Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-08
THE JHOOT DEMON.
The Death of a Blind Terror Who Had
Monkey for N Guide.

From London Truth
The great Jhoot demon described by Col
Downing in his narrative of adventures in
India was tiger whose ways were as mys-
ferrous as his ravages were terrible He
could never be bagged. He killed every
shikari, native or European. who tried IL.
This trucculent beast had never even been
seen, and as he never mangled a 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 never forced a door, yet he got
into house after house. Two subalterns
went out for him, and the next day were
found dead like the rest.
One with his last strength had manaqed
to scratch the words: Look out for a L."
But no amount Of conjecture 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' left creepy" and mysterious mes
sage-the letters "A. NJ" Then the colonel
watched.
Just as the full light of the moon fell
upon the stream and illuminated the sur
rour dings there was an almost inaudIble
rustic of leaves close behihd me- and, turn
ing on the instant / saw a litrIe grav
brown paw very cautiously putting aside
tne tWlgs or my shelter, and behind the
PaM 4 coulu discern two small green eyes
attenuvely regarding me-
lungoor,' / said to myself as Il VAN
lshed from view-a monkey That's what
the lads and Dick Culverton meant TO tell
H Ne, anu; py George! there's mischief here.
moved by sudden inspiration, for which
cannot TO this day account / hastened
from the shelter and assembled the ad1otn
ing Tree had scarcely time TO seat N.Y.
ser comfortably upon one of the lower
branches when / saw the lunRoor return
ing, followed by the most repulsive look-
ing monster my eyes have ever beheld.
You talk, Snapper. of your tiger being
Hangy; this one was absolutely naked
nude as nut. bald as a bottle not a hair
| anywhere-a huge, CHASTITY, glabrous mon
stroslty-a very Caliban of tigers, as big
as a bison, and as long a crocodile.
AS the CHASTITY creature crept after the
monkey he followed the slightest curve
ana deviation OF his guide with the deli
cate alacrity of a needle under the infu-
ence OF magnet The adroitness disnsv-
ed by the tiger was suddenly converfea
into subject of Mortified wonder for &c
the brute approached the ambush he turn
60 ms hloeous face up to the moon, ana 1
could see that his eyes were of a dun
DEAD white, without light, Intelligence or
movement The creature was stone hind
For all that he evidently knew. or thought
ne knew what lay before him. for the
saliva of anticipation was clingine N hts
| icicles. es
The monkey. when he had come within
| Jumping distance gave a low signal cry
mace one vigorous spring into nv LATE
| shelter alighted upon my camp stool ana
| sprang out again on the other side Ne
was instantly followed by the tiger, who
| ieH IKE an avalanche upon the stool crush-
| ing II to match wood, and at once began
TO feel about on all sides for his expected
| victim.
Now was my chance Beneath me in
| .ne broad light Of the full moon lay the
| demon OF the Jhoot / aimed steadily al
deep furrow between the shoulder blades
ana held my 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. b,t a.
was too late; my finger was upon the triR-
| cession." ~