The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-17

At last he reached the district of Rampagoo, IN
far distant Burma, place where few white meu
had ever been seen and here he gave an exhibition
of his skill before the king Of Rampagoo, Lumpam-
jorumpass, who was himself mighty elephant and
tiger hunter. Harry went ahead of King Lumpani-
jorumpass on foot, but the king was mounted on an
elephant as well as armed with gun ike cannon.
The boy calmly walked into the jungle, where they
soon heard the scream of a Tiger, and all thought
the lad lost; but he soon reappeared leading by
silvery cord the largest tiger ever ceen, who fol-
lowed him as meekly as any old kitchen cat
Now, in Rampagoo and its wild forests there long
had been a legend that said "When a youth as white
as snow subdues the royal tiger by s eye, then shall
new king come and the old win die" and this
Immediately was recalled by he wise men, as wei!
as to the old king when they this wondrous
happening The king turned as pale his brown
skin would permit, and instantly resolved to slay
Harry that night; but as the boy, afraid that the
tiger might harm somebody, took the beast to his
room at night, the monarch feared to enter the
apartment
So it was arranged that Harry should be slain as
soon as he appeared In the morning, and men with
bows and poisoned arrows were placed at the door
When the boy Gwoke IN the morning he found a
great green fly buzzing over him, and before he
ognized 1t the insect said:
"Good morning. l have come to warn you that
you are III great danger. There arc men outside
ready TO shoot you when you go out"
V
he opened the door and allowed the tiger to escape
When the kings archers saw the great yellow beast
appear they ran for their lives and all the people
fed into their houses for he was the largest tiger
ever seen In Burma.
Then Harry leisurely walked away into the forest
along a wide road lined with ancient pagodas aud
temples, until he had left the city far behind him.
and entered another kingdom where he knew old
Lumpamjorumpass would not dare to follow Here
however, be found that, although many beautiful
houses stood all along the white road nobody was
to be SEEN and 1t seemed as if the whole region had
been deserted By its inhabitants
At last he met an old "phongyee," IS the monks
of Buddha are called in Burma who was dwelling
IN a ramshacl1e little temple by the wavside and
the monk told him that everybody from the king end
his family down to the beggars had fed from the
land because an immense snake had escaped from
its cage in the Royal menagerie, and ali through
Burma such accident is considered so terriblv mr.
lucky that 1t means the destruction Of city and it,
people wherever it occurs Harry laughed as he
said:
at seems that came Just IN timeg 7 am catching
animals, and would Ike to find nice large snake
on viii find this entirely too large think
said the old man. HE Is as long as the great tc1npIa
at Mandsay, and has mouth as big as the temple
door,
"All the better" replied Harry ~He will bring
more IN the market" He then sauntered toward tho
spot where the old said nc had last seen tie
serpent, but after searching for him Until night he