The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-12
a l RAON TIGER.
He Is Ghastly White and Stone Blind
but Terrible.
From the SHEFFIELD Tele0raph

From the SheDteLd Telegraph
The great Jhoot Demon, described by
Col. Bowlong in bis narrative Of adventures
In India, was a tiger whose ways were as
mysterious as his ravages were terrible. He
could never be bagged. lie killed every
shikari, native or European. who tried it.
This truculent beast had never even been
seen, and as he never mangled body, but
only sucked the blood through an orifice
made over the jugular vein, the terror the
great Jhoot Demon inspired is not surpris-
ing. He mover forced a door, yet he got
into house after house. Two subalterns
went out for him and next day were found
dead like all the rest.
One with his last strength had managed
to scratch tho words, :" Look out for a
L-,h But no amount of con lecture could
solve the riddle Of these words. A famous
shot, who once for a wager shot 100 tigers
in twelve months, met the same fate. He,
TOO, leTt creepy and mysterious mes
sage-the letters "a. NJ" Then the colonel
goes. He built himself all ambush and
watched:
Just as the full light OF tie moon fell
upon the stream and illuminated the sur
roundings there was an almost inaudible
rustic Of leaves close behind me, and turn
ing on the instant | saw a little gray
| brown paw very cautiously putting aside
the twi2s OF my shelter, and behind the
paw | could discern two small green eyes
attentively regarding me.
"a lungoor,n / said to myself as 1t van
ished from view, a monkey That's what
the lads and Dick Culverton meant to tell
US. and, by Georgel there's mischief here.
Moved by sudden inspiration, for which
cannot to this day account, fastened from
| the shelter and ascended the ad Joining tree.
| had scarcely time TO seat myself COMFORT
| ably upon one Of the lowest branches when
l saw the lungoor returning, followed by
! the most repulsive looking monster my
! eyes have euer beheld.
| You talk, Snapper, of your tiger being
NANCY, this one was absolutely naked, nude
as a nut, bald as bottle, not hair any
where-a huge CHASTITY, glabrous monstros-
| ity--a very CAliban OF tigers. as big as a
| bison and as long as crocodile. AS the
| CHASTITY creature crept after the monkey he
| folio wed the siighLeSJ curve and deviation
of his guide with the delicate alacrity Of a
needle under the influence OF a magnet.
! The adroiTness displayed by the tiger
was suddenly converted into a sub
| iect Of Mortified wonder, for as the brute
! approached the ambush he turned his hide
| Gus face up to the moon, and / could see
that bis eyes were OF dull dead white,
without light, intelligence, or movement
/ 4
| be evidently knew, or thought he knew.
what lay before him, for the saliva Of
| anticipation was clin2ing 70 his wrinkled
! jaws like q mass Ut cleaning icicles.
The monkey, when it had come within
jumping distance, giving q low signal cry
made one vigorous spring into my late
shelter, alighted upon my camp stool and
sprang out again on the other side. He
was instantly followed by the tiger, who
fell like an avalanche upon the stool, crush
ing It TO match wood and at once began TO
feel about on all sides for, his expected
| victim.
Now was my chance; beneath me In the
! broad light Of the full moon lay the demon
Of the jhoot. / aimed steadily at deep
furrow between the huge shoulder blades
and held nv breath for the shot At that
moment the keen eyes OF the monkey
caught sight OF me, and the little animal
uttered a shrill note OF warning, butiit
was TOO late; my finger was upon the trig-
ger and / fred both barrels In quick sue
cesslon.