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Show he great cat not only broke the neck, but lltt rally cut It half In two. The large, white sinew of the neck was severed by the lion's teeth and pulled loose from the head. The elk then rolled over on Its side and the lion began to lap the blood as it spurted from the great gap at the top of the throat. . A Mountain Tragedy. The following description of a duel to the death between a magnificent elk and a mountain lion la from a story by G. V. Warren In Recreation: The lion quickly moved to the side of the fleeing quarry, and, taking him on the ehoulder and breast with his forepaws, embedded his terrible teeth in the throat of the elk. The elk gave a stifled cry of pain and rage as he attempted to trample the enemy down. They were now coming i . uncomfortably close. The elk had swayed in his course and Btaeftred from the path. With one mighty effort he tried to 'dislodge 'dis-lodge the lion by swinging with his fore leet. but his fate was sealed. As Well might a rabbit expect to escape the eagle when once In its talons, as this monster elk to defeat his terrible foe. The great beast staggered laterally and fell, his shoulders bearing down the lion's haunches and hind legs, causing it to 'relax 're-lax its death grip to pull Itself from under the elk, which made a rallying effort and , regained his feet. Once more the lion succeeded suc-ceeded In fastening his teeth In the flesh cf the elk. this time on the top of the nerk, and the elk made a last feeble lurch forward for-ward and fell within ten feet of me. The elk seemed to fall forward mbre from pain than from the weight of the Cite; whereupon the Hon doubled Itself up, resting rest-ing both fore and hind feet on the elk's neck on either side of the lion's mouth, then the hind feet were pressed against the. neck, embedding the claws deep Into the elk's flesh, and, with a mighty effort |