The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-26

his bray rang 0ut plleoDsly on the ni-ht
air a slight noise o. struggle. a rev
more stuffed orays. and then silence.
broken a moment later BY she soana q
a heavy body being dragged across me
sand.
After the first shock Of excitement I
grasped NY rife and ran towards the
men When the lion began 10 drag the
carcass Of the donkey into the brush
moved instinctively toward the sound a.
which the Zulu cried quickly: Khs5d2-.
sahI5, hara khabl janwa-- (have care.
sir. very dangerous aninaD. Whea I
turned 20 upbra5d them al Tor thetr
eowar1ice they explained that the na-
tives who had recently joined Us had told
them that this waas was Inhabited By q
pair o. dreaded man-eating Iions. which
had killed some fifty natives IN the past
As there IS nothing in the world a M
tive breads so much as a razn-sa1ng Ion
or leopard che latter are scare. auI
really do exisp. I eUr5ed my anger. ard,
resolving % square accounts with me
marauder On the morrow. e re could De
found. returned 10 ny tent. where ! soon
fell asleep again
Our cook awakened ne a. daylight
the following morning. and after rub
hing my eyes sIeepiiy. / found lhe dark
ness ard the Hon had faded away TO
gethe-. while the wzdi was alive with
the notes Of bird and wild fowl. After
hasty breakfast AZ once fIled my Jacket
pockets with cartridges and accompanied
by Gan. the zuIa. started out upon the
spoor % the Eon- When We had proceed
Cd about a mile we came upon yhe halt-
eaten carcass or tAe donkey. lying - q
small thickeJ After some careful re
considering we ascertaiEsd that ne Hon
vas not there. and 50 continued aa his
spoor over the thin growth % grass. As
It had rained lightly durins the early
morning. This vas very difficult, end AFTER
following Il for half a mile we lest 81
altogether There vas nothing 80 do 5u-
return TO camp which We did reluctantly
trusting that fate would throw the same
IN our way before we lest the wsdl
With the cool &C the evening came the
usual feeling Of restlessness. and calling
70 Gan. who was sitting apart from the
rest cleaning his esght-5ore. we again
took up the spcor % the u1u. following
1t leisUrely until We reached the carcass
of the donkey. When We reached tAe
spot We were delighted 20 discover tha-
the Hon had been there shortly Before our
arrival, his great tracks showing plainly
in the tell-tale sand We followed these
in hot haste. and soon an excited ex-
cIamadon from the zulu told me tina.
the game was close az hand. The sp01r
now led towards dense thicket q walt
a-hlt th0rns. about Two hundred yards ia
diameter. which we approached with sx-
trema caution
Lion there. sure. sahIb. whispered
Can in Zulu. ad6fng that I should ap-
preach from the 'front.'. while be went
around 20 the rear. % intercept him IN
case he tried 10 pass through. As ] ap-
preached the thicllet with the hammer
q my gun drawn. could 81 first see
nothing. I was about 70 cal 20 Can when
I made cut the backs OF Two large gel
low animals in the grass. and moment
later discovered that there were tw0 cubs
with them They were evidently dis
tgrbed. but were gazing IN the direction
taken BY Gan. apparently not having
noticed me. \ moment later a hne l.rr
srpang our into he open. and seeing ule
less than q fly PAGES away. gave Ios
g.20l and dlsapre AIRED into he tllek
brush. The other a uoness stood look
ing about evidently reluctant 20 leave
her cgbs- She was eye.nz ne closely. ana
&, required great deal ~ EFFORT 60 en-
able ne 70 scrape no enough courage 90
approach nearer. A. cid So. she turae5
and ran about ten feet 20 a thick eiump
~ grass. in which she cr5gche1 ~ law
7 could only see her head
4 ions yelIow eyes are ssnEgsrly !m-
presstve especially g. y5G happen tq De-
watching them eene thlriT EarIs c5r-
tant Tlth nothing but The ore0. lsFei
ground between y1g- They sarlns one t3
a great deal u discretion. and it sac
with extreme caution that l4vs Ar
preached her. her eyes following my
every movement and Watching a-@rrT or
my PARK for che fret sign % coming
charge. When / had reached 8 pelnt
about ff;een yards from hs- core. zsst
thar had better orau aasul-laf aua
taxing a very careful aim ~ her head Re-
tween tBe eye and ear. I pressed tae
trigger VITA a sagsszs rear she s1~ang
into the air and seemed - rs back
through her lair 7 c13czIy .a~ew f- ar
other cartrldee and fred tgst as size fs-
appeared {rt5 the bsssea. ana ga ,1a-s1r
later heard the foar - Cans elephant
gin. fs1.ows5 by ;ae saarsnx ~ aea
7 quickly ran z-o1ni the ts4-zs-. and
ia the act - dsscha-Eluz MS seeacd tzr-
rel into he very moarh = rhs L1u. ~zlea
wac charging straight fr Eim. 81 be
a--d be quickly jumped ~ are s.de while
TIE Jon tu-ned a c911Iefs Honsrsaslt.
hgt rezasned hls fess ia an .5staat and
STOOD waverfnz. extremity fa9 SIX Ed -
tempt za3tae charge n9- zraHHaz he~-
ri5Iy 7 Vas s0ost - Gre ~ hlra ~hen
he Cell oYer O. h.s ss6s. and - We AZ
p-oacse1 nez-e~ we c5sls Gee .sss -
was 20 rs last Fazfs ars 5eTe-f fas
roz5alHty os saiaz harn- a ssw esr-
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bis Feet. ard ~ vas de4H
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a~-= fq- We -s--es ra- sser~ RI ere
r.ser s.as = .he .1sekst e4s.9ar.g go
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Iiszess dssa-oesr r- aas 70. srrsr1as
~ zha1 ~ -zrs lao- Beg. s'rrt-as1
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