4. Re gave a
f."Ate.l II ll;rd n Il + ORIENT found
! Us rI.ret: q. [ ruehrd ON and down
tie Ea4', inst as to foremost Zulu
reached tie ton. | snrang into the
lot, y-,"A ! rs zach d off at once,
end az Il a 8 over OF srears we made
our eeca"e. I left the bow at a viIlag-
e!'& vhe"" | knew he would be well
treated, and soon returned to America
- aviY~ IN sh 4 his remarkable sto-
ry. nv friend excused himself and went
upstairs.
Il V CIT to the hotel clerk aud asked:
"'Wh"t is that rentleman's name?'
Smith he replied.
"'Who is hep
"TFe is the steward of the house,
was the answer.
"But he has been a great traveller,
has he not?' asked.
"'Oh. no. he came here a green coun-
try boy 25 years ago and has not been
away week since
GLOW did he get that scar? l
"'Had 'scrapping match" with
cook, and the fellow up with three
tined meat fork and hit him clip. He
is a queer genius the clerk continued;
j'people always try to size him up. and
no matter what they guess he is. he
gives them some yarn to fit the occa-
sion.'
Give me the key to &C and send
up two pitchers of ice water at once,
please
"Look here said the clerk. what
do you want with two pitchers of ice
water at four o'clock in the afternoon
II am going upstairs to soak my
head growled; and up 1 went, mad
der than a hornet, with the clerks mer-
ry laugh jangling in my ears."-N. Y.
Ledger.