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Show BOY FIGHTS A CATAMOUNT. J ,. Record by a Worn Wbe- 1T Killed. a.l She la Thea Allarkcd. ! Charlie Gallagher, ten years old, I waa nearly killed by a large cata- , mount the other day within two mile of the town of Clifton forge. Va.. where his father, Bryant Gallagher,, lives The boy. with several com-,n com-,n on, was gathering wild flowers u a ravine when the animal sprang on Gallagher from an unseen cover The other boys were badly scared and ran a-y. : Voung Ga .agh.r ough ,he cstamoimt rr.ar.fully. and was al . .tri,.!!! nuked ai d torn until He su. ceded .in gett.ug W -su:..-. vt;it..hiri"s cabin to Xkhis cries heard. Wiltshire's wife j Was athome and rushed I to the boy s r'-'-rThaiauIcked r wo-but she dragged the boy nside her door and closed it. Wilt- I hTre -fluatlv reached home, and the 4 infuriated "beast-sprang on him as; m as he came near, but he succeed- ; . in killing tue animal with a club. -' The catamount was a female. Mi its savage attack was supposed to be orac'cont of the boy approaching near her cubs.1 . |