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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION ATLANTA. GA» TUESDAY MABCH 8 1887
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SCARBOROUGH’S RIDE.
THE STORY OF A WILD TRAGEDY
IN STEWART COUNTY.
The VouBg Man’s Firat A pp wares-His Remarks
Ma Boreera In Bnalaess • ZXIa Mystarloua Fligbt
and Sensational Riturn—Tte Wild Rida
to Lumpkln—Und>r th# Fond.
CcTBRJCRT, Gi., March 5—[Special.]—Sorao
time about tbo year 18415 there appeared in tho
town of Lumpkin,Stewart county,a young man,
scarcely more than an overgrown lad, of picas*
ant address, amiable disposition, fair complex*
ion and a generally attractive appearance.
Nothing was known of him savo that ho had a
married sister who, with her husband, had
rcTngced from the upflcr portion of tho state a
short time before, and settled on a farm three
miles couth of Lumpkin; that his name was
ficsiboroogb, and that of his sister, Hardwick.
With Mr. and Mrs. Hardwick young Scarbor-
ongh lived and worked nwhilo before seeking
employment In town. At that timo Lumpkin
was driving a thriving trade. Tho negro pop
ulation was handling their Ant money arising
from the tale of cotton nt fabulous prices. Far
mers were beginning to refit and supply tho
Impoverished condition of their farms and
homes, and the mercantile world found it dif
ficult to supply tbo demands made upon their
mfrrellnncous stocks. Among the largest and
rnofct prominent merchants of that
place then and for many
\tars thereafter was Curtis M. Lowo, later on
a highly esteemed citizen of Atlanta. T<» him
the young stranger applied for a situation as
salesman, giving him a brief account. of his
earlier history, of his having filled similar po
sitions in Griffin and other places, and gave
his name ns J. Wilbur Scarborough.
Lowo wns impressed favorably with tho
young man's stylo, and granted him the desir
ed rc(|ucst. Scarborough mado friends rapidly.
J!y an nuprctentlous urbanity an a general do-
nio to plcaso ho guined u warm spot
in tho aflbetions of tho public,
and the confidcuco and esteem of
his employer. Indeed, tho proprietor gradual
ly grew to a point whero tho busiuoss of
Ids largo and lucrative house was intrusted to
tbo matingcroent of tho young salesman, tho
books placed in his hands, and when tho timo
rolled around for tho annual visit to Now York
city to buy goods, so implicitly bad ho gained
tho confidence of the house as a man of bud-
tiers, honor and fidelity, that ho was intrusted
with tbisyesponsiblo duty. His conduct was
always # such os to merit tho
htnois of trust boitowcd. No man
had moro friends, no ono. a brighter
future. They predicted a brilliant life of use
fulness. As ho climbed step by step from ono
drgreo to adothcr, they applauded tho pluck
ned praised the worth of such a noble man.
In society ho was the acknowledged leader.
llillliant at repartee, genial in soul and
face!Dating in style, it waa but natural ho
should win tho lovo of any maiden to whom ho
)«id court. Among the bonnio lusgics of tho
vlllago was an especial one, “a nearer and ,a
dearer one, yet, than all others,” Sho, too,
was blessed with many graces, and
lovely to behold. It was a consum
mation devoutly to bo hoped for that
these young hearts should link thoir destinies
as a fitting finalo to tho first act in tho groat
drama of life. Bnt tbo Nemesis of an
avenging fate followed stealthily in the wake.
Poftly, slowly, surely rolled tho scroll over tho
life and light of this erstwhile happy man.
The sister to whom ho was devotedly at
tached, whoso lovo was entwined around bis
very being like tho tendrils of nomo climbing
vine, sickened and died. Then it was, having
gained a sum of money through a policy on
tho lifo of Mrs. Hard wick To his favor.
ho mado arrangements to embark in
tie mercantile world with Captain H. A.
Boynton as a partner.
Arrangements had been perfteted for this
new firm, and they were to occupy a now storo
on the corner now usod as a drug storo. Tho
Xcntlcmnu who wm to bfcomo his partner iu
this business was then engaged in tho grocery
trade, aud with him his notes, money aud val
uables weio deposited.
fc’cvcrnl yean bad passed away during tho
occurrence of these ovents, bringing with thorn
but few changes. Tho vlllago stood upon tho
hill, as it hud always dono, with tho old court-
liouso in the center of tho squaro, and
bearing at every comer tl»o dilapidation ami
nr.sightlinrrs Incident to War.
It was Sunday, early In tho year of 1873,
that Wilbur Scarborough obtrude 1 upon tho
<iuktude of Lumpkin and commenced tho
tragic chapter destined to end with a thrilling
tragedy. Fasting into tho prwcnco of several
intimate associates after tea that evening, ho
bade them good by without a word of cxnltu*
at ion. With another firioml he went round and
bade farewell to some female friends iu tho
same mysterious uml laconic manner. At a
later hour ho jvos met on tho stain
of Ida boarding liouso by tho proprietor, and
to a question stated that he was going over to
Columbus, aud that Captain lloynton would
settle his board bill next day for him. Up to
this time no one looked with a auspicious eye
upon his condition, nor indeed could a charge
be brought a gal nit him in any manner, shape
or form. That night iio bad m clean a bal*
aucoehcct with mankind, ns plethoric a purao
and as pure a record, ns tho most fastidious
could desire.
leaving the liouso by a circuitous routo and
S rocurtng a turnout at tho stable, with a negro
river, ho turned tho horse in tho directiou of
Cuthbort, and drove rapidly down tho hard
road. A few fuites out lived nu officer of in
ferior rank, but on seeing a light shining
through the window, tho team was ordered
round, and, driving back to town, the upper
route to Cuthbort was next traversed. Iu this
the utmost secrecy was observed, tho driver
bribed to hold Ids tongue, and it was many
weeks after ere tho inhabitants of his
home learned of this mysterious conduct.
Speculation grew rlfo. Search was fruit leu.
Inquiry brought not tho faintest whisper, and
as timo rolled on all hopo of Information or
discovery was abandoned.
Tlie night passed away and tbo moon grow
pale as the first streaks of dawn appeared in
the east. Quickly tho stars disappeared, ami
when the gorgeous orb of day asserted himself,
it was to look down upon ii solitary dejected
•ml haggard man, blankly staring into spiao
•s be rue bv tbo quickcniug impulse of steam
the pallid brow wos fanned with tho cool and
delicious ruorniugsir.
From some unknown cause, forover shielded
from the un pious cravings of restless humanity
by n kind providence, he wns Hoeing from the
desert of despair which had fallen like molten
lead npou the green fields of youthful hopo
and anticipations, cnly to.buru and ebarr them
unredeetnably black forever. l)ld tho syron
voice of lover's vows lull to sleep only to wreck
a life in its rude awaking’s?| God only knows!
Hid within the impenetrable receeseeof a wes
tern territory for three years, the snake which
was received among the banquet of fio we rs was
Aimed in solitude.
bleoranl „
sighs; no word of love or token of remcm-
rosy beams were borrowed from vegota-
'animal life; no smiles chased away the
_ rd of love or token of remem
brance sent he to any living creature. The
rankling festers of tho HWid were not played
upon by tha subtle art of ingenious guardians
and the pain tugging at the heart gnawed to
the core. The prison doors were forever closed,
shotting in the miserable sonl to the gsy world
without.
Like the wretched erimiml longing to once
again behold the ecenee of quondam
happiness, tho fugitive thinks df
homo. In this condition a dis
torted imagination tells him that the spirit of
bis father appears aid bids him return to
Lumpkin.
In the meantime all thought of the strange
disappearance of Scarborough had died away
like the feint echo of a dream. One day in
the month of June ,1675, a gentleman of Cnth-
bert drove to the depot, iu that place, to leave
the city. When the train pulled in, a stranger,
stranger bearing in his hand
small Band bag or valise,
left the cars, and approached the gentleman,
requesting in a calm and gentlemanly manner,
a desire to have the gentleman's servant drive
him np town. The request was grouted, tho
owner of the hone and baggy boarded tha cart,
and thought nothing of the circumstance. A
little while thereafter partidb reported to Ur. J.
J. McDonald,> citizen of Cuthbort, and cloeely
allied totbc gentleman owning the previously
mentioned hors© and buggy, that
a . stranger was seen drivfo_
lonely down Lumpkin street. The description
of tho borae was given at the same timo. A
few minutes later the negro boy who, j ist oat
of town bad escaped by jumping headlong out
of the buggy, reported the same ci reams tan-
driving to cover tbo distance in three and one
half hours. The topi * ***" ,_
hilly and numerous
the journey. At one of the livery stables there
was kept the fleetest honso.in harness aud un
der saddle in all the country, known for and
near os “Dolly Vftiden.” Sho was prized by
her owner very highly, and valued at sovoral
hundred dollars. In an incredibly short time,
this animal was brought out and saddled. Go*
ing to a drawer in which bo kept a brace of fino
pistols, Mr. McDonald selected one, and placed
it in his pocket, together with a round of car
fridges, and mounting tho mare, started oul
ui-on what proved to bo tho wildest and most
thrilling sensational ride of his life. Scarbor
ough, tho fugitive—for it was none other than
he—was driving with the desperation of a ma
niac. Already he hod placed several miles be
tween him and his pursuer. Urging tho beast
under tbo stinging lash of a famflUar whale
bone whip to its utmost powers, theanimsl it-
eclf flecked with fsom, followed soon by the
man on horseback, riding as though the devil
was on his crupper, brought the steady yco-
mary from their labors in tho field to the pub
lic highway, only to suspend their work entire
ly. and go from field to field inquiring of their
neighbors tho cause of such strange proceed•
U Fetor miles from Lumpkin tbo first glauco
of the fugltivo was had. Hero tho road ran by
the eido of an old Bold; dis
carded by tho owner and a*
long the edge of which tbo public had Im
provised a road to cscapotbe deep saud in the
originn! thoroughfare. Scarborough had t-ik'.n
the old field trail, and was still going at break
neck speed, when suddenly his pursurcr pasr:d
uu tho old road, crossed -out iu front of tho
horse and buggy, reined np, and with pistol
leveled directly in tho face of tho driver, de
manded a bait. Hcarborough threw up brth
hands, at the same timo exclaiming
“uolij, don't shoot!''
lie was then ordered to turn round and
drive back to (’uthbert, or ho would be shot on
the spot, Bald Mr. McDonald in speaking ortho
udveutuur. “it was uiy intontion to kill the
man on sight, not knowing who or wh.it ho
was, hut when he threw up his hands, I did
net bavo tho heart to do it. Ueigning my
horco around to the sido of the buggy, .still
covering him with my pistol, I demanded tiro
second timo that hodrlvo back to Cuthbort as
niv prisoner. During this timo his hauda hid
fallen, and wero resting on each kneo. Grad
ually they wero drawn in the directiou of tho
pockets, until by a sudden movement of the
right hand, I noticed umuUtukablo signs to
draw a weapon from tho pocket. Ix>okiqg me
squaro in the face, without tho twitching of a
mnFclo, he said:
“Grant and his army can’t'tsko me, or thi»
horse and buggy hack to Cuthbcrt and yen are
afraid to shoot; damn you.”
‘ Exasperated beyond control, I pulled the
hammer hock to fire, but it would not stand
cocked. Hurriedly glancing to dotcct the dif
ficulty. I could sco clean through tho barrol.
Tho situation flashed over mo in an Inst mt.
In tko hasty preparations I had taken the
wrong wenpon. In £tho drawer was a bra< j of
pistols exactly alike, but ono wns out of fix,
and not loaded, localizing the fact that I was
alone with a madman, whose abandoned in in
ner convinced mo that tho loast advant igo
would bo used to desperate ends, still covering
him with tho pistol, 1 suddenly sprung from my
saddle, and graapiag hid horse by tho Dridlc.on-
deavored to turn its head In the omiosito diroc
tion. Bound and round, wo bad it in the field,
* Neaping
— Vkccn
describing circle after clrclo, until
#1
thrown violently
exhausted, and tho horoc
blow at that moment, I was
to tho ground, both tho horse and buggy'pass
ing over my body,
“Mm 1 , exhausted, full of dirt and braises, I—
again mounted and gave chaso, loading tho
onpty revolver as 1 rodo, from the cartridges
iu my pocket. Coining up with him again, I
dtmaiulcd n bait, I got no reply save a defi
ant stare. Fulling tho hnmnior back and
turning it suddenly loose, tho ball went crush
ing through tho back of tho buggy, tho dash
board, and struck tho liorso in tho hind log.
Cornering him off again, ho drove the buggy
over a pile of oak wood five foot high to roguu
thnicad. A little later 1 got another shot,
w hich took effect just under tho rightoye,
n»d knocking him ovor on tho dashboard, but
ho milled in a fow sreonda.-aud regained his
scat, lnmimcraldo times 1 pulled tin' ham
mer mid turned it loose, but it did not rebound
with enough forco to oxplodo tho cartidgcs.
Bering that tho weapon would not tiro, ho
••id:
“Your old powder Is wet. Go oil'and reload
your shells.”
“Thus defiantly ho led tho way, aud I fol
lowed until a little later, ho drove in front of
tho storo of Curtis Lowo, sprung from the ve
hicle, and fell into tbo arms of some ono stand
ing near. Tho trip from Cuthbort had been
made, including ull delays in ono hour aud
twenty minutes.
“Unable to stand, I staggered to u seat near
by, and all wns darkness. The system had
been taxed beyond endurance, and sank nudor
tho pressure. When 1 revived I found a num
ber congregated round, and from ejaculations,
I gathered that a number were very indig
nant at tho hloa of this man having been shot.
Then it was that I learned of his past history,
his sudden disappearance, aud uuheralded re
turn. Nothing daunted, however I deman
ded my prisoner, but was told that ho was
then in a dying stage. 1 went iuto tho back
room, whero ho was lyiug, pile and bloody,
upon a stretcher, snrroumltd by nympxthotic
friends, and on seeing mo ho turned and fiiint-
ly smiling, beckoned mo to draw near. Ta
king my hand in his, lit mid:”
1 wau’t to my to you, thnt you did nothing
but your duty in what you have dono today.
1 am wounded—perhaps fatally, and if I dio I
now call upon my fricuds to witness that you
aro not to blanio. I have monoy, have now
several thousand dollars around my person,
and 1 expect to return youvJiorao tomorrow
with full remuneration. Mfather's spirit
appeared to mo and told m6to goto Lumpkin,
and nothing could havo prevented*,” .
Friends interposed, and Mr. McDlWil was
induced to compromise the matter. Tho horse
was taken at full value, the stablo min goLn
sum for damages to the fine young mare, which
was never any account thereafter, aud tho af
fair was left to run the usual course of such
sensational stories. 4
Cut little is left to bo told of this wretched
man. For a time ho was taken into tho store
of his former benefactor. Ho would do noth
ing, however, except walk restlessly around
giving his money in five and tea dollarpioces
to there ho would meet on the street. His
(Yicnds hired a man to shadow his foot steps,
dreading that ho would attempt his own de
struction. Thus tho timo parsed, till oueday
bis body was fonnd in tho back wators of Vo-
rus'roed, whero It was not moro than two
fret deep. Here he had gone unobserved, and
taking hold of the rushes trailed himself face
foremist iu the water, holding on with grim
determination till life was extinguished His
•a ol!< n and almost unrecognizable remains,was
t .ndcrly lifted from the murky waters, and de
posit* d in tha cemetery at that place. Today
the older inhabitants are wont to stop in med
itation, in the city of the dead, and point the
stranger to tho last resting place of J. Wittier
Scarborough, beloved and lamented by all who
knew the vitciaUudca of his short and tragic
life.
Bailable ami Always Tha game.
Brand rcth’s Pills ora the oldest, safest, aud
but Llood purifier and purgative known. They
ore purely vegetable, therefore harmless. They
are always the same and always produce the
same effect. Other purgatives require increased
doses and finally cease acting altogether. A
course of one or two of Brendreth'e rills taken
each night la a positive cure for constipation,
headache, and bUkrat disorders. If yon can’t
tike them plain get them sugar-coated.
TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE.
THE MEXICAN BULL FIGHT.
Daring Feats of a Young 01*1 who Is
Tlctor Over Two Dulls.
Parrar„ Mexico, February 25.—The cruel
and degrading ‘sport” of bull fighting in
Mexico is no longer indulged in to any great
extent. It was formerly very popular with
certain classes and tolerated by the people gen*
erally for lack of other and more rational en
tertainments. It is but quit© recently that
tho trial of speed between horses was intro
duced into this country under modern rules,
and this class of sport Is popular In but few
places oven at this tfroo. Athletic sports of
any kind nro practically unknown, and the
country thus far has been mcrcifallv spared
tho infliction of baseball. Social cus
toms have much to do In fixing the
amusements of tho people. Hero unmarried
persons of opposite sexes do not mingle togeth
er, tho young men are not allowed to visit tho
girls at their homes, are not permitted to
walk with them upon tho streets or in the
parks, unless accompanied by s parent or other
discrete relative, and church socials, select
homo gatherings and the “swill” parties so
common in the United States, are. in this
country very rare indeed. Being thus de
barred from wholesome and and elevating so
cial amusements, tbo people have rocourao to
gambling, cock-fighting, and other vicious and
demoralizing diversions of similar character.
These old habits are, however, being gradual
ly broken np by the influence of tho “Grin
gos,” ns t he foreigners aro called, whose social
enstoms, while at first “quite shocking” to tho
natives, aro sooner or later adopted, though of-
tcn*in a modified degree.
Tho prohibition of bull* fighting bylaws re
cently enacted, has practically dono away with
such exhibitions in Mexico, and they aro rarely
to be reen except during a few days known as
Fast na, or feast timo, at the closo of each year.
As a eomcquoncc tisorc arobut fow professional
aud skillful toreadors or bull fighters, who
now appear in the arena for tho amusement of
tho public.
Just prior In tho taking effect of tho decree
against Lull fighting I was fortunato enough to
w ituff;b a contest in which ono of tho mo3t
skillful, daring and expert of tho professional
fighters of Mexico took tho leading part. This
erformer was a young woman who*© equal
ms probably never appenred in tho “JHazado
Toros.” In this, her farewell exhibition,
Scnorita Hernandez advertised for tho wildest
andfiererst bolls tho country could proiucc,
and agreed to fight them whilo wearing stilts,
The novelty of a young girl engaging iu a bull
fight, handicapped by having stilts fss onod to
her fect, was sufficient to attract a * vast crowd,
and cn the day fixed for tho contest fully fi vo
thousand people found places to sib or stand in
the largo amphitheater. The auiunls provi lei
for tbo occasion wero small, active and wholly
untrmed—each having his horns trimmed aud
polished nntil tho points wore quite as bright
and almost as sharp as needles. Never was
more expert work dono in this cruel sport than
was cVolly performed by tho Moxican girl on
that day. As tho bull, mad with rage, would
make his furious eburgo, sho would firmly
stand until ho had approached within a dis
tance of about two feet, when, suddenly spring
ing to one sklc, sho would, as tho antnitl
nohed furiously l»y, with ono hand alap him
in tho face with tho red
cloak with whirh his anger hod
been first aroused, wbilo with tho other baud
sho dexterously thrust into his ucck a gaudy,
barbed bandervilla, causing him to roar with
pain and nge. Charge after chargo was ma lo
by tlio maddened brato,only to bo eluded by
tho active girl, whilo tbo bull met the s<%mo
treatment as before. The littlo senorita played
with biro, plagued him and tortured him ai a
cat would a mouse, until tho animal, blooding
and sore, and worn out with fatigue and pain,
gave up tho contest. Ho had met his conquor-
or, and was taken from tbo ring.
In tlio next contest tho fair CastUlian was
under an advertised obligation—while still
wearing the stilts—to kill tbo bull with a
fiwotd scarcely more than two foot in length.
Thia was to bo dono by tho toreadors at tho
timo the animal wns making a chargo, tho fatal
thrust to l*o given whilo sho was directly iu
front-of nnd fairly facing tho bull.
The animal selected for tilts contort was a
beautiful specimen of his race. Black ns a coal,
agile as a cat, savago and wild. Ho was uo
sooner within tho arena than lie was r»Ady f*.»r
tho battle. After ho bad been poruiUtod to
make a charge or two to warm him to hU work,
tho governor, who presided oil the occasion,
gavo a ilgcal and tho buglo sounded the “death
call.” Tho sonorita, with stilts of ono foot In
height eccuicly fobtened to her ljmbs, racoivod
tho short sword, saluted tbo governor, anil,
turning to her enemy, gavo a shout of defiance
nnd waved her ecsrlet c oak to rouse hiaangir.
At this time the distntico separating tho antago
nists wni about two hundred foet. Toro, quiv
ering with excitement, and pawing tho trarth In
his rngo, waited for uo second invitation. With
flash ing eyes and head lowered to tho ground ho
started nt frill speed for tho objoct of hli hato.
Tho bravo girl waited until tho bca^t was within
twenty feet, when, bracing herself firmly, sho
held her sword at shoulder height ready for his
coming. When within four feet sho throw hor
body suddenly forward, gavo a quick thrmt
with tho sword, nnd without waiting to soo tho
effect of the blow, swung quickly around aud
again saluted the governor. In tho twinkling
of an eyo alio turned to face the ball, aud as
sho did so he dropped dead 80 closo to hor tbit
without moving from her position, sho plocoil
her foot upon tho neck of her now Uolplcs3
enemy. The sword, directed by tho strong
arm of tho Eclf-possessed girl, had severed tho
spinal cord, and death was instantaneous and
probably painless.
It was a perilous feat, skillfully and foirless-
rocognltlon of the skill of the bravo toreadors,
rose to its foot, and for several moments there
was a shower of gold and silver coin filing
around the victorious girl. D, W. 0.
A Hattie With l’occarlc«.
Tho peccaries of South America are formida
ble. because they attack their enemies in largo
bodicA, and with great vigor aud bravery. Tho
method and skill of their charges suggests that
they aro led by chiefs skillful enough iu preda
tory warfare to direct tho surroundiug and de
struction of a powerful jaguar. Tho object to
be stormed—for they win by repeated charges—
is surrounded in silence by a clrclo of nun*
dreds of pccccrics. At a given signal a simul
taneous snapping cf teeth takes place, which
is followed by a converging rush towards tho
center. The larg at and strongest reach tho
front first, and the smallest and weakest bring
up the roar. Those in front are pushed on by
the moss in tho rear, so that the enemy is con
stantly confronted by » rank of foes, no matter
how many ho may have disabled.
An English engineer, whilo surveying a
Brazilian forest for a railwav route, encounter
ed a herd cf peccaries one night, and with dif
ficulty drove them off. His narrative, which
wo condense, exhibits the bravery of there
wild piss,
o da]
that it was the headquarters of all tho pccca
tics in tho neighborhood. But not a pig was
to bo seen*
The camp was fortified. In tho night there
came an alarm. Suddenly, from all around,
rose tho sound of simultaneous snapping of
teeth, and then cotuo tho charge of hundreds
of black animals, rushing toward tha fort.
Under tho hammocks and around the fort
was a surging mass of peccaries, pushing to
the front, where the men in the fort, having
fired off their guns, were hocking and thrust
ing, with their long knives and bill-hooks, at
hundreds of pigs struggling to climb up tho
smooth surface of tha bides. .
Guns were discharged from the hammocks,
and then the occupants reached down and
slsshed with their knives at tho swarming
•plf s below.
One pig after another was cut down by the
men in the fort, but others, impelled by those
in the rear, threw themselves against the
hides, and ripped them up with their sharp
turks.
The nigs ur.der the hammocks jumped to
reach them, and failing, gashed the tree to
whirh they were ti«>d.
Suddenly the attack ceased. The animals
bad silently withdrawn. Then, without a
moment'. wirnlBg, are the mil
come mother wild ch»rgo, »nd the dght
ret.owed. Jt*»tn tho pic drew off, nd «*»Ib
they renewed the bottle, t-o.eo time, they
charged during the night, and not until day
break was the last grunt heard.
Treeing WUd Cats.
Pasadena, Cal., March (>.—“There sho is!”
“Don’t fire!”
“Give the dogs a chance!”
They and many other diroonnected sen
tences came from a crowd of ladies and gentle
men who, well mounted and close upon a P* C J
i f eage r hounds, were pushing into a thick
patch of underbrush in tbo renter of the Ar-
rr.yo 8ece, a dry canyon or river Just back or
tL “Stand’back, ladles!” shouted tho master of
the hounds, who carried a light rifle, “somo-
tiroes a cat will jump for her life, and they
will Eeratch when they land.”
The ladies fell bock a little and a youngster
in tlio party volunteered to climb tho tree and
ditlodge the common enemy.
THJ5 CAT IN a TREE. *
Handing the bridlo of his horso to a rider ho
seized the pendent grapevine and swung ap
into the tree, and a few moments later was
making hla way along the branch toward
tho crouching cat. fine was so intently
encaged in looking at tho dogs that at
flnt eho did not see him, hut when ho
rounded the tiunk she suddenly caught
sicht of tho now enemy, drew back with a
quick growl, glanced this way and that, os if
scrcsm of rage, into the red mouths below.
The blood and far Hew, for pass was game;
and rot a few good dogs backed out, wiping
their heads and ragged ears. But the game
was up, and it was with great difficulty that
the skin was saved for the rug which is tbu
trophy of the wildcat hunt.
AN ENCOUNTER IN A CANYON.
On one occasion tbo hounds cimo npou a
froth eccnt in an extremely uairow place in
the canyon, where precautions rocks ro3o on
ono tide and heavy brush on tbo other. Tho
degs rushed into tho latter, and a moraunt
later a large cat bounded into tho narrow
strcrni ard began an ineffectual scramble
up tho rocky sides. A bullet caught her
before sho had goto thirty fce f , anil
tmning with a smrl of rogo sho leaped
directly iDto tho air. fell upon tho neck of a
broncho, dismount* <1 the rider in the tnolee,
nnd before fho could bo d Wedged tore and
lacerated the animal in a fearful manner. Kit
tens arc often seen in play to take ono another
In their mouths and to scratch with thoir hind
feet, and it wns this plan that was adopted by
the cat. She fastened her claws into the bron
cho’s neck and with her sharp hind claws
ripped and clawed nntil the animal whs a mass
oi blood and lacerated flesh, thou foil amoog
the dogs, to bo torn to pieces amid a protest
that showed it to bo among tho gamut of aul- *
mals and worthy a geed antagonist.
“You may talk about your mountain lion,”
said nn old hunter as wo rodo slowly top the Ar-
rcyo one early morning after tho rain, with tho
w l.impcring dogs nil about, “but I would rather
tube my chances with ono at any timo than
with a pair of wild cats at closo quarters it
just ctcins ns if a cat loses its head liko. They
know they're caught and thoy nro jnss
bound to bavo it out if it takc3 all
summer. They fight worse whon thoro
is a pair, just like a mountain lion. I
*rt number ouo day,I was out on a htont In tho
winter cf 1677. when ga mo was so thick hero
you could havo it for tho asking, nnd I never
went down into tho Arroyo without seeing a
dccr. Wo started down whore tho railroad
bridge Is nowwnd worked up. I, having about
ten hotrods, covered tho track nro tty well. Wo
hr.d had a rain a day before and there were S3
niony tracks that the dogs wero baying in
every direction—enough to sot a man crazy. I
had ono old dog that I thought everything of. I
know her voice cut of tho whole pack and
when it began to speak I knew there was made
in the air and gome too. All at onco sho lot
out up in a littlo canyon that thoy use now to
f ;tt up on tho highlands and, putting tho spurs
uto my horse, 1 was over there in a few min
utes. There rho wns, rushing this way and
that, nosing here and there, and soon there was
a growl and a snarl audit seemed to mo as if a
dozen wild cats and dogs had come togothcr. I
f aw that tho dog was in for it, so I tumbled o(T
the horse and, with gun as a club, literally
waded iu. As is generally tho care
at such times, being ' carried away with
t xciti iuyri, I marly laid my dog out at tho
first blow, and before I could roako another at
tempt, ono of tho cats, for there were two of
them, flew at mo and took mo by the shirt just
at tho breast and in a moment I was in tatters
and rags, after tho fashion of tho beggar who is
supposed to bavocomo to town. Tho beasfc had
m© by such a firm grasp that I dropped tho gun
and took her in both hand3 and attomptea to
tear her ofl', she a biting aud clawing ino all
the time. Finally I got out my knife and
drevo it into her, and sbo dropped, snarling
and clawing and reaching for my logs until tho
lust, a typo of viciousness. Wbilo I had boon
entertaining this ouo the o'd hound bad been
attend ing to tho other, aud had, though fear
fully tun, mastered the big cat and killed it.
•h’o we fame out ahead, but whon wo compared
notcr, the old dr*g and me were in much the
lame box and did’t get over it for weeks.”
A PLUCKY WOMAN’S SHOT.
Ordinarily the wildcat will sneak off wheu
attacked and take to a treo, but wbeu two are
together they will havo it out and when cor-
noted will fight to tlio but, nnd a good big ono
will mako short work of a hound. One of tho
Vest shots I have heard of, by a plucky wo
man, was mado up in the mountains. Tho
farmer was away from homo, aud his wifo,
hearing a commotion out in tho hen orchtckon
corral, t6ok n revolver and rau out. It was a
bright moonlight night and everything was
illumined, yet sho could spo nothing that
locked liko an enemy. Finally sho eutorod
the cornil, and there in tho corner, where It
was dark, sho saw a pair of gleaming fiery
eyes. Sho kncwJt was cither a wildcat or
mountain lion nnd moved backward quickly,
not, however, before tbo auIrani had launched
itself Into tho air. Believing itself cor
nered, it was preparing to mako a
break for liberty, but she was too
quick. Etcpping back, iho fired off-hand aud
planted a bullet directly between tho eyes of
the wild cat--for it was one—and tho big cat
fell directly at her feet in its death-agony,
snarling and tearing up the ground in a man
ner tint showed It to bo an animal of more
tlan c rdinary spirit. This same woman killed
a dozen or more rattlesnakes in her yard last
spring, using a common cane, and probably
would bo equal to a bear if it came along.
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