Show SAVED DY A S CM I 1 only ii row few secona ot or nr but blit arrer beery y otto om vo woo Cor ture it being behig too lioi ito to move about to in the lift att ernson I 1 irvi had tho the slina my iny hummock between two small trees about 50 prices paces from the tart in this pori position tion ii I 1 ROI gol the full fill I 1 abade ut a inigo treo to tle imil and was far enough away from the chatter lop natives to reit by their their voices I 1 ren fell asleep 2 3 2 tail end my an ak enitia two lour later was a very quick one I 1 wai lying on my tight side facing the las big bit tice lice anti anil looking into tho the forest beyond tho the first big limb on tho breo ans wasa about boint IS net from the wound ground and brin branched clied to the mst cast tito the trunk ot of the tree lis aade we rift nier erward vard was ex cx ricely 11 1 foat from roni my brim hammock mock while the limb was a foot further idi 1 did nota not awake with a 1 start not nor did I 1 rub aly eyes rind and yawn I 1 simply opened my iny eyes its aa if ial I 1 had bad hut there them only a n minute before and I 1 found myself looking at tile the limb 1 I lave have filo spoken ken k en of 0 ily vision was focused on a spot pot about ox tl feet front from the trunk and th though ough I 1 iraq wei gazing in fil A dreamy dream yssay way I 1 felt a sudden thrill in the I 1 caught sight of two fiery eyes mid made lande out the form of a vi is ild iia beast crouched along the limb the chev v onder is 13 that I 1 did not a tart start u up p ith a shout to the natives but so far us its I 1 Y can all ie 1 member I 1 could not move hand band or toot foot it was a sort rt ot of nightmare which held beld my limbs and yet I 1 was illde awake and hd had ell all my senses but that of feeling the natives had bad gono gone down to the river to asb leaving the camp quite alone arid and aside from the hum of insects and the oc cas ional noto note of it a bird the neighborhood v quiet as it no nothing thing lived I 1 dw did not move a finger tho the beast saw my eyes open rud raised ills his head I 1 realized in a flash that it was a panther und and that I 1 was tile the game ho he was otter after prowling 1 El through trough the Jun jungle globo ho lad bad pot ay scent 11 and followed it up As the hammock was not over two feet from the ground he could have crept up tip and picked me ilia out of it but lie he was probably a bit over the article lie had climbed to pet get it a view from above anti 30 20 Re second coLdA after I 1 sot got my eyes on him I 1 knew that cant he be meant to attack me had I 1 suddenly sat eat up u and flung my arms anna about and shouted lio lie NN would probably have made ol off hub bub I 1 could not have mored a finger if a dozen lives depended on oil it its a 1 male panther and a large one I 1 masud awl gottha got outlines ofha farin A panther is 18 capable of malinit a prodigious 14 leap but I 1 doubt if he can cavet thit that lii irinco As the limb is with alio a hammock he labors labore under a in making his bis spring he will try cry it tho though uth his cari cira lire aft lying flat fiat his tail moving and his lip has bos fallen down till his yellow fanas are plain to view it if ho he had a run of 10 feet along that limb he be could clear the hammock but as an H is he be must leap sideways hear liis ilia claara tearing fearing the bark see how the red in hid Idil leyes changes to green und and glints like a in the it if I 1 could coul diliet set abeham the hammock swinging it might frighten him but bat I 1 cannot move raivo a music a all al uc ile a moving farther out to get nn an but he be does not rind find it every inch lias has got to be figured on iu in the spring ho he will malc ile iio bacab up to his original position and snarls snarl and spits like an angry anery cat lies iles vi up his nerve to make the spring markl theres a movement la in the thicket I 1 it cant be one of the natives and no party of hunters would approach from that direction the panther Id flattens attens himself down on tile the 11 limb b and wake looks down and A tiute snarls and spits and I 1 hear bear the booc of a hyena aa he trots trois away for haff a minute thi the least beast on the limb set erlis to co be sizing me up he has never seen a man lying in ill a hammock before but hes sure its ita a man mail living or dead hell come in the next few seconds occo ids I 1 hear the sound bound of his claws clar a its as they take a firm hold and thore there is a movement to his aboul dem which cannot be mistaken stalen nii ile he gives bli tail torea three or lour forrant angry y flirl s shakes his head at it if annoyed ank loyed by flies arid and then I 1 see a amit balkin bali in tie the air between me and the limb it ix straight at me and with a yell I 1 crime to a sitting posture tu j just t in time timet to oKee see the panther strike the areli us lie hu just hix feet shoil deep iuta inep the alluvial and grimn end over end out the head bead of the hammock into the bushel H his I 1 amov movements cements C are io bo swift that fiat the eyo eye can hardly follow them and he his bos disappeared whilo while I 1 yet seem to see liim him ending over there I 1 sat aud and le lc had only to come and eat me but bat he did di not return with snarls and raus roan he charged I 1 light ight through the camp at the natives returning from the river ewer no he was upon them before they cot the martin und and without seeming to pause for tin nn instant lie he bit one and clawed two others so savagely that they were rare laid up for dreeka while we were svere measuring the panthers leap one of 0 tho cho natives ascended the tree to the limb to inspect it it wat was not dot it a sound bound limb and just where tim th animal had placed its his abiud feet ft a great had bad lion ijen torn ava y give him duo credit dahib tib sidd the man as be brou brought Acht the splinter if the wood had not given way arten he made liis his leap lo ho would have baru struck you the panther is sharper than the dilfer I 1 he a never leaps until hz he has got chii distance betide I 1 found by the murl s tin the limb that be hall had a sore foot probably from a thorn and he could his best give lim him another chance bl before fore you send him aulvey in contempt M QUAD |