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Show A Night AdventTtr? r Three Girls aa t California Road. v7o wore driving from Oakland ovei the ridgo that divides Alameda and Contra Costa counties, three girls bound for a country dance at Aloraga vaKsy, a little settlement on tho Contra Costa tide. It was late in January, and the night was pitch dark, but as the young ranchor who drove knew every inch oi ibe way wo wore not afraid. Wo had mado the ascent of the mountain moun-tain and were driving down at a good paco when suddenly tho hordes stopped, reared ana Chen swerved to one side, overturning the rockaway and landing cs all in the mud on the side of the road. No one was hurt, and as wo picked pick-ed ourselves up, wondering in a dazed way what tho trouble was about, some-thiug some-thiug leaped out of the bushos, over tho backs of the prostrate horses and lit in tho brush on the lower side of tho road. There was a fearful roar, and then we saw two great, green eyes glaring oat of the darkness. The driver had succeeded in pulling the frightened horses to their feet an righting tho wagon. Ho ordered us ts get into our seats, and handing tha lines to the girl on the front seat b.6 told her to hang on for dear life. "It is a lion, and he'll jump in another an-other minute," said the man. Then, as we sap speechless from fright, tho ranchor drew his revolver. Thero was a scream unliko and more dreadful than anything I had over hoard. Then tho great beast rolled a few fe9t In the brush and was still. After the horses wero quieted and wa had regained our composure sufficiently, we jumped out of tho rockaway, and, with tho aid of matches, examined out game. It was n splendid young California Califor-nia mountain lion, measuring about four feet in length. Wo three girls were all very bravo when we found tho beast was re lly dead, so wo helped ths driver lift tho carcass into the back of the wagon and tnen continued our tripj creating a groat sensation among the young rustics at the dance when we told of our adventure. To be sure, we gave tho driver credit for tho actual kill ing, but weren't we thero when it happened, hap-pened, and .lidn'twe keep quiet, instead in-stead of screaming as lots of giiU would have done? New York Sou. |