Show Ir fY 1 A Nubian Lion Hunt By Baron Heinrich Albert llaron Uciniich Albert ilto Aus trianSwiss itdrcntnrer has hunted gntue in every ptiit of the trorld lie tarts an clinic which provides him with an income of 5000 per year roof for the past IS years that is since his majority he has traveled itfcr the globe toeing d < ingpn > itt ani mnli and laying them low It is not often Ilial a man is i foitnd who has hunted puma grizzly moose lion tiger elephant wolf rJiinoccios hippopotamus leopard oreolol etc In these especiallywritten papers lie lots narrated for this crics some of his most stirring encounters in the territory through which Hx1re i dent Roosevelt will hunt T WOULD bo absurd after negotiating IT nego-tiating the dangers of n passage of tho Upper Nile out of season and after traversing several hundreds of miles of country In tho hands of lubolllous tribesmen to como i i ° t I rl I r I I TM = µ C r l f k 7 r l a 6 td ROSE OUT OF THE ROCKS AND STOOD FACING US to a mortal I end under the paws of a Nubian Hon It would bo tho irony of fate but that is what nearly happened to mo some years ago With perils Innumerable behind us the two whlto men of tho party Qne a gold aeeker tho other a pure adventurer of thQ typo of Tamer nearly camo to an erg J We frequently left tho river and navigable tributaries which wo wero working out slowly to explore the ravines ra-vines for high bars never taking with us more than four bearers though at times wo wore absent from the main party outfit for n fortnight knowing It was entirely sofa In tho care ot a thin cross oyed Arabian exchasseur who was a born voyageur with a tinge I of Napoleon and tho Dovll and Uncle Tom in him Ho was true as salt Arabian and the blood brother Senegal negro are two types of dark skinned men with whom I would as soon faco danger and difficulty as with any white men that live Ono night wo were about to mako camp when wo encountered a party ot women und plrls bearing water jars and they told us of a village a mile further on Before wo reached tho village wo wero met by tho chief and his induanas who begged us to mako a stay with them as they were seriously seri-ously troubled with lions Two of tho chiefs horses and two of his wives had been killed among tho losses w cw 1 amPr 1 whteh tho vlllngo had suffered and 1 the throo muskets In his army woro of no avail especially as none ot tho officers of-ficers in command could bo Induced to got near enough to tho bold beast to risk a shot About tho second hour of darkness the entile In tho village became very restless Tho wind was from tho south and as tho half full moon was GO bright that any skulking animal near tho village would havo boon noticed Urnyton and I agreed that the lion wan In a little coppo of rocks about n half mile up the wind We had nut hod time before dark to examine any of the old < < 1 spoor and knowing merely that there was at least a lioness with cubs among tho lot wo set out instead in-stead of waiting until they approached tho stream Drayton carried a special G050 Winchester and 1 a Parker ton gauge which I had loaded with special shells of dense powder and buckshot set In wax When within 50 yards of tho kappa u splendid animal form rose out of the rocks and stood facing us his toro paws on n huge boulder Wo wero hidden by tho clumps ot brush through which wo had been working and ho did not sea us Slowly and majestically majestic-ally ho surveyed the little plain then thrusting out his ponderous jaw uttered ut-tered n roar that went thundering down the reach of moonlit silence U was with difficulty 1 l that could 1 restrain re-strain Dniyton Irom risking a shot from where wo stood Tho lion hold his pose and ducking under cover ot the brush and treading softly on tho sand wo hurried forward to tho flint rldgo of rocks To pass those wo must attract his nutlco to a certainty so Drayton dropped on one kneYwhllo with every nerve tingling and my oyes and cart aNI rain to catch nny sign ot his mate who might bo just beyond tho ridge for all wo knew d I waited for Uraytons shot He chose the chest and tho crash of tho Wlticnester wont echoing among tho rocks Tho mag + nlllccnt beast leaped ten foot In tho air then camo rolling tumbling clawing claw-ing down our side of the koppo directly di-rectly toward < < 1 us Hln wounded roar is was answered from other directions There woro two other lions on tho other silo ot f the koppo l i and ono In tho l rocks and l brush not 20 yards from UH to tho right Dut wo had not time to think of them Tho wounded lion got to his feet with Incredible energy and quickness As ho leaped with another roar I poured both barrels of my Parker into his body That was enough Ho landed In convulsions and It was fortunata that ho had enough There was a crash In the brush to the right and bounding Into the moonlight giving torrlblo voice camo his mate Sho stopped as she caught sight of us Never havo I broken and loaded a gun mote quickly Drayton had pumped In another shell and without pausing to more than swing on his knee and cover ho let t drlvo and missed barely raking her shoulder She bit hastily at tho wound rand r-and then came for us llo a thunderbolt thunder-bolt I meant to pull both barrels but gave her tho right She wavered a trifle but was on us before I could i flro again Sho knocked Drayton flat F and his head striking a rock ho lay ii senseless while her outstretched t talons tore his rlflo from his hands + i and tumbled < < 1 It clattering among tbo bushes Her momentum carried her over him and her body merely y brushed me I leaped ono paco to the right and swinging my + place without oven bringing it to shoulder drove the bucks into her throat Sho was la tho act ot whirling to rush upon Dray ton but now dropped In her final agony rolling over and over on him n ono blind blow from her paws tearing half tho clothes from his body but r leaving him unhurt I did not know then but that she hail crushed his skull as site leaped but ragging him aside I saw that ho wan merely stunned and was now coming around Hy permission of Longmaur Green Co New York Copyright 1009 by BeriJ D oipptoa t 0 a J 1 4ee |