VENTURESONE LADIES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 724, 25 January 1910, Page 3

VENTURESONE LADIES.

..'. :■ Two English': Indies arp tho ! ,hcroines, of •:.»ensational -,;adventuresi-'-recountedrLiby.: lieutenant-Colonel, Patterson, .'iu- his new :;book v :"In ;the' Grip, of; the; It ::will be remembered'that..Colonel -Patter;,Bon lost year :pußlished 'The' Man-Ealers : of;-Sayo,'^-;tho,; .thrillingr;''.stCry.;,-of-' tho "hunting, and'killing : of two/ : man-«atihg" clions who:.had',for: nine 'months success-, .fully: held-up. a, grea,t. railway,., enterprise; , ' and had; made,-away, 'with' a. ..hundred .'Hindu .cooliesi.:.-Itv.was. a ■ most'•.exciting. 'stery,' .'and proyed;. ;to .-be of r ; -the. : i'greatestv book ;successes of,:,the 'year.' , -.,;.'*-'■■-. ■:-■(!'. In'l'hisj '.gives; inoro':6f his'East.;Afriean. 'expert- , :' .ences;:iri' v the.:thiclc.:bushs sketching .we's.fe :. ward'from , .- great game;, re-' ~ .where;.Mr.V'Ebosevelt'.fought'disr :.fr'action"after,; the?still;.iiVore.:.;cxciticg;sport": .o£;< "Ainerica'ii.';:.'pblitic's:'t>'- Colonel' ;P.attersori'.tells ! df, tiro 'expeditions'--nnder-i "taken by:;liim;fas 'a;;..Governm'ent; official :for.the;purpose of.bofiridarjr,-delimitation.! ;..: In Vbne, ? two; :.a'cr; -companied:him: with , 'theiyVlwives," .aud; 1 - ; onev of,: thb' i ladies '-', Had ■'<. a'ii^xciting" : : px-' ;perience,.-in';;;yhich , •she..plftyed,:tho..chief Send.-the';heroic';pa'rt;';-;;It 'was3"he,n:they. of : :a:;huge; : Thmo' : dashing at; meVat .full;spee'd.T. Aladdih:':needed.'neither :whip j nor;Epur.-'tp'getrdtifc'of-the'wayTr-in fact,;! ~ h e;:gave'^sii'cli;;a>: b ound? j that:L he'-almost .unseated- me,-:and:'simply ;flow,'fpr.:about I : BOV to -M. yardv.,before';'l:,could; getvthp.; least,i control . over V him. : o .Glancing '; "over■ ■ j ;:.my,i'shoulder:to>'find',6ut'WhatV;was; , hap-: Opening, vl; gun-bearers I"dashing wildly'ifor, the\trees; ; mules caieering'off/.riderlesS: through{.the;;;,bush,.VS.' ;etandijg'a,weapbnless;:' shouting , ';for -'his ■irifleVS and—horror : ; of hprrors-rthb/infiiri-[headlong'on:'to. Mrs'.-i 'S.,'. wh'PiWas; Eoated-bn"'the. ground with'' Jnothing;;in' _ jher'hand savo;'an .'open;;uin-: ? ,breUa/:'I. gave - herliip-.f or. lost, : as ■ Iγ knew; , ! :;;vcpurd ;:■ ;do ' /,;nothinff, ;s in .-.'time; her;s' n? y at:'V'this; ;critical •::■,. moment >' ;Shc' •: did:;'.not. •':l6sp' ; her ."ncrve, , : ;b'nt -''shooed" i-'.tho a. umbrella'. -.■rigli^-in'-Ltl/e'?faoe'. ; 'pfcih&':oiM'mine'-.brute,: ;:and ■: evnexpec.ted' - beast; :that,;'instead .of : cdntinuing'.his:::charge: -and:tossing;:her',aloft, :ho:'suddenly veered "away;toithe left.Jand'disapiieared through ;.the.bushes'.in : a. cloud,of. dust!•.'»'.■;'!,"■:, ;:'■• •■■■':',Oh'- , itWvrecond|''(Sp^diH6n;. ;b.unter,:; Mr. B.;-; with r vhis :.wifp, acebm-.vPanied:".the:'Cql6nel,;'-Mrs.:'B.;.attiring her-' , : Belf.'for; the' trip .in':'a,masculine .cPstuiub; iwith jkhaki.. tunic,- riding-'Kree'ch'es.-Va'ud', ; stout '.leather. ; leggings;.; ;Onp . of \ the fillus-. ;;trati6ns'shows; her,sitting, oh; tho' h'eaelVof' , a'-xogub.'elephant.which,-'she vshot' as'it. i'was; charging; her; after/ itiJiad'killed ; the, ;Colbnel's:;;rAral3;/;;hoTSO,;;i;and ; mprtally; •'•,Tvbunded;.a: native: eyce;" y LaterVon? there: is :ah'; account of; how she .sat'Up all night rwith-tho author , and ;ner husband intarhut'of, ..bushes ■■> built-' an .'eland-'that had: beea .killed: '..by :libns/whd were,expected'.to:..return'',to.' :;their , ;;prey.■ ; tte' , i3ajitttl^ i ;{hree l . devouMg',: thelelaud si'bpciied ,'fire.at:blqs,e, r^njo'. , .thTo.^li: l JpbßK6les;.yi!C|jpJ' ;lions I'wefe ■■■ badly;' wounded, ;but; alligdt ■ : away;:;>V: ; ri-: : i\^^o ; ••«•: ~X-M'.SkA,: f," Tpwards'rth'e; (end ?-oi .»,tlie^longrttrip the uniprtuuate -Mr.'.B, sustained a ;s«u-. Ifstroke/'and.whiledelirious'blew his brains out ,with ,a: ; revolyer;'.:leaving.\his. heart,,brokeh ".lvi'dpw ,t6; march back ,to : civilisii-.] tibn done'; iwith-, tho ;leader;.and:;;the:sup-, ■'porting',convoy.of iiaiives. :: .'; ' -. : , ; _ '