Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-02-17
TIE FIELD OF ADVENTURE.
THRILLING INCIDENTS AND OAR
ING DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA.
A Baboon Gives Life for a Life
Marvellous Escape of Traveller
An Humble Hero.

Y Y resting under the shade
of q wagon, for it was
midday. The oxen were grazing near.
by, and we should not want them I'M
til the sun had begun to decend toward
the mountain tops. Suddenly my two
fox-terriers, which always accom-
panied me when transport riding, be-
gan to bark wildly about hundred
yards away from us. On looking in
their direction we beheld a huge black
baboon standing erect, holding on to
bowlder. Then it was, in my excite.
ment that rose and, taking my gun
from the wagon, inserted bullet
and hurried toward the spot.
l called my boy to accompny me,
saying, 'Let us kill him, Pahla. p"
But when he saw the animal he fatty
refused. "Whawl Nkosi," he said,
81 cannot. l have made VOW" I
was astonished at Pahla, for, as rule,
he was as eager as myself in the pur-
suit of wild animals and game. But I
baboon shouldered my gun and shot
him through the chest. He rolled
over, and the dogs began to worry
him. But he set up such a wailing,
like man in pain, that it went to my
heart and felt sorry that l had shot
him. AS he was expiring, Pahla came
to my side. Putting his hand to his
mouth he exclaimed: "Whaw Nkosi,
that was not we'll done," ana walked
away. called off the dogs, and we
returned to the shade of the wagon.
Being curious as to Pahla's VOW, /
asked him to tell me all about it.
"When was young man. Nkosi,"
he said, 81 was one day hunting for
iackals on the hillside, In time we
came across several balloons, and set
the dogs after them, had four dogs
with me, On catching up with them
they hemmed one OF them round, cut
ting it off from the rest, which con-
tinued their fight, Whaw Nkosi,
how it did fight II caught hold of
one dog with its teeth and hands, and
with one wrench tore it to death. AS
came up the other dogs were worry
ing it from behind, and one Of them
tore piece from its shoulder. Then
it rolled onto the ground, and l was
about to kill it by hitting it on the
head with q heavy kerrie held in my
hand, when it looked at me SO plead.
ingly, and cried so piteously--just like
q man who might be dying in great
pain-that I could not strike. called
of the dogs and let it go. 1t limped
away slowly at first, but in few mo-
ments turned around, gave one stare
panions.
ga few days later was again hunt
ing with my dogs in that neighbor-
hood. AS we crossed the hill we came
right into the midst of troop of ba.
boons. The dogs Immediately set up
on them and I ran after them. All at
once huge brute turned upon me. I
struck him with my stick, but not
heavily enough to knock him down.
He caught hold of my blanket with his
teeth and hands and tore it in two
pieces. Then felt like dead man
WIFI lIlSuV. again ue SOt uOlu VI me
with his hands, and 1 knew that my
end was come, ror he was more nimble
than /, and his teeth we're horrible to
see, as he fixed them again to the
blanket on my shoulder. But at that
moment another baboon came up,
and, taking hold of the first one,
pulled him off with n big pull, and
they left me, running in the direction
of tho others. As they ran away |
looked and saw that the one that had
saved me was wounded in the left
shoulder, aud / knew it to be the same
bnboon whose life had saved few
days before.
"It is strange thing, but it is true,
Nkosi, and | made a vow that day that
/ would never kill another baboon.
And from that day to this / have not
done SO. New York Recorder.