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Show Miss Bessie Yoakum, Daughter of Railroad President, Shoots Wild Hogs When Guide Deserts Her MISS, .BE.S5lEyOAK5JrJlf I Deserted by her guide in the face of a pack of enraged javalinas. or villd Mexican hogs, Miss Bessie F. Yoakum, daughter of Benjamin F. Yoakum, head of tho St. Louis & San Francisco and other railroad systems, proved her courage and saved her life by slaying five of the animals Miss Yoakum has been in the vicinity of Kingsvllle. Texas, for several days on a doer hunt. She is an expert shot, fearless in the chase and is often separated from others of the party to seek game with only tho aid of a Mexican guide It was on one of these lonely expeditions that she imperiled im-periled her life and proved her courage. cour-age. After a lido of two hours through the wild country Miss Yoakum Yoak-um and tbe guide came suddenly on tho pack of javalinas Thoy were on the lookout for the animals, us their ferocity is well known, and when several of tho beasts rushed from tho thicket toward Miss Yoakum Yoa-kum and her guide the latter became panic stricken, leaped from his horse, dropped his gun and dashed for a tree At tho same moment Miss Yoakum also leaped from her horso and fired while the first wild hog was a score of yards away. Miss Yoakum killed two more of them with as many shots. Then her rifle ri-fle failed her, and she ran for tho gun the guide had dropped. With this rifle she killed two more ot tho hogs and then sent random shots into the underbrush, into which tho remaining pnimals had fled |