The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-01-12

rapidly, and IL Was not over thirty
seconds before boat and raft bad
bumped. At that same instant the
bur ter rose beside The boat, and one
Of the natives pulled him 10. While
be lay on the bottom Of the boat,
We rowed about and picked up such
Of his traps as we're adoat. II wss
very little We saved. as bis fire arms
had gone TO the bottom and his
skins and pelts had been swiftly de-
voured by the crocodiles. Wben l
came to offer the mau some Spirits
bis looks had changed, so that I
could scarcely believe. he was The
same man. No one etanding on
the gsllows trap could have been
more broken mp. He bad scarcely
swallowed the whiskey when be be-
gan to cry, and be insisted that we
cover him up in the bottom Of the
boat. IL was whole fortnight be-
fore the man recovered bis compos-
are, while his nerve was gone forever
he who bad stood with drawn knife
awaiting the rush Of q tiger, and
who carried marks to prove his bra
very aud his victory. had teen to.
tally broken up by On experience OF
less than two minutes 10 tho water
with dozen crocodiles. 1t was the
feeling that he was helpless, which
ook his courage away. In tho case
OF the tiger he felt that be had some
little show. When he was flung in
to the water he realized that he had
none Lave seen several men hung
who died game, and who got the
credit Of being brave fellows. II is
all nonsense to tall about bravery
in the fuce Of the hangman. 'Dy-
ing game is either the courage
which comes from stimulants fur
nisbed by the jailor, or it is false
epthnsiasm due 10 the labors Of th Q
clergymen for many days past.
On ono OF my trips up this same
river, and hundred miles from the
coast, l camped one night with o
party Of British officers who we're
ont on q hunt. The leader of the
party. and the best shs / and brpvest
ssaA III = va ~; y. <....s.s-, !. .naD
about 40 years old. He had killed
more wild animals than any white
man in the province. Armed only
with revolver, he had entered q
bungalow in which ihurderer was
concealed and taken him away from
q crowd OF his friends and delivered
him from justice. On a bet Of g2t
, he had swum the river amid alliga,
tors, aud he would stand for tb,
rush Of tiger or a spring OF ,
panther with laugh on bis lips
They said Of the Major that he did
not know what fear was. He, per-
haps, thought so himself.
The camp was on the bank Of th'
3 river, and only q temporary one
: and no tents or covers we're erectet
D We sat around the fire until lat
g hour, smoking and EARNING, ant
= when we rolled ourselves up 70
e sleep the Major and I we're only
: about four feet apart, with nothipl
: between us. The camp grew silen
8 at once. and everybody was sool
y sound asleep. I was just doing o.
Q when ! thought detected the craw
}, OF q snake near me, but, after listen
(. ing closely for q minute, I conolud
9 cd that il was lizznrd or insect
i The air, the earth, the forests, an
Q the waters OF India are full OF AMI
= NAL life by day and by night.
r camp no sooner grows quiet thai
t wild rats and mice, Lizards, grea
Z beetlss, and three or four sorts O
9 squirrels begin to prospect around
!. while night birds circle about an,
v the wolf. fox. jackal, hyena, and oth
d or ayimals draw near. Snakes ar
q always to be feared, but il one start
% ed up at every suspicious sound b
g would never get an hours sleep.
10 Daylight was just coming when
is opened my eyes. ! was on my lei
o side, turned toward the Major, an
d ! noticed that he was on his bacl
:. Close beside me was q revolver
- which ! had slipped out Of its hoist
= er the night before that I migt
! have IL handy In case OF need. NJ
!. another soul in camp was yet aroui
!. cd, so far as I knew, and I lay lii
N tening to the noises in the surround
inc forask whila 1svl;ohk cock;cu,