The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-15

~ OF annoy. Ihere
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 caters who infest the
| Jungles is looked upon as a 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 il
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
lost no time III plunging into bath
tub. Later he emerged from his Sc
clus;on, looking ruddy and muscular.
He looked more like the ordinary
globe-trotter than a 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. i long
loose fitting sack coat of gray tweed
was buttOned about him, and a 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 a gruff tone,
when asked about his experiences as a
tiger hunter, II have bagged good
many of the beasts in my day, but there
is nothing remarlta BILE about that. With
US, don't you know, it is merely a 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, ''thc
tigers of China are not nearly as fero-
cious rs those of India, bat they give
q good deal of trouble to the natives at
times. When one of them gets a 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 they hunt human beings as a cat
does mice.
Take big man eater, for instance,
and he is pretty sure to make his lair
in jungle close 10 native village,
avoiding the larger towns. and always
on the alert to make victim Of some
luckless human being who NAV fall in
his way. 1t is his habit to lark about
the outskirts OF the settlement. con-
cealed in the edges OF the jungle. and
await his opportunity to seize victim.
nights suit him best. Al
such time he is extremely vigilant
He prowlS about until he sees some be-
lated stragCler in the streets This is
the opportunity for which he has wait .
e. for hours, perhaps for days. There
IS the flash Of heavy body in the /
: cry OF terror, brief 1
and the man eater IS off for
his lair in the jungle. bearing the help /
less body OF Z human being il his mas
sIye jaws. Months later. u NAV bc,
me bones are found IL the dense under !
growth.
When went 20 China twenty years /
go had already some experience n I
hunting big game, and wanted 20 ki3 +
2 tiger. One dav while in the count
ing house Of our hrn 1t Annoy two Ia
tiyes came ID IN an excited frame OF
mind 70 tell that man had been car
ried of from 4 neighbo-irg village the
night before by E man eater This
was Just tie opportunity had been
waiting To-. Taking out ! heavy ez-
press rife which had brought. from
London with ne took The TWO M
lives "a act IS guides and started uat
On reaching The village found every
hing IL al uproz-. The natives, who
IRE ,imie. ware paralyzed with teas.