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Show THRILLING STORIES ABOD REAL MEN AND ANIMA Incoh Tvans hns the care of n held of cnttlo on the e inn nf Oregon, about midway mid-way between Big Creek an I Capo Arago ll.hthouso Tn re nre several trails through tho strips of Umber that skirt the seashore theic, nnd Mr Hvnns, n man killed ln woodcraft, knows ever) pnth os well as n hos kn-iws tho streets nnd by-was of his own town It Is a fact, however, thnt even the best of woodsmen aro not alas on tho alert, an 1 thero Is an old siDlng thnt the pitcher that goes oft' 11 to the will Ii broken at last. Mrv Lvtitis hnd hein to 11 certain spring In tho wools hundnds of tlmis. but the last time ha w.nt thllhir hi wns hndl) Usui Ho hnd tnken the (.nurd that scrvld as a di Inking cup ftom Its hook, an I wns In the act of .111 ping from tho spring when a pnnthcr. leaj Ing from n tre-i ovrhmd, struck him n stunning blow betwien tho Hhoiillers Ills title-. Hint had been In his light hand, was hurled aside, nnd the man himself wub knecked headforemost Into the spring Ab It so happened, tho pan-tiler, pan-tiler, from Iho Impetus of his own leap, passed on over the man, Inking In Its 1 nws shn.ls of hln font, wnlstconl and slilrt It. turning much more quickly th in 1 valla could receiver, tho pnnlher seized hlra by lhe cfi leg. but though the mil-mnl mil-mnl hit savngeiv, it vvns henien olf. A hnnd-to-hnndflght followed llvnns Strug-g Strug-g Ing tn r Kiiln his rine llcforn ho lould I Ick It up ho wus badly hurt, thero being about hhu msny wounds, nnd ns )ct he had not broksn a Winn nor drawn 11 drop of tho panthir'o hinod At lat ho gbt hold of Ills gun nnd then, using II ns n club he hit lhe ult twmi the eyes, fending It quivering down It dll not tuko long then to in.T the fr,.. fot tho t.nther ns It 1) siunne.1 was 1111 ensy tnr. t Whin l.i hnd sliln the panther Mr L nns Unl up ns many nf Ida wounds "8 he enuld, nnd mnilu his was slnwls to his caltn Then ho wus found several ilnss later by the Mchuls Ixiys hunlirs. who report nl nt Mnrslulelt thnt tlvnns would bo up unl about within u month Thrilllnrr Tight With Pumas. rnl?Irnil" ll.!!cr.' ,"f Aneorii goats thnt E, i-miI1011, ,hl ,'""''' rlv.r. In Ihe t.eilillls ,f fHsi.rii lliiho, nnd among hose unplosid in herding tho animals Is n flennnn klrl niinied Theresa 'Inllert. Nit long ago this girl was left alon.. In 11 ruiiin in look after somn Gnu gouts Near !..,. fa,!l" ""'ro ""1 " sinckide. Inlo v mi ' .Vho """It o ilrlvru at night. ii..h,Jnn? V .,,"'''ll''ro"" nt lhe out-of-1111 was stni knde something hnppenid that r isfd he" to wlh hers. If wi II nvvay from AS"i,'c? ""' '. ' l'""""y. whitliir f.... X' "".". w,lh. "no "' "10 ranchmen, f. ?S'. A bout 1 01 lock 011 tho morn-i.."...of morn-i.."...of h0 ".'lv "i""' B,l' benrd her dog running to and fro In the stock ido "nine r.nl . V'ra t," "" " shotgun, hut shn bouTier'"! a'n , J' ffl , i'!,,"; "oT'rrePt Into ll, , .,,., Il, m'oonllgn" .U "h fn..i1i'.''!','H ''Sr1' I""" nflor n '""-" r lid go ils Hhu jump. . I mil ns llu.y returned, re-turned, und cut om of the lions In the o?' h.V ,l,,r.l m ,w helh" "" "HI W r.fk . ;,." """""I rnuse.1l the lions to .11 nKh! "." '"" known, but thnt they ii, o.1 .n"""'lv baling the fence, Is I in nlJe.'.T'l' .V"" l.WO ,hr Pul"" I" Lcatter.. ?l ? '.."I1 .."" inlmnls wero 1... ' "11. "round the pace, A week Inter three nf the lion, were slain by "he Lilaer," ilfte i- wlm " " '"e glrl'n piacn at the lonesome, currul Eaten by a Tlfter. n,'r!,,M,mo.'.1 Wk"1 ".'" I'veyliig 11 rnllroid on. n1 ! l,",N"rl. ' ' "'"" hlH". In In-Ill. oft-n Unl It wi II In 1 klit iliy nf man luting tuers A few weeks iko Mr, Loll. der, the nsalitatit entlnnr i with a party of nln. men ts thick Jungle, when 1 tlgfriujlat forward seized a nun by th. ! made off Mr Lodder. ira f a hntchet nt onco gave chiwl overtnko the tiger before It its vlcllm Thne of ih.B'i their lender, rtiev rin iter' which wns marked by ifetf"1 of blood and by bin of. cMia heard tho tlker crooning !-P elo nhend. nnd loon romW V they ran It so clou that irwi a mllo and a hulf It JropptW Tho poor man was Mt twfw' his body was in I'MJM was troublo In ulhtrliig WI flesh Oun Fired by nn Alllg-W Mnny men nro nt york jt shooting birds for their 1 plug' hunterB often meet id'h al lures Among the mcyeftg Henry Short who llio JS, as the ' Halifax coast" In Wf weeks no Mr. I Short J" 7, nats nenr Lnka Okeeejiobj", he begun to rnrry WLf-Jair hlm. minil" down ',, Tp were turned toward IM H'e. fore, he fulled "'". rillly ilankerous enemy fJ sidgo nl iho fide of tlie i ,, wns nothing less thin" '"',, i with lis re. mouth ''"'i.Twi j "2 burning, grjen. ""r to slen Into Its trap ""Vm tho alligator, h"h,h,,ct1 Jn,i,matth-m."il'3'.,'5 ""thnt1 mad. th. gfj'e, what Is most rtrsnij ". w 1. wns pressed by ?',jn4 If.th. nnd the g'm"" VVeeii' Ing scnttcred atnone In" "J ,1. 1 ilirie.loftheWSj Kent' nnd'then. -IroPP'Y,;,; powerful Jas "i,!,";, tiiui, rn iho first alarm |