Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-18

flung it over the gunwale and picked up ms ms
Panama with the intention OF going INTO ms
hammock At that moment peculiar piash-
ing near the bow arrested his attention. .od
II wonder what that is?" he mutterte;mm'
looking in the direction, but standing sun
Some stick or, log striking against Vhe pro"'
] suppose. Hello!' ..,;or
This time it was accompanied by q peculiall
Jar, which caused him to move rapidly u,a VoWalu
it. Before he could reach the point, hoWeuor, O.,
round, massive head appeared ana an noio enoiI
nous jaguar bounded clear over the Bun"
and landed at his feet .,..d, ), sx.
sMy gracious! I'd rather be excused, ek
claimed Thornley,, as he made leaH uoe Do"
ward. 81 don't care about your acq9aLln.anr aqL s,,,n
The reflection that he had neither Snnt,
pistol, nor anything more than pocket cl
nife atlded to the speed with when ne tra LEI
eled, and he scrambled into his quarters e L VILE
a yell and haste that aroused al 'ne 'ie"
and his friends. a., Loo+
The hullabaloo thus created dazed the Deas'
somewhat but it bounded away IN pursshIit;t SUI;
and came so near catching the fugitive u. Iiia'
| it tore off the hat and ripped down .i,e sui; an
abrading the skin and causing an .t aep's frpther
Thornley, managed to escape without lut'h;; ..t s,
injury, and the natives scrampieo ou' "
search of their weapons. .4..., ;n+o i,
| The jaugar saw that it had gotten INTO a
hornets. nest, and without proSevusle ,,nwslee into
the Parana, and was gone before Du,e'
could be lodged in its body. ,:4,.
| The adventure of Thornley, created no hltie
amusement, when it was found ne ;,doted naa t0i
| been hurt TO any extent The dllapidatea
| condition of his clothes and the sting Oh wha'
seemed to have been made by only single
| nail of the beasts paw were ludlcrous enough
| to excite laughter upon the part OF anyone.
THORNLEY, vowed he would get even with ti,e
iaguar by shooting him on the morrow: ~
was abnormally marked by numper oL W. w
| rings about the muzzle and eyes, SO striklll2
that he noticed it even ia the semi-darKness.
srThere'u be no trouble about recognizing
If " he said as the scratch was carefully pias-
| tered over. "and III chase 1t az the way 10
Aspinwa but what In tetch IT, -, A.,
Marty landed for a tramp and hunt througi,
| the woods Thornley, and companion nanel .
Wilmer separated from the rest, with view
of paving particular attention to ths speci-
men. -. - =;
Precisely how they expected to get It N
hand. neither was able to say. as they had
no means of retaining it, and it hardly seemed
probable that it would their 5 PAN heS SshI shnI
not been gone half. hour from the poat, an, anu
were still skirting along the Parana' "heh
Thornley, suddenly exclaimed:
"By George, there 1T is! -, without
being seen by it. 1t happened that Jus, a.. 1T
| that moment it was stealing along the MUDDY
shore. with stealthy approach upon croeo-
dile that seemed sleeping, hall IN ana ous 'nf n
water. lt was easily EcCOSht<Su W,
the peculiar rings about the muzzie Already
referred to. .,.-
Instantly the two hunters became intensely
absorbed in the prospective fight Two sqen
powerful animals were certain to make tnG tI;
fiercest kind of struggle, and no one could tell
to whom the victory would turn
Only a few PAGES separated the ]uguar an9
the reptile, and the men cautiously stepped
back, SO as not to interfere with the coming
trouble. The next moment the beast made
leap, and the very instant it did so, the croe- %
odiIe started up, and by a whirl, done with
wonderful quickness for one so large, defeated
tbe purpose of its assailant, which was to
rend it in vulnerable part. -,
The massive jaws came together like a
giant steel trap and closed upon the Jaguar,
which pluckily held on. There was thun-
derous threshing and foundering for few
moments. and before the beast could prevent
| it. he was forced into deep water. Here the
crocodile had him just where it wanted him,
and easily forced him beneath the surface,
where he was held until drowned.
Thornley, and Wilmer waited on the bank
for some minutes, in the hope of gaining a
chance to shoot the victor, and so square ac-
counts; but it keut out of their way. and they
were forced to return to the boat without
gaining the coveted shot.