The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-09-21

there seemed nothing to suspect re-
garding him.
IL waited long for an occasion to
meet him. IL finally came In the form
Of partridge which I shot and killed
before the very nose OF the English
man. My dog brought 1t TO me; but
Immediately taking II l went and
begged Sir John ROwell to accept the
dead bird, excuslng myself for intru'
sion.
"IIe was a tall. powerful man, with
red hair and red beard, very large,
sort of placid, polite Hercules. He
had none of the so-called British
haughtiness, and heartily thanked me
In French for the delicacy. At the
end OF a month we had ehatted to-
gether five or six times.
FINALLY, one evening. as was
passing by his door, l perceived him
astride a chair in the garden, smoking
his pipe. l saluted him and he asked
me in to have a glass Of beer. Joined
him.
ale received ME with the fastidious
courtesy of the English. With great
precaution In the form OF a lively In
terest, I put some questions to him
about his life and his projects. lie
responded without embarrassment, told
me that he had Travelled much, In
Africa, in the Indies, and In America
lie added, laughing:
~ have had many adventures; oh
yes
A Great Hunter.
81 began to talk about hunting, ant
he gave me many curious details OF
hunting the hippopotamus, the tiger
the elephant. and even of hunting The
gorilla.
~ said: All these animals are very
formidable
ale laughed: oh. no! The wors
animal Is man. Then he began t
laugh, with the hearty laugh of hi:
contented Englishman. lie continued
~ have often hunted man, Also
"IIe spoke of weapons and asked m'
to go into his house to see his guns o
various makes and kinds.
"lIis drawlng-room was hung II
black silk embroidered with gold
There were great yellow flowers run
ming over the somber stuff, shining lik
fire.
at is Japanese CLOTH he said.
"But in the middle of a large panel
a strange thing attracted my eye. IL
on square of red velvet, n black oh
iect was attached. | approached am
found it was hand, the hand of
man. Not skeleton hand, white ant
characteristic, but black, dried hand
with yellow joints and the muscle
bare, and on them traces Of old blood
of blood that seemed like scale, owe
the bones sharply cut off at about tn
middle Of the forearm, as with blON
lof a cutlass. About the wrist was a
enormous iron chain. riveted, soldere
to this unclean member, attaching 1t I
the wall by ring sufficiently stron
to hold an elephant.
81 asked: what Is that?
"The Englishman responded tran
gully:
cit belonged to my worst enem,
1t came from America. 1t was broke
with q saber, cut Off with a shar
stone, and dried in the sun for eiSll
days. Oh, very good for me, tia
lWasv
II touched the human relic. whic
must have belonged to colossus. til
fingers were irilnoderately long an
attached by enormous tendons tina
held the straps of skin in place. Til
dried hand was frightful to See, maj
ing one think. naturally, of the vel
geance of a savage.
81 said: This man must have bee
!. very strong
with gertleness the Englishma
answered:
"Oh! yes; but I was stronger tina
, he. l put this chain on him to hol
; him.
81 thought he spoke in jest and r.
!, piled: -,
1.-The chain is useless now that til
: hand cannot escape
"Sir John Rowell replied gravely
| 1T always wishes to escape. The chat
, in necessary
"With rapid questioning glance.
asked myself: is lie mad, or Is ths
1 IN unpleasant joke. :,
"But the face remained impenetr;
, BILE, tranquil, and friendly. / spoke