The Columbus journal., 1910-11-16

ancient Greece, q startled dryad van
ishing into the forest, and the echoes
of the mocking laughter Of Pan still
haunting the air.-Janet Allardyce in
Scribner.
LIONESS FOR BUFFALO JONES.
But the lioness did not run far. Her
next and last position was in the bed
of . small gully about three feet deep
in the bottom of the donna and thickly
grown with grasses. Here the ropers
held . brief consultation and planned
. final attempt.
Loyeless made . throw and the
moose landed fairly above the beasts
head, but the thick grasses held it up.
Loveless passed the other end of his
rope over the branch of a nearby tree
and down to the horn of his saddle.
The rest of us, with the cameras
trained on the scene. had no knowl.
edge of the plan. We had the slight
est idea what Colonel Jones intended
to do. Still wondering, we watched
him procure a long pole and ride
quietly along the edge of the ditch
toward the place where the lioness
crouched.
For q moment there was intense
silence. The colonel stopped his horse.
Then, leaning over from his saddle, he
poked the moose down through the
grass.
With a roar the beast sprang at him
-sprang through the loop-and At
the other end of the rope Loveless
yanked quickly and caught her by the
last hind leg going through. Putting
spurs to bis horse, Loveless galloped
away, hauling the lioness back across
the gully and up into the tree, where
she swung to and fro, dangling by the
one hind foot and swapping upward at
the rope she could not reach.
"Got her." yelled Buffalo. "Now
the rains can come when they like"
The beast was furious. She was
still swinging, head down like = pen.
dulum, from the limb Of the tree, and
was tossing her body about in frantic
endeavor to get loose. Means ap-
preached close and deity slipped .
moose over one of the wildly gyrating
fore legs. Leading his rope over the
branch of another tree, he stretched
her out in . helpless position parallel
with the ground.
"Now lower away ON both lines"
said the colonel.
He dismounted and stood beneath
her, directing affairs Is methodically
q the foreman Of q construction gang.
STEADY, Means-a little more,
Loveless-now together-easy."
She came within his reach, and with
. quick grab he caught and held her
two hind legs with both hands while
Kearton bound them together with .
piece Of light line.
The rest Vas easy. In less than five
minutes she was bound securely and
lowered al the way to the ground to
rest in the shade.
1t was nearly noon and time to call
. halt to let the heat of the day pass
before attempting to bring her back
to camp. Porters were sent to fetch
food and more water, horses were of.
saddled and turned loose to Craze and
one by one the dogs came struggling in.
The men stretched themselves out
on the ground where bush or . tree
afforded some protection from the sun.
But the colonel kept wandering over
to the prize, to examine . knot, to
arrange . better shade, or to pour the
last drops of water from his canteen
into her open mouth. Once he stood
over her for q while, watching her
vain attempts to cut the ropes with
her teeth.
Eyes, you're . beauty" he finally
said. "You're certainly beauty. I
guess we'll just have to take you home
with Us as . souvenir of the trip
Guy H. Scull, in November Every.
bodys.