I At Once Woke
My Husband And Told Him I Felt Sure There
Was A Lion About.
He jumped up and went
out, taking his gun with him.
He looked round
the outside of the tent, and spoke to the Swahili
askari who was on sentry by the camp fire a little
distance off. The askari said he had seen nothing
about except a donkey, so my husband came
in again, telling me not to worry as it was
only a donkey that I had heard.
The night being very hot, my husband threw
back the tent door and lay down again beside
me. After a while I dozed off, but was
suddenly roused by a feeling as if the pillow were
being pulled away from under my head. On
looking round I found that my husband was
gone. I jumped up and called him loudly, but
got no answer. Just then I heard a noise among
the boxes outside the door, so I rushed out and
saw my poor husband lying between the boxes.
I ran up to him and tried to lift him, but found
I could not do so. I then called to the askari
to come and help me, but he refused, saying
that there was a lion standing beside me. I
looked up and saw the huge beast glowering at
me, not more than two yards away. At this
moment the askari fired his rifle, and this
fortunately frightened the lion, for it at once
jumped off into the bush.
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