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Show SHEPHERD i ISES E Mis IN FIGHT n il UON (Bj International News Scrvlci CHESTEB Cal. Gulseppl Martin, a mountain shepherd. Is recovering from wounds sustained in an encounter encoun-ter with mountain Hons, the details of which are more thrilling than fiction. Recently Martin, at sunup, drove his flock of sheep toward the mountain summit. Mounting on a crag, from which he could watch their grazing, h' was confronted by a mountain lioness. Drawing his revolver, the shepherd fired four shots as the lioness closed in on him. Her furious leap knocked the revolver from his hand. and. with a knife, he fought for' his life. it waa an unerjual battle, and epilek-ly epilek-ly he lost consciousness. Hours later he regained consciousness to find him-1 self in the lio.i's cave with her cubs; feeding, upon his ears and fingers. Tho lioness was stretched dead at the cn-J trance of the cave. Both of Martin s ears are gone, an J. his hinds arc badly mangled, but otherwise oth-erwise ho has practically recovered! from his experience. |