davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

brush to the right and bounding into
the moonlight giving terrible voice.
came his mate. She stopped as she
caught sight of us. Never have l
broken and loaded gun more quickly.
Drayton had pumped in another shell
and without pausing to more than
swing on his knee and cover, he let
drive and missed, barely raking her
shoulder. She bit hastily at the wound
and then came for US like q thunder
bolt. I meant to pull both barrels,
but gave her the right. She wavered
a trifle, but was on us before I could
fire again. She knocked Drayton fiat
and his head, striking rock, he lay
senseless, while her outstretched
talons tore his rife from his hands
and tumbled it gathering among tho
bushes. Her momentum carried her
over him and her body merely
brushed me. leaped one pace to the
right and swinging my piece without
even bringing it to shoulder drove the
bucks into her throat. She was in
the act of whirling to rush upon Dray-
ton, but now dropped in her final
agony rolling over and over on him,
one blind blow from her paws tearing
half the clothes from his body but
leaving him unhurt: did not know
then but that she had crushed his
skull as she leaped, but iragging him
aside I saw that he was merely
stunned and was now coming around.
BY permission of Longmans, Green 4
Co., New York.
Copyright, 1909. by Benz. b. Hampton.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
An Anatomical Wonder,

Senator Beveridge was criticising
the ludicrous speeches of a certain up
right but hot-headed congressman.
HE does make queer blunders,
doesn't he?" said Senator Beveridge.
"Have you heard about his latest?
well, it seems that constituent,
visiting him recently, complained of
the shabbiness of a pair of ink
stained crash trousers that he had on.
"a man Of your position said the
constituent, reproachfully, ought to
wear handsomer trousers than those
THE congressman, offended, an
swered reproachfully:
my trousers may be shabby, but
they cover a warm and honest heart. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
Gas otherwise they would not be oc
o,,ruino THO hi1N

(as otherwise they would not be &C.
cupying this hilD.
However, they could not see any
thing of US, as it was then quite dark.
And we went farther on among the
mountains. In the early morning
light we crossed the deep river-bed
of the Umchingwe River, and, in do
ing so, noticed the fresh spoor of a
lion in the sand. We went on and had
good look at the enemy's stronghold:
and on our way back, as we ap.
preached this river-bed, agreed to go
quietly, in case the lion should be
moving about in it. On looking down
over the bank, my heart jumped into
my mouth when I saw a grand old
brute just walking in behind a bush.
Jackson did not see him, but was of
his horse as quickly as I was, and
ready with his gun: too ready, indeed,
for the moment that the lion appeared,
walking majestically out from behind
the bush that had hidden him, Jack.
son fired hurriedly, striking the ground
under his foot, and, as we afterwards
discovered, knocking of one of his
claws.
''The lion tossed up his shaggy head
and looked at us in dignif1ed surprise.
Then I fired and hit him with a leaden
bullet from the Lee-Metford. He
reeled, sprang round, and staggered
a few PAGES, when Jackson, who was
using a Martini-Henry, let him have
one in the shoulder. This knocked
him over sideways, and he turned
about, growing savagely.
II could scarcely believe that we
had got lion at last, but resolved
to make sure of it; so, telling Jackson
not to fire unless it was necessary
(for fear of spelling the skin with the
larger bullet of the MartinD, went
down closer to the beast and fired a
shot at the back of his neck as he
turned his head momentarily away
from me. The bullet went through
his spine and came out through the
lower jaw, killing him.
1--WE were pretty delighted at our
success, but our niger was mad with
happiness, for a dead lion-provided
! he is not man-eater-has many in
valuable gifts for Kafir, in the shape
of love-philtres, charms against dis
ease or injury, and medicines that
produce bravery. It was quite de-
lightfu to shake hands with the
mighty paws of the dead lion. to pull
at his magnificent tawny name, and
to look into his great deep, yellow
eyes. Then we set to work to skin
him; two of us skinning while the
other kept watch in case of the enemy
sneaking up to catch us while we were
thus occupied. We found that he was
fat, and also that he had been much
wounded by porcupines, portions of
whose quilts had pierced the skin, and
lodged in his flesh in several places.
Our niger cut out the eyes, gall-blad-
der, and various bits of the lions
anatomy, as fetch medicine. l filled
my carbine-bucket with some of the
fat, as knew my two boys Diamond
and M'tini, would very greatly value
it. Then, after hiding the head in a
neighboring bush where we could find
it again, we packed the skin on to
one of the ponies and returned to
camp nightly pleased with our.
Selves
BY permission of Longmans, Green &
Co., New York.
Copyright, 1909, by Benz. B. Hampton.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
DUskY MONARCH EASY. MARk''
"l'G q ssaut'fu, captays Prevst
!. / dust the Thing Whom mtr-
eency Came

Thesbeautiful young captive retained
eher presence of mind, however, and
when it came her turn tasbe taken
before the cannibal kn9sshmarceled
herself very carefully. -, :sx,.
Amt I sweet, thought :she e.
claimed. archly hirtintshe haadker-
chief.1t the monarch. q 5 ! = e > =
F. HI majesty At once fell into the
trap. TT -"
you're simply it," he replied cor
daily ..
"wen. sweet things are terribly, tat.
tenipg." -. -~,.....
"Ah!"
20. terribly. And there's nothing so
hop less'y out of it as to be fat, these
day$!" -, l,:'
Whereupon the king was greatly
shaken and commanded her instant re-
lease.
People used to blame me because
knew 1 was pretty, but all the time
felt sure the knowledge would come
handy some day." commented the
lovely creature, as she was led away.
Puck.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
Unexpected Prize.

With deftness acquired by long
and patient practice the pickpocket
extracted an old but well-filled wallet
from the hip pocket of the unsuspect-
ing old gentleman with the beaming
countenance against whom he had
carelessly brushed when leaving the
street car, and on reaching secluded
place he opened it.
The contents had been wrapped with
great care in numerous thicknesses of
blank paper. Removing the wrappings
one by one, he found in the center Of
the package card with this inscrip-
ton upon it: young man, Give Up
Your Career Of Crime! Nothing
In IT."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

when the nine arose and yawned and
stretched their massive jaws and
LIMBS. the patrol, remembering the
old maxim concerning the relations
batween discretion and valor,
changed the course of their advance
and took another line.
One time, when I was patrolling
the bank of the Shangani river with
three men, the massive form of a
lion was seen slowly moving over the
boulders of the river-bed. The cor.
poral and jumped of our horses in
a moment, and fired volley deux,
at about 100 yards. One shot thudded
into him, the other striking the
ground just under his belly. He
sprang with a light bound over q
rock and disappeared from our view.
Posting one man on a high point on
the bank to watch the river-bed
and leaving the other in charge OF
our horses, the corporal and I made
our way down to where we had last
seen the lion. We were armed with
Lee-Metford carbines and we turned
on our magazines In order to have q
good running fire available should our
quarry demand it.
Meantime our main body, coming
along the opposite bank of the river,
had seen our maneuver, and an Off.
Ger and one man had come down into
the riverbed from their side to help US.
Gradually and cautiously we sur.
rounded the spot where we guessed
the lion to be-cautiously, at least,
as far as three of us were concerned;
the fourth, the man who had come
from the main body, was moving in q
far freer and more confident manner
than any of us could boast; he clam.
bered over the rocks and sprang with
agility into the most likely corners
for finding a wounded lion lying am.
pushed, and his sole weapon was his
revolver-for he was farrier. Such
is Tommy Atkins::' whether it is the
outcome of sheer pluck, or of ignor.
ance, or of both combined, the fact
remains that he will sail gayly in
where danger lies, and as often as not
sail gayly out again unframed.
However, to continue; at last we
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

and kept up q guerrilla warfare for
months, never daring to show them
selves. ~
In January. 1906, when small COL
umn was operating in the Ohonhon
country, northwest of Bande, it had q
lot of trouble with a town called ONO
Oga Ngolori, the reason given being
that when the Long Juju of Arochuku
was destroyed in 1902. it was brought
to this place ~ being out of reach of
the government, and the Arc priests
tried to re:establish It here and. carry:
on their tormnr customs. At any rate,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

1t was reported to be most power
full Juju, and meant certain death to
any one who entered it's hiding place.
We made q visit to Il.
All round were sticks stuck in the
ground supporting skulls, eggs and
bones, while blood was splashed over
the walls; on theright Of the entrance
was a large basin of water about 18
inches deep, Shewn out Of the rock, in
which water trtckled through from tia
roof. and in which. . few fish glided
about. $ 81 - ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

BY Lieuf.-Ge11. X. s. s. Baden
Powell, +. X. G. s.


Through all the world the name
OF Baden Powell, soldier and scien-
tist, IS celebrated and but fen people
Gnow that he has the ability to shine
BY right Of his pen and brush as
Wel1. The hero Of Mafeking and a
dozen other campaigns filed IN the
gaps 6etween military engagements
with hunting and this "Sport in
War; contains some dramatic ad-
centuries sprinkled with bits of rare
huna0r and caustic comment. 4 most
unusual feature is the reckless woy
IN vhach he hunted with military
arms instead of the customary weap-
0ns for big game.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
No Romance About lt,

The stricken man constantly moaned
the name of the young woman who
had Tilted him.
Tell her." he said to the medical
man, that her cruelty killed me. Tell
her I am dying from broken heart"
The medical man shook his head.
Jaw, 60 on" he said. THAT would
be shamelessly unprofessional. Your
hearts all right. It's your liver that's
the trouble"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
0utwitted by the Jungle King

We halted on the river-bank during
the intense heat of the day, aud be-
fore resuming our march in the even
ing we sailed out once more to search
the river-bed and an islet grown with
bushes, where We hoped he might be-.
And while we searched the hussar,
who had been assigned to me to hold
my horse, and who was the man who,
in the morning, had been posted to
watch the river-bed, asked: How
many lions are there supposed to be
here?" l told him ''Only the one we
fred at this morning."
Whereupon he grimly said, "Oh,
saw him 60 away up the river when
you went down it. He was a dragging
his hindquarters after him."
It appeared that the man thought
he had been posted to guard against
surprise by an enemy, and did not
realize that we, being down among
the rocks, could not see the lion which
was so visible from his lookout place.
And so we lost that lion.
But had better luck another time.
It stands thus recorded in my diary:
10th October.-(To be marked with
red mark when can get red pen
Gill; Jackson and a native boy &C.
companied me scouting this morning;
we three started OF at q. m. In
moving round the hill that overlooks
our camp we saw match struck high
up near the top Of the mountain.
This one little spark told us a good
deal. It showed that the enemy were
there; that they were awake and alert
Il say they because one Niger
would not dare to be up there by
himself in the dark); and they were
aware Of our force being at Posselt's
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
TROUBLE OVER MERRY WIDOW
The Hat So Named, Of Course, 10
Meant, and the Tale Is a Dis
NAL One, Indeed

There's weeping bride y Borough
Park and an angry br1deg> com, too,
and frenzied halter, which, ioes not
matter as much as the bri&s's "boo.
hoo!" writes the poet report.y of the
New York Tribune.
When subway trains anN Gushing
crowds Of men from every nefion had
damned the stairs and platr:~rm of
the Twenty-third street saztson the
ticket seller, Charlie Holt, whose tenn
per seemed cratic, held up a ticket
buyer with a question most emphatic.
The buyer, Israel Cohen, a milliner's
errand boy, with hat as big as ever
seen, had caused the clerks annoy.
The hat was just linear yard across
from brim to brim, while half that dis
lance up and down made other hats
look slim. For the hat bride was
waiting and the hour was getting late,
but the subway, Holt insisted, was not
built to carry freight.
So Holt emerged from out his box
and made pass at Cohen, while Is
rael seemed inclined to think twas
time that he was goin'. But ere the
luckless messenger was able to es-
cape the merry Widow" outfit had
assumed a woeful shape. No longer
high and lofty, but mashed so badly
that 1t looked more like a pancake
than merry Widow hat.
But while the fight was at its height
a copper came around, arrested Holt
(heaven help his LOTT before he'd
fought one round. To the nearest
station of police, In Twentieth street,
they tell, he took poor Holt, charged
with assault, and locked him in a
cell.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
An Irish Bull.

After Boyle Roche's famous bird
comes the County Cork veterinary sur
geon. At the last meeting of the Dun
manway rural council member of
that body complained Of the inatten-
ton of the official veterinary surgeon.
There was," the rural councillor ex-
planned, "a case of swine fever in this
place recently, and, though the doc
tor got the order to go there, he
never turned up until the following
Tuesday, and even then it was an
other man who came to represent
him."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

ache, rheumatism, dizzy and fainting
spells, urinary disorders, dreadful
bloating Of dropsy and finally a COM
plete prostration that defied medical
skill and caused her to be given up.
Through the use Of Doan's Kidney
Pills Mrs. Kessler is a well woman
and is willing to tell about her case
to anyone who cares to inquire.
Sold by all dealers. so cts. box.
FoSter-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
SCARED BY '<STAR SHELL"

It's effect was extraordinary. The
Ahiaras, Onichas and their warlike
friends, who had spent years building
the most marvellous trenches and
stockades to guard every possible ap.
proach to their country, told us after
ward that they had meant to give US
very warm time, but that the star
shell was too much for them. Any
one who could do4this must be super
natural. and they ned into the bush
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
A Youthful Idea.

"See, my: son." said an enthusiastic
parent, anxious to impress the beau
ties and resources Of nature, what
beautiful green dresses of &aves the
trees have now, when in winter they
are quite bare"
II guess" said the youngster,
thoughtfully, that when winter comes
they pack these pretty green dresses
in their trunks. don't they?"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
Dangers Of Camping in the Lion
Country.

Moreover, to all our fun seasoning
was added in the shape of lions, whose
presence or proplnquity was very fire.
quently impressed upon US at nights
by deep-toned grunts or ghostly ap-
partitions within the halo of our watch
fires. In defiance of the rules Of war
which forbid the use Of fires by
night, as guiding an enemy's night at
tack-we had a ring of bright fires
burning round our bivouac to scare
away the lions.
BY day we saw them, too. One pa
troll, indeed, came upon a group Of
nine lying doing in the bush; and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
Some Of the Many Curious Adventures
That BefalI Traveller In Dark
Continent.

Curious adventures befall explorers
In southern Liberia, al one Of them
writes: when we entered this coun-
try in 1906 we fired star shell to
try to communicate with the column
marching from Okla. This was seen
BY tho natives for miles around. and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
Less Precarious Also.

Scott-So Rawson has become q
preacher. Last time I saw him he was
in doubt whether to be that or law
yer. wonder what decided him.
Mott-He probably recalled the say
ing that it is easier to preach than
to practice.-Boston Transcript.
To act with common sense, accord
ing to the moment, is the best wis
dom I know.-Horace Walpole.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

while examining this, one Of the
officers made some remark, setting
up a series Of echoes. which resound
ed from the walls Of the cave. Ie Ger
tainly was most queer, and was al
together too much for the few soldiers
and others who out Of curiosity had
followed us in, for they dropped their
carbine sand fled out"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

were on the spot, but no lion was
there-an occasional splash Of blood,
and here and there, where sand lay
between the rocks. the impress of a
mighty paw showed that he had moved
away after being hit. But Soc all
traces ceased, and though we searched
for long we could find no other sign
of him.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

were endured BY
Mrs. Caroline Kess.
Ter of w. Main St.,
Paw Paw, Mich. Well
and strong again,
her case is thought
a miracle by her
friends. What Mrs.
K e sler W q n {
through makes 4
limo aforv-hack.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
Good. IF HomeIy. Advice.

Good, II HomeIy, Advice.
DR.. Wilfred T. Grenfel, the famous
Labrador explorer and social worker
says that in the interests Of the cam
paiga against tuberculosis, he has in
duced most of the natives. to weave
the motto, Don't Spit" in their rugs
instead of other homely sayings
which were formerly used.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

Never BE Afraid to Doubt.
Never be afraid to doubt, If only
you have the disposition to believe:
and doubt in order that you may end
in believing the truth.-Leighton.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

to tell of facing lions with a small
caliber military rifle, an adventure to
thrill army sportsman.
In the first place, scouting played a
very prominent part in the prelimin-
aries to major operations.
This scouting, to be successful, ne
cessitated ones going with the very
slenderest escort-frequently with
one man only, to look after the horses,
and for long distances away from our
main body, into the districts occupied
by the enemy and by big game. Thus,
one was thrown entirely on ones own
resources, with the stimulating knowl-
edge that If he did not maintain a SUI
flcient alertness of observation and
action, he stood very good chance,
indeed, not only of failing to gain in
formation which you were desired to
seek, but also of getting himself wiped
out, and left in stress on the veldt.
"Spooring,' or tracking, was our
main source OF guidance and informa-
ton and night the cover under which
we were able to make our way about
the enemy's country with impunity.
The pleasures of the pursuit of
game were all the more enhanced by
the knowledge that the meat was
really necessary to us, and especially
by the fact that we often carried out
our sport at the risk of being our
selves the quarry of some sneaking
band of rebel warriors.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

/IVRY HAT kind of sport did you
" have out there?" is the
question with which men
have, as rule, greeted one on
return from the campaign in Rhode
STA; and one could truthfully say,
I'VE had excellent sport" l am about
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
+.~49=@
Lion
Hunt
By Baron, Heinrich Albert

Baron Heinrich Albert, the Aus-
trian-Swiss adventurer, has hunted
game in euery part Of the worzd. He
has an estate which provides hin,
wtth an income of $4,000 per- gear,
and for the past Is years, that IS
since his majority, he has travelled
over the globe facing dangerous AMI
mails and laying then, lou. 1t Is not
often that a man is found whQ has
hunted puma, grizzly, moose, lion,
tiger, elephant, wolf, rhinoceros,
hippopotamus, leopard, oceolot, etc.
In these especially written papers he
has narrated for this series some Of
his most stirring encounters IN the
territory through which Er-Presi-
dent Roosevelt wil1 hunt.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
HER FRIENDS WONDER
How Mrs. Kessler Was Rescued from
Almost Certain Death.

Few have lived through such trials
and suffering from kidney disease az
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13

vt WOULD be absurd after nego-
tiating the dangers Of passage
of the Upper Nile out of season
and after traversing several hundreds
Of miles of country in the hands
of rebellious tribesmen. to come
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
Bucolic Rehuke.

00V0SV BtVO0N0s
PA is scoldin the new gardener
dreadfully."
''The man is such hayseed."
II suppose that is the reason pa 10
giving him such raking over"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-08-13
One Yhino Needful.

Ou0 1utu3 Neeo1UJs
picking pockets" says Nifty Mike
10 like any udder bizness. It's: y
cinch aftex ye gifts yer hand iq."@ a.