The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24

down to the river and got rid of some
of the obnoxious gore, after which ]
felt much refreshed; my arm, too, be-
gan to lose it's numbness. BY the way,
I had previously had a very similar
encounter with one Of these animals,
which ended in exactly the same man.
ner-by the use of my knife. But to
return. l managed to skin my leopard
"a splendid hide, though he was not so
large as others / have killed. This
leopard only lacerated my arm, where
as the one 1 have just alluded to tore
me up atrociously.
In the meantime my dog had re-
gained his composure. Since he had
seen two of his comrades fiattened out
by leopards he often turned tail, but
he was very useful in tracking them. l
had rolled up the skin and was just
starting back for camp when the dog
again attracted my attention, acting as
though he had picked up fresh scent;
and although / felt pretty sick, could
not resist the temptation. and followed
him, first hanging up the skin in
thorn bush out of the immediate reach
of the ants. The dog held on, and I
followed as we'll as / could for perhaps
another mile, fortunately along the
wooded ground most of the time, so
that was shaded to some extent from
the burning sun, which, under ordinary
circumstances, would have caused me
no inconvenience, but now almost pros
trated me. i doubtless had lost con-
siderably more blood than i imagined,
but he sudden renewed barking of the
dog put new life into me and / hurried
on. The leopard had veered of to some
rocky ground, and as he would prob
ably not leave his stronghold for any
dog, / sat down and rested awhile. I
also examined the breech of my car
bine and arranged things as we'll as /
could, so that no repetition of the last
contretempts should occur. The dog
was working at crevice in the rocks.
in which / concluded that the leopard
was ensconced; and l cautiously ap-
preached to investigate. could neither
hear nor see anything at first. but as
my eyesight got accustomed to the
gloom I made out two balls of fire.
They might have been one yard, they
might have been so yards away. /
could not tell-but that did not signify
and taking steady aim between them,
let go. The report was deafening, so
that / could not have heard any other
sound had there been one, but the
eyes" had gone out when the smoke
cleared away and all was quiet still.
After waiting awhile cut two or three
limbs as straight as / could find. and
splicing them together, pushed the
pole into the recesses of the aperture.
on withdrawing IL. after twisting IL
around against some soft substance
which IL struck. / found. sure enough,
leopard's fur on the end. now felt no
hesitation about going in, though this
was more easily said than done. /
could with difficulty squeeze mysel
through the narrow opening, and to do
so caused me excruciating pain. Once
through, however. / had more room
and soon reached my quarry which /
got at last into the daylight, not a lit
tie glad To be out Of the business so
we'll then had to skin il. IL was
female and doubtless mate to the one
I had killed in the morning. Then. re-
turning To where I had left the other
skin. / made tracks for the wagon
and don't think any hunter was ever