Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-14
rlaHrINa VIII A eAaooN.
a Mans Desperate Hand TO Hand BATHS
VIA Monster Anthropals.

a Mans desperate Hand 20 Hand BATHS
VIA Monster Anthropols.
WAS walking through my lands aud
had my gun with me, and tho balloons
wcp screaming on the top Of the rocky
prccipico that oyorhnngs my homestead.
Tho dogs In tho farmyard, on hearing
tho noise the laboius wero making.
rushed up 10 tho mountain aud were
soon engaged In % deadly fight. took
up my gun and climbed mp tho noun.
tain for Tho purpose Of assisting tho
dogs and In tho hope Of saving thcm
from beng torn tO pieces. When !
reached the summit Of the krantz
number OF balloons fed. fired and
wounded one In tho shoulder; lac was
Immediately pursued and tackled by the
only dog left, tho others having been
torn TO pieces. The struggle for life OF
death was taking place between the
wounded balloon and tho dog on the
very brink OF n prccipirc. had not An
other cartridge for my gun. so put II
down aud picked up a couple OF large
stones and walked to within few
yards Of the spot.
was just IN the act Of hurting ono OF
them ut the baboon when suddenly
tremendous male baboon. the largest
have seen, came straight Mt me Ia bold
nnd defiant manner, his eyes cleaning
with anger and his huge jaws working
together ~ II In anticipation Of the
crunching that was IN store for me. ]
just had timo TO hurl tho stone In my
now appraised hand at him when he was
upon me- Ho seized mo by tho leg tirst
and bit mo with such violence that
thought every bone in my log was
smashed 10 atoms / Kicked with all
my might, l tried to get hold " a stone,
attempted TO soizo him by tho throat,
dealt him several blows with tho fist,
but It was all useless; tho strength Of
the cnragod African mandril oyorpow.
cred mo completely.
After he had finished with my leg he
raised himself ON his hind legs, put his
arm around mo and seized hold Of me ON
tho chest with his powerful jaws. What
could | do; Every now and then he let
go his hold Of my breast and snapped at
my throat. | seized him by the throat
with my right hand and clinchcd my
fingers, but he would not yield his grasp
for single moment Every time |
moved he dragged me nearer to tho edge
of tho procipicc, and wo were now with
in three feet Of the brink aud tho ground
sloping down TO II. / know that II for
moment lost my footing down we
should 90 into the chasm below. The
wounded balloon and tho dog, that were
responsible for the awful prcdicamcnt in
which / now found myself. had just
rolled over into the abyss We had been
at II nearly an hour, and "a the baboon
showed no signs Of releasing mo felt
should not DO able TO hold ont much
longer, rs am an old man, considerably
over sixty.
At this stage bethought myself Of
penllnifo had in my waistcoat pocket.
II l could only get IL ont | might ward
him oil by stabbing him In the face.
gradually got my left hand into my
pocket and got tho knife, tho brute
scratching md tearing my face with his
hands all tho while. | got 1t to my
mouth and held 1t there till had an
, opportunity Of opening 1t with my left
hand. thon began stabbing and prod.
ding him. but tho knife was not large
enough TO do him much damage drew
blood, however, tho sight of which only
made him more vicious still. by this
timo had scarcely vestigo Of clothing
left, and my lacerated body boro tokens
OF what south African baboon can do
when he chooses to tackle and fight an
unarinod man.
was wondering how all this was GO
ing TO end, when ono Of tho dogs that
had been wounded in the fight and had
recovered sufficiently to make his way
TO where we woro seized the animal
from behind. Ifolt the brute wished to
get at the dog, He throw himself from
mo upon the dog, thoy had ono rough
and tumble, and then tho baboon walked
sullonly away along tho ridge OF tho
precipice, looking back from tlmo TO
timo as II undecided whether he should
renew the attack. 1t was some timo be-
foro could recover sufficient strength
A good Imminent for Inflammation,
rheumatism, swollings, etc., is olive oil
well saturated with eamDhnr.