Show II I I By Trails T Theodore Roosevelt iT I African Game J. J t II III I I Continued From Preceding Pago PaJo q the Winchester spoke and as the thO soft soft- oft I forward through ploughed jl h no oed ed bullet I IUS II the lion swerved so that IJ his flank lank iJ US I missed him with 1 the second shot butr but r my third bullet wont through the spine opine 11 I and arid forward SUd Into Ills hI cheat chot i 1 I Down Don he came sixty yards oft off his hind bind quarters dragging his hla head hoad up It and lips Ups his Is cars back his Jaws open ji-ij ji Ii I prodigious snarl as lS het he HI I drawn dran up in a turn his face Cace to us Ills t f. endeavored to back was broken but of or this wo could be he sure suro and ad If Ir It not not at tho the moment i he hc might have i had merely been grazed recovered an and 1 then oven though dying dIng mischief dono might have his charge 41 I Sir Alfred Altred and ad I fired I So Kermit Into his chest His HisM 9 almost together M I head bead sank and he died j Nl PURSUING G T TIlE THE E SECO SECOND D LION 1 I This lion had come como out on the tho left left L JI of the bushes the other to the right 4 of ot thorn thom had not teen Been een hit and we saw r him hini galloping across ss tho the plains s six or 1 eight hundred yards away nar A couple I more shots missed and we mounted our ourI horses hones to try to ride him down rhoM rho Tho 8 M I plain sloped gently gentl upward for tor three- three quarters o of ot a a. mile to a n low crest crost or ori i divide and long before we got bot near near him he disappeared over or this Sir Alfred Al Alfred Al- Al t fred and Kermit were vero tearing along in Hl front and to the tho right and Miss Pease So PelSon close close behind behind while Tranquillity carried n me mc as fast as he ho could on the tho left lett with j ii J near me On topping the divide Sir Alfred andI and t which had hadI I Kermit missed the tho lion Uon I I swung to the left and ond they the raced ahead and I It I. I J 11 I too far for to the tho right however sa saw the lion Uon loping along t 1 il X 1 close behind some l and this hi enabled mo me to get up to him as quickly ill Jj If as the lighter men Oen on op tho the faster horses t downhill n The Tho going was was waB now slightly I ji I and the sorrel took mo me along ver very t well while whose hose horse was wast as t slow Blow bore to th the right Tight and joined the n f other two men i. t THE KING OF 01 BEASTS AT flAX DAY iN fl j i We gained rapidly rapid and finding out 1 lr Ij this the lion suddenly halted and camo came slight hollow where tho the f ito to ba bay in a J grass was rather long The Tho plain I seemed flat and wo we could seo tho the lion back but especially well from hors horseback I when ho he lay down it was most dun dun- I I cult to mako make him out on foot toot and Impossible Im un- un when kneeling possible to do so d Ii We Wo were wore about abo one hundred and fifty yards from the lion Sir Alfred Altred Ker ICer- er- er mit and Miss Pease at off to toone toone toone one side and slightly above him on the slope elope while I 1 was nag wn on tho the level neatly nearly equidistant from him and them Kermit Ker Ker- tho mit and nd I tried shooting from horses but at nt such a n distance this was not effective Then I got ot off orr but hi his horse when hen I would not lot let him shoot and got off oCt I could not mako out the animal distinctness dif die with sufficient through h the grass B to enable mo me to take tako atm aim and ami had arrived Old Bon Ben the dog about was waa strolling barking loudly loudl near tho lion Hon which paid him not the slightest attention black sale At this moment m my came CAmo running up to mo nio and took hold of or the tho bridle he had seen tho chase from tho the tine line of t march and had cut across to Join mo me There was ns no other sale Bale 0 or gun-bearer gun anywhere near and his action was plucky for tor ho was wao the thc only man afoot noot with the lion Uon at ba bay Lad Lady Pease Pen had also alBo ridden up and was wan as an nn interested spectator only some somo fifty yar yards s behind me FACE TO ro PACE FACE WITH ITH T THE E LION Now an elderly man with a n varied past which includes rheumatism does docs Into the saddle as not vault ault lightly I his sons for Instance can and I had In th the already made mode up m my mind that event of ot the lions lion's charging it would be wise for tor mo me to tr trust st to straight ht powder rather rathor than to try to scramble into tho the saddle and got awn awa away in time companions settled set- set arrival of ot m two The Tho my tied matters I was not sure cuTe of or the the thol and I speed of Lady Pease's horse was on foot and it was of ot course out of or the question for tor mo rue to 10 leave him So I said Good now well we'll see seo this thing through and man gentle smiled a sh shy appreciation though he could not understand understand under under- of my tone stand tho the words I could still not see the lion when I knelt knel but he was now standing up looking looking- first at one group of ot horses and then at the other his tall tail lashing to and fro trot his head held lo low and his lips Ups dropped over his mouth In peculiar peculiar peculiar liar fashion while his harsh and savage savage sayago sav say age ago growling rolled thunderously over the plain Seeing and mo me on his tall tail foot he turned toward us lashing quicker and quicker bent Resting Resting- my elbow on shoulder I took steady stead aim and pressed the trigger the bullet went In between and the lion shoulder neck and tho the foreleg In the his side sido one fell tell over on In a n moment and recovered air lIe He sick and once evidently very stood up I more moro faced me mo gro growling lIn hoarsely I of charging on the ovo eve think ho was bullet this I fired tired again at once and behind tho the shoulders broke bro c his back Just next I killed him ders dors and with the around outright after atter we had gathered him These were two good sized mane- mane of ot them was loss lions and very proud at nt least as os I. I I think Sir Alfred was we wo had performed performed per por- especially proud without any font feat alone formed the hunters being present professional and only gentleman gentleman gen gen- amateurs all Wo Va wore were said laid Sir Alfred riders up A SAVAGE HUNTING SONG tho the lions It was Into latO before be forA we wo got tho the skinned Then we wo sot not off oft toward lion carrying each ranch two porters portera akin strapped to a n pole and two t o others carrying tho the cub skins Night fell tell long before we wo were ore near r tho the ranch but the brilliant tropic moon lighted tho the trail The stalwart savages who carried tho the bloody blood lion skins swung along at a faster taster walk as is the sun went down and the moon rose higher and the they began to chant In unison n. n one ono uttering a n. eln- eln glo blo gb word ord or sentence and the tho others musical chorus Joining In a a. toned deep-toned Tho The men on a n. safari and Indeed African can natives generally are arc always alwa's excited excited ex ex- cited over the thc death of a lion and the hunting tribes then chant their rough h hunting songs until the monotonous rhythmical repetitions make mako them grow almost frenzied The Tho ride homo home through the moonlight like the vast barren landscape shining silver on either hand was one to be remembered and above all the sight of ot I our trophies and of their wild bearers ANOTHER 4 SUCCESSFUL LION LIOi HUNT Three days later we wo had another successful suc JUC- lion hunt Our camp was pitched at a water hole in a little stream called Potha b by a n hill of the samo same name Pease and both the Hills were with us and Heller Holier Edmund a member of the expedition came too for tor he liked when possible to be with the hunters so that ho could at once care for any beast that was shot As the tho safari was stationary we wo took fifty or sixty porters as beaters beater It was as thirteen hours before we got into camp that evening Tho The Hills had beaters and water carriers carriers carriers car car- with thorn them as beaters baters of oC the tho half a dozen their farm it who were working on was waR interesting to watch these these the e naked savages with their filed tiled their heads shaved haved in curious patterns and ana little bows and arrows arrows ar ar- ar- ar carrying for arms rows long low hill bill Before lunch we wo beat a Harold Hill was waa with mo and Kermit wore were to together ether We Wo placed ourselves our our- each Mch side sloe of a selves solves one couple on two-thirds two of ot the way narrow neck tho the hill bill and ami soon along the crest of 0 after we were wore In position we heard neara of tho beaters as aD tho the distant they came toward us coveting covering tho the crest creat and tho the tops of the slopes on both disconcerting to sides It was wa rather rathor Hills Hill's eyes wore find how much better botter than mine He lie saw everything first and it usually took some somo time before ho he could make mo see eco it In this first drive nothing came m my way except somo some mountain does doc at I did not shoot hoot But nut a fine male choe- choe tah tab came camo to to Kermit and ho he bowled it over in good stylo style as it ran A It CREEPING G QUARRY Then tho the beaters halted and waited before resuming their march until the guns had gone clear round and established established established themselves at the base of ot the further end of the hilt hill This time Kermit Ker Ker- er- er mit who was a n couple of ot hundred yards from me l killed med a and anda a v Suddenly Hill said Lion and endeavored en on- to point it out to me mo ae as It crept cautiously among tho the rocks on tho the steep hillside a hundred and fifty yards ards away At first I could not see seo It Final Finally I thought I did and fired but as It proved at a place Just above him However r. r it made him start up and I immediately put the next bullet behind his shoulders It was a fatal shot but but growling ho he down don the hill and I fired again and killed him It was not much of a trophy however turning out to to be a half half- grown male niale We Ye lunched under tinder a tree and then arranged for another beat There Thero was a long wide valley or rather rathor a n Blight alight depression In the ground ground for for it was only three or four feet below bolow tho the general general gen gen- eral oral level level level-In in which tho the grass grow grew tall aa aD a the soil was quito quite wet Hill Hilland and ana I stationed ourselves on one side of ot this valle valley or depression toward the upper end Pease took Kermit to tho the opposite side and ond wo We waited our horses some ome distance behind us Ua The beaters boaters wore were put In at the lower ond end formed A 8 line lino across acro the valley and beat bent slowly toward us making malting a i groat great noise LION CHARGES They were still some Borne distance off ott when Hill saw three lions which had slunk stealthily off ahead of ot thorn through tho the grass I have called the I grass tall tall but this was only by comparison corn corn- parison with v the short grass gras of ot the dry plains In the depression or valley vaT val ley Icy It was some somo three feet high Jn In n such grass a lion which Is la marvelously adopt adept at hiding can easily conceal itself not merely when lying down but when advancing at a n crouching gait If It it stands orect however Itcan it itcan itcan can be bo seen There were two lions near us us ono one I directly direct In our front a n hundred and ten yards off oft Somo Some seconds pass passed cd before Hill lull could make malte mo roe realize that the dim yellow smear In the thc yellow- yellow brown grass rass was was' a lion and then I found such difficulty in getting a bead beadon on it that I overshot However the tho bullet must have h passed very close close close- Indeed I think It Just grazed him him- him for Cor he Jumped up and faced us growlIng growling growl- growl Ing In savagely sa Then his head lowered lie he threw his taU tall straight Into the air and began to charge Tho The first tow few steps he took at ata ata ata a trot and before he could start Into a gallop I put the soft-nosed soft Winchester Winches Winches- ter bullet In between tho the neck and shoulder Down ho went with a A. roar tho the wound was fatal but I was taking tatting no chances and I put two more bullets In him Then we wo walked toward where horo Hill had already seen another lion the lion the lioness as ns It proved Again he had making me BOO her herbut some Borne difficulty in and I walked to toward toward toward to- to but he ho succeeded repressing ro- ro long grass ward her hor through tho the pressing the zeal of or my two gun Sun who vrho but stanch bearers who were little showed a tendency to walk walle a n side instead of me on each behind I walked toward h nor her r because I could not kne kneel l to shoot In grass graBS so 80 offhand I tall and when shooting shooting- like to bo fairly close BO so as BS to bo be sure euro that my mr bullets go in tho the right rl ht place At sixty yards I could make her out clearly snarling at ot me as she sho faced mo me and I shot phot her hor full In tho the chest cheat She at once performed a series of extraordinary extraordinary ex ex- tumbling about on antics her head hend Just as 08 if It she sho were throwing somersaults first to one side and then to the tho other I fired tired again but managed managed man man- aged to shoot between the somersaults 80 80 so to speak and missed her The shot seemed to bring her to herself her her- self and away she tore but instead of charging us she charged tho the line Une of ot beaters Sho was dying fast however and In her weakness failed to catch any ono one and she sank Bank down Into thelong tho the long grass TICKLISH WORK Hill and 1 I advanced to look her up our rifles rUlos at full cock and the gun- gun bearers close behind It is ticklish work to follow a a. wounded lion in tall grass and wo we 0 walked carefully every sense sonso on tho the alert We Ye passed Holler who had been with tho the beaters Ho He to us with Ith an amused smile His only weapon was a 0 pair of field- field glasses but ho he always took things as they came with entire coolness and to bo be close to a A. wounded lioness when sho charged merely merel interested him A A. beater came carne running up and pointed ted toward where ho he had seen Men her and we walked toward the place At thirty yards distance Hill pointed and eagerly peering I made out the form torm of ot tho the lioness showing indistinctly through the grass rass She was half halt crouching half haIr sitting her head bent down but hut she sho still sUll had strength to do mischief She Sho saw us us but before she coult coul 1 turn I sent Bent a n bullet through her hout dors down she wont went and was det when we walked up A cub had beeh beca seen Been and another grown full lion the they had slunk off oct anT and we got cot bUt ut neither This was a n full grown but lioness of ot average size her cu cubs muil I havo have boon bo n several months old 17 V 1 took tool her entire to camp to Weigh Ih s weighed two hundred and pounds The first lion which wo 13 h ha 3 difficulty In finding as there were n no i identifying marks In the plain of t grass was a n good sized male w wing wet well i ing Ins about four hundred pounds Pound bits not yet ot tull- tull grown full rown although he Wat probably the father of the cubs cube I IA IA A WED EmD CEREMONY Wo We were a long way war from and after atter beating in vain ain for th the theo o oth lion we e s started back I It t was wag att Ji 1 nl nightfall before we saw the tho camp fir nt It was two hours later before t ti porters appeared |