. Old Ironsides, the hero of Tripoli and 1812, and other tales and adventures on sea and land . bright eyes fixed on the females, who wereutterly unsuspicious of their frightful danger. Hehad probably scented the provisions, and was in-vestigating the cause. The guide was startled, as he well might be, buthe quickly gathered his wits, and aiming over theheads of the women, let fly with the left light recoil told him something was wrong,but he did not know what it was, and instantlydischarged the remaining load. The distance wras hardly a hundred feet, and thewhosesale dose of fine b
. Old Ironsides, the hero of Tripoli and 1812, and other tales and adventures on sea and land . bright eyes fixed on the females, who wereutterly unsuspicious of their frightful danger. Hehad probably scented the provisions, and was in-vestigating the cause. The guide was startled, as he well might be, buthe quickly gathered his wits, and aiming over theheads of the women, let fly with the left light recoil told him something was wrong,but he did not know what it was, and instantlydischarged the remaining load. The distance wras hardly a hundred feet, and thewhosesale dose of fine birdshot simply infuriatedthe beast, without weakening him in the least. Hecrouched to leap upon the women, who had sprungto their feet, Mrs. Birgin so overcome by thedreadful sight that she sank to the ground in aswoon. The fierce brute made the leap, but in his ex-cess of fury and pain put forth too much power,and passed clean over the heads of the women,rolling to the bottom of the ravine. It was aboutthis time that Mr. Birgin demonstrated that it isa good thing to be handy with a THE FIRST SHOT SENT A THIRTY-EIGHT CALIBRE SLUG INTOTHE RIGHT EYE OF THE PANTHER. 137 138 OLD IRONSIDES. Hardly had the guide fired when the gentlemanlevelled his revolver and pulled the trigger twicein quick succession. The first shot sent a thirty-eight calibre slug into the right eye of the panther,and the second bored its way directly through themiddle of the forehead. By the time the animalreached the bottom of the ravine he was as deadas Julius Ca3sar. Perfectly certain of his marksmanship, the hus-band hardly glanced at the rolling carcass, butleaped across and hurried to the aid of his quickly recovered, and shortly after the partyreturned to the cabin. Thev remained several «/ months longer, and when they finally went back toBuffalo, the husband had not only the satisfactionof knowing that the only panther ever slain in thatsection with a pistol had fallen by his hand, bu
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