New-York tribune., 1909-04-11

however congratulating myself not belux -.
through when out OF the darkness beyond the srs
Of the blankets came ear-spllttlng yell II Ia,
this stage in the story book tales OF cougars a.
jaguars that the lone but knd-hearted travs1..
always starts out with the condensed milk ca, :.
succor the distressed child. always. os course =,
be a1nbushed killed and eaten NJ such ir7pr,,
was mine. knew the distressed child was tbs-.
all right but I also knew that IL was wrapped ~
or three feet thick IN the best product OF an Ana,
ican vvooIIen company. and I Ioatu TO exoo,, +,
10 the elements.
Twice more sounded the cry, and tUics nor,
refused to listen 70 its call l. seemed 20 bs Con-
inl, nearer though 7 would have sworn that Z. ~
its nose under NY feet when IL yelled the frs. TIM.
Again the shrisk this time near tha; I taou-s,
the blankets vibrated IN sympathy a moment la...
discovering, however that my knees wers rs,5o,-
sIbIe for the latter phenomenon. Then f1r ssvsr,l
minutes I waited and trembled- wondered "a,
would begin at my feet and eat uo by incssv
or nercifuIIy XIII me a. once By beginning az ~
head At last my ears strained 20 catch the sign.
est sound detected his step. the cushioned fs..
one after the other. were drawn from the s,sE,
mud. Then he crept into my range Il viso,
Thank Heaven. IL viii De the head" thoues,
and waited fo- him 70 begin 7 could scsr-.
make out the outline the body. that tas Ear
vitreOus eyes seemed moving all alone Nov IL,
passed behind and out OF range os my vso,
but still the spring was not made Now tssy
cleaned on my right, sriI moving around ne b1r-
de IN a circle Now they disappearsd beyond N
horizon OF blanket. and I realized that ara al
the worst was TO happen 7 was TO be eaten from
the feet upward. Then the OvsrwrO1ght nerve,
gave way and the whole chesJfuI OF air had bee,
holding for long went ripping out tG-oGgh NJ
tenss vocal cords IN Wild yell That vas "a,
true cry Of the distressed child
"As II in answer TO my cry, I heard soma "a
breaking through the Underb-ush st TOP speed n
my heart heat high with hope Then 7 percs,-s
that the sounds were retrearng- Ny prsse-vsrhsa
seen the JagUar and turned back All feLt n "a
naxt ten minutes is beyond words 20 describe 5s.
at length reassured by the silence. rolled out %
the blankets 10 find myself alone The jag1ar had
e,,,dAntIv no idea that the funny looking bu-5ls
contained a man. and must have fed az tds sound
~ nv voice The beast certainly missed ~.
chance OF its life for 7 doubt very much Il a
yo1pg. fairly fat and altogether sata5.s man was
ever laid out quite he.pisssg under the uoss o.
a hungry jaguar.
"On the western slopes % ths Sierra Mad-s
mountains and. in fact. everywhe-s n 3fs1ico
where the jazuar makes its lair within striking
distance OF settled country. he feeds principally
estancias and ranchos- Young pigs are his favorts
piece de- resistance and Il a due his weakness
Sor them that he is most often detected and shot
~1vinE, 20 the feshiness OS pigs neck. rs wind
e not SO easily shut or IN the grip OF ths POWER
fuI Jaws is that OF many larger animals, and
5QueaIs and commotIon IN The pIgpen viii bring
out a mountain rancherO with Bis snotEIn uos
quickly than any other alarm