42 OBJECT Ob ROOSEVELTS EXPEDITION. 
on a run, however, and approaching the lion on the right side, where 
his heart could not be reached. What was to be done? There was no 
itime for long deliberation. A second more and the man would have been 
THE KIND OF LIONS ROOSEVELT SHOT IN AFRICA. 
killed. With the same coldblooded presence of mind and quick decision, 
which always had characterized him, whether commanding the Ameri¬ 
can Rough Riders against the Spanish fusillades or swinging the famous 
Big Stick over the shivering heads of the Trusts or the leaders of des¬ 
potic labor unions he threw his rifle to his shoulder and, aiming at the 
only unprotected vulnerable spot, the spine, split it with one ball. 
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