Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-11-14

the beautiful lea athereti specimen had
disappeared In thick grove ii fitted
Oh ahead to another tree. The sports
man must have pursued the bird more
than two miles. Suddenly it dawnea
upon him that without Il guide he was
in fair way Of getting lost in the for
est. He had followed the bird. hoping
to get near enough to make sure Of
bringing ii down without running Its
plumage, but now he blazed away at
long range.
thing Of gold color came tumbling and
over end to the ground. The next
thing that Herr S. remembered with
any clearness was that lie was sitting
astride a limb in the nearest tree be
wailing the fact that in his wild scram-
looking rhinoceros he had dropped his
gun. Just how he managed to keep
clear OF his assailant and reach the
limb Of the tree he could not explain.
He also knew enough about rhlnoc-
crosses to understand that he was in a
very unenviable plight. The rhinoceros,
he felt certain, would haunt the foot
of the tree for days, waiting for his
victim with the tireless persistence
that Is his characteristic.
The gun had been dropped at the foot
of the tree, and the rhlnoceros had al
ready found it, After nosing 1t i'll
quisitively he deliberately stamped II
to earth and broke 1t. -
Becoming tired Of charging about, he
finally lay down and kept sly watch
upon the man above, hoping by lying
still to tempt him to descend. The
least movement on the part Of Herr
S.. and the watcbful brute would
could Herr s shouted until hoarse, but
echo was the only response.
Evening came apace, and darkness
followed daylight During the nigh
the rhinoceros was at first Invisible
| but Herr s. did not fatter himself thai
| its vigil was less keen. The lmpris
! oned sportsman again lifted up his
vol" and shouted THIS c'ne TO his
astonishnent, he was answered by /
I mewling cry from the branches aboy,
his head.
Herr S. knew the cry only too we'll
1t was the wall OF baby panther. 1
must have been hidden sonewher,
among the dense foliage Of the treetol
all this time. and the German was hor
riiied at the thought that the youn,
panther would most assuredly befor,
morning be visite,! by It's mother.
The young panther. which had prof,
ably been cur!eti III, asleep al! day ant
not aware of its strange Eeighbors
now set up loud wailing cry q
fright 1t was badly scared at the hu
man voice shouting so near and wa
calling to its mother.
A wild scream from the depths o
the forest half Il mile away told til
sportsman that the parent beast hat
heard 1t and was Fastening to its re
lief The rhinoceros now suddenl
awakened to sense OF the new stat
Of affairs In a twinkling he was O
his feet and looking menacingly in tn
direction of the approaching panther.
Hardly had he thought Of this whe
splendid she panther came boundin
with a great, anxious roar into tn
space Immediately about the tree. Th
kitten in the treetop uttered wall 9
recognition. The mother became fur
Gus as she stood and glared first at tn
rhinoceros and then at Herr S. Roun
and round the tree she crcled, an
round and round in Il smaller ring eli
cled the malicious brute Of rhinoc,
ros, ready to attack her.
At length Herr S. heard the cry {
another forest prowler in the distance
; The panther below heard it too Squa
ting on her launches minute, lister
ing intently, She set up terrific roa
ing. evidently intended for the other.
: The screams Of the distant anim
came nearer and more distinct. It VIZ
another panther coming to the rescue.
The rhinoceros seemed to compr
hend the situation readily for he shoe
his head more tlercely and lowered h
horn and listened, as II anticipating s
: attack.
In Il few minutes the d