Show t q r fV J i rI tt d 1 V t. t V ff g i i it i. i f l Ca Cat Car t day lIE LIC next flit I 1 had de le and upon a huntin hunt huntin 5 in the tho tt mountains that made a jag ag i outline t god the tho sky tV 0 off to the sO south t h. h were vero V we 96 While acid I I V l condition for usa ferrara approach approach- cd ell and said in his n smoothest tones tOllE If the went to the tho valley vaHey they down clown beyond the Contadino pass would find where wheN a reat panther panthel roams and has ea b bea ea el seen many times I myself f saw siw it but bat two days ago liu but butI t I 1 was unarmed so I put spurs to my and galloped away horse look turned to me mo with a he lie of interest a good idea said Wen Well look for fOl this panther find him we can ean cantry cantry first and anti if i we wo fail fai to the thc mountains mountains V VV try m V v n. n n to turn away w when en u stopped us with many apolo apologies Ferrara rara Beyond the Contadino pass gins gies gies narrow tra trail wilt will find a 0 i il said he lie you YOl yot wi the tho valley down oil off eastward valey l lea ling ding until half mile Follow that trail trai a mie white cliff a hundred huge white you you sec ace a the thc right At the foot of that to yar yards cUlt the thu the panther has b been en again and and aga agan n. n Adios senors senors C and I went walking And Acid so stride toward the oft off of with swinging in the woods and glad of a u day pass that came ready ic-ady dy for any adventure actually along except the one that along within the next hour for or tild come dil tb th most horrible we passed through V V l 4 Hn dle V nt li nt of 1 experience that that ev ever r icu iu v U mu v mortals I am sure in inthe the a mere gap Yc Wc found pass a pMs the mountains not used for travel as miles further few a mie mother pass rass nearest road to south furnished furnished tho the south with was strewn The pass the town of masses rough boulders and jagged to make oneS one'S way over rock rock the all had and arid for fOl half an hoU nour we we i ov al exercise hal we WA needed in iu climbing over obstructions and und around these were clear of or At last however vever we WC them and we shouldered our guns rest and went on after aftel a brief again the trail among found a trai until wo we would bushes 11 it I was such a u path as tn A is HELP I Ithe the cliff that Ferrara had described came caine into view yards an away ay and Lad we turned off of from the path toward toward toward to to- ward this place in which the panther had bad been so often ofen seen Scarcely had Iad we started in that d di direction d- d when we were startled bythe bythe by y the lon long fierce scream of the the panther panther itself isel As nearly as we could ju judge ge it was at that very moment at the base of the cliff Wo We stopped involuntarily at the soun sound and then went stealing down the slope with eyes watchful and nerves stretched to the he utmost utmost Yet we went on and on without seeIng see see- Ing lug it i. i and suddenly found ourselves at the base of the cliff which had been hidden by the thick and tangled brush through which we had passed Then we stopped and looked around peering here and there through the bushes It I was easy to see that the spot of ground on which h we stood had been the haunt of some wild wid animal for fOI all al about us bones lay Jay bleaching on tho the ground But lut nothing was to t be bo seen The he face fac of tho cliff up to a height of twelve to fifteen feet was waR cover covered d with Lh the I matted tendrils of a dead vine inc ap ap- ap- ap parenty It I sud suddenly appeared to me mc that the panthers s den might be be back under the cliff hi hidden Cl by the thc vine and I was about to investigate when vIsen behind us not teh ten feet away sounded l the horrible scream of the the panther Both Roth of us whirled and j stepped stopped back a little In the moment of confusion I failed to notice him but in an instant he lie gave a a heartrending I ing lug cry Help help quick the tree i the thc nan man man tree I Never Kc will wi I forget that cry nor northe ithe j i j the sight that met my eyes ees In stopping stopping stop tcp ping back act ho Ito had stumbled against I VUe e vine as I thought it And V t de le r V be became e terY ery was vaS then t in a lie an anc Ih lh I instinct wih came bu hlO nd horrible ana legs borr mOst s h bO y acro a lit nn ana drawn throat llis arms about is 1 e ing aroun an and lace face Isis I its hs when lien no S Already During th at at 0 bles t cc ye loo waS 1 thre horror ment with frozen And AndI motionless purple motton J P purl him Mm to wr turn beg his face 1 hunting D' D m my then I snatching an little belt be king V el from nay my at the thc their Tic Y cut Cat and to in the hoc be made by cows or 01 sheep Iut v I and I was from a n watering place little attention attention atten atten- aten- aten going along paying very in Ia inthe wh who was tion to i it when whet ton stopped and muttered muttered muttered mut mut- the lead suddenly tle That is strange looked over his shoulder and I sand was the in the tho yellow there We easily barefoot track trade of a 0 man several for the trail traced it along trai mn l-mn yards and then it suddenly as though though the tho owner of the thu track had turned off of into the thick un undergrowth We both followed fol fol- low lowed it up to that point and then missing c it looked at at ode o-ne one another another and said a aun nin again un That Thatis is very strange And then we ve both laughed an and Car- Car linos said But it might have been some ome herdsman looking for a 1 stray cow or sheep But ButI But I noticed that looked after fer his cartridges a little more closely and held his gun Jun in a position to use it if i necessary And just t then en tim tm loose I ad 11 had made madO arm and before had l my any something then Then and nd held ft it my any hands bandS about around mY Y were others arou mV face acer ace ace- there bead l across over my Y r- r h- h T u. u i ern t at the snaky monsters touched wherever as thou though h ln my flesh went vent fierce pains my felt were being torn from flom my bod body I Cel away but butas butas butas consciousness slipping my iny suddenly the tIle dark face as it was going in of th the bushes peeped out of Ferrara errara and anti cried with mocking front front of me laughter yourselves se se- I Ir 1 hope you enjoy is not far away fr The panther nors until believe me Only wait for him Adios Adios he lue comes comes littie little lit lit- roused me mo a The shock shook of anger lt tie tle in the midst of my racking rae torture te to away turn go and I saw Ferrara errara tUn an amid chorus of maledictions maledictions mal mal- but all aU at a a dozen hands seized him and pinioned him down nuts anu wu HI i u crowd of labor laborers rs surrounded by a the plantation With With long from and hacked at the cut knives limbs that they were sucking the the blood moments from our veins vein and in a few How they got us they had hall us free I never knew home I 1 the next day that until It was wao not recovered I consciousness and 1 was unable to turn in my bed even for The excoriations on my weeks two face race and hands left painful wounds time in healing long which were a dreadful scars and anel which made scars These have all al gone h however ever except the one on my mV neck eck 11 u. u th the scar left by a centipede if dead he lie as lay As for os a i several days and nd there were vere tunes times for r really dead he pronounced aly I was when he went off of into fever and Then that and it seemed delirium i raving After recover not possibly he could back though he lie did struggle a while wrecked his health was but life into again able to walk alk alkas and he was vas never as much as yards rescued to be How lIow did we happen servants fellow Why some of Ferrara's Ferrars Ferrar's had heard hs his muttered imprecations against us and when we had gone and they saw him ste ste. sneak k away 1 j after f j. j I I they held a a. consultation WA uc- uc us hell always I have to follow I c I d dus circled arou around Ferrara I believed that in ahead a and d imitated the cry I us got I himself to lur us on I I of the panther himsel the have never been able to find out When I had regained my however ho strength enough to feel some little and asked one of my curiosity with had bad done rescuers what they J ovo i S r l i lin aB lt V v u mi u n- n t l C unconcern V We Ve gave cave lave him to the man man eating tree Senor |