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Show GLARE OF BICYCLE LAMP SCARED KING OF BEASTS - vvvvvvvvvvv W On a mellow moonlight evening a cyclist was riding along a lonely road In tho northern pari of Mashonaland. As ho rode, enjoying tho sombre beauty of tho African evening, ho suddenly becamo conscious of a soft, stealthy, heavy tread on tho road bo-hind bo-hind him. It seemed like tho. Jogtrot of somo heavy, cushloned-footed animal ani-mal following him. Turning round, he was scared very badly to find himself him-self looklnc Into tho glaring eyes of a largo lion. The puzzled animal acted very strangely, now raising his head, now lowering It, and all the time sniffing tho air In a most perplexed per-plexed manner. Hero was a surprise for tho lion. He could not make out what kind of animal it was that could roll, walk and sit still all at the some time; an animal with a red eye on each side, and a brighter one in front. He hesitated hesi-tated to prounce upon such an outlandish out-landish being, a being whose blood smelled so oily. No cyclist, since the Romans Invented In-vented wheels ever "scorched" with more honesty and slngle-mlndedness of purpose. But although he pedaled and pedaled, Although he perspired and panted, his effort to get away did not seem to placo uny more territory between him nnd tho Hon; for thai animal, llko Mark Twain's coyote, kopt up his annoylngly calm jog-trot, and never seemed to tiro. The poor rider was Anally so exhausted ex-hausted from terror nnd exertion that he decided to have tho matter ovc with right away,, Suddenly slowing down, he jumped from his wheel, and facing abruptly about, thrust the brilliant headlight full .nto the face of the lion. This was too much for the beast II was this fright that broke the lion's nerve, for at this fresh evidence oi mystery on tho part of tho strange rlder-anlmal who broke himself into halves and then cast his big eye In any direction he pleased, the monarch of the forest turned tall, and with a wild rush retreated In a very hyena-like hyena-like manner Into the Jungle, evidently thanking his stars for his miraculous escape from that awful being. Thereupon There-upon the bicyclist, with new strength returning and devoutly blessing hli acetylene lamp pedaled his way to civilization |