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for the beast, but without results, and later the 

 groceryman told me that while driving in the 

 woods about dusk, twenty-five miles from Wild 

 Lands, he had met a panther and, shortly after- 

 wards, a man with a rifle hunting for the beast 

 which 



HAD BEEN PROWLING AROUND THE MAN'S CABIN. 



Putting all this together and also the fact that 

 I am not unfamiliar with the scream of the 

 panther, there is little room for doubting that one 

 of these creatures was roaming the woods in and 

 around Wild Lands for several weeks before it 

 wandered away. 



The panther is very prone to follow a person 

 at night or even in the daytime through the woods. 



YELLOWSTONE KELLY 



was followed by one when he was out stalking 

 antelope, and his companion who was behind him 

 shot the animal and scared away the antelope. 

 When Kelly asked him why he fired, his friend 

 pointed to the dead beast and replied : 



U HE'S BEEN CREEPING AFTER YOU 



for the last half hour and I thought that he was 

 getting too darned near for safety," and so did 

 Mr. Kelly when he saw the dead panther a few 

 feet behind him. 



