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THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA. 



one of his revolvers, but her affection for her companion gave him the hope that he 

 might also secure her. At the moment the latter lowered her head with the inten- 

 tion of goring him, he snatched off his sombrero and tossed it toward her, intending 

 to bewilder her until he could secure the male. His skill with the lasso enabled 

 him to drop the hat in place, and the upward flirt which she gave at the same 

 moment sent the points of the horns through the crown, the hat sliding down to 

 the base and veiling the lustrous eyes of the lady. 



" That's rough on my old sombrero," said Jack, laughing at the success of his 

 essay, " but I don't believe she will hurt it past mending, which wouldn't be the 

 case with me, if she should jam those confounded horns through my body." 



THE ADDAX. 



Instantly the female forgot her helpless partner, and began frantic efforts to dis- 

 entangle the hat from her horns. She pranced about, now on her hind feet and 

 then on her fore ones. She inflicted more than one severe bruise on herself, by 

 striking the trees and branches about her, and quickly emerged on the open plain, 

 where her grotesque performances attracted the wonderment of Bob Marshall and 

 Dick Brownell. 



It took Jack Harvey but a few moments to secure the male, when he stepped 

 back and allowed him to rise. He bounded to his feet as nimbly as au acrobat, and, 



