Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-11-03
4Mi1ttllanrous 4radina.
SAVED FROM A LIONS GRIP.
An Experience Few Men Have Ha'
and Lived.

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ada ON Il hurtimg rxpriiti"n. is one Of
the Very few men who HAY" been at
tackled hy IN" Central African lion
whil,. aSl'rp il camp ana hav" lived
To t.n the tale. As guess of honor at
q recent dinner AT the Manhattan club
h. WIS prevailed upon 10 tell tn" fol-
lowing story Of an experience, he had
whil,. surveying for The Cape To Cairo
railroad i'm thu Central African region
rruu ri I4ik's Victoria and Albert
| NyanZ;i.
| "Dur camp" h.. said was made in 4
clearing perhaps three ur four hundred
| yards in diameter. ON one side WAS
rnnking hut of the usual African con-
stru'ti"n- twigs plastrr''h with mud
with another hut near by i'm which our
stores w"r" keep. Undoubtedly tn"
| lion that visited us was attracted To
The spot by the ndnr of considerable
"am, We had hagg"h during the pre-
c,iing day and had been curing dur
| ing the cool of the evening.
My HsSiStart WAS Il man named
| Thomas. who occupied Il hut across TN"
clearing from my own. As We We're
4 bit worn by our exrrtionS durilg the
day we retired early after banking the
fire over which we had prepared sup
| per
| Il r. mrmhrr,d having grnprd my
| way into tn" back Of my tent ami
|
| barrel near Il cnllapSibr camp bed.
| Though il WAS com parativrly early ii
WAS II StHrlrsS night and pi:ch dark
| nutSihr
"Aflrr reading a bit and then laying
my month old London paper aside. |
| blew out tn" ca rdlr through the gauZr
of the mosquito netting and immcdi-
a',ly fl! asleep. Just how long my
| SIT rp lasted it would he needless 10
| say. hut my awakening was occaSinn"l
| hy Il distinct S,.m<, of S,m"thing mnv-
| ing u :l, + my back.
"Prr<"mtly. in much shorter time
| than the telling requires the thing
| cam. out ar up as ii SEEMED: and was
aware of two phuSphorrScrnt eyes
glaring down upon M with Il chilly
II, arl ssnrS$ that almost frnZ" my
blood
Il kuw ii WIS Il lion knew il was
Il man. at,r. with his fangS worn down
and legs rather stiff with age. thus
comp" ling him Ia SEEK food easier Of
r,nrhimg than tn" ilrrr footed Intrl-
"I" ahurInlug in tn" region of the
camp.
Ills ry"S glanced along the III
quit" bar. al il waS plain thai : I"
animal WIS puzzled by th" contact mI
| his WhiSkrrS against the thin galiH'.
| This hesitation did n"t last long. how
.v"r for with II sudden soft purr hr
thrust his great head forward. seized
m" 10y tn" left shoulder and dragged
m,. nuI OH tn" innr Iik" II kitten
| i,lnyiur with Il mouse.
"rhr muSIuit" netting which rlung
about M. hr instantly tor" I" pieces
| with II swift movement of his FORE
| paw. This du.u. he S",'ne' I" squat
on my prnStrit~ hmiy. his two heavy
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