Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-19
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Awful Experience of q Rasl!ro,a!d
Y. 's .'.35 \. Man Ii Africa. n
IN THE JAWS i0F A MAN I 1 ! 81

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Dragged From t1is Bod BY tl,s Fissss
Monster, H Was Manaisd -
Gashsd and Carried OF Bodily ex q
the Brute. rs4.f 4
y The following description Of A. a. d.
tack BY a lion, an related to M: et,
Michael PodmOre, r. q. s., while & h De-
was returning from Z sojourn ~ TIE pl
wild places Of the earth, Is 90 terribly
realistic that We offer no apology Tor
printing 1t. Mr.. Podmore met TIE
hero or this story while on h1p
across the Pacific ocean and was'
shown the terrible scars on. the mans mar 4
body: d 5.=t R3}yts.s sss Z M s.3
e. was engaged on the transconti-
mental Cape to Cairo line, and our
gang consisted Of two white men and
fifty blacks. we each occupied Z SEP
crate hut. = " s = =. &c.
One dark night was aroused from
sleep by hearing something moving
backward j, and forward beneath my
bed. Becoming alarmed, ! listened
breathlessly to loud, long and indie
scribable sni6-sniff. which broke the
stiffness Of the night. NY experience
Of Africa was not extensive, but 4
instantly realized that some wild AMI
NAL was under my bed. Every one q
my faculties became Immediately par
alyzed with horror I was unable to
utter u sound. Ey~ ~ s,.-&
After, "a moment or two 4 became
aware that a man eating lion was sntn--
ing his way along the edges Of the the:
bed, perhaps a little puzzled >at the
MOSQUITO curtains. 1 then felt must
do something, and instinctively, yet
noiselessly, huddled all the pillows
and q bedclothes over, my bead. No
sooner had done this than the lion,
with a horrible pur, grabbed me by
the right shoulder and dragged me out
on to the floor and immed iately began
to suck the blood :which :streamed
down my neck and chest, and every
time moved he bit me more ssavagely.
As raised my knees to get Into g
crouching, protective position he gave
me a little pat with his paw which which
nearly broke my leg and inflicted 9
dreadful wound. Then suddenly the
monster dropped me out Of his mouth,
placed one massive paw on my chest,
and then, throwing back his noble
head, he gave four terrible roars OF
triumph and defiance. III 4 In sss II.
NV chum walked round the hut and
then saw with horror the hole made
by the lion, who had torn out the mat
walls and crawled under my bed.
Then it dawned upon him, what had
happened, 80 he ran round to the other
side and kicked the door down.
: All this time the only thing I seemed
to take interest in was the loud sip
ping suck, suck, made by the lion as
he drew my blood into his reeking
laws. I remembered, with 4 pang OF
regret, that 1 had not lived q model
life recently, and / began to pray as
had never prayed before. As71 prayed
I thought how curious it was that l
did not feel the slightest sense OF
pain with man eating lion chewing
my flesh and drinking my blood.
!. i had been lying on my back, with
my neck and head resting against the
side OF the hut, when my friend
smashed the door. AS he did so the
Hon drove his terrible fangs into my
right groin and leaped out Of the hut
into the darkness. As he ran with me
he seemed to be twisting and jerking
me round sideways, as though striving
tosKet me on his back. ,* IT,
The lion ran across the clearing
with me for about thirty yards and
put me down under q big boabab tree.
j. lay on my back with the Hon on top
Of me, occasionally gazing with his
great luminous, greenish yellow eyes,
which filled me with unutterable loath-
ing, so expressionless and cold were
they, yet 80 diabolical IN their ruth
less cruelty. 35l. $SS$ VI. ..Eg5,5
y The lion seemed perfectly content
with his prey. / felt his long, rough
tongue scraping up my thighs and alb
domen, and as it crept higher and
higher I felt little gusts Of his hor-
rible breath. half turned my head
away, but still the long, greedy tongue
worked its way toward my throat
could distinctly feel each bite, because
although it did not cause the slightest
pain, yet; us the fearful fangs were
driven into fresh place was con-
scious OF. a strange numbness in that
particular part
During, all this time the negroes kept
screaming, ''Nkanga, nkanga! MY
friend kept running round the clearing
ia utter bewildernne The appalling
blackness Of the night added horror
to the thing which no pen could de-
scribe. u sS$:,sSs N ;.:3sss,.
n, at last two negroes were induced to
make a couple OF torches Of dry grass,
and BY the lurid and uncertain light OF
these the lion was seen standing over
my PROSTATE body. He was an enor-
nous brute, over ten feet In length,
and with q iuxuriant. tawny name
that impaired to him Z most majestic
appearance. NY friend told me after