Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-19

worked before. Itawas then that got this
rake = down, my arm The big claw cut cut the the
fesh to the bone from shoulder to wrist.
1,nt put. didn't feel it;SI shouldn't have known
su nao 80 was hurt but for the blood which ran
At last secured the door, and then he
nb;n, ohm around the hut and began trying the
A., Il tod the children to stand in the mid.
e;ebt ~ fent eae ntte room, for it was only about
stretch out wonderfully. eO w
of Nv was "a afraid he might leap on to the top
y; "a .ue oid shanty and try there: but he
dhan tha h = or ne would certainly have torn away
'ne "a ffn. ~. rooi and been down upon US.
tance, like that of a person calling 70 son,e
one. L looked through a chink and saw Mr.
i5oa1l c9hing; he was calling to his wife to
keep back. He had his gun with him. but 1T
sa;,or nG Knew e no more about shooting than
The jaguar left the hut and ran in a
fr1ucning aat way, to little bush, where it Law
nat, waiting for its prey to come mn
II shouted to Mr.. Ackley not to venture
any nearer, nearer, Tor | did not know what else to
retrea uo atsGugn thg IT was certain that, should he
"The man hesitated a IttIe iase S,t b .o
t,ila tnlliklng Oh ms children, and in moment or
t Two ne began to step forward. r could see
In Lne laen5ars spotted launches work, where
ne Idyi IKE those OF cat when on the point
OIL making run for bird.
must do something, for felt almost
sure that the missionary would miss his mari,
ana TINS would mean certain death.
an instant | tore the door aside and
ran out, hoping to attract the beasts atten
@ elon' ana enen be able to retreat into my fort
ress IN time to escape from him. He turned
at my shouts, and sprang toward me with
surprising bounds. me WIN
TO my horror, saw that the children
had followed me out. I could have made
my mi % own escape. but L tried to gather them
the door we fell In a heap together.
+ 81 saw the, jaguar only ten faet az ,5
threw myself in his way, shouting: w. anu
Kun, children, run!'
Inc next instant | was dashed to the
ground from which l had lust snrnno ,,r
and two rows of terrible teeth wara Sd upi
right here In my breast, where Won saw those
scars So" '"oSe
Mr.; Ackley must have run toward nc at
proolgious rate, Tor it seemed to me not
thunderous report within three ea feat 80 W ,a a
ear. The savage teeth loosed their hold IN
an instant, and, springing I'D. I saw +ba
jaguar lying. flat on his back, with 5;s bnne une
paws quivering in the air. AA' Huse
ga whole charge of bucksbot h,l
through his body, just behind the shonlSSo ors
and no doubt torn his vitals to sbreds .
Mrs. Ackley soon came up, and the so.na
that followed was at once SO joyfuI and so
pathetic that l could have cried over T. anu ~
"'Oh, mamma! mammal the III I;ttia is' ono.
all moaned, in breath, as they ran % to obes bes
arms; while she, on her part, could onIv " sob sob
in her rapturous joy, and hold them cclasoy.
and closer to her heart. 'iosei
'@The jaguar, at which had fired at the
beginning Of the affair was found dead with It'll
'It appeared that Mr.. Aekiev nt and IHun hiu
had discovered the children's tracks and nv nv
own, and had followed the course of the hoi-
low, as had done. -'-
eve got the little ones safely home. and
in their earnest, pretty way, they told us ali
about their wanderings. They must have
come upon the hut about five hours after
setting out, as it was beginning to grow dark.
they said, when they came to house with
nobody in it, and there the poor little tired
things had slept all night.
'Mr. Ackley had the jaguars skinned and
I have one of those skins now. 1t is beauty,
and I'll show it to you any day when you
call"