The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-08
a. \\I\G IOR LIONS.
hunter sometimes ri inr-st mat The,
Are In truth lbis Lame.

u, ,a-t' ,sm" ~ On" and suggested
r,,r. n., .i.lsl.s NoN. ku"w LIONS az
a.. a. %. deliberate hunting Tor a u'u Who
mourn. . murdered mat" Wa a pr"'""iinc
81, t.u,rar,u- thai ~" most f'"'h-riy ~
r,.,.--.r,I hunter. would rp' dar" no"
''..s., nut ~ ~. near u.,shhnrtppi of
,.. .t,, urrr. Mn" llpu"-- had h'''r stll"d
p..-.. va, .r- IN'u. with ~ ",f'huuaS" ,.''".
v,.-, rtmnIug- i.-.ius'"d the rcry ~IlrIt
- \.u \'rdt
4 an gnIug D." aid
mid not jet h.w =, alone. fpr II" had
fought too uft.u ~iI" hy >.ir "" -'-Tt'd
off o.. r.. sI--s cont sio tF,,uS "i.t. ~ 's'r-
.-t ,Yuud"u,". ia" srt.r~- plan h" had ~
vaIsfrg no tn thai tuWuliu'u- he'll = wrath
fr,,rr,'. AVID Il blowing = few Icth-i holes
ip d, with hi Naus"r As We cam" nearer
,r, roar. ,.a-"d IN" lion. weary With his
Upr.,,tiun, - the night. had snu" away
from IA. scene Il hi- b"rea vem"'t f'r rot
md sl.,u Uu' "" found. In ia" Juusi".-
d.pth-. the foutVay h" had trod IN = sentry
ua'h II twenty feet. he had stsik"d back
and forth fpr twelve long hours. calling aloud
Tor vengeance
ku.,mAu-.n. who looked upon Van Narit
a. a hot hrad'd madWau fuT N" time. de-
,td.d he would use the morning fpr n peace
ful -prnsbuk hunt. and tpuS hts hafif how
along H. vent 90 IN" dir',tt'u upposit" To-
our After half All hour To- clos" 'rlrktng. M"
NAM. Who had '"'n in ,i'ans" arI"-f"d
~ ht- elbow Nith al giuplsh audiences and a
whispered word
kri.tr amen stared ahead - him There,
Ia , TINY ,lrartug hot ihtr'' wards dN1y.
III. monarch stood. III name putv"rtnR vtfh
the intensity of hI. r%'icu'iuu md 10, brilliant
The Jingle veil ~ rover that had M" hunter
from hI. views The kgrir had a faith ~ ht-
master that was suhltm"
r-tmsus Know that death stood waiting
for hun Ia ~" clearing h'N prl III" chances
Nm a, ns n ,ui "a i ,.t h u, MO 1m"' n,.la ~"
Of mnnglei n--h h"fote be- could hAy" tam"
So ~ step hy stop. ht- very hrcath. I,ut
up. be- made ia" slow retreat IN" klnir.
fvu'ying al hl> master need do vas it" q
siusl" shot. accomplished him win al ~
lr"--iou 81 di~da,u tor zen good minute.
hri-'miuscn paced backward and then
cam" ~wiftly 10 10" camp again upon m"
chance" 81 making NJ q party who's. mum
h"rs would mean safety ~ a concerted Itia,N
kut the mn tortty at u~ wsrc aNaN and that
lion. with all ~" Others among III" spou~-s
of firir'. liou"~s. went unmolrst"d from
that dsy forth
was ia prc,ori, a little later and saw a
SIGHT tha, told me how wise krtstmaus"n
had h"eR The old"s, lion hunter Of III:
Irsn~vaal shook ~" hy ~" hand and used
hi- left hand for IN" greeting III" other
arm hung. with"r"d and h"lpl"~s. At his sd"
only half hi- tac" was Their" - sp"sk 1" ~"
The other half went into a hon NAV a lew
months earlier "" va, hunting -irtnshuk
With his snn. aud carried an ancient muyzl"-
lfhn'f t"ai ~hbt. in' tlu libA u'-'ihNh
buck not nifty feet away. and. kurrlins. iir.d
I h" crack of III" rifle was sn-vcr.d nv the
susi ling roar 81 a wounded lion Tn" bullet.
passing through IA" buck. had struck IN"
mighty beast a. h" Wa about To- spring
And u had uo NOR" than wounded him W."
l"st"d for III" smoke. coming on u! nNims
hounds. whii- my old friend fimbl"d wildly
with his powder horn ". was too slow
IN" bullet had not dropped into IN" barrel
lsior" III" lion Was uppn him 'ine 'runth
uf his tremendous Jaws, aud sn arm was
stripped To the hone Another. and IN"
Sid-0f the face had vanished The csvrrnou-
throat above IN. pro-tTst. man roared once
more, tsfor. the teeth should clash together,
when the son. running NJ, nut his rttl. barrel
10 the Hons I'D. and drove a half ounce
bullet through ht~ heart
The chances ar" IN favor of IN" Hon when
scCIdent brings him and man together