Show close shave with a Meol mid I 1 walked a little nearer the ede edge ot of the ledge to listen if I 1 could bear an anything Y in the gap as we could not tell where the dogs or the leopard had bad got to I 1 heard beard a slight rustle below whether in the bush or on the ledge I 1 could not tell and there was waa no time to find out for with a rush and a bound the leopard threw himself against the krantz clutching at ac the grass boota on top with the claws of one fore fare paw the other was broken just above the wrist and I 1 could hear bear his hind claws scrape p ing on the rocks in his bis endeavors to scramble up I 1 knew that he was very tery close to roe me his bis great blood smeared paws were within six feet and andI I 1 could see am his bis wicked yellow eyes glaring savagely and the saliva red tinged dropping from the gle gleaming aming tusks As ran in with uplifted assegai I 1 fired dow down into tho the brutes mouth outha and with k a savage gasp he feu fell down I 1 on an to the ledge leap below the plucky without waiting to self see if he be was waa dead d jumped down dow on top of him hiat wid and gave eb bim a final thrust with ha his assegai aj ere ufa life had sped kirby |