Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-21


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filled. GrenGU hmn.d MANAGED IN
turn the skim over tn snvo n from
laundering and thero hung ~, MIN
picked TN. ON another orcagio,, a, tbc
Himalayas he fen ove, "a nrerinica ana
dangIed 10 minutes an no ana Of n
rope with "A Thousand fret sheer dron
beneath him he fore haip, n,,lInd ,acli
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~ LII r.
In India, too. he has had narrow
escapes from tigers. but his worst eX-
pericnce of this kind was when hunt
ing wild elephants He wounded one
big fellow. who thereupou went mad
and charged him. IT was q veritable
race for life AS he ran lodging round
huge trees he managed To load his
rife and as last resort had to trust
to his good aim for his life. He was
up against a dense jungle and had to
face the brute. He let fly his whole
magazine. There was scarcely yard
to spare when one of the bullets
reached a vital spot and over the ele-
plant crashed In dying condition.
His most thrilling race for life, how
ever, was in the Soudan While he was
war correspondent OF the London
Daily Telegraph. Lord Desborough
mad ridden of with dispatches TO a
telegraph ONCE after one Of the big bat
Ties. He was within a mile of the
British camp ON his return that fla
nous sunday morning that the Der
wishes surprised the camp and stam-
peded the cainels ON TO the British
INES. a horde Of Dervlshes suddenly
burst on DeSborough from behind a
DUN. IN an instant his horse was gal
,oPlilg LOT me brltish lines Bullets
nailed around and down the horse
went shot dead Desborough tore on
MS coat and accouucments. II was
neck or nothing and he raced along
on 1901 as ne mao never raced before.
Gor nalf mile he ran and. but for one
l)erNlsh on ueet Arab, seemed to
nave won. The pursuer came quite
close 10 him Apparently it was all
up win Desoorough. But he didn't
lose ms nerve Suddenly he stopped
ana dropped on his knee. The DerWsh,
unprepared for this move, Rnloped
whipped out his revolver and ported
him. The British had seen the race
FOR life and, troops coming up. the
war correspondent was safe.
bhese sort of things Lord Desbor-
ough gave up when he married. lust 81
years ago. He still goes in for sport,
pul 1t Is not of lhe adventurous or haz-
M !, luis S"r', ti% ~ ehiel steward OF
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lu hltny HlNh eIuled ROOFS. There
re extensive htaDles close py ana n
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'uul 'l' 'adk' sI'nhu7' inc esthtc
onlpiiH's o'Eou acres
TREASURES AT TAPLOW.
There are many treasures an IAN
lw court. Including tn gold Mate
resented by qurcn Virtoria IA brr
rlme minister Lord McIboiirue Who
ono of Lady DegborntiglI's ancrs1
,rs but The glory of tho whole ulnce
enters i'm the huge nan. Here an
lntsivr old -faghinuoa stund, .n1
ibles and ON the walls arc ulnc,J
4. trophies nf Lord Deshorougb a.
rough thr nan rs of hmm. - - {
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