Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-05-14

OWN, s. b. sIss
Sidden Id long grass about 10 yard
from the covert, and the noisy line IL
ssbeaters had already alpro he'd with
AZ half q mile when my Somali gun
bearer Einli Hassans who was lying
beside me pointed into tho woods.
Saying Sect Two lionst You no
Ssee certainly slid not So. They
were not easy ~ tletect, ~ low ana
steal THY was their az Vance IN As the
lions were comp etely inclosed,
would not risk the uncertain shot they
now offered. a point exactly on
my front the twn beasts my down Hi
two green bushes that grew within II
dozen yards OF each other beneath the
last struggling trees.
Hardly had this incident occurred
than we became aware, by chorus
Of discordant yells from the heaters,
some of whom We could see rushing
out of the woods, that they had coma
across something inside that was not
quits to their taste. The word sim.
ba, (lion) pred ominated, and at once
the three guns on my right, includ.
ling my brother, dashed toward the
point Indicated, Having two lions In
front Of me, Il remained quietly where
I was, beckoned to my left hand
neighbor, told him what had seen
and arranged that he should advance
from the left while i went straight In
to the lions In front
AT twenty yards distance 1t seemed
impossible that 80 large q beast MS ii
Hon could still be lying In SO small q
bush without my seeing 1t. They
must, thought. have slipped away
nnobseryed, and was walking on,
almost carelesslv until Within ten
yards Of the right hand bush, when
Elmi suddenly seized my arm, point,
ing The rifle he carried into the base
OF the bush and Missed ]: See! see.
The lion! Shoot him. Spring
Once more 1 must admit that I could
see nothing. Strain my eyes as. ]
would, / could distinguish nothing like
a lion In that bush. Il decided rather
recklessly, and perhaps from sent
sense Of shame that d black mar
should be SO superior In eyesight, L
fire. There was no nistaking the re.
Spouse "A growl more savage than
ever had heard in my life before.
also saw through the thick smoke tlle
electric CONFUSION with which thu
beast pulled itself together for !
spring, The movement disclosed The
Position Of the head and shoulder, and
put the second bullet well ii behind
the shoulder The beast So growl
ing, but mortally sick crawled out be
yond nav saw it was a illoness
Elmi handed me the AS, and q third
bullet, raking forward from the stern
stretched her among the grass.
lille rushing forward to examine
the beast and Id the excitement of the
moment utterly forgetting the second
lion in the other bush, now behind us
j was promptly reminded by shouts
and Two rapidly fired shots III that al
rection. Turning round, i was Just Ii
time to see this beast, also lioness
bound out toward me, a yellow strenk
from the thick covert, growing and
snarling. Iremember seeing her white
| teeth MS she commenced another7gf
she was only twenty yards away
but that movement was her last.
Paradox ball on the shoulder dropped
4 her from our sig
.sWhile Elmi and / were thus occu
| pied we had heard several rife shots
away on our right. IT now transpiret
that a third lioness had also been Sc
cured by the guns who had gone Of
In that direction. All three lionesse,
were dragged out Of the covert BY oul
4 boys and laid In a row on the grass
outside. where a scene Of indescriba
bic excitement ensued, the Niger.
dancing and Jumping around the dead
beasts to an accompa niment Of shrieks
beating Of toIntoms and other fear
some Instruments, including biseui
tins.
In the open the hunter continual,
uses his powerful fieldglasses In seek
ing game, and at times he discovers /
4 Hon that may be approached b.
means Of bush stalking hat is,s b,
warily stealing close enough to him II
secure a shot. But to insure success.
the animal must not be disturbed, ans
annoying difficulties arise. The shit
ing winds and numerous small TOW
and animals that start up noisiiy from
undertook serve to warn the intendes
prey. BY getting SO that the wins
blows from the lion toward the hunter
4 or nearly 90. the animal does not detec