The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-03-31

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lE.Fss&HTJS. OR years Frank
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stltss AllsS the tiger slayer
1es.ss@NS~Es of Annoy. There
is not village
along the coast of China, no matter
how remote from the great centers Of
population, to which his fame has not
extended. With him the killing of the
great man eaters who infest the
iunglesis looked upon as pastime,
and he has shot them under almost all
imaginable circumstances
he arrived in this city on the steamer
Gaelic, en- route for London, and it
was early in the forenoon that he
strobe into the California hotel. He
wrote his name in big bold letters
across the page of the register. and
lostn time in plunging into bath
tub. Later he emerged from his Sc
clusion, looking rudy and muscular.
He looked more like the ordinary
globe-trotter than slayer Of tigers
whose name is known throughout the
Orient. In appearance he is tall and
robust, with closely trimmed white
beard and keen gray eyes A long
loose-fitting sack coat of gray tweed
was buttoned about him, and brown
derby hat was tilted back far enough
upon his head to show that he is grow
ing slightly bald. His feet were In
cased in shoes of russell leather. and he
carried In his hand a heavy cane, which
he chung TO tenaciously as he strobe
rapidly along.
( "oh. yes he said, in gruff tone,
when asked about his experiences US
tiger hunter, II have bagged o good
many Of the beasts in my day, but there
Is nothing remarkable about that With
us, don't You know, It is merely pas
time, and we hunt the tigers for the
sport there is in It, Why, bless my
soul, can see no reason why anyone
should care to hear about tiger hunt
ing. With us It is ordinary sport, Just
as deer stalking is in America,
after ALL" he continued, as he
grasped his cane more firmly and
planted his feet very wide apart, the
tigers of China are not nearly as fero-
cious as those Of India, but they give
good deal of trouble TO the natives at
times. When one Of them gets q taste
of human blood he at once becomes fe-
rocious, aud is never satisfied with any
other diet. They become Transformed
into what are known as man eaters,
and t hey hunt human beings as cat
does mice.
Take a big man eater, for instance,
andhe is pretty sure to make his lair
in Jungle close TO a native village,
avoiding the larger towns, and always
on the alert TO make o victim Of some
luckless human being who may fall in
his way. 1t is his habit TO Turk about
the outskirts of the settlement. con-
cealed in the edges of the jungle, and
await his opportunity TO seize a victim.
Moonlight nights suit him best At
such time he is extremely yigilant.
He prowls about until he sees some be-
lated straggler in the streets This is
the opportunity for which he has wait
ed for hours, perhaps for days. There
! is the flash of a heavy body in the
moonlight a cry of terror, brief
struggle and the man eater is off for
his lair in the jungle, bearing the help
less body of human being in his mas
siye Jaws. Months later, it may be,
tine bones are found in the dense under
growth.
when went to China twenty years
ago j had already some experience in
hunting big game, and / wanted 70 kill
! tiger. one day while in the count
ing house of our firm at Annoy two ma /.
tiyes came in in IN excited frame of
mind 20 tell that q man had been car
ried off from aneighboring village the
night before by man eater; This
was just the opportunity had been
waiting for. Taking out a heavy ex-
press ride which / had brought from
London with me, took the two ma
tiyes to act as guides and started out
ON reaching the village found every
thing in an uproar. The natives, who
ARE tirnid, were paralyzed with fear,
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