Show j HUNTING 1 MOUNTAIN I LIONS A G Game Oame ue That I of or the Efforts of or Brave Huntsmen There Tere is one animal that r T prefer to hunt above all al others and anti that is the tho mountain lion lon I wish my reader cou could see the m marvelous relous leaps made by this huge c cat t. t when hard barl pressed by a good pack of hounds Nothing short of ofa a good pack can run him thirty and forty f feet et he ho makes at a abound abound bound rising like a winged creature high above above sewood and chapparal chapparal chapparal chap- chap paral ground o E ent for for the d dd dogs gs is barely left so BO daintily does he alight the hounds must the use slightly tainted air for their guide It is a well known known wel-known fact that the tho mountain lion lon stands in the greatest terror of dogs When chased by byth th them m he will wil first try to run out out out-lun them failing in in this ho he will wi take to the nearest tree but when there is no tree of refuge and the lion lon comes to b bay y then look out One stroke of his powerful paw means a dead doad dog and unless the hunter comes to the rifle rife or 01 oi the tho savage savage sav say age brute rute will wi slaughter tho the whole j I pack in detail Should he be succeed in killing all al the dogs he will wi immediately immediately immedi immedi- tur turn his attention to the human enemy whom he considers the most insignificant of his pursuers A party party whom I know very ery well wellmet wellmet el met with a terrible adventure ad while hunting the mountain lion lon The Tho animal came caine to too bay buy on the top of a apie pile pie of rocks rooks far up the mountain side As a matter of course coure the tho doga dogs arrived there long before re the hunter and wishing t to get as near a at a I possible to the thel game they crawled onto a small smal bluff that projected I above the lions lion's lons lon's position and from there bayed and growled at ot the quarry The Te hunter meantime worked his way up until he arrived sa say within thi thirty ty feet of tile tEe spot spot Here Hero he stopped and was looking around for a place from whence he could shoot the lion lon dead without endangering the dogs when with a shrill shri scream that went echoing up the canyon the tha the big cat sprang upon him threw v him hi backward and placing placing ing lag his huge paws on either arm literally pinned him to the ground giving him no chance whatever to dra draw a knife o or pistol l. l I I The lion lon all al this time was growling and screaming with wih fury fco o near were the yellow fangs to tho the hunters hunter's face that tho fro froth h dripping from the b beasts a s mouth muth h ne nearly blinded the tho prostrate man maI i i hounds for I j I i some reason leason perhaps on account of the thick brush did not see that the lion lon had ha pounced on their master so I instead of going goig to the rescue as they always do t they ey with the exception exception ex ox- of one old dog veered to one side sido and ran quite a little ittle distance on the back track before finding their mistake The Te veteran hound that stayed behind behind behind be be- hind leaped ori tho tEe rock ock vacated by the lion lon and from there saw the p perilous per r ilous ious position of his much lovd mast master r. r With a deep bay that sounded almost a rear the noble noUe I animal launched himself into the tir tir ir irand and alighted within a few feet of tha tia lion lon The Te next bound landed him on n I the tho enemy's bade back back The lion lon turn turned d to d defend fend himself himsel from this new foe 10 and in i doing so so lifted one ono paw from the mans man's arm Knowing that it was his last chance for dear life le the hunter huntor hunt hunt- er or made mae a desperate despert effort drew his hs heavy heavy pistol and j jamming the barrel barel against the lions lion's breast let him hm have three shots three less Jess than as many seconds Almost Aloft without a quiver the fierce ni el d dead d at the side of his Isis intended y The Te next moment moment mo mo- ment meat with wit a a the whole pack was wa on the dead ded king mangling h him w h tie the k w. w greatest fe ferocity ferocity fe- fe rocity rot as if t. t tiring to oaks mairn up for fc th their unusual bUnder bIad mak bUdr The h hutel te will ovill wl v always 3 e a ledge that his old ol h nd Bl n s vo his life oo o Ws |