The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-31

TIE SClcntlIlC Circles OF Europe nave
their eye on one now to whom
the lure of peril has ever ap-
realed, a man who already has great
achievements and discoveries to his
crsdit. That man is Henry Savage Lam
dor. the great English explorer who in
Shs face of terrible difficulties and heart
rending hardships explored Thibet, Wis
tied and fixed the exact position of the
source of the great River Brahama-
putra, and made for himself undying
fame.
"a dozen military expeditions were
sent out by the British government to
penetrate The Thibetan mountains and
reach Lhassa, but they all failed and it
was left to Henry Savage Landor, COM
paratively single handed, to carry out
the mandate OF civilization and take the
word OF the West into the stronghold
of the East. He did it almost at the
cost OF his life, suffering tortures that
make ones blood curdle to contemplate
Ills description of the journey and ad
ventures is record of courage un-
equaled in any literature"
Adventure always appeals to us, more
particularly to wCTcn, who always do
and always viii admire daring and force
IN a man. especially when it is associated
with education and culture and is not
merely brute strength Most of the
strong risn whose deeds have made them
famous have bSen small men who have
heen economically built. Just enough
hone ann sirew TO carry a good, pur-
poseful brain, not just enough brain to
feed the l,one and beef of the fiction
hero. hls: met in the European draw
ing rooms most Of the really brave men,
such as Henry Stanley, Major Burnham,
General de Wet and dozen others.
none OF whom were giants. Not one
Of them reached the heroic physical
ideal Of the novel hero at two dollars
4 volume
Being no exception to the rule, Henry
Savage Landor is slightly under average
height, but strongly built He has a
powerful face. Drowned by exposure to
the color OF leather, on which one can
srace the scars of many hardships.
Just imagine yourself sitting with hall
dozen ladies and gentlemen on Ian
doris farm. You are in an arbor COW
cred with grapevines slipping four o'clock
tea, and you ask. "Mr. Landor, what
was the worst experience of all your
travels" 81 am tired of telling it.
ladies' We'll, just once more to obligc
i;s" And he commences:
"Wel, il was when | penetrated the
forbidden land OF Thibet when | was
tortured almost to death by the cruelest
people on this earth, for | have never
found any crueler. had as friends a
Luger pistol and Henel-Mannlicher
and fifteen hundred rounds of ammuni-
tinn, besides my two ervants-Chanden
Sing and Mansing, the bravest Of the
brave.
"After many adventures and hard
ships we were camped before the noun
tain pass through which passed the main
road to the sacred city of Lhassa. the
home of the Grand Lama. had de
cided to get as near as possible to
ILhassa by the main road and then enter
the city in some disguise. To avoid
betraving myself bv my small knowledge
of Thibetan. decided to pretend TO be
deaf and dumb. ] purchased the neces-
sary clothing for my disguise and was
going 10 make pigtail out of the silky
hair of my yaks.
Overcome by Treachery.
"After a hearty meal I went to my
camp and was soon asleep, dreaming
was already inside the terrible and for
oidden walls of the city of Lhassa
"All through the night strange sounds
woke me at intervals as though some
one was hanging around the camp Al
though | often went out and looked for
the disturber. never saw him, and all
was quiet.
an the morning a number of natives
came to sell us provisions and ponies,
which we Immediately commenced to Sc
lect. In the meantime great number
of villagers gathered. each performing
some part of an occupation he or she
had evidently just left. After purchas-
ing the provisions we commenced to Sc
lect our mounts. We were indeed in
high spirits, for after many months of
hunger and hardshps we were here
where there was an abundance of every
thing. Even the demeanor of the Thi-
betans was reassuring and friendly, and
/ commenced to wonder why the word
forbidden was attached to their land
"Chanden Sing and Mansing had made
selections from the ponies and they
called me over to examine them before
passed my money in payment.
mot for a moment did suspect foul
play, and in order to try the ponies my
men had purchased took off my arms
and left them in the tent went up to
inspect the horses. the natives following
In nv rear. This did not excite my
susoicion. for had noticed that in every
country where had seen horses pur-
chased in nublic EVERYONE showed great
curiosity. praised my servants selec-
tion and was STOPPING TO examine the
fn4efoot OF the pony when heavv body
fell on me from behind seizinQ mS
lands prd leus, and IN nm instant half 8
tozen Thibetans grabbed me as ] lay or
is ground.