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Sent C. (>. D. TTrft; for Circulars, t rASMIori and SiiWSKQ co., 17 Ea-rt I'Jtli Street, New York < sty , i<■ (Continued from last week.) A TILE OF THREE LIONS. BY H. RIDER HAGGARD, '“The lion? the lion? holloaed Pharaoh, and he did so ho, or she, for it was a great, gaunt lioness, half wiki, no doubt, with hunger, lit right in the middle<of the skerm, and stood there in the smoky gloom and lashed her taiband roared. I seized my rifle anti fired it at her, but -what between the con fusion and my agitation and the uncertain light, I missed her and nearly shot Pharaoh The flash nf the l isle, however, threw the whole scene Into strong relief, and a wild one It was, I can tell you—with the seething mass of oxen twisted all around the cart in such a fashion that their heads looked as though they were growing out of their rumps and their horns seemed to protrude from their backs: the smoking fire, with just a blaze in the heart of the smoke; Jim-Jim in the fore ground, where the oxen had thrown him in j their wild rush, stretched out therein terror: 1 and then, as a center to the pi' ture, the j great, gahnt lioness glaring round with j iiungry, yellow eyes, roaring and whining as she made up her mind what to do. 1 “It did not take her long, however—just I as long as it takes a flash to die into dark -1 ness—-for before I could fire again or do nuy | thing, with a most fiendish snort she sprang 1 upon poor Jim-Jim. ( “I heard the unfortunate lad shriek, and I then almost instantly I saw his legs thrown ■ into the air. The lioness had seized him by ! the neck, and with a sudden jerk thrown his ' body over her back so that his legs hung | down nt the further side. I “Then, without the slightest hesitation, I and apparent!}’ without any difficulty, she I cleared the skerm fence at a singl' l bound, 1 and, bearing poor Jim-Jim with her. v.-uished ! into the darkness beyond in the direction of i the bathing place that I have already de scribed. Wo jumped up, perfectly mad with ! horror and fear, and rushed after her, firing I shots at haphazard, on the chance that she would be frightened by them into dropping i her prey, but nothing could we see and 110th i ing could we hear. The lioness had vanished ! into the darkness, taking Jim-Jim with her. ■ and to attempt to follow her till daylight was | madness. We should only expose ou reel vis I to the risk of a like fate. j “So with scared and heavy hearts we crept j back to the skerm and sat down to w.tit f--r ! daylight, which now could not bo much more i than an hour off. It was absolutely us. less I to try even to disentangle the oxen till then, so all that was left for us to do was to sit and i wonder how it came to pass that <»;:u should ■ be taken and the other left, and to h<»pc j against hope that or.r poor servant might ■ have Ir eu mercifully delivered from the lion‘- jaws. At length the faint light came steal- i ing liken ghost up the long slope of bush ■ and glinted on the tangled oxen’s horns, i and with frightened faces we got up and I sot to the task of disentangling tho oxen til! ■ such time as there should bo light enough to j enable us to follow the trail of the lioness which had gone oIT with Jim-Jim. And here a fresh trouble awaited us, for when at last, with infinite difficulty, we had got the great helpless brutes loose, it was only to find that one of them was very sick. Thero was n<> mistake about the way he stood with his leg slightly apart and his head hanging down, lie had got the ted v. at ; I v; re of j Os all the dii/i-ailtics connected with life and i traveling in S. -th Africa those connected 1 with oxen s.i.nps tb wor. t. Tho ox i > the most p'.h.ei -rating animal in the world, a ibegro excepb'd. lie lias absolutely no con . stitution, and never neglects an opportunity ; of falling sick of some mysterious disease. I He will get thin upon tli? slightest provoc.x --i tion, and from mere maliciousness die ot •poverty;" whereas it is his chief delight t<> tuii’ioimd and refuse to pull when ••'•or he finds himself well in the cer.P r a ri .* or (lie wagon wheel nicely fast in a mud hole. Drive him a few miles over rough roads r. . i ; you will find that he is foot ov; turn him louse to feed and you will discover that lie has run away, or if ho bus not run away h> bus of malice aforethought eaten‘tulip’and ■ ixiisoncd himself. There is always snme j tiling wrong with him. The ox is a brute. . It was cf a piece with his accustome I be havior for the one in question to l:r- ak on ' —on purpose, probably—with redwater just i when a lion had walked off with his herder. , It Was exactly what I should have • xpect- d, and 1 was therefore neither disappointed nor ' surprised. | “Well, it was no use crying, as I should j almost have liked to do, because if this ox had redwater it was probable that the res’ . of them had it too, although th v had Lei n sold to me as ‘salted,’that is, j 1 of ;-.g ;inst I such diseases as redwater and lung sick. One gets hardened to this sort of thing i 1 I South Africa in course of time, for I sup | pose in no other country in the world is th: | waste of animal life so great. I “Se, taking my rifle and telling Harry to follow me (for we had to L ave Pharaoh t > I look after the oxen—Pharaoh’s lean J h." 1 called them), I started to see if anything , could be found of or appertaining to the un ' fortunate Jim-Jim. The ground round our little camp was l;ard and rocky, .and we I could not '% off any spoor of the '■ • ■ , though just outside the skerm we f-.ix. a. drop lor two of blood. About 1100 yards from the ramp, and a little to the right, was a p;i: hos sugar bush, mixed with the usual mimosa, and 1 for this I made, thinking that the lion- s would have been sure to take her pre}’ there 'to devour it. On we pushed through the ■ long grass, that was bent down bn.. >:tl. the 1 weight of the soaking dew. In two niinb. - : we were wet through up to our thighs, as wet as though we had waded through, water. i In due course, however, we reached the pat-h of bush, aud in the gray light of the I morning cautiously and slowly pushed our way into it. It was very* dark under the trees, for the sun was not yet up, so we walk cd with the most extreme care, half expect ing every minute to come across the IL a less licking the bones of poor Jim-Jim. But no lioness could we see, and as for Jim-Jim, 1 hero was not even a finger joint of him to !>e found. Evidently they’ hud not come “So pushing through the bush we proceeded to hunt every other likely spot about, will) ; t he same result. •• ‘I suppose she inurt have taken him right away,’ I said at last, sadly enough. ‘At any r-.tv, he will be dead by now, so God have 1 icrcy on him, wo can’t help him What’s to I-/done now.'" “ ‘I suppose that we had better wash our selves in the pool and then go back and get - to cat. lam filthy," said Harry. ••This was a practical, if a somewhat un ft'ciing, suggestion. At least it struck me as n’o’.-eling to talk of washing when }X)or Jim- Em bad been so recently eaten. However, I did not let my sentim<nt carry me away, s y we went down 10 th beautiful pot thi t 1 have described, to wash. 1 was the fii to r . h it, which I did by'scrambling the ferny bank. Thon I turned rou-.d and started L.wk with a yell, as well 1 might, for from al: • ■ L beneath my feet there camo a most awful s nark “I hud lit down almost upon tbo back of th? lion-. .••, who had been sleeping on th’-.- lab wht're wo stood to di y ourselves after bath ing. AU ith a snarl and a gro.s 1. lieforo I could do rmything, before I could even cook my rifle, she had bounded right across the cry stal : •)’ and vanish-d over the opposite Link, it wa; all don'.- in an instant, as quick as “k-hohad been sleeping on the slab, aud eh, Lorrof! what was that sL oping bos’.do !•.-<•.“ It was the red remains of poor Jim- Jim, lying on a patch of blood stained rock. “‘Oh! father, father!’ shrieked Harry, 'look in the water.’ ‘•I looked. There, floating in the center as tVßvoly, twmquil wp. •’ Jim- i:-V; lioad. Tho lioness had bitten it right oil", mid it he 1 rolled down the sloping rock into the water. * CHAPTER HI. “Poor Jim-Jim 1 IVe buried what was left of him, w’pe’a was not ver.v much, in an old j bread bag, and though whilst lie lived his ; ’ virtues were not great, now that he was gone 1 we could have wept over him. Indeed, Harry I lid weep outright; while I registered a quiet | ! little v.-w o:j inv own account that J would ‘ lot dot light into that lioness before I was 4S ' hours older, if by any means it could, bo done. : “We buried him and there he lies where i ’iv'lions will not trouble him any more. >So there is an end of the book of Jim-Jim, i “Tho question that now remained was bow Ito circumvent his murderess. I knew that {she would be sure to return as soon ns she . I would be hungry' again, but I did not know 1 ; .vbe;i she would bo hungry. Abe bad left so I little of Jim-Jim behind her that 1 should ; •••arcely expect to see her the next night, I unless ind'-e-l sho had cubs. Still, I felt I hat it would not be wise to miss the ; •hance of her coining, so wo set about mak- | m preparations for her reception. The first ; : hing that we did was to strengthen the bush •vail < f the skerm by dragging a large quan ity of the tops of thorn trees together and ay ing them one on tho other in such a fashion. • hat the thorns Pointed upwards. This, after jur experienco'of the fate of Jim-Jim, seemed 1 very necessary precaution, since if where •ue sheep can jump another can follow, as he Kafirs say, how much more is this the •a e whore an animal so active and so vigor ms as the lion is concerned! And now came he further question, how were we to beguile The lioness to return <■' Lions are animals that i have a strange knack of appearing when they . ire not wanted, and keeping studiously’ out ; >f tho way when their presence is required. j “Harry, who, as I have said, was an emi> • nently practical boy, suggested to Pharaoh j hat he should go anil sit outside the skerm in 1 •ho moonlight as a sort of bait, assuring him { hat he would have nothing to fear, as wo I would certainly kill the lioness before she 1 killed him. Pharaoh, however, strangely I enough,d inot indeed, ho walked away, much put out with ! Harry for having made it. “It gave mo an idea, however. “ ‘Well,’ I said, ’there is that ox. He must ’ die sooner or later, so we may as well utilize him.’ “Now, about thirty yards to tho left of our ! skerm. if one stood facing’ down the hill to ward the river, was the stump of a tree that ■ had been destroyed by lightning many years , before, standing equidistantly between, but [ a little in front of, two clumps of bush. I wlii'.-h were severally some fifteen paces from it. •*i!( r . was the very place to tie thoox; and ( accordingly a little before sunset tho poor . animal was led forth by Pharaoh and made fast there, little knowing, poor brute, for whatpurpo.se; and wo commenced our long ' vigil, this 1 imc without a fire, for our object I j was to attract the lioness and not to scare , her. “For hour after hour we waited, keeping • ourselves awake by pinching each other—it | is, by tho way, remarkable what a difference ; in the force of pin -bos requisite to the oeca- ! sion exists in the my.id of pincher and i pinch ' —but no lioness came. The moon ' waxed and tho moon waned, and then at last : the moon went down, and darkness swal- * lowed up tho world, but no lion came to I swallow us up. We waited till dawn, because 1 we did not dare to go to sleep, and then at I last we took such rest as we could get. “That morning uc wont <»ut ihg, not ' . because we v.aiitvd to. for wo were too de- { pressed and tired, but because we had no more meat. For three hoars or more we i wandcivd about in a bridling sun looking I for somethin ■; to kill, but absolutely with no . r—uilt •. For some unknown reason the game had grown very scarce about tho s]»ot, 1 though when I was tliere two years before ; avery sort <>f large game excepf rhinoceros md elephant was particularly abundant. | Ehe lions, of whom there were many, alone | '•email) ' I. tin I 1 fancy it was the fact of tho game tl ey live on having temporarily mi-. , ;rat<d li:..t ma le them so daring and fero- j •' >: A- :: general rn!o l:on han amiable ‘ mirnal enough if is lot alone, but a | hungry li-m is alnio-r as danger-ms ns a J hungry mm. One hears n grem many dis- • fer. at o;A. .ms- I-.--. I to whether or I no the H >:i i r markable for his courage, j but t : ■ -.•‘■.'.-.i!t <;! ni\ ( xperjcnco i ■ that very 1 nuch dt pend.-, upon the state of his stomach. I Y I.■;r...ry lion will not stick at a trifle, | .vhci\ ;' a full one will flee at a very small . ••»’. • .1, we hunted all about and nothing i could we . ve, not even a duck or a bush buck, m l :.t Ir ’. t 1 :. roughly tired and out of tern- | per, v. ,-.i ted on oar way b.aek to camp. { ing <. 1 r the Lrow of a r pi.-h hill to do j •> •. J:i . as we got ever the ridge I froze up ( like a j 's'-o. -r dog, for tic re. about C>U‘J yards to my i his I can< iful curved horns out lin'd against the; >ft blue of th*' sk v. I saw ! m. 'blek <»loo bull (strepsieeros kudu). Even I it that di tan e—for, as •• u know, my eyes ’ ire vi ry kc ii—l could distinctly see tho white j stri; 1 ■ upon it > side when the light fell upon 1 t and its Jarp - and pointed earsl witch as the j ii. • v o«. iod it. “So f.ir so good: but how were we to get , .’.it.' L '. . • r.di’-ulous to risk a shot nt th.1 g.-eal and yet both the ground ; ir.d the wind lay very id for stalking. It i seemed to me that the only chance would ’ ho to make a detour of at least a mile or ' •ncre and come upon the other side of the ' toodoo. I called Hxr ry to my side and ex- ■ plain- 1 to him what I thought would bo our best a o, when suddenly, without any delay, the koodoo saved us any further , trouble by suddenly starting ' ll" down the had 1:! ht -m 1 it; ly we hr.d not Perhaps a hv- tia or a leopard a tige r as v.c call ii there-had at any rat-* off it. went, running lightly toward us. i and 1 never sav. a bu< k go f. -ter. As for ' Harry, he stood watohiug the l -amiful ani mal’s course. Pres .i-.’y 11 vanished l.' hinda p itch of bush, to emerge a few • •-nods later about 500 p ices from us, on a stretch of com- ' pnrativcly level ground that was strewn with 1 bowl h rs. On it went, taking the bowlders in its path in a sue.s ion of great bounds j that were beautiful to behold. As it did so I J hap]>en?d to look round at Harry, and per ceived to my astonishment that ho had got his rifle to his should; r. “•You foolish buy!’ I ejaculated, ‘surely you rin-c going to’—and just at tliat mo-; :.i :.i t!.-.' i i!le .nt off. ••-'. i ?!i •: 1 th: .k I saw what was, in its way, one ..f the rno< wonderful things I over . rem inber i 1 my hurting experience. The ko >.-oo was at the moment iif the air. clearing a pile of stores will; its fore legs tucked uy underneath it. All in an instant the legs stretched themselves out in a spasmodu ' fashion, and it lit on them and tin y doubled i up beneath it. Down went the noble buck,! down on to its head. For a moment it seemed j to be standing on jis horns, its bind legs high in the air, and then over it went and lay still. | “‘Great h .-ivensf I said, ‘why, you’ve bit him! He’s d nd.’ ••.Ys fur Hurry, he said nothing, bu merely looked seared, u:- well he might. A man, let al mo a b r >y, might have lired a thousand such without ever touching t;ie obj; x , which, mind you, was sp-riuging 1 aud bounding over n-s-ks quite 500 yards j away, ami hero this lad. taking a snap shot! and merely allowing for elevation by in- . s.inct, for be did not put up his sights, had : knocked the Lull over as dead as a door nail. | Well, I made no further remark —the occa sion was too solemn for talking—but merely . led the way to where the koodoo lay. There he was, beautiful and quite still, and there, : high up, abcut half way down bis neck, was a ii;‘.-.t, round bole. Tho bullet had severed ; the spinal marrow, passing right through ‘ the vertebixe and away on the other side. “It was already evening when, having cut ’is much of tho best meat as wo could carry I from the Lull, and tied a red handkerchief | and some tufts of grass to bis spiral hori , which, by the way, must have been nearly l five feet in length, in tho hope of keeping j. ’ .Fuad a- .og > ('■ ■ Irotn him, c e f rally go back to camp io find l’hxrncb, who was ;- Jing rai i'-r anrUrc-; at <;ur :.h- • noide-h Harry’s spir t.-. thcfaKof thenr.t ter b -iiiy t! ' h, incr< d ole as it may appear, I do verily believe that Tn his heart of hearts ho set down the death of that koodoo to the credit of his own skill. Now, though the lad was a tidy shot enough, this of Course WfW ridiculous, and I told him so ery plainly “By the time that we had finished our sup leer of koodoo steaks (which would have been 1 I letter if the koodoo had been a little younger) it was time to get ready for Jim-Jim’s mur der* s again. All the afternoon Pharaoh told us the unfortunate ox had been walking round and round in a circle as cattle in the last stages of redwater generally do. Now it had come to a standstill, and was swaying to and fro with its head hanging down So we tied him up to the stump of the tree as on previous night, knowing that if the lioness I did not kill him ho would bo dead by morn ing. Indeed, I was afraid that he would bo of little use as a bait, for a lion is a sports manlike animal, and, unless he is very hun gry, generally prefers to kill his own dinner, though when once killed ho will comeback to it again and again. “Then Ave repeated our experience bf th*, previous night. Sitting there hour aftef Hour, till at last Harry went fast asleep, and even 1. though I am accustomed to this sort of thing, could scarcely keep my eyes open. Indeed, I was just dropping off, when Pha raoh gave me a shove. “ ‘Listen!’ ho whispered. “I was all awake in a second, and listening with all my ears: From th? clbriip nf bush tc , the right of the lightning shattered stump tc j which the ox was tied came a faint crackling j noise. Presently it was repeated. Something 1 was moving there, faintly and quietly enough, but still moving perceptibly, for in tho in , lense stillness of the night any sound seemed ‘ loud. •I woke up Harry, who instantly said: ‘Where is she? Where is she?’and begun tc point his rifle about in a fashion that Was moke dangerous to us and Uie bxeii tli.'tu tc any possible lioness. “ ‘Hush up.” I whispered savagely; and ns 1 did so with a low and hideous growl a flash • of yellow light sped out of the clump of tush, past the ox, and into the corresponding clump upon the other side. Tho poor sick brute gave a sort of groani and staggered round and ik.cn • began to tremble. 1 could it do so cD.-.rlv i in the moonlight, which was now very bright, and I felt a brute for having exposed tho un fortunate animal to such terror as he must I undoubtedly be undergoing. The lioness, for it was she, passed so quickly that wo <• uld ■ not even distinguish her movements, much less shoot. Indeed at night it is absolutely , 1 useless to attempt to shoot unless the object I , if; very close and standing perfectly still, and ; then the light is so deceptive and it is so difll cult to see the foresight that tbo best shot will miss more often than ho hits. “ ‘She will be back again presentlyt ■ iid: | , ‘look out, but for heaven s sake don't lire iln -1 loss I tell you to.’ “Hardly were the words out of my meuth when back she came and again passed the ox without striking him. “‘What on earth is she doing'*’whispered Harry. “ ’Playing with it ns a eat does a mouse, I suppose. She will kill it presently.’ “As I spoke the lioness once more fla hod 1 out of the bush, and this time sprang right over the doomed ox. It was an exciting l sight to sco her clear him in the bright moon liglfl ns lliongil it Were a trick that she bad , been taught. “ ‘I believe that she escaped from a oin us. whispered Harry; ‘it’s jolly to see her ju: ;p." “I said nothing, but I thought to myself . ! that if it was Master Harry did not quit, up- ; ! preciate tho performance, and small blame ' to him. At any rate, his teeth were chat:er- i ! ing a bit. | “Thon came a longish pause, and 1 began | Ito think that she must have gbne away, i when suddenly she appeared again; r.nd . with ono mighty bound landed right, on to i file ox and struck it a frightful blou With i her paw. “Down it went, and lay on the groiuid. : She put down her wicked looking head '-•- ith i a fierce growl of contentment. When she lifted her muzzle again and stood facing us ■ obliquely, I whispered, ‘Now’s our time, fire i when I do.’ “I got on to her as .well as I could, but Harry, instead of waiting for me as I told him, fired before I did, and that of course hurried me. When the smoko cleared. 1. «w --ever. 1 was delighted to see that the lio-e ss was rolling about on the ground be’rdnd tho body of the ox, which covered her in such a fashion, however, that we could not bhoot again to make an eud of her. “ ‘She’s done fort she’s dead.” yelled Pharaoh in exultation; and at that very mo ment the lioness, with a sort of convuLive rush, half rolled, half sprang into tho patch of thick bush to the right. I fired after hoi as sho went, but so far as I could sco without result. Indeed, the probability is that J missed her clean. At any rate, sho got to Ihe bus’) in safety, and once there, began to make such a diabolical noise as I never hoard lx> fore. She would whine and shriek, then burst cut into perfect volleys of roaring taut shook the whole place. “ ‘Well,’ I said, ‘wo must just let her roar to go into that bush after her at night v.ouki : be madness.’ “At that m mient, to my astonishment r.nd alarm, there came an answering roar from th-.,■ direction of tho river and then ano"her from Ix'hind the sw« 11 of bush. Evidently ' th«‘r;* were mon' lions about. The won .ded li<»n. »•; redoul led her efforts, with the o’.-J“ct, . ,of 8 ■ monin ; the oth< r • x 1 si iancc.-. At any rate they came, and • I ’ ■ idy, ton, for within five minutes, p*.- ; ing through the bushes of our skerm fenc*', we saw a magnificent lion bounding along to ward us through the tall tamboulin r.>:ks • ili.-. in Iho moonlight looked for all the v rid . lii: • ripi-ning corn. On he came in feat 1 • .> . id a glorious sight it was to see l-’.n. Wl. : 1 witbin fifty yards or so ho stood/'.ill in an op< n space and roared, and the llou-'tss roared too. and then thero come a third r nr, and another Lgreat black maned lion stalked majes' and joined No. 2, and really : 1 !> - • ' to realize what Jim-Jim must 1 ;ve “‘.\'->w, Harry,’ I whispered, ‘what -er you do, don't lire—it's too risky. If they I t us bo. lot them bo.’ “Vi'cll, the pair of them marched off tthe 1 bush, where tho wounded lioness was row ! roaring double tides, and the whole t-hr< ? oi tliom began to snarl and grumble away to gether there. Presently, however, the 1 os eeai-cd roaring and the two lions came cut again, the black maned one first—toprosp ct, I suppose—and walked to where the car ass , of tlie ox lay and sniffed at it. “ ‘Oh, what a shot’’ whispered Harry, '.ho was trembling with excitement. “ ‘Yes,’ I said, ‘but don’t fire; they rr. ht all of them come fcr us.’ “Harry said nothing, but whether it was from tho natural willfulness of youth, or Le ' cause he was thrown off his balance by ex . citement, or from sheer recklessness, I am i sure I cannot tell you, never having I cn able to get a satisfactory explanation ii -.11 him; bat at any rate the fact remains, he, without a word of warning, entirely di 0- 1 garding my exhortations, lifted up his TV; st | ley Richards and fired at the black ma .cd lion; and, what is more, hit it slightly on the | flank. “Next second thero was a most awful rear from the injured brute. He glared are u 1 him and roared with pain, for he was sr. iy stung: and then, before I could make up my mind what to do, the great black mr.ncd brute, evidently ignorant of tho cause of his pain, sprang right at the throat of his c"’.i panion, to whom he evidently attributed his . misfortune. It was a curious sight to sec- the evident astonishment of the other lion at this most unprovoked assault. Over lie rolled with an angry roar, and on to him spring the black maned demon, and common--ed to worry him. This finally rw :!:e the yellow maned lion to a s--n.se of the situation, and I am bo ;, a to se.}' that he roso to the occasion i.i a mo.‘effective mann-r. Somehow or ox r 1? ;. -: •- - his •', roaring ai;d small: ?g li - ’ cl-x-< •! wx h his mighty foe. Z..d t... . ( : ued a cn • that absolutely L?.. !.-s C. 1. Y kn z what a :;lix: .•'g II .... 1. is tus-c two do-s ■ ■ abandonment. Well, a whdle hundred ot dog 3 could not have looked half so terrible as those two great brutes as they rolled and roared and rent in thair rage, It was an awful and n wonderful thing to see the great cats tearing at each other with all the fiero energy of their savage strength, and making the night hideous with their heartshaking noise. And the fight was a grand one, too. For some minutes it was impossible to say which was getting the best of it, but at last I saw that the black maned lion, though he was slightly the bigger, was failing. I am inclined to think that the wound iu his Hank crippled him.* Anyway, he began to get the worst of it, which served him right, as ho was the aggressor 8til) I could not help feeling sorry for him, for he had fotfght e gallant fight, when his antagonist finally gut him by the throat, and, struggle and strike out as he would, began to shake the life out of him. Over and over they rolled together, an awe inspiring spectacle, but the yellow boy would not loose his hold, and at length poor black mane grew faint, his breath came in great Snores and seemed to rattle in his nostrils, then he opened his hinge mouth, gave the ghost of a roar, quivered and dead. “When he was quite sure that the victory was his own, the yellow maned lion loosed his grip and sniffed at his fallen foe. Then he licked the dead lion’s eye, and next, with his fore feet resting on the carcass, sent up his 0 wii chant of victory, that went {•oiling and pealing down the dark ways Os the night in all the gathered majesty of sound. And at this point 1 interfered. Taking a careful sight at the center of his body, in order to give the largest possible margin for error, I fired, and sent a .570 express bullet right through him, and down he dropped dead upon his mighty foe. “At that, fairly satisfied with our perform ances; wo slept peaceably till dawn, leaving Pharaoh to k&p in case any more lions should hike it into their heads id come our way. ' “When the sun was fairly up we arose, and very cautiously proceeded—at least Pharaoh and I did, for I would not allow Harry to come—-to sec if we could see anything of the wounded lioness. She had ceased roaring immediately b»i arrival of the two lions, and had not made a svund since,' which we concluded that she was probably dear’. I was armed with my express, and Pharaoh, in whose hands a rifle was indeed a danger ous weapon—to his companions - had an ax. On our way we stopped to look at the two dead lions. They were magnificent animals, ; both of them, but their pelts were entirely spoiled by the terrible mauling they had given to each other, which was a sad pity. I “In another minute v.-e were following the 1 blood spoor of the wounded lioness int o the bush; where she bad taken refuge. This, [ need hardly say. we did with th#* utmost caution; indeed, I for one, did nut at all lik the job, and was only consoled by the ?»>' I flection that it was necessary, and that the bush was not thick. Well, we stood there, keeping as far from the trees as possible, and poking and peering about, but no lioness could we see. “ ‘She must have gone away somewhere to die, Pharaoh,' I said iu Zulu. “‘Yes, Inkoos’ (chief), he answered, ‘she has certainly gone away.’ “Hardly Were tho words out of his month when I heard a most awful roar, and look ing round saw the lioness emerge from the very center of a bush just behind Pharaoh, in which she had been curled up. Up she went on her hind legs, and as she did so I ' saw that one of her fore paws was broken. , Up she went, towering right over Pharaoh’s ! head, as she did so lifting her uninjured i paw to strike him down. And lb.cn, before I could get my rifle round to do anything to avert the coming catastrophe, tin' Zulu did a very brave and clever thing. Realiz ing his own imminent flanger, he bounded to one side, nnd then, swinging the hoaVy ax round his head, brought it rigid down on her back, severing the vertebra' and killing her instantaneously. It was wonderful to see her collapse all in a heap like an empty sack. “ ‘My word, Pharaoh,’ I said, ‘that was well done, and none too soon.' “ ‘Yes,’ he answered, ‘it was a good stroke, Inkoos. Jim-Jim will sleep better now.’ “Then, calling Harry to us, we examined the lioness She was old, if one might judge from her worn tooth, and not very large, but thickly made, and must have possessed ex traordinary vitality to have lived so long, shot as she was; for, in addition to her broken shoulder, my express bullet had blown a great hole in her that one might Lave put one’s fist “Well, that is the story of the death of poor Jim-Jim and how we avenged it. and it is rather interesting in its way, because of the fight between the two lions, of which I never saw the like in nil my exjx:rieiico, and I know something of lions and their ways.” “And bow did you get back to Pilgrims’ Rest?” I asked Hunter Quatermain when ho had finished his yarn. “Ah, v. e had a nice job with that,” he an swered. “The second ox died and so did an i other, and we had to got on ns best we could ; with the three remaining ones harnessed uni corn fashion, while we pushed behind. V. o did about four miles a day, and it took v.s nearly a month, during the last week of which wo pretty well starved.’’ “1 notic?,’’ I st*id f “that most of your trips ended in disaster of sumo sorter another, and yet you went on making them, which strikes one as a little queer.” “Yes, I dare say; but, then, remember I got my living for many years out of hmir ing. B sides, half the charm of the thing I lay in the dangers and disasters, though they were terrible enough at the time. Anodic r thing is, they were not nt all disastrous. Some time, if you like. I will tell you :i story of one which was very much tho reverse, for I made £4,000 out of it, and saw ono of th* most extraordinary sights a hunter ever clapped his eyes on; but it’s too late now, and., besides, I'm tired of talking about my self. Good night.” < A special from Louisville to the ■ IN. Y. Herald of recent date says: | The Rev. Joe Jones, brother of [Evangelist Sam Jones, was a few nights ago holding a revival nt Mil , [ lersburg, Ky., at which place a daughter of Sam Jones is attending da female college. The Rev. Joe I called on J. B. Shockley, a theolog ical student, to lead in prayer. Tlic II young man was sitting a. few feet | from Miss Jones. He knelt an.’ as- 11 ter invoking a blessing, begged that I while Sam Jones was going through ’ the land saving the lost, mercy might not fail to reach his daugh , ter, who was going to hell as fast as she could. A great sensation i sued, and Miss Jones indignatly i left the church. A few days later II she went to her home in Georg::;. 5 saying she would not stay in a com- ■ [ munity where such an insult could ' iwith impunity be offered a ladv. i. i| Always beli:Ae something; but • never believe a lie. Learn some- ■ thin'. l ' every day. Do s< nw‘'h:r.' r • Make something. Save somethir.. . ; Give som: ii-.dy a ];eij.ing : snn ho.v. 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'l’boso wbo ; arc in need ot profitable work that can ■' be done while living at home should at ! once send their address to Hallett A' Co., [ Portland, Maine, and receive free, full information hoiV 'dther sex, of all ages, rti'i t-arn I roiu : ■“> ly " flay and up wards wherever they live. \ -m arc star- ‘ t< d free. Capital not required. S-Goe L have made over SSO in a single day at this work. All succeed. SU II pl R I I /A "J\ .*T 'f A T\T 1 ‘^L 1 YOf wan! to si II Kcal Estate of any kind ? Place in our hands ami we will advertise it. No sale, no pay, and then only a small (-ommission. I'<» \ lit w.’.hi to l-iiy ? Read (lie following descriptions of Properly we have for sale, on time tU K’-.'.-f pfU ties. I'Jghty acres, I 1 : miles from ‘•'ummer- . vii’.e; 1J acres open. Hal:•nee well timber- i cd with White (t.ik. Hickory, Pine. etc. Good si'riny mi it; good for farming pur- : poses. * 1' : mile from church and school. Ninety I’onr res,-about 50 acres open, in good' condition, i’o acres first class bottom on (’liattooga river. i'-vel. re mainder hrok -n. A'.’cll watered, good dwelling with two tenant houses and good on’ hom es, o, /-hard of choice peach and apple trees. (• miles f--”’.i Summer ville, !■_. miles from church and . Town propmty 5 acres j:i the suh nrl sos Mimmcrvil’e. Level; a most desirable site for r --idem :-; good small dwelling with out. i. ousts, weli and i spring affording an abuu<lance of the ' 'h< i water: good vo;o;c orchard of choice fruit 11 :•(■.< •?!■••, n’ targe mimber of ( hoh-e [ grupovin. . Eighfy :• - T' < lyh g r.artl.v wi:hii’ tie town of t-iiir’.lerville; acres cleared, remainder w; li timbered ; ~t s 1. \ < 1. ’ balance broker.: ■•.o<>d clay foundation; ingoodtix. l ire !’>r fr.rmimr j urposi's > and also •.•.■< ;’ lu.-gji-d for r< : -s: also contains I ■ qiianti!i< - <T iron ore. Town properly 3 lots GCx PM, 2 fi t ilt ing on Main street, one froiitiiig on (’hur<-h st reef. I.cvtl; good wr.gon and black ■ Most 1 I suitable plp.co in town for business 1 i house; also deshai'le locality fordwcll -1 > ’ n g. ’ Best farm in the county for its inches ; I and price. 200 acres; h?» open, other well ■ timbered w ith pint, oak, t,et on ; Chattooga river. 50 acrea first class hot i tom; weli watered and in every wav i suitable for stock farm; about ' .■l<‘vel, , ! the other rolling; clay foundation and in i g<«(»d fix. ’l’wo comfortable .-■i ia. l .! dwcll ’ j ings, 3 tenant houses, with good < rd I houses: also large quantities of i i<-h iron • i o-e on portions of it. Eight mih s from . . S"inmerville. 1 i Farm 11'2 acres: 50 acres fine creek * ' Bottom, t'pbind fine for cotton and ’' ,vheat, ami in higii state of cultivation. H tn e very way suitable for slock farm. , i’v.o good new framed dwellings; free : 1 stone water in abundance; (diurclu.. schools and post c.nice near. r| Farm Ifio acres; red and gray soil. 20 i acres first class branc h bottom, 70 acres " I clearcdr well fenced and in good suite <>t > cultivation. I balance heavily thflbercd. < Thousands of fine tan bark: .‘lspiings, 1 r well, 2 framed houses ;»:-d 3 tenant . I houses, all in fix. Select orchard 7 I and vim yard. 8 mile!-, from Snmmcr r ; villc; 2 miles from postofiice,schools and , ; c hurches. , 1 Town property—l lots 60x120: 2 front . ing on Sl-dn sirc’et; 2 rear lots, level; I good small dwelling, framed, new, 2 | good brick chimneys, good garden,judch •u . Alan one'of 1 he* most suitable si»cs for business b<»usc:; in Summerville Terms easy and esrec diiiyly low price. f I'irm -1 to :«.c»-»'s-rod loam and gray sei!; 60 a< rc s open,well fenc ed. I'cmaiii- I e’er well time; rod and well w ab-red. J Gcod 5 room dw, Hing, with good barn, etc., on La I ’ayett' 'ai .d Blue Pom: road. ! ; 1 mile from Alpine, Ga. ? i Farm- UN acres, just across the Ala.. > line, red and gray soil: well watered, 65 ;u r< ' op< ‘i. ti’liur <-A‘vered w ith lim' d ■ (fuality » f tiinhc r/rdfording great qunii | titles of tanbark, inexhat. -tabu' lime •H' A qualities <4 ether [ \ ilii?:.,- miner.ds. ( -.ci or< hard.gia? es ct<u good 6 room dwelling, tenant house, - burns, < tc, be ing near Ixmkout is sm-a- Ida and < cuiver.i-.mt for stock raising. 1 1 mile fr »m M.-dlg, Ga. 1 Farm--160 acres, red, grav and sandv • farm; wcH' ' d; 80 - acres cleared, 20 acres first chics < recik I bottom; large quant it hs of fine timber; i got d Ir-'om logdw c'iliiig,*-tenant liousc-s, ' stables, etc.. 1 mile from Foster’s Store. ' Farm of JsX) acres in Floyd county H r mil* s from Rome, 2 miles from It. ck I>. R. IL; red and gray soil, well watmed; t S r.( res cleared: contains thousand of fine timber,also rich de* usits c-f irc. i ere I i Town property, about two acres, in suburbs of 1 Summerviile, good small framed dwelling, with two rooms and ! kitchen; good garden, patches, etc. Farm oi kA acres mi Sand mountain, two red a. half miles f.-m . Kertah. »’5 < ... » and in high i’.ntion, . balance heavilv timbered. Auiapfed »<• gr. v .-m . .a. -i 11. -> c m y ’ <‘Sprc:- i. u•. s. -o ■ '• •: g. - . tenant b o:t hon < u-. :mprov< - me mis n. w ami in gocid ecufl-t y.n,; •_ I stone w ater; r fin- ‘ : i; ; q I;ostoili c e coi i vo! ii e nt. Town property 11U Acres on *ub urh« of Siimmutville, level, well fenced and in g: ”d state of c ultivation, young or< hat'd apple and peach, gm>H framed six roogipd dwelling not (juite' complete, prettiest location in Summer ville for residences. 2!) T’own property lot 4 block Vi with good well upon it. Healthy and desirable location for dwelling* 30- For Hale or rent, farm of 480 acTcm, 1 miles from Summerville; 200 arr * ! cleared, 35 acres good creek bottom; wuf* - watered, good dwelling, out houses, etc.. Will sell all or a portion as desired*.. I 31. Farm 213 acre's 2’7 miles Summerville, Ga.; 50 acres red mulatto balance gray. 125 cleared and well fenced, in high state of cultivation., splendid flamed house with six rooms,, 5* good tenant houses, and good barns and other out house 5 ’-; healthy location; 1 contains large deposits of iron ores, with large quantities of various and fimr timbers. 32. Farm 26 acres, well improved, , first-class bottom on Chattooga rive?- 5 mile? from Summerville; good 4-room liouso, stables, etc; well, orchard, Ac. 33. Farm 80 acres 2 miles from Sum merville 1 ; red mulatto level, 60 acres open; well fenced and isl hrgli state of cultivation, balance heavily timbered, good substantial improvement*# »-vwjiw house, barn, stables, orchard etc# i 3L For sale or sent, splendid tanvard | fed directly from a spring; all necessary I fixtures and tools for tanning; good two ; stoi'v tan shop; about ten a<-res good I level land 6 acre* cleared. Very cheap [ and terms easy, 1 35. Farm, 160 acres, gray and red mu latto soil; 50 acres open, balance hcarfFy timbered. Good dwelling, tenant house, stables, well, etc. Cheap, and on ex. ccedingly easy terms. 36. Farm, 500 acres, rod mulatto and gray soil: 125 open and in high state of ' culti\aiion, balance heavily timbered;, about 60 acres first-class bottom on Chat : tooga river, well watered and in every wf\V suitable to stock raising. Four good d'veiling wit It good and convenient barns out h‘*»»ses, etc. Supposed to con tain large deposits of iron and other val uable minerals. 3 udles from Summer- ■ I ville, Ga. 37. Town property, 12’7 lots, 4 lots ■ 6.0x150, balance 50x120, all in one body; in the healthiest and most desirable part of Summerville. Can bo divided into several beautiful building sites. Good two-story building, six rooms, [■neatly and eomfortly finished; a good burn and good water. Price low and • terms easy. 3s. One half interest in a corn £rist millon Teloga creek, 6 miles from Sum nlerville, Ga., 7 1-2 foot fall, giving an ::veu'go of 12 horse power. 3 acres of lai»d, good mill and gin house, good four ro< -!i dwelling and out houses, in good neighborhood, convenient to schools, i oct. Price low and terms easy. Farm 1150 acres, 30 acres open, tho i•etnaimler covered with finest timber th-* county afij>rds, consisting of pine am! all varieties of oak.especially moun tain oak; good tenant house, stable, etc; good well; also contatns large deposits of the richest quality of magnetic iron orc. 4 miles from Summerville: conve nient to churches and schools. ' 28 aeiu s, mostly level, just outside tho corporate limits of Summerville; 17 open mid in high state of cultivation, other well timbered. Rod and grav soil: good , i spring. Fine farming land and well , adapted to fruit raising, etc. Rest vineyard in the county, .4,000 ■ select bearing vinos, in good condition; also first class orchard of select apple ; and pe u h. I mile east of'l’rion Factory. . so acres. 40 open and well fenced,balance well 1 i inhered ; about half level; all suit abb- i'or agricultural purposes, ami es pecially for fruit growing. Good spring and fine freestone well. 2 good small b(.u:- s. Also contains large deposits of ri d- iron ore. Cheapest farm North Ga. I Farm loss acres, mostly broken, 15 i cleared, balance well timbered. ? ray • and red soil; good five-room framed ; ! d\V( Hing with oiithouses. School and ’ ; churehes convenient. Farm 2fM) a<-res, lOOopcn; well fenced ami in good state of cultivarion. Well w;-t. red. 6»5 acres lino creek bottom, rod ' a.id gray soil, good dv.udiing, 4 rooms, i ; rn, I - li-pond, orchard, etc. Situated cast of'-'ey’.er’s Ridge. Farm s 2 acres, 74 open, well fenced, and in high state of cultivation; 60 fine • reek bottom, well watered; good dwell ' ing, 5 rooms,table, etc; also good gin house, and tenant lu.'Us.v. Located in > Dirt '.own valley. Farm, :..oo acres, mostly level, 115 open; ■ in good state of < ultivation; remainder ve; y heavily timbered. Dark mulatto 5 and gray soil; well improved; good 8 , i room <lw( Hing. 2 tenement houses, barn, ■ : irjfles, f tc. \Vcll watered; 4 miles from i .Summerville. • Town property for sale or rent. Good framed 4 room’ dwelling. Situated in , the healthiest, most desirable locality in Summerville. An pie garden, etc. Town property for sale or rent. Neat . frame d : tore-liouse, ample and well furnishi (I, irontingon main street. i Stock farm 319 acres, 130 open in / . cultivation and well fenced. Contah X/ : great qua.ntity of timber of all varict?., 9 • fl dark gray and red mulatto soil, running ■[water mi all parts of the place; fine i peach and apple orchard that never fails |toh : d; house and other improvement.*- i , good. i Farm, 21 acres, 1 mile from Summer ‘ ■ vil’e, mostly level, rod mulatto soil, i about half first class creek bottom, well [ watered, 12 acres cleared and fenced, la.iar-ce well timbered; good building . sites. , F,o ::<-r: 100 first-class river , I.otbeu. 65 open, balance well timbered. - -d - framed dw< Fing, good ; st. -bk , etc. F-->r further particulars r.s to descrip- - • yl t» rms, call m• r address C ji •. r i * a F :.\l Estate <’o., wimmer*. ille, Ga