The Jasper news., 1908-12-10

fierce, she side stepped and cuffed
him on the jaw and everybody laughed
except Pa.
Then Pa thought he would make a
grandstand play and drive her back
in her cage, and he started towards
her real fast on his hands and knees,
and gave "honk-honk" like an auto,
and we thought she was scared, but
guess she wasn't frightened so you
ways and got around behind Pa, and
1 said, Sick him, Carrie" and by
gosh she grabbed Pa by the slack Of
his pants and made rush for the
railing, and before I could grab her
by the tail she jumped right over.
board with Pa in her mouth, and
landed kersplash in the deep blue sea,
with Pa yelling to the men to take
her off.
We all rushed to the rail, and I be-
gan to cry, but the boys told me not
to be scared, as Carrie would bring
Pa to the yawl all right.
The men launched a life boat and
the lioness was swimming around
with Pa in her teeth, as though she
was dog with rag doll in it's mouth.
Pa was swallowing salt water and
saying something that sounded like:
"Now I lay me-" and Carrie was try
ing to keep his head out of the water
by lifting hard on his pants, and final
ly the life boat got near them and
they grabbed Pa by the. legs and
pulled him in and he laid down in the
bottom of the boat, and the lioness
climbed over the side and began to
shake herself, and then she licked the
salt water off, and when the boat
came alongside she jumped up on the
deck and rolled over and turned SON.
ersaults, and then they pulled Pa on
deck and when he got his sea legs
on he said to the manager of the ex-
pedition and the captain of the boat:
Gentlemen, l have rescued your lion.
and claim salvage, and you can give
me credit for whatever she is worth
as a show ANIMAL" and then Carrie
went to her cage, and everybody pat
ted Pa on the back and made him
think he had saved thousand-dollar
lion from drowning.
Pa asked me to accompany him to
our state room, and when the outer
door was closed and he saw my tear
stained face, he said: You think you
are darn smart don't you? Il heard
you say sick him to that old moth
eaten lion, and now don't you ever in
terfere with my plans again. l got
that lion so frightened by my fierce
look, and the noise I made, that she
jumped overheard, and l went along
to save her. Now, help me off with
my clothes and rub me down and l
will go out and chase tiger round
the deck, and make it climb up into
the rigging and beg to be taken down.
That is the kind of a man your Pa is,"
and Pa began to shuck himself, and
rubbed him down as if he was a race
horse. / can see that when we come
to the wild animal fields Pa is going
to astonish the natives.
We landed at port in South At
RIGA in the night, and before morning
we had all our stuff on a special
train and about daylight We pulled
out for a place about 800 miles from
the coast, and the next day we were
in camp with the tents all up and the
cages in place, and had engaged 200
negroes with no clothes on to help us.
When they saw the airship spread
out ready to be filled with gas when
we got ready to use it, some Of them
deserted, but we got others to take
their places.
suppose when we fill that gas bag
with chemical gas and 1t begins to
flop around, there won't be a negro
left in Africa.
We are in wild animal country
all right. The first night the lions
in the jungle kept us awake, and Car.
rie Nation answered every time the
wild lions beloved, until Pa had to
go and maui her with a bamboo club
The next morning there were lion
tracks all around camp, and Pa says
/ the trouble is going to be that the
lions will hunt us instead Of our
having to go after them.
| A drove of zebras stampeded by our
| camp the first morning, couple of
giraffes were looking lis over from a
hill top, and rhinoceros went
through the camp and stole smoked
ham.
Pa is so scared he stays In his tent
most of the time and shivers. He
says he has got chills. and fever, but
| can tell when mans heart comes
up in his mouth, and chokes him.
told him this morning that If he