Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-03

reached throwing distance; the long spear
flickered and plunged; as the lion felt the
wound he half turned, and then flung him
self on the man in front. The warrior threw
his spear; it drove deep into the life, for en-
tering at one shoulder it came out Of the OPP
posite flank near the thigh, yard of steel
through the great body.
Rearing, the lion struck the man, bearing
down the shield, his back arched; and for
moment he slaked his fury with fang and
talon. But on the instant saw another
spear driven clear through his body from
side to side and as the lion turned again the
bright spear blades darting toward him were
flashes of white flame.
The end had come. He seized another
man, who stabbed him and wrenched loose
AS he fell he gripped spear head in his jaws
with such tremendous force that he bent it
double. Then the warriors were round and
over him, stabbing and shouting, wild with
furious exultation.
Ten Seconds From Charge to Death
From the moment when he charged until
his death l doubt whether ten seconds had
elapsed, perhaps less, but what ten seconds!
The first half dozen spears had done the
work Three of the spear blades had gone
clear through the body, the points project
ing several inches; and these, and one or
two others, including the one he had seized
in his jaws, had been twisted out of shape in
the terrible death struggle.
We at once attended to the two wounded
men. Treating their wounds with antiseptic
was painful, and SO, while the operation was
in progress, told them, through Kirke, that
| would give them each heifer. A Nandi
prizes his cattle rather more than his wives;
and each sufferer smiled broadly at the
news, and forgot all about the pain of his
wounds. 49,.
Then the warriors, raising their shields
above their heads, and chanting the deep
toned victory song marched with slow,
dancing step around the dead body of the
lion; and this savage dance of triumph ended
a scene Of as fierce interest and excitement
as | ever hope to see.
The Nandi marched back by themselves,
carrying the two wounded men on their
shields. We rode to camp by roundabout
way, on the chance that we might see an
other lion. The afternoon waned and we
cast long shadows before us as we rode
across the vast lonely plain. The game
started at us as we passed; cold wind blew
in our faces, and the tall grass waved cease
lessly; the sun set behind a sullen cloud
bank; and then. just at nightfall, the tents
glimmered white through the dusk.
We tried to get the Nandi to stay with us
for few days and beat for lions; but this
they refused to do, unless they were also to
kill them; and l did not care to assist as a
mere spectator at any more lion hunts, no
matter how exciting-though to do so once
was we'll worth while. So we moved on by
ourselves, camping in likely places.
Goodbye to the Porters.
We recrossed the high hill country,
through mists and driving rains, and were
back at Londani on the last day of Novem-
Der. Here. with genuine regret we said
goodbye to our safari; for we were about to
leave East Africa, and could only take a few
of our personal attendants with us into
Uganda and the Nile valley.
| was really sorry to see the last of the
big, strong, good-natured porters They
had been with us over seven months, and
had always behaved well-though this, OF
course was mainly owing to Cuninghame's
and Tarlton's management. We had not
lost single man by death. One had been
tossed by rhino, one clawed by leopard
and several had been sent to hospital for
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