| Show THE GRIEF OF A BIG JAGUAR An Exhibition that Alarmed the Slayer of His Mate It was In the wooded region of Ecua T < regoll dor In the San Jailnto district on the easterly slopo of tile Maritime Andes that I killed I Jaguar one day just as I Into for the our party was going comp I night said A L Vernon I civil en Klneir who for fvernl years was engaged en-gaged hi explorlm ullvvny routes and building track Ir rluu parts of South and Central Arretlea T unguar was it mate a big buqv ute that h1 fulJowed us for hours d hu hung ao clume uhoUI the camp after wo halted coe thiow the horses and sonle of this men almost Into it tIanic I I hot tier in broad daylight I not fifty yards frown h yal = fl I o IT caml as sigh Was stealing upoll u mule standing with hU I pack under I an algunoba tree I took oft her nkln It WRB n neb one slick as satin and splendid In Its black nnd low markings mark-ings nnd hung It against tile trunk of tho tree high enough to keep It from tile mountain rata and other gnawing vermin T was In the Pairing season of jaguars and some of the > ld forest men with me Paid there would IM on nther tiger 10 d1 alth before mornIng morn-Ing that the male Jaguar would tcom around in search of its mate There was notable willingness throughout Ilia camp to lend a hand In gathering firewood fire-wood And for their common ratety I put two men Instead of one In the duty of guarding the horses and mules when I > the ktnck wns turned out to graze thiough the night AVA were camping In ground partly open with thickly wooded slopes on the I right and the lift ruing to tile foothills of lh Andei Shortly after nightfall wo heard the walling cry of a Jaguar out In lh < forest on the right and the sound chitted to different points com Ing norgoor hefr we rolled ourlvoA lip I In our blankets for tile night T I wns the dry season anti we Slept In the open air twelve of us In n double row and there were four fires left burning bright one on eoh slla of tile camp as we drnpo1 valeell I should not have troubled to hive the flreH hull un my own ocroull having great CUh In my rcpllg Title find revolvers In mt tile 00 or jOnua or hlve other hpt might come Ito t my mn ivho know the forest thought different I In nod I gave them their way Sum lime In tile night I wns nwnk ned by a crj a frightful scream that brought mo lu mo fI Itt my Title lutchd In my blind before I fairly Icuxv l that I was nwake All about tile tho men were starting up and gazing fearfully around What Is I It Iedrn I asked my na he guide and Interpreter who slept always by my side He had drawn Ills machete from beneath his poncho ana I flow reln on ant knee ainn looking In the direction of the nlgnrroba trI ji tr-I tlcre iu nonll he answered Ite I i mourning his csposa wife Us pointed with his 1bl I toward the tree ru hn Mtoku The full mon hud just risen above I tho mountains nnd by I Its t light I I could see the hl Jasuar standing bo nrath tile tice looking up at the Bkln of hla 1 mate Btrctcheil l Against the trunk Twice ho moaned hetUtrit a Th 0 econd wn something nln ivhln anti a low roaring but ilea denee unmistakably wn of lsl s Then throwing file head hlghr he uttered ut-tered nKnl1 n cry uh < n that which hall nwakened the camp Sur J n suml 1 have never heart before or since Loud deep Ocr vibrant II filled the air < dismay with fill rolol uf wonde IImay nnd grlefa Jaguars grief with a note of gathering anger in Its ton As It ended the creature trne 10101 our camp n I could tellby the lomln forth nf his eyes like fireball Then lowering his hend nnd half crouching Un Jngunr uttered roar after roar Wo were all 011 our feet now And every rotors vilho hod n 01011 of any kind had seized It nomo 01 lie men wore nt the fires that nail been built nrun < us stirring them Into a blaze and filling fuel upon them taking care nno plln an Ihoy worked not 10 Ct Ieyunl tile protection of the lam Every In stnnt < expected tho Jiguar to come bounding upon u < The sight of our numbers awl l the blazing up of the fires held him hack from attacking m but for several minutes the animal faced us roaring angrily Sometimes he would cra > I n few Inches toward us or TIP fnS unuld tear al the turf and tree roots ns If testing the strength of hli clante n was a splendid challenge that none of us was Inclined to nccpt nn fifty yards away In the bright lY mooillsht the Jaguar made a rim mark for my rifle but soimhow I did not 0mhW feel like shooting him III grief And resentment both s Intense anti fitting nppenled my sympathy and I should hive been glad to see him turn away unmolested < stood with my linger at the rllle trigger without aiming until un-til Poll to to whisper mm t whlpr UK Fin senor while ou have aelor wbl thewhile of Joeph and chance In the llama PM Mary till not wound wlthoit I killing him I you do he will have reVenue re-Venue Then I fired three shotis In succes 1011 lmlnK between the ner eye Th moonlight may have been < 1 Ue perhaps tiger fever more nerve shaking han buck fever gotlnto my hkllg knew that none of my bull truk tile Jaguar Hut who was better than merely to wound him their whistlIng whistl-ing and the Hash and reports of the tiring ca limed the Jaguar to retreat At the third shot the roaring cenned and i he crept Into the shadow of n Iree somemlaere beyond the trunk I aught other glance or Ills o yes old fired two morn shots That was ithe last no saw of him I I he stole iway In the darkninos File minutes later there came an outcry from the dlUon In which our stork had been drlvcnnounds of a tampod of hoof the cries of the herderm and n gunshot took half the men unit carrying torches v start ed roc the Founds We met the herders herd-ers omlng toward the amp very much ea frightened t 11 el Igrpl n fill thai 1 could get them 10 ny until ul OlO of thel managed I n thoolleor but Jaguar had leoped Dmong lb hore Inilloil two of them down and Iampd oil 1 Iho rotor of the herd 1 cursed thin hrdo for t heIr cowardice anti Ihretened them wllh we If I they did not lake me 10 the jguar A nt le came near the Via e we could hear the wlIK or t he jaKua J but at our appearance ap-pearance ho left the hoe he was tear Iernnr I ng 11 we lef < 11 not get within eight of him Wo roull an lh herders Paid I hat the Jaguar hd killed two horses tht harse and rok H I had leaped on one ald ell I < neck with a single bile then had ovrlak1I tile second one myrid InK horse and kIlle11 that The killing of the homes seems to have been done Iy the jugur purely I an nt or revenge I apparently served to work off his fury for he troubled the camp n more The loss of two good her besides the disturbIng disturb-ing of goo camp which did not get quieted clown for hours was the price the Jaguar made tli pay for the kiln of his mate Indeed I feared at first hid ben that more of the animals killed but we found all the Others nl kld the ramp ashen we returned The Instinct In-stinct that causes dometl animals to seek the protection of mn II fares lee of danger from wild beasts had brought them there after their first I mad rush In any direction to get away from the Jaguars attack New York Sun |
