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Show HUNTING THE PUMA. A Dangerous Neighbor to Have lu a Dark Forest, The Cosmopolitan Magazin has a description of the puma from an old hunter, which Is ncarcely calculated to encourage any except the most hardy lu teokiug that treacherous animal. - You have travelod far. The sun goes down. You build a fire and oook your meat, and .then good tea nnd the tatae. It Is pleasant. You hear tho loon crying on tho water, or the last whistle of the heron up the pass. The lights In tbe sky come out and shine through a thin mi4l thorn U nothing llko that mist, it Is so fine and ooft. You are sloepy, You bless the good God. You stretch plno branches, ycrap In your blaukpt and He. down to bleep. It Is nil quiet. As you sleep, something come. It glides nloug on Its belly like a snake. It Is a pity if you have not ears that feci tho whole body as ears. For there Is a swift lungo, a snarl oh, you should hear ttl The thing has you by tho throat, and there Is an end. To kill tho puma you must watch, nlwoys watch. Yo will see his yellow eyes cotnotlroes in a troe. You will hear his breath nt night as you protend pro-tend to sleep, nnd you wait till you nee his foot steal out of the shadow; then you havo htm. From a mountain wall you .watch in tho motniug, and w)tm you r-oo him you follow nnd follow, nnd do not rest till yon havo found him. You must I never mlts tiro, for liu has great strength and a mad tooth. But. when you have got him he Is worth, all. 9 |