Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-08-25

Va tHNH NiAAA away INTO lAt
a huts.
Butthe man-wolt had not comet obi
turb us. He had evidently been trac.
ing the hyena, and he was there +,
n revenge, He bounded oyerthc grour
with great leaps, and the hycna did n,
suspect his approach. The last bour
was a tremendous curve in the ait
and as the man-wolf came down it wa
full upon the hyena's back. Heuttere
/ a terrible scream as he struck. and Nh
hyena gave vent to something like
shrek. They rolled over and over O.
the ground, biting, clawing. growlin.
and gurgling, but the fight did not Ia,
over sixty seconds. Then the man
wolf sprang up, shook himself an,
uttered a yell Of triumph, and atte.
threatening us for a couple OF minute.
re-entercd the Jungle. We went ou-
to the body Of the hyena, and it. con,
dItion gave Us a strong idea Of III,
man-wolls fighting powers. One ear
Was torn of, both eyes plucked ont.
two legs broken, it, tongue bitten
nearly of and it had several horribl,
gashes in the belly. 1t was plain that
the creature vas a match for lion
or tiger, and We began to feel very
uneasy. BY the advice of the head
man we built several extra fires and
kept a sharp lookout.
The fellow is evidently very an
gry?' explained the old man. "You
are white men, and he is not pleased
at your coming. Perhaps he has been
told you are here to capture him.
but who could have told him?"
"He had a cousin who was turned
INTO a vulture for striking hi, father,
and another cousin who was turned
INTO a serpent for eur,ing our faith.
Either one may have carried the man
wolf the news"
We placed scntinels on the watch
when ready to turn in. but everything
passed off quietly until about midnight.
Then a succession of shrieks and
screams and roars brought every man.
woman and child out Of sleep. with n
bound. had no other thought than
that the man-wolf had seized one of
the s%entinels, but as | leap out Of the
hut one called to me:
"Sahib, you have caught the beast
in your trap
1t was Il mile, rs l have told YOU.
from the village to the spot whore we
had set the trap, and yet tho screams
seemed closed at hand. When the
news went round that there wa, no
danger, the village soon quoted down.
but there was NJ further sleep for any
one. Whether caught or not. the
seemed fastened to one local.
for tho remainder Of the night. and
Of all proceedings | ever knew q wild
beast to indulge in hi were the worst.
Tie had a voice a. s'ron. a. a lion.
he was not quiet Tor two minute.
a time. He ruaral. screamed
.hrieked. iamented and .rowled. and
he wind brought us every sound. He
t-. had a full head % steam on whom
came. and after a ha,tv
breakfast d party OF twenty Of NJ.
moved in his direction. He probably :
card Us coming for h., anger wa, {
-e-h.y aroused, and pretty % o. We }
ould hear him tearing a, the bl,he. z
am free TO say that the first sinh, q
the paH-wolf, caught BE- the hind .
Dot in the trap, and hanging head ?
ownward from the ,wsyir. ,applirg /
ozthe courage out u H. sooner ,Her .
i had met a tiger lace 10 face on ?
path. He hung a551, three f.s- y
ON the earth, and q, Tar s- be e1g'd Il
ZACH in every direction hs had pulled z
P the bushes by the root. H. VA. :
: supple "a q monkey. and could dom. Z
Re him-el! up and reach II. tran "a
lt, strong a. be- va. be c1g-f MT.
'Hng the jaw, open and ne bi. q
0t. There "a. q TO-, o. chain q
re he could get 70 the r1re and The d
ay he bit On that chain made I'D. .r-5 %
bresta'. Had IL bee- q .-s. ID
no doubt he would have ~ 9.
two. He had been ca1ght rta- ~. n
st heard hin scream out. ard z.F r
zen suspended Tor over four tr p
gu would have though, he wo-r5 80
'hausied with pain and .,r.-,.5rg az
he was not. A. soon Al. VIZ %
him he made such ,ren.-s.- d.
tort, to get away, or to 70, at %.
AT all the natives fed In terror ne
quickly understood. tina, Oh.
'uld do nothing with the boa, mt. pa
had lost his strength and ,erre- ar
u we returned to the village and ~
y MN hanging. All tina, day 60.
out every two or three mime. Il
ID all that night we heard from bi,, NJ
intervals. On the second mott. "a
was still ugly, but late In the att. b.
'on hunger and pain mastered ~, vel
e brought up a cage, got three IT.
nr ropes around him, and snsu, "a.
'de him a prisoner. His foo, 40 eA1
J were terribly swollen and he r,sa
: little resistance.
We now had opportunity to looL 20,
n over. He was certainly n ma. m
lf-that Is, a native child had r..
'ried of when young and brougb, ca-
with wild beasts for twenty years ~
more. This creature had a bn- o..
n face and form, but the had, ma
; covered with coarse hair. ~. ~
tn we're long, the hands an, ,ho
and he had learned TO 10 as a co,,
r-iooted animal. he was indeed a ho
rible looking sight, but the wors, saw
lnre about him was his eyes. No wa,
wild beast ever saw through a .or
70 ugly pair. There was a villain. a j
squint to them and the balls Dor