Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-21
Rsaister
THE MANEATER.

'LN ,rfry where meg eNlS', saAu
,Nry ,CA@~cariin. and of course | have
agt N."Ssra Of perilous adventures.
,sl MI .rrceSsful sportsman, in the
70 b nj the term, requires perfect
leT ,,,yrrS ~ endurance TO start
yJta ".'' .,r who can't tramp Tor ten
stI hours on a stretch, fording
}, i"s'' s.rmhing hills, lodging jungles,
sHan> .vampS is no good in the
il "',n,ri,s. The next things re-
.are nsryr and GOODNESS, although
INt "l' lily 20 together. No sports
be W. reputation will feel BATTERED
ssl u nraiSc his nerve. 1t Is some
hen !y| b;rh comes natural To him.
hCG W." W, have only one shot left, and u
I15N hearing down upon you, or
l1c,'. .r j., laShiug his tail for a
Oh" lion is giving you warning
n--' n.fFrrs Won his meat, you don't
t ne ~,,ke a mistake. In the few
SD. ,.Jr vrr. you want 10 do just the
'. r, II YOU are the least ratified
ITS might rs well write your
.'' .rf from Bengalorc in the fall
i.,,h 81 marty Of British officers to
We. Of curse, intended to
..r anvrhing else in the shape Of
ltA ", ,.r.-s were the main object.
E@, the railroad for about 100
". m. country, and then secured
.rr.vers and heaters ut 4 village,
- miles 10 Il range Of wooded
'r..F were greatly cut up with gull
.-,vf~~sl by several small creeks.
- village was in n fertile valley
s "S from our camp. The in
were preparing to leave it as
! ,hr neighbOThOOd. Two man
,,srs had made their appearance
N. an. created the greatest con
,',n Their first victim had been
from a family circle sitting
. fire i..., at dusk. He was q
'.~, n years old, and the beast
,,-l him by the hip and trotted of
rsw ~ a dog carries a bone. She
n, hurry. going at a slow trot,
mate covered her retreat and
70, Tie father rs he shouted and
s-.HrgaG-. The boys cries were
dr. I,G- time. and next morning
--arr, wrr, found along the trail
h. had clutchcd the grass with
Ia-., and pulled it up by the roots.
..fr.rg carried less than half a mile,
n. ths, WAS found Of his remains
m. p- three Of the larger bones and
Er,nIv fragments Of clothing. The
,-, ur-J,.izrd u grand hunt To
Kill tie TIGERS or drive them away,
o.. result was the killing Of N man
.sa ~wuuuliuE Of two others, the
,rrn.ug rather to seek Il conflict
avoid ule 10y running.
.-. HINT was abandoned and the vii
lived IN a state Of terror for the
week The appearance of q single
eating tiger in the vicinity Ot q IA
-...Y.r creates more terror than fire
l..t .- epidemic. After "a tiger has
.-. ,sr,s or four human beings he
20 !g>ra'I his fear of man, and it is
that be viii eat no other meat I'M
~.,U..at "a fierce hunger. When the
..r., would no longer go forth to give
pair u tigers opportunities 10 seize
r -hr beasts invaded the village.
...t> were frail structures, with doors
windows guarded by blankets, and
a.rr~ had entered three different
1y night and carried of victims.
T,mau whose husband had been
H.. rs,aryi the circumstances with
Ie,uL \ light had been kept
LIP O, keep the beasts away, but us
4m.Is Of five were asleep ON the
20 u'duIr mt one Of the great cats
IN az tue window, which was un-
.ict This opening, rs / saw myself,
uGy about two feet square. The
>9ruva over Il child 10 seize the
,ald and father, gripping the man by
--hr Shoulder. There was Il heavy
81 the door, and the tiger had
o'r... that opening. OF course all
,.rr.r~ were ut once aroused, and
80 up % great yelling and screaming.
g from the tiger being in the least
.at by the confusion, he took his
,l.r and paid no attention 10 any
n; Li, victim. He pinned the man
$50 fiat on his back for a moment,
M in a low tone.
>-Nr him with my swordI' called
.ag % his wife. but she, poor thing,
s.v frightened To use the weapon, al
.. i, waS at hand and sharp enough to
affected great injury. With his free
"a ,.c man caught up u billet Of wood
C.. ly,ahprcd the tiger, but the beast
p firm hold, lifted the man up and
I'd. for the opening. 1t was fully
--a feet from the floor, and both fell
K with o crash. The tiger tried il
,a. hUc with the same result. He
- changed his hold to the mans
a, made q third spring, and after
lard work managed 10 get out with
is wr,m. though il seemed absolutely
>>.alr for him to accomplish it.
his occurred on the night before III
rL and We found the window casing
ggl with blood and showing the
e, If claws. Further than that the
left by thg beast as II dragged the
away was plain to be followed, and
sa over il about half u mile to find
ST where the victim had been eaten.
'rL.d cgmpyG. q: / told you, in the hills
~. ..gyv miles frcu the village. The
have given were picked up in the
-e Jy an officer and myself, we hay
-lvs~d over TO buy milk and fowls.
We re more likely to find the tigers
,.an I'm the hills, and u native was
'-'g1el tp inform Our party that we
cd remain in the village Over night.
a' ne place was surrounded by groves
'. Its 81 jungle, il was hard 10 say
% which direction the tigers made
.u:-at.y approach. For this reason
.~a.r.,r, who was Lieut.. Harrington
u Ie sixty eighth native infantry,
-,at L uy>; that we should post our
s.~ az opposite ends Of the village.
Vas cG.uch Of the afternoon left in
so cree, platforms in two cOnven-
."es. and as the sun went down and
80. i.l upon us every native retired
s> and we began our watch. We
a'el told that the maneaterS sent
d" warning of their approach by
.-a-- as is often the case, but that
came with great stealth, and no one
aware Of their presence until too late
-~r>arr
acre were a few Cowardlv Il dogs
Tue village, but none OF these had been
"'et Uy the tigers. One Of them
A d great liking to me, and when |
'..ei % the platform TO begin my
~.. lie lay down AZ the foot of the tree.
'%.'eI at him. and flung three or four
A." branches at his head, but he re-
10 90 away Il was = balmy even
with plenty Of stars but no moon.
could have seen a man moving many
- away II Ac kept i'm the open, but il