The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-02-09
SAVED BY 4 PYTHON.

he Whole Family, However, three
lays after my birth, the ship Of which
my father was commander was wreck
ed of the coast Of Spain; both INV
| parents and the whole crew wer,
drowned, while / was adopted by the
savage Carliats, lit was during the
short and fatal uprising Of 1861, and
was triunphantly elected to the proud
position Of FL Hijo del Regimento.
the child Of the regiment.
| Alas. for the unfortunate corps
| that took me for token. In two
months we were all in jail, from which
half my comrades marched out to be
! shot as rebels. 1t was undoubtedly
an impressive moment, although be
| ing but three months old at the time.
haven't the remOtest recollection of
| the scene when our major, the gal
liant CarIist marquis Of SedanO, raised
me IN his arms, and turning to the
commander OF the prison, said in i'm
presslye tones. Sir, my son and my
brother have fallen upon the field of
honor, and now |, the last Of my race.
am about to appear before my maker
Sir, this little child, a goodly infant.
God sent Us from the seas. In your
presence, and taking you and these
gentlemen all as Witnesses. | now en-
dow this child with all my worldly
goods. | declare him my successor
III the ancient marquisite Of Sedano
and heir TO the estates and estate Of
that name. In the name Of God.
amen, Gentlemen, | request that
this be brought to paper, and now for
ward 10 eXecution.' and impriuting a
last kiss upon my baby forehead the
brave hiiaigo strobe out to death with
all the lofty pride OF a nobleman Of
Spain.
OF Iav many moro on less startling
experiences let me here narrata an ad-
venture which had not many years
ago III Java, where. as the agent Of my
uncle, | was Inspecting a number of
coffee plantations which belonged to
HIM IN that country These planta-
tions were situated in the midst Of the
wild region, and occupied a very fer
tile natural clearing in the midst OF
the tropical forest | had been re-
peateily warned not to stray into the
jungle without my rife. but, having
become accu7lomel: to the quiet OF
ciViiized lie, l utterly failed 10 ap
PrecIate the presence OF danger, and
the word tiger reminded me Of moth
ing but Barnum's menagerier in fact.
l had q somewhat hazy idea that
tigers confined themselves to the
LLlalLlahd q ASIA.
One afternoon the heat having be
come very oppressive, | stuck a self
cooking revolver, such as is used In
the Dutch navy, III my belt, and
-troIied unconceruedly into the cool
jungle, my pipe between my teeth.
For want Of better path l followed
a kind OF rough road evidently broken
through by the bulk and brute force
Of herd Of elephants. perhaps on
iheffetUirn from one OF those maraud-
ing expeditions INTO our plantations
Whic4 we dreaded SO much. l wan
Iiefeo ma7lhSi| along, occasion
y 1'opMn2 70 observe the wonderful
oto-7oAi7 oIGhe hafka, "r the ndIcu-
j3li7 ahticS OF the numerous species OF
monkeys that hlIed the branches OF
me Goc" IreoS, until the path OF the
elephants led me TO the banks OF a
,ll1' ,ilf 'ie",h oNeiil''n@ with Ilch
u9!''IaI FG5etd'loh'
o'ijdelly y seemed as II all the
monkeys IN the forest was about to
migrate. i1tindfed7 OF them scam
pered by me-. through the branches
overhead and tue Jungle itself, giving
vent to sharp cTIea which soon proved
g he those OF terror. IN a minute
'he loIo7I Was sun as the grave not
4 monkey ehat5efed, not a bird tWlt-
'e-1,l. ~ ullGaAlN lecIlllS look pos
session OF me, Ihe UNCONSCIOUS recog-
iltloh OF the presence OF danger. l
rose hefNoasiy ana ran nlSntiy across
&" ioilS roy ONO hlhd OF island and
there waited ueFelepelnentS.
In moment [ heard pat at-pat"
coming through the Jungle. then a
sudden silence. followed second
later by terrible roar that sent nv
! heart into my very mouth. and froZe
my blood III my veins The nearness
~ JHt itdll beast. lUf IL was u Java
tiger Of the largest kind. and the sud
denness Of its appearance nearly caus-
eal me to lose my hold and fall into
The sluggish stream; but mastering
L y terror [ placed a tree between my
sell and the tiger which [ could see
sinking toward me. [ cooked my
/ poor little fyc-shooter and awaited
/ the attack. | remember being per
fecty cool, and rejecting that my
only chance for life was to reach the
brain through the eye-soclset. but al
though Of a sanguine temperament. |
really had but small hope of ESCAPING
the terrible embrace Of the monster :
Upon seeing me. he made = trempn-
dous bound, which brought him with
IN q few yards of the further bank Of
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