| Show FARMERS AWFUL FIGH WITH NISTER MINSTER ai LE BRITISH EAST AF nICANA HA HAS 9 FIERCE STR atri t WITH imprisoned bel BE I 1 london A oung I 1 can farmer fanner had been dining friend near averl aud and all aa i chatting by the tire fire MB his do barking A leopard had been paying i to the pigs a bev fe nights before lates and I 1 suggested that tl was at hand again valle w discussing this a inona tei cartia came into the loon loom with luct that it vias vas nearly against us ll 11 could pull up we started shouting for would collar bollap the dog but it surprised at the sight eight of lis ia an light from the lamp to meddle dog the leopard then turia tuond d the doorway but milrod it ar hind bind the door anxious to go ga retired reared itself against tho the wi pawed around about to the eld aid OF ev 04 U 0 it was on an me M LI like 0 a sh I 1 room we had no weapons hali ban we still kept shouting at it thlik good fun to scare the beast and would soon gain the doorway As it moved about howe came against the door and a el then the tune was as changed V we were acre in a tight place and round for something to debeni aeten selves with nl e now had our up as aa shields I 1 was A as nearest th and began to move slowly t m whenever the leopards leopard a bad turned to me it noticed what I 1 was aas attai ever and was on me like a shi sh a roar or growl pa paws s out and wide ide open I 1 with the chair but it knoel knocked ted th thit hit it out of mv hands and get ting one paw home on my scalp clawed claued it and ripped it like a piece of cloth I 1 kept my foot feet bo however Never though it mu mut must t hive inoc knocked ked me violently against lie die wall all for my Eh shoulder wig is sore bore for weeks m after I 1 hammered en cn the beast i s heft hea I 1 with nith my lily fists but don t suppose e with much effect it probably pro pre vented rented it from using teeth and claws on my legs or body as aa it kept sn amp ii ping at and trang to catch my handi handa ag aa I 1 lit hit it while hile all the time t the h e log dog P atas EI S tearing at its ears the dog must I 1 have gripped one of the leopard a hind legs velch made the leopard turn from me the young man took the opportunity i to oven open the door Rl although though almot almost blinded by blood in the heintl meantime me tile leopard was uns mating for his friend mr D who had ben binning his handa badly in to tring ing to take a brand from the ili tire as aa a weapon eap the next I 1 saw the narrator pur sues was nas mr D on the bed and the leopard gathering itself for a spring upon him but D was as in time to lift a blanket over himself and so FO foiled the ebaire I 1 stood holding the door open with one hand with the other dt veiling the blood from ni mi eyes the leopard now looked back to the he door turning a little toward the dog m which kept pestering it it felt felitha the cold air blo blowing ing in from the open door turning luither fuith cr it saw outside and trotted out I 1 had not eyen even the chance of df giving ing it a parting kick as aa it brushed past me because the dog wit we witt t hanging on its hindquarters after gotting getting out it t roust must have hane turned on the dog at any late a te tho the latter carne came back in a mighty hurry the net ne t day the young farmer was nas talan on B R stretcher sti etcher to lo the lo hospital spital where he was as treated for hla his wounds |