Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-21

now. resting on one knee. was LOOKING
In the direction OF the algarrobo tree.
eel tlgre senior" he answered. He
Is mourning his espOsa Cwife)."
He pointed with his inanhete toward
the tree as he spoke. The fun moon
had lust risen above tho mountains,
and by its light could see the 1aguar
standing be meath the tree looking up
at the skin of his mate stretched
against the trunk. Twice he mpaneu'
The second was something between
whine and a low roaring, but IT'S ca
dence Enthusiastically was Of distress.
Then, throwing his head higher he ut
tered again cry such as that when
had awakened the camp. such SOUND
! have never heard before or since.
Loud, deep. vibrant IL nlled tne ar
with its expression of wonder dismay
and gricf--a jaguar's grief. with
note OF gathering anger In its tone. AS
II ended the creature turned toward our
camp. as 1 could tell. by the mamma
forth of his eyes like flreballs- Then
lowering his head and half crouching,
the jagunr uttered roar after roar.
We were all on our feet now, and
every man who had weapon OF any
kind had seized It, some OF the men
were Mt the fires that had been punt
around u.s. stirring them into blaze
and plling fuel upon them. taking care
as they worked not to get beyond the
protection of tho flame. Every in
stnnt we expected the Jagunr to come
bounding upon us. The sight OF our
numbers and the blazing mp of the urea
held him back from attacking US, but
for several minutes the animal faceu
us roaring angrily. Sometimes he would
crawl n few inches toward us. or, RS
Ing, would tear at the turf ana Tree
roots as II testing the strength OF his
claws. 1t was splendid challenge that
none Of us was inclined to accept.
moonlight. the jaguar made n fine marx
| for my rifle. but somehow ] did not
feel like shooting him. His grier apd
resentment. both so intense ana httlns,
appealed to my sympathy, and should
| have been glad TO see him turn away
unmolested | stood with my ringer
at the rifle trigger without aiming I'M
| I'll Pedros whisper came:
Fire. senior. while YOU have the
| chance. In the name OF Joseph ana
| Mary, do not wound without killing
him If you do he will have re-
! venge."
Then I fired three shots in success
| sion, aiming between the fiery eyes.
The moonlight may have been decep-
| tive. perhaps tiger fever, more nerve
shaking than buck fever. gotinto my
aim. l knew that none of my bullets
struck the jaguar, But what was better
| than merely to wound him, their whistl-
ing and the flash and reports OF the
firing caused the jaguar to retreat AT
the third shot the roaring ceased, and
he crept into the shadow of a tree,
Somewhere beyond the trunk i caught
another glance of his eyes and fired
two more shots That was the last we
saw of him. as he stole away in the
darkness.
outcry from the direction in which
our stock had been driven-sounds or
a stampede of hoofs, the cries of the
herders and n gunshot | took half the
men, and. carrying torches, we start :
ed for the sounds. We met the nerd
ers coming toward the camp very much
frightened Eel tigre! el tigre!' was
, all that | could get them to say, until
one of them managed to tell me that
jaguar had leaped among the horses
, pulled two of them down and stamped
ed the rset of the herd. cursed tins
i herders for their cowardice anc
, threatened them with worse IL they die
not take me to the jaguar. AS We
came near the place we could hear tbs
growing of the jaguar. but at our ap
r pearance he left the horse he was tear
, ing and we did not get within sigh
of him. We found as the herders sale
that the jaguar had killed two horses
!, He had leaped on one horse and brok
y en- it's neck with n single bite; thei
!, had overtaken the second one, my rid
ing horse. and killed that.
- The killing OF the nofses seems !,
: have been done by the Juguar purel'
!, MS an act of revenge. II apparently
u served to work off his fury. for h
= troubled the camp no more. The los
= of two good horses, besides the disturb
e ing of the camp which did not ge
uuieted down for hours. was the pric
y the jaguar made us pay for the KILN
!, of his mate. Indeed. feared at frs
II that more of the animals had bee
e killed, but we found all the others a
the camp when we returned. The in
u stinct that causes domestic animals t
d seek the protection of man in pres
e ence of danger from wild beasts ha
d brought them there, after their frs
It mad rush in any direction to get ava
o from t he jaguar's attack.-New Yor
d Sun.