New-York tribune., 1901-09-08

or casual visitors To stray in that direction The
writer went IN once with the local deputy sheriff
and the tribe stole camera and a box Of cigars
from the carriage. and all the threats and per
suasions Of the deputy could not avail TO make
the jeering thieves give back the property
= week ago several farmers who outlying
pastures in Brighton concluded that wild
animal must be stealing their sheep. When the
owners paid their weekly visits 10 carry salt and
look after the fences they found pools Of blood
and other evidences that animals had been slaugh-
tered. Yet there were no bones TO show that the
sheep had been devoured there.
The farmers dubbed together at last and hired
old LOring Adams. who for years has been one OF
the best known trappers and hunters Of the Moose
head region. He built a shelter OF brush in one
of the pastures and set himself 10 watch the
herds. For a week the sheep grazed undisturbed.
one afternoon, as Uncle Loring dozed and blinked
under his leafy covert. he noticed a sudden
Iering OF the sheep, and then chorus OF apprehen
sive 'blarts" floating his He peered
out, and after a time beheld the strang-st ami
mile" that ever roved abroad in that section.
cording his notion The hunter at frst gl-nce
decided that IL was a man. but as the figure crept
nearer all fours Uncle LOring at a loss TO
name IT, Its head was shaggy poodles
and hair covered its body above the waist. A
1attered pair OF trousers gave the thing human
semblance
Though the being was clearly stalking the sheep,
the hunter did have the nerve TO shoot. De-
spite the hair and the other characteristics, the
creature was evidently human. So after medtat-
.ng bit, Adams crawled OF his hiding place
and shouted TO the visitor. The latter stopped
and crouched back on its thighs After regarding
the hunter for moment II leaped up. made
dash at the nearest sheep. downed IT. and then,
with the bleating animal shoulder. ran for
the woods. The louder Adams yelled 10 command
q halt. the faster the strange thing Adams
dropped TO the ground. rested HIS rife cradle
knoll 20 insure steady aim, and fired. The Great
uttered z cry ike yelp threw the sheep from
him, and then staggering 3 distance, tumbed
down.
The hunter found him writhing on the short
pasture grass. bleeding from a bullet wound in
the thigh. It was not serious wound, and. with
the long red handkerchief that he took from his
neck and by using pasture cobwebs. the hunter
was able TO stop the flow OF blood, the creature
regarding him stolidly.
While Adams working over the man he was
conscious OF movement several times in the edge
OF the woods and at last TWO men came out and
walked toward him. He recognized them
bers OF the Brown and Tuttle tribe When they
up they pretended not 10 understand the
scene.
Where a ye find him." they asked, pointing 20
the man on the grass.
Il was firm my rife in the air for fun, and
brought him down" said Adams, with grim hu-
nor Reckon he must be a hen hawk What do
ron. him-hiu's our uncle" said one OF the men.
We'll take him along with u.s.
Wal. not so ye'd notice It," declared the hunter
Hes been steain' sheep, and 1 reckin the men
that hired Will look him And
while ye're about it, yed better stay with me, too
That poor cTitter there don't know enough TO steal
sheep unless he put up It, And by things
] noticed IN the aidge OF the woods there rayther
think the fellers that put him up
Huh. sneered one Of the men, you think you
make us 90 with yOu2 Naw-W-Wi''
Adams threw another shell into the breech Of
his rife and rested the barrel in the hollow Of his
arm
= d know as We felcrs ever see a magazine
rife work. said he IF ye never have and start
run. II show ye'
Then be pointed 10 The the grass Pick
him up commanded he ''and carry him"
The grim face of the old hunter and the muzzle
Of his rife barrel were not 10 be gainsaid The
carried him 10 the edge OF the woods There A
rough litter made and the hunter teamed a
queer assortment of humanity into the little village
Of Brighton
DR. BodweH. OF CornyiIle. who was called 10 at
tend the wounded man. declares that the fellow is
the most degenerate specimen Of a cretin that he
has ever seen.
He comes 70 being the missing link as
anything care 10 look at says the physician
II learned that the only name The man
s. Jed. The only person who can talk with him
or understand his queer 1srgon IS HIS mother a
WrinMed. tontEess woman more than eighty
years Oh Jed IL aholt forty-hve His language
Is a series of gutturals. and he understands only
a few commands. '
What ~ especially astonishing is his docil,,v
, ne man ls perfect physically with the exception
- nls race, which Is uncOuth as that OF a har-
Dailan sololer HIS strength is SURPRISING. his
when he Is AZ rest For years he has been srn
pioyea As beast or burden by his family The
town omcers OF Brighton say that each wear he is
nade 10 df3W plough, hitehed up alongside Of
lne COW. ite oDeys any command OF his mother
ss7Iliciuy. Years ago tho woman began 70 drive