The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1879-10-18
THE MAN-EATER.

years ago L was rldlnS WITH Il
through the streets of Lucknow,
in the middle of the road we came
! bloody mass, apparently the re
# woman, but bruised and LAGER
nd crushed almost out of sem
to humanity.
,ing the buggy, we looked around
explanation, and then perceived
e streets were utterly deserted of
oman, child and beast, although a
ed and cautious faces were to be
ping from the doors and win
. over the parapets OF the houses.
e must have been an attempt at
nd the soldiers have made an ex-
two for the benefit Of the re-
- said my friend, as we drove
Y on.
rods further we came upon the
II young man similarly distig
also lying in the middle of the
is really awful. They must have
le elephants kill him" muttered
d again, stopping the horse and
the frightful spectacle,
8 moment man appeared upon
# an adjoining house, and looked
Y down the street. To him my
touted and he cried:
on, sahlbs but the boy was my
the house is dcsolate. By the
Kali, but he has turned this way
Take care Of yourselves, sahlbs,
ming. The man-cater is upon
dme6-kpnaacallahi the man
[ have seen him. He is a horse
temper OF a tiger and the cour-
man. He belongs to the king,
letimes sends a slave who dis
lin into the stable. They drag
out with hooks.
spoke my friend was hastily
his horse, while the terrified svee,
hitherto run beside the buggy,
ed of to the side of the road and
lred. know not where.
foot of the hill we had Just as
10Th my friend and ! had noticed
park, or pleasure-groun sur
with a high iron fence, its gates
Hospitality open. Toward these
now drove at the top speed Of
es, while behind us, on the road.
I'd the iron hoofs of our pursuer.
sound ceased, and standing up,
over the top Of the buggy to see
| left us. But he had only en-
d a child, too young to know
er or t. escape it, md when |
light Of him the savage beast was
the poor little OBJECT in is mouth,
as dog does a rat Another
and he had dropped it, and was
pursuit of us. That moments
owever, had lost him his prey,
as he was about to overtake us
ID into the enclosure, my friend
from the buggy, slammed the
d shot the bolt securing them.
did 50 the man-eatcr arrived and
imselt against the gates with a
at must have shattered them had
of wood
he stood for IN instant glaring
at US through the iron railing
tended nostrlls and glaring eve
head covered with blood. his
amlngwith recent slaughter, great
coagulated gore clinging to his
AS terrible a sight as can we'll
ived.
sound of his feroclous whinny-
snorting, the horse we had been
.rembled and covered as if at
of q lion.
few minutes the man-cater per-
his determination to assault us,
g up and down in front Of the
J, glancing at the height of the
d raining a perfect battery of
I'M his iron heels upon the gates.
however, convinced of the use
Of his efforts, he turned, with
,nant neigh, and galloped off
road. A little below us an
had been thrown across from
g to another, and upon this arch
rof troopers stood awaiting the
lity now presented, for as
Sc, with head and tail erect,
ldly glaring eyes, searching
,ry side for fresh victims, passed
the arch, rope skillfully
'ettled upon his neck, choked
W him.
ext day the king ordered that
-eater should be turned into the
tn Burrhea, his finest Bengal
rena was a courtyard, about six
square, surrounded by build
tn q veranda below and gallery
ont of this verandah was closed
Wy bamboo railing, and behind
pace just below the royal balcony,
. Of the harem, or as they are
Hindoostanee, the puldahbee-
aning literally, curtain ladies, as
ished from the poorer class Of fe-
ere allowed to peep at the COM
ey could.
an-eater had been enticed into