New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-02
THE LION STA YER.

Sir H. IT, Johnston, in The Saturday Review
He is young doctor and surgeon on board one
lake Fresh cOlorcd stiil though slightly tahneu
by exposure to the lake winds. with merry lrisn
chin a long upper lip. little whisker at the tenn
pies, and short wiry back-b brown hair Like many
men OF his class. he t. potential Darwin. ahd
having no other means to travel and STUDY natIro
history has entered the navy as surgeon, ~ td '
ing. hoping TO get an elephan, at least DuI inean
time content to study snnS bocb Si svns VIZ he
saw, and lay bare his thoughts. -, 49,. 49,.
Grass! a forest Ct grass with stoq I nnU,,
leaves starting from every joint Each sem nus nus
in dropping plume Of ripGn'd seen argSS hSrbaS
and canc-ke stalks the seeds shower down upon
hn each GmT s'eTh bn sods are ami
barbed At the ends, they pierce their way through
ing flesh beneath This raises to desperation the
discomfort already felt TO be- wel-ngh unDeara-
beef from the sitting heat ard the frighttul exer
ton OF forcing his way through such a thicket Oh
TACT with the razor-edgcd leaves. His Terai hat IS
constantly being dragged off his head and II Is an
through the obstructlng heritage. protecting ms
face well possible with the left hand so ne
small weaver birds Of fame-coor and black, the
stalks of grass and the green. eaf-like mantises
which throng the dense brake either side lie IS
boys pioneers him through the sthing, grass tungls
another boy with a second rife follows behind
The idea is elephants" elephants having been re-
pthc have "bed snace where the grass is
little drer a little less dense) the pioneer hoy"
doubling PACK OF The doctor stops
mops his boiling face thankful for the momentary
nap ana o aShS T., n nantfng WHISPER lion,
There there no. not there. You see that ant hill?
Iyine in a clear space lust beyond A male lion
truly; its body is nearly white. and Its name Is
With Express rife at full cock, the doctor, adj
nanrv 5nu6le keeping the mnzzle of the gun d.
rectnG tpairbt before him and shielding its sens
i've tIsEer iioh t'' ba a mbers on 70 its soping
SIDE mn - Good God the boys right What
Doctors coming has aroused the lion, not ten yards
away; aroused him partially for there Is sudden
Iap of yellow re brown black name slowly the dim
nctatng membrane passes over the yellow sze ey th
9ut as they are d. nrsnatev dis position on the
doctor r S MI nTes Wounds the lion
where somehow but does not XII him r., he 0f info
f he air with s1h' ali foHr then hree Bounds
..We I'm mmff! thinks the doctor 'e wasn't
ten Yards away and didnt XII him dead don't
f Bmi he s' can't be far away and finish him
off, He descends from the ant hin into the, the clear
so the beast had made its first Bound
dense grass hedge there is s s
% CON "uI sin drps from leaf blade to leaf blade
XII thought he must be pretty badly y, h dIx,ous
Two black faces WIN StaroSd ;ha am Hi The
gilnS, 'oM ,n his head recognizes his boys and
peckoi,T &c. nynlained|hcw the lion was
pers ne ii; - IN Pnbicb he bounded awav
ne HoE y, Master must Ike care; better climb
mkall hitu vi oro,,nd not go into rrass But
mere i is no orr tree anywhere near boy HOSTS him
sell 10 tit S.'lue e th sss moyfne IN the direc-
ports that he sees inc s,dsS nVyrS III n,n,,in az
lion whittier tnS non hnu we're SHAKING It with
convu'ive throes IAN Oh WHICH Is I hr
,g mn hesde the boy. thinks he can even descry
Ss the socr the lions waving tail and yellow
gray Ic,n n3gnch lie rush comes through the grass
u o., ile.a'h h7,, '' momentariiy dark agains.
ar t ab I1 nun voioW; Ewes iirsensibiiityj.
'ie ~ . IN clock click clock click clock -
wonder What ha tunny sou M tbs :,eanermor is II
the pulse beating in my temples? Then have been
ahoypP me- and in the broiiing sun. How foolish
a a, 9o nj n, be somethng more know there
has has Something happened let me think the
Iion 81 ho woundedq LET'S see" 1raises himself
i i,, I'LL, ~, his rigbt ARM my Cod a pool
81 pf NV own m blood my left arm has no feel
81; "iS o"i' obnurad b,, tba lion hand almost de-
,ms al rost of arr, y mass Of blood muscle bone
and khaki God. I'm going to die--can'l
live has torn opea m my like s'9 hnbcrs shop
1Whmpers b,bbering sound attracts his atten-
tbnngbt vou'I have cnt and run. Where's Said?
gnnboar; quite right What? the lion?' durns
ne TOO 1ThS lion is living four wards away
p" SH 'G on his Side one crippled fqrspaw turned
the n qh|r ycne the men " WITH yellow
No 10 longer Nercc the pnp shrunk to PIN
pont With cacn convusive shuddcr OF the lions
body the blood pool round him widens slightly)
and he shall go frSt w no can tel re H1lEHt re-