The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-02-05

that absolutely battles description. You |
know what a shocking thing 1t Is to |
see two large dogs fighting with aban-
donment. Well, a whole hundred OF
dogs could not have looked half so ter
rible as those two great brutes as they
rolled and roared and rent in their
rage. 1t was an awful and wonderful
thing to see the great cats tearing at
each other with all the fierce energy OF
their savage strength, and making the
night hideous with their heart-shak-
ing noise. And the fight was grand
one, too. For some minutes it was i'm
possible to say which was getting the
best of it, but at last ] saw that the
black-maned lion, though he was
slightly the bigger, was failing. l am
inclined to think that the wound in his
| flank crippled him. Anyway he began
to get the worst of it, which served him
right, as he was the aggressor. Still
could not help feeling sorry for him.
for he had fought gallant fight when
his antagonist finally got him by the
throat, and, struggle and fight as he
would, began to shake the life out oil
him. Over and over they rolled to-
gether, an awe-inspiring spectacle, but
the yellow boy would not loose his
hold, and at length poor black-mane
grew faint, his breath came in great
snores and seemed to rattle in his nos
trils, then he opened his huge mouth,
gave the ghost of a roar quivered, and
was dead.
when he was quite sure that the
victory was his own, the yellow-maned
lion loosened his grip and shifted at his
fallen foe. Then he licked the dead
lions eye, and next, with his fore feet
resting on the carcass, sent up his own
chant Of victory, that went rolling and
pealing down the dark ways of the
night in all the gathered majesty of
sound And at this point interfered.
Taking a careful sight at the center OF
his body, in order to give the largest
possible margin for error, fired, and
sent $50 express bullet right through
him, and down he dropped dead upon
his mighty foe.
cat that, fairly satisfied with our per-
formances, we slept peacefully til
dawn, leaving Pharaoh to keep watch
> in case any more lions should take Il
> into their heads to come our way.
when the sun was fairly up we
arose, and very cautiously proceeded
at least Pharaoh and l did, for l would
I not allow Harry to come-to see If WI
could see anything of the wounded
lioness. She had ceased roaring i'm
mediately on the arrival of the TIVE
- lions, and had not made sound since
from which we concluded that she wa
probably dead. was armed with m.
L express, while Pharaoh, in whose hand
. a rifle was indeed a dangerous weapon
to his companions-had an ak. Ol
our way we stopped to look at the tw
o dead lions. They were magnificen
animals, both of them, but their pelt
were entirely spoiled by the terribl
i mauling they had given to each othel
II which was a sad pity.
In another minute we were followin
l. the blood spoor of the wounded lior
ess into the bush. where she had take
&c refuge. This, need hardly say, We di
u with the utmost caution; indeed, | fc
e one did not at all like the job, and wa
~ only consoled by the reflection that
lie was necessary and that the bush wa
lie not thick. Well. we stood there, keel
le ing as far from the trees as possibl
III and poking and speering about, but I
ie lioness could we see.
"She must have gone away SOM
IL where to die, Pharaoh said in Zul
III eyes, Inkoos' Chief, he answere
as she has certainly gone away
~ Hardly were the words out OF h
No mouth when heard most awful roa
III and looking around saw the lone
III emerge from the very center of bus
90 lust behind Pharaoh in which she hi
IL been curled up. Up she went on to h
ou hind legs, and as she did so / saw tn
GU one of her fore paws was broken ne
" the shoulder, fol- it hung Imply dow
u I'D she went towering right over Ph
raoh's head, as she did so lifting h
-, uninjured paw to strike him dow
IL And then, before l could get my ri
round or do anything to avert I
on coming catastrophe the Zulu did
100 very brave and clever thing. Real
ne ing his own imminent danger,
NJ bounded to one SIDE, Snd then, swim
~ ing the heavy ak round his hea
,e' brought it right down onto her bat
ne severing the vertebrae and killing /
instantaneously. 1t was wonderful
al see her collapse all in heap like
u empty sack.
80 "'My word, Pharaoh, / said, I'll
was well done. and none too soon.'
~ Eyes, he answered, 1T was &C
.. stroke, Inkoos. Jim-Jim will sleep b
90 ter now
hi. Then, calling Harry to us, we
cor amined the lioness. She was old,
Toll one might judge from her worn tee
; q and not very large, but thickly ma
hrt and must have possessed extraordini
IN vitality to have lived so long. shot
RIO she was; for, in addition to her brol
his shoulder, my express bullet had bio
tho a great hole in her that one might hi
nut ana'o fot intn