The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-09
SALLY AND HER CLUB
HOW DARIUS sCoFlELD's MOTHER
KILLED FOUR PANTHcRs.

She Wasn't His Mother Then, and So 1Tc
Didn't Remember It-Dut Former
Cortland County Resident Gives nm Ia
tcresting Account of tho Incident.
If tho late Darius Scofield Of Cort-
land county, who remembered his grand
mother dickering with bear for him
when how year old and getting him
back from tho bear in exchange for q
loaf of corn Bread and who remembered
lot of things about other relations OF
his, as told in The Sun the other day,
had remembered something his mother
did once, he would have had another
entertaining story to tell, said former
Cortland county resident. "But even
Darius amazing memory wasn't capable
of that, for when his mother had this
adventure she wasn't Darius mother
yet and indeed WASH It his mother until
two years later. She was then plain
Sally Fighter.
"She was going through the woods
one day on an errand to neighbours, n
couple Of miles from her fathers clear
ing, when she heard panther yell, and
looking back saw the animal bounding
along the path toward her. Sally was
only IS, but she knew enough about
panthers to be afraid of them. In turn
ing round to look behind her she had
stopped, and she noticed that the pam
ther stopped too. When she started OH
again, the panther followed The faster
she went the faster tho panther went,
yelling frequently. Then Sally stopped
again and turned square around in the
path. The panther stopped instantly,
crouchinG and swaying its long tail.
Sally hurried on again. and the panther
hurried after her. When Sally stopped
and turned again, she saw that the
panther was n great deal nearer to her
than it had been when it stopped bo-
fore.
Sally wasn't half way to the place
she was going. She saw that ut one
more turn the panther's tactics would
have brought the willy beast SO close to
her that it would undoubtedly make its
spring. She resolved to make an effort
to save herself. Before stopping again
she saw heavy club at the side of the
path. She quickly picked it up and aft
er step or two more stopped and turned
suddenly, facing the panther. which
was now not more than ten feet behind
her. The panther was ready for it's
spring, but before it could leap Sally
rushed upon it with yell that shamed
those the panther had uttered and gave
the savage beast a blow OH the nose
that made everything crack. The pam
Their lowered its head and began to
'neeze and shuttle. Sally brought the
club down again. this time on the pan
theirs head, and the great cat sprang
one side and ran up dend hemlock
tree. Thinking that she had scared her
hungry foe from the chase, Sally started
to run on her way, when she saw the
panther get ready to leap from the tree.
She turned and faced it again just as
the furious animal sprang. Sally jump
ed aside. The panther alighted ON the
ground Mt her feet, and quick as flash
and with the force of trip hammer the
big club descended OH its neck. The
panther settled down fat on the ground
under the blow, and two more strokes of
the club ended its career
Sally was pretty we'll frustrated by
this lively bout with tho panther and
was wiping her face with her apron and
taking breathing spell when she heard
a great whining in the direction of the
dead hemlock, Looking in that direc.
ton, she saw too good sized 80.
kittens tumblina on. OF a hollow in tho
tree trnnAll. Sally had her spunk up
nnow. She believed, and no doubt she
was right, that the two baby panthers
belonged to the panther that had been
her journey SO unpleasant for
her, and she made up her mind to have
a little more satisfaction by knocking
them on the head too. She was walking
over to the treo to finish her work when
Il yell that almost made her hair rise
broke on her ears, and looking down
the path she was alarmed to see another
panther, bigger than the one she had
killed, coming fiercely toward her. This
she set down rs the dead ones mate.
Sho was pleased to notice that his adj
vance was somewhat hampered by the
fact that one of his fore legs was off at
the knee.
He was plainly bound for fight,
however, in spite Of that handicap, and
came right on, yelling at every humpy
bound he made. Sally concluded to try
the same tactics OH this panther she had
on the other ono, and she set up the
most unearthly yelling and rushed to
meet the ugly beast. This surprised
him. He stopped, but kept on glaring.
The next thing he knew he got whack
over the nose that dropped him flat in
the patti. Sally didn't give him time to
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