Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-15

hidden by the clumps of brush through
which we bad been working and no
did not see us. Slowly and majestic
ally he surveyed the little plain then.
thrusting out his ponderous jaw W.
tered roar that went laundering
down the reaches of moonlit silence
1t was with difficulty that could re-
strain Drayton from risking shot
from where we stood. The lion held
his pose and ducking under cover OF
the brush and treading softly on the
sand we hurried forward to the first
ridge of rocks. To pass these we
must attract his notice to certainty,
SO Drayton dropped on one knee while
| with every nerve tingling and my eyes
| and cars astrain to catch any sign of
his mate. who might be just beyond
the ridge for all we knew, waited for
| Drayton's shot. He chose the chest
and the crash of the Winchester went
echoing among the rocks. The mag
niticent beast leaped ten feet in the
air, then came rolling. tumbing, claw
ing down our side Of the koppo di.
rectly toward us. His wounded roar
was answered from other directions.
There We're two other lions on the
other side of the Hoppe and one in
/ the rocks and brush not 20 yards from
us to the right. But we had not time
to think of them. The wounded lion
got to his feet with incredible energy
and qnickness. As he leaped, with
another roar poured both barrels OF
my Parker into his body. That was
enough. He landed in commissions
and it was fortunate that he had
enough. There was a crash in the
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
broken and loaded gun MOI 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 lis like thunder
bolt. | meant to pull both barrels.
but gave her the right. She wavered
4 trife, but was on us before / could
fire again. She knocked Drayton fat
and his head. striking rock he lay
senseless, while her outstretched
talons tore his rifle from his hands
| and tumbled it Gathering among the
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 Raging him
aside | saw that he was merely
stunned and was now coming around.
The village having heard the shots
and the roaring of the lions was wild
with excitement, but though called
repeatedly it was full half hour be-
fore crowd OF the braves would Ven
ture out to help me with Drnyton, and
| to take in the two splendid prizes.
Farther down the ridge there We're
other lions roaring, but I was too
shaken by our narrow escape to
think of following them up that night.
BY permission of Lonsmans, Green &
Co., New York.
Copyright, 1909 by Benz. E. HamPton)
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chemically brought UP my weapon.
Taking more careful aim this time, l
ported her right in her white cravat.
sending her in somersault over the
young ones to their no little astonish.