The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-02-25
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BETWEEN MAN AND TIGER.

BETWEEN MAN AND TIGER.
His name was Goulias. He was of
medium height and physique; but he
possessed athletic vigor, no doubt
the strength of the primitive man
who like the actual gorilla had no
other weapon to floor his enemy than
his fists-maSs of arms infinitely Wig
orous. He was garrisoned at Tien-
yen, a post situated at the end of the
Gulf of Tongking, adjacent to an
ocean of wooded mountains whose un-
dulations under the waves of eternal
green verdure lean over the sea in
strange granitic cliffs.
Goulias was ever without any
weapons. He had a fearless. con-
tempt for wild beasts and pirates; for
he could depend upon the strength of
his arm, which, like another Milo,
could uproot young tree and make
stick of it.
One evening in the darkness of
night without a moon, when storm
menaced, he came back from the
home of the post receiver, where he
had been detained, really splitting
the darkness as he went, so dense it
was. From the stretched sky full of
heavy clouds fell dark shroud. He
walked cropping, the familiar knowl-
edge of the smallest obstacles of a
many times overrun way permitting
him to rejoin his post. On the turn
of the street at the point where it
closely fitted between the palisades
that inclosed the last houses, he saw
two shining lights. In the matted
darkness of the night they would
have appeared like distant watch
lights, if the unsteady yellow phos-
phorescent CLEANS had not escaped in
sudden flashes and he had not heard
the pant of heavy respiration near
him.
In the midst of the profound UNI
bra in which entire nature was en-
quilted, in the silence of the sleeping
village, in the deserted streets, alone,
that noise and the CLEANS gave signs
of life. But those signs are signs of
death for those who perceive them.
Goulias held in his hand flexible
rattan. To be quick in the act, he
lashed the space between the two shin
ing points, the left arm stretched to
prevent the defense of ripost, the
body we'll settled upon the strong
base of his open legs. On the instant
that he struck, he was half thrown
Il ho 81, 1f hot
pounced on him, clutching him horri-
bly-his flesh trembling under the
grievous scalds of the claws that
plunged into his shoulders and thighs,
while the hot breath bathed his face
with fetid breathing-but, like the
stretched round the tigers neck, his
hands pinching, squeezing and smash
ing like a wise.
A double rattle was heard-the rat
tie of the wild beast suffocating, the
rattle of the man sitting. On his
breast, along the thighs, Goulias was
tortured by the lacerating scratches
His flesh and muscles plowed by the
paws of the tiger, fastened with the
four limbs to his prey, were torn piece
by piece.
In this berseker animal struggle,
all the chance was for the wild beast,
whose phosphorescent stare pierced
the darkness and lighted for him
alone the movements Of his adyer-
sary. Nevertheless, the tiger was
suffocated, the neck twisted, and the
breast crushed; but the mans blood
flowed in soft streams, and with that
blood his life
Of the two, man or beast, which
would hold out the longer? Goulias
was worn out. He must let go when
his rigid hands like steel clamps were
lifted by repeated spasms; the paws
loosened and dropped and the tiger
fell backward, dragging him with
him. The two bodies rolled on the
ground. Staggering, the lieutenant
raised up. Tottering, stumbling, he
arrived at the post. At the entrance
of the guardhouse in full light he ap-
peared a bloody specter before the
eyes of the terrified soldiers.
Ine adJutant ana a lew men un-
der arms ran to the tiger. They found
him stretched between the palisades,
the body still slightly quivering in
the last commissions.
The horrible drama was played in
such complete silence that the An
namese who reposed in the neighbor-
ing canha were not attracted.
Goulias died three days after that
incredible fight. AS he had only
fest wounds, he would have been
saved had the post possessed the an
tiseptics and bandages necessary.
This is the only unique fact in the
history of the animal reign where a
man Overcame and suffocated in his
arms the king of wild beasts.-Sun-
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