The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-16

fourteen inches in length. and siding cut
OF bed lay fsg cown on me fooF to try 10
locate the foot step. Ny hack bone wss
al there. bat up and down its entire
length chased some uncaRny chuls as I
recalled the neighborhooa belief that since
the death Of those Eve children 81 scarlet
fever IN the old cabin ghosts made nightly
revel within its gloomy. ccb-wsh walls.
But this turned out 70 BE thing OF life
In TACT altogether too muca life 20 maks
even as comfortable q midnight eompaa-
Ton as dead and deceu; ghost bad
gained this outer shed room aaioininrrny
living room. which I had not tsousht ~
20 repair When moved in. and E,s5Sa 10
my surprise and horror thar nay. s'sin-
vtted nocturnal visitor was an irarrenss
eob-cst our mountain Hon. Eiaring az me
with his flashing wicked eyes. and lashing
his sides with his tail ike he meant ngAt
Before I could plan decorouS retreat
The gamew IS I'D. Tor the door tv which
ne gained ;ntrance blew shut and De vas
in "a stay. The same Internal gust 81
Wind put out NIX dip hight ana IN the
manouverinS. the massive hcas, HAD got
himself between me and gre door ~
which I got In. The dim hight ~ few
struggling stars alone revealed his pres
ence In shadow form as De stsalhtgly
crept around tho roan Nate hing ynv cor
ne- and waiting his 20 exec ;a spring 70
was showing hard aa--ie ana the villa
sh~ieks or the vto-.. h;aes seemed 20
hep laying the prena -a ybe nov iu,uai-
nent TRAGEDY ar ,hr a.-rr &c ore hapless
miner. Ny Winchrster and six shooter
we're Of course inside thee ther reon. hgt
I nlutely thanked nv Fate that hsa he
keen knife. though IN "a haud-to-hand efs-
counter I feared SIS cnecuvencss. The
test soon came The sa3rlinr hisslns
brute crouched close 20 Tho foer watch
ing his chance 90 rrr.u- ? WAS on my
feet and braces, far the fran Ursniy
cluthchire the knir. n mv here hand. nv
right outstretehcd Co rrapple WITH him az
the critical moment The nrzt Two leans
I lodged him hy adroiuy stepping aside
as he spraur The third time be raHeht
me square in front knocking me down
and stunning me slightly from the heavy
fan iIe too undereStimated the dis
.auce. and rolled over and before he
could REGAIN his fcct I had thrown myself
upats him. plurgiue my knife 20 the hiit
in his shoulder Then a grand march he
gan around che shack weak from loss
~ blood. hut his courage and farocify none
The less acute. he could roly feebiy iunEe
M fne. -"d at every spring J used nv
knife with tell effect sort ~ gave point"
90 my remarks az g. were saw the -
male mus, come. Tor you know these VIC
ious moaarchs ~ The range sometimes DO
their naslisst work in thelBst struggle.
with the death rattle IN their throats-
Watching my chance. 7 threw rnvseif with
an my force upon his broad hack, clutch
ing his shaggy throat With one hand ard
attempting 20 rcach hts heart with nv
ea4s ArinpIne knife But don't sou ever
think he'd iuu't s'il have plenty ~ hght IN
n1n Hcshonk me of like J WIS kitten,
and as Z fen heavily 60 the floor my knife.
slippery with his aud ms own Blood few
across the room ira The dark. and ] vas
without "a weapon. Locked In death
embrace. man and beast rolled over and
over mas cruel claws tearing my clothes
and n-sa ay every slash ~ hia rowerfui
feet Twice De got ny arm in hts ava
and wise % steel coui3 not have pat On
O. Fighter grip Eut vith my free hsna I
nad his wlndpipe closely ciutchcd. ana
this throttling process waa having fa 10
sired result Tor vlth bls Jose ~ blood Be
was past thc meridian ~ active e~fvics.
zoo vas wludsd sud fast getting sx-
hausted. when another gust ~ ~iHd
slightly lulred fha door revealing the