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OVffuv’
From the Louisville Journal.
There is a great deal of genius in the annexed amus
ing production, which, although written man}- year
ago, is now laid for the first time before the puolic. A
copy of it was presented by the author to the late Mrs.
Sophia Phillips, the talented and estimable lady of Capt.
Phillips of the U. S. army, and we are indebted for it
to that gentleman :
THE RED FISHERMAN- ,
BY W. W. EF.AIBT.
The Abbot arose and dos’d his book
And donned his sandal shoon;
And wander’d forth alone to look,
Upon the summer moon.
A starlight sky was o'er his head,
A quiet breeze around ;
And the flowers a thrilling fragrance shed,
And the waves a soothing sound.
It was not an hour, or a scene for naught,
But Love and calm delight;
Yet the holy man had a cloud of thought
On his wrinkled brow that night;
He gazed on the river that gurgled by,
But he did not touch the wee ds; —
He clasped his gilded rosary
But he did not tell the beads; —
If he look'd to Heaven 'twas not to Invoke
The spirit that dwelleth there ;
If he opened his lips, the words he spoke
Had never the sound of prayer.
A pious priest might the Abbot seem;
He had swayed the crosier well;
But what was the theme of the Abbot’s dream,
The Abbot were loath to tell
Coinpanionless for a mile or more
He traced the windings of that shore,
Oh! beauteous is that river still.
As it winds by many a sloping hill,
And many a dim o'erarching grove,
And many a flat, and sunny cove ,
And terrac’d lawn, whose bright arcades
The honeysuckle sweetly shades ;
And rocks whose very crags seem bowers
So gay they are with grass and flowers.
But the Abbot was thinking of scenery
About as much forsooth,
As a lover thinks of constancy
Or an advocate, oftruth.
He did not mark how the sky in wrath
Grew dark above his head ; ,
He did not mark how the mossy path
Grew damp beneath his trend,
As nearer he came, and yet more near
To a pool whose deep recess
Had slept for many a changing year
Unchang’d and motionless.
From the river stream it spread away
The space of half a rood ;
The surface had the look of clay
And the smell ofhunian blood.
The trees and the herbs that around it grew,
Were venomous and foul;
And the birds that through the bushes flew
Were the vulture and the owl.
The water was as dark and rank
As ever a company pump'd;
And the perch that was netted, and laid by its bank,
Grew rotten as it jump'd:
And bold was he who thither came
At midnight, man or boy;
For the place was curs’d with an evil name,
And that name was “the Devil's Decoy.”
The Abbot was weary as Abbot could he
And he sat down to rest at the foot of a tree,
When suddenly he heard a groan!—
Was it a song ? —or was it a moan ?
“Oh ho! oh ho!
“ Above, below,
“ Lightly and brightly they glide and go ;
“ The hungry and keen to the top are leaping. i
“The lazy and fat in the depths are sleeping;
“Fishing is fine when the pool is muddy—
“ Broiling is rich when the coals are ruddy.”
In a monstrous fright, by the murky light
He look’d to the left, and he look’d to the right—
And what was the vision there before him,
That threw such a sudden stupor o'er him?
'Twas a sight to make the hair uprise i
And the life blood colder run ; i
The startled priest struck both his thighs
And the abbey clock struck one !
All alone, by the slue of the pool,
A tall man sat on a three legg'd stool;
Kicking his heels on the dewy sod.
And putting in order, his reel and rod.
Red were the rags his shoulders wore,
And a high red cap on his head he ooro ; '
His ai ms and legs were long and bare ;
And two or three locks of long red hair j
Were tossing about his scraggy neck,
Like a tatter’d flag on a splitting wreck.
It might be time, it might be trouble,
Had bent that stout back nearly double,
Sunk in their deep and hollow sockets.
That blazing couple of Congreve rockers ;
And shrunk and sbrivcli'd that tawny skin,
’Till it hardly cover’d the bones within.
The lines that the Abbotsaw him throw
Had been fashion’d and form’d long ages ago;
And the hands that work’d that foreign vest.
Long agesago had sunk to their rest—
You would have sworn had you look’d on them; ‘
He had fish’d in thejfood with Ham and Shein!
There was a turning of keys, and a creaking of
locks,
As he took forth a bait from his iron box:—
Minnow, or gentle, worm, or fly.
It seemed not to the Abbot's eye ;
Gaily it glittered with jewel and gem
And its shape was the shape ofn diadem.
It was fasten’d a gleaming hook about
With a chain w ithin and a chain without:
The fisherman gave it a kick and a spin.
And the water fizz’d as it tumbled in.
From the bowels of the earth
Strange and varied sounds had birth-,
Now the battle’s bursting peal.
Neigh of steed and clash of steel ;
Now an old man’s hollow groans
Echoed from the. dungeon’s stones:
Now the weak and wailing cry
Os a stripling’s agony.
Cold by this was the midnight air,
Rut the Abbot's blood ran colder.
When be saw a gasping knight lie there
With a gash bppejuh his clotted hair.
And a hump upon shoyldgr*
And the royal churchman strove in vain
To utter pater noster,
For he who writh’d in mortal pain
Was camp'd that nighton Bosworth plain—
The cruel Duke of Gloster.
Ze*-.- 7 er/-'*,-’ Hrp. t’f, V
*' I * '? '
WHERE POWERS ARE ASSUMED WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN DELEGATED, A NULLIFICATION OF THE ACT IS THE RIGHTFUL REMEDY*” Jeffet’SOn.
From an East India Paper.
THE GREAT WESTERN JUNGLE.
BY AN OLD FOREST RANGER.
**** * " *
“Weel, wee), never ye sash your thumb
■ bout that, Captain ; but show ine the deer,
uid. I’ll be cation, ye dinna want fora haunch
ot venison the morn to your dinner. Where’s
hat deevle’s-bucky the Jaggardar ? Stir your
stumps, ye auld Pagan, the sun has been up
inis halt hour.” So saying, the doctor shoul
dered Mons Meg with a confident air, and
strode off, whistling “Johnny Cope” right
lustily.
Our friends had proceeded some distance
into the jungle, the Jaggardar leading, as usu
al, and our three sportsmen following his steps
in.single file, when Charles, who was the last
of the party, happened to spy ihe head and
antlers of a noble spotted buck, about a hun
dred yards from the path, cautiously peering
over a thick patch of high grass which they
had just passed.
The fact of haling made this discovery, ,
after the lynx-eyed Karnfth had passeu H un
observed, was of itself a great triumph to tlto i
ambitious young sportsman, and his heart pal- !
pitated with anxiety as he halted and silently
raised his ufle, for he felt that his character as
a sportsman was at stake. Resting the barrel I
against th- s, em of a tree, the fine drawn sight
was brought to bear upon tne glittering eye ot
hts victim: for one instant the ponderous rifle
remained as steady as it fixed in a vice ; light
as the delicate touch of a lady was the gradu
al pressure of the fore-finger on the finely-bal
lanced trigger. Bravely done, my young For
est Ranger, there must be death in that shot.
The sharp crack of the rifle makes the woods
ring, the ragged bullet speeds hissing through
the air, and the antlered head disappears
amongst the long grass as if by magic—hur
ra !
Charles had already pulled off his cap, and
opened his lips to give the death halloo with
due emphasis, when a whole hard of deer burst
form the thicket of long grass, headed ap.
parently, by the very buck at which he had
fired, and dashed across the path with the
speed of lightning.
“Douce take the rifle !” exclaimed Charles,
pettishly, dashing his cap to the ground, and
in the excitement of the moment, quite forget,
ting that his rifle had a second barrel which
might still do execution.
Mansfield, although taken by surprise, tur
ned on his heel with the coolness of an old
sportsman, and pitched forward his heavy rifle
the piece exploding at the very instant it drop
ped steadily into the hollow of his hand, so
truly did hand and eye act in concert, and the
leading buck, bounding convulsively from the
ground, fell heavily forward : without remo
ving the rifle from his shoulder, the deadly
weapon was brought to bear upon another of
the herd, and tfie second barrel was discharged
as rapidly as the first. The soft thud of the
bullet announced that it had taken effec’, and
a fat doc stumbled to her knees, but immedi
ately recovering herself, disappeared amongst
the jungle with her companions.
“We shall have blood upon the trail.” said
Mansfield, quietly, as he dropped the butt end
of hts rifle to the ground, and proceeded to
reload it with great composure. “But wha
on earth is the matter with you V’ continued
ho turning round, and discovering the Doctor,
squatting on the ground, and holding a pocket
handkerchief to his nosa, which was bleeding
profusely. “I thought eld Meg made more
noise than usual. 1 hope she has not burst ?”
“Na, na!” replied the Doctor; “there’s nae
fear o’her burstin’: but, O man, she’s just a
nurfnri deevle to kick. Od’s my life, she d- tig
me heels o’er head like < kale runt ; ano might
as weel hae got a kick frac a coach-horse. But
how money o’ the deer is down ? 1 ’ll warrant
she made a grai d strainash a atnatig them, for
sheepreads the lead fine, by ordtnar.”
“Why, I believe there is but one down this
round,” replied Mansfield ; “and I think you
find he bears my mark. But, as I predicted
Mons Meg, has done some execution. Your
nose, Doctor, will vouch for her powers, in
one way ; and here is an unfortunate young
tree which she bus doomed to premature
death, by blowing away more than halt the
trunk. By my faiih, you may well say that
such a charge o’ grit shot would have n ado a
fine stramash, if it hud gone in the right di
rection. But never mind. Doctor, better luck .
next time ; so get up, and give old Meg an- (
other chance,”
“Od. man, I matin confess that yon Was an •
awfu’ gleed shot,’’ said the Doctor,scratching J
his head, and regarding the shattered sapling '
with a comical grin, as he still sat wiping the I
I blood from his nose. “I begin tothi. k. Captain
I’m no just that good wi’ the gun either. It
maun be my ain fant.for ye ken Mo is Meg aye
kills, if she’s huuden straight. The fact o’ the
mattei is, there was a prettyrnm* spoilt when
they made a Doctor o’ me, as the auld Hcelaod
Carle said to his son.”
“What is the story of the Highlander and
his son!” asked Charles, who was always de
lighted to catch the Doctor in a story-telling
humor.
‘•I’ll tell you that, Maister Charier,” replied ■
the Doctor’ ns he proceeded to charge Mons
Meg with a more moderate allowance of pow
l der. “There was twee a grim auld Carle,
lived in the Isle of Mull, and he had three
sons. The two eldest were awlu’ big, strong
made eheels, in fact, perfect giants, &- deevils ■
torfechtin. But the youngest, who was ol
ordinary statue, and consequently looked down !
upon as a dwarf in his own family, was a j
quiet, peaceable lad, and mair given to hs |
books than the use of the ditk or claymore, i
And so, the auld Carte, who despised every- !
thing in the shape o’ book learning, and con- j
sidered fighting and cattle lifting to be ihe j
chief end o’ man, determined to bring him up |
tor the church, because, as he said he wasna’ (
i fit for anything better. Weel, ae day, when
; ihe young lad was sitting at his books, and the
I two auld aues were up ainang the hills, looking
; for a deer, u neighbor’s bull, an unco cross
j tempered beast, h»pp< tied to stray into the
; Good uian’s bit of aiijble land, and when he
'noticed him. he was just dancing mad, for he
; was ae short in the tempo;, nt any rate, and
he roars out to his son, who was ben the
house, reading his books. ‘Get up,’ say he, ‘ye
sawtt sumph, throw by thae trash o’book*,
; and gang and turn the bull out o’ the corn, do
I vou no’ see he’s makin a perfect hush o’t ?’
; So the lad he throws by his book, and grips
his stiift’, and runs out ton gleg to turn the j
bull. But the bull was a dour deeyle, and
w.ulna’ thole to be thwarted ; and so, when he
seed tho lad coining at him wi’ the stull in his
* The Hiohbindeis make use of the word
j pretty t<» denote an active, ni.le-bodied, ot
brave ma-.:, ‘ ! ‘’ye be pretty - n.
ATIIENS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1838.
hand,to drive him out o’ the corn, he sets up a
roar and at him like mad But the douce can
nie lad, wi’ a’ his book-learning, had a stout
heart of his ain ,when he was put upon his
mettle. And instead ’o fleein’, as tho auld Carle
his father expected, he stood up manfully, and
j watched the motions of the bull wi’ an eye like
! a gled ; and just as the beast was at the stick
ing o’ him, he jiuket to ae side as souple as a
wild cut, and grippit him by the horn, and
gied a twist, that cowpet him on his back, as
n.ough he had been a year auld stirk, and then
he yokot to with the staff he had in his hand,
and. by my troth, he laid an wi’ such good
will, that the bull was fain to gather himse 1 ’
up and run for it. And the auld Carle, who
had been standing at the door watching him,
was just astonished and delighted to see so
I much of the man in his youngest son, whom
■' he always considered a poor, soft, useless
I sumph—end he run to meet him, with the tear
in his ee’, and throws his arms about his neck
and cries out, in Gaelic, ‘Ochon ! ochon ! it
was me that spoilt the pretty man when I set
you to turning the leaves, instead ot handling
I the claymore.”
| “Come, Doctor,” cried Mansfield, “we have
I no time to listen to your old stories just now ;
vou must keep them for after dinner. And
you, Master Charles, are a pretty fellow for a
sportsman, to £” a t grossiping there, instead
ot breaking up you. Recollect we are
like to have a long and a i.P? chase after the
wounded doe before we get herand get her
wc must before we da anything else ; f° r I
consider it a most unsportsman like proceeding
to look for fresh game as long as one has a
bloody trail to follow/’
“My dear !” exclaimed Charles, in aston
ishment. “Why, that was my buck that you '
killed. I ought to have killed him, I grant, 1
you, fcr 1 never took a steadier aim in my life ; 1
but the leading buck, which you dropped, at I
thi/s first shot, is the one I fired at —I can 1
sUcar to his horns.”
“Why, my dear boy,” exc’aimedjMansfield,
laughing, “do you suppose there is but one
buck in the forest with such a head ? I can
swear you killed him although my buck was
turned at the time, and bit him in the head
too. There is no mistaking the crashing sound
of the bullet when it strikes upon bone, ana sp
you will discover when you have had a little
more experience. Just go and look at the
«pot where you fired nt him, and if you do
not find your friend the buck with an ounce
of lead in his skull then do 1 renounce all claim
to knowledge in woodcraft.”
Charles, without answering a word, dashed
into the long grass with the eagerness of a
young hound, and his shout of triumph, as he
stumbled over the carcase of the buck, announ
ced that he had not been disappointed.
“Od, man, but that’s the best beast I’ve seen
this mony a day !” exclaimed the Doctor, feel
ing the well covered ribs of the deer with the
scientific touch of a Highland drover, and ad
miring the depth of fat on the brisket, as the
Jaggardar proceeded in the operation of cut
ting up the animal, “he’s as fat as a tour year
old wether,”
“Just like you, Doctor,” cried Mansfield,
“always thinking of that ungodly maw ot
yours, which, heaven knows, would be ill
enough supplied if Mons Meg were the only
caterer to its wants. Look al the head, in
stead of feasting your eyes on the fat morsels ;
there is a shot worthy of the best shikaree in
the country; a baL right through his eye at
full a hundred yards; if I could only get you
to handle a rifle, and make such a shot as that,
I should have some hopes of you.”
“Troth, then, it’s no’ an ill shot.” replied
the Doctor • “tho kiddy has a quick eye and a
steady hanu. and if you dinna look sharp,
Captain, he’ll be fit to brag you at your ain
weapon afore you’r a mouth older. But as to
Mons Meg, she’s a good auld truely servant,
and I’m no’ gc.iu’ so part wi’ her, tor a’ that’s
come and gane, yet, so ye may just let that flea
stick to the wa”
Well, well, Doctor, so be it—l see you are
utterly incorrigible; and now, to find the
wounded doe, Charles, my boy, do you take
the lead, and let us see how you can follow up
it trail; here is the spot where she made the
first stumble, and you may see by the manner
in which the blood has spouted that there is
some large vein cut. The poor beast cannot
have run very far in that state—Forward !’’
Charles, proud of being entrusted w ith the
important office of tr cker started off nt u
round pitee ; the 'urge drops of blood w hich
marked the course of the poor ai.imal render
ed (he task a sufficiently easy one ; w hilst the
Jaggardar, who considered so conspicuous a
trail as quite unworthy of his talents, follow,
ed in rear of the party, occasionally breaking
a small twig. or tyb g a knot in the long grass,
to serve as landmaiks to guide him on his re
turn, to fetch home tha venison which had
been left behind.
Li this manner the trail was followed for
upwards of a mile through tangled messes ot
bamboo, and tigarieh looking patches of long
grass, which reached far above their heads,
and where tfie skulls and half picked bones of
deer showed that the tyrant of the forest had
occasionally selected them for his lair. But
Charles was too much excited by the chase
to think of danger, and persevered in a direct
course, regardless of the poor Doctor, who
remonstrated leudly against tempting Provi
dence by venturing into such iniscbaney look
mg places; and more than once started and
changed color, as the rustling of a lizard
amongst the long grass, or the melancholy
how lof a grey monkey, “frightened him out
of his propriety.”
'•Ob, Cap’aiu Mansfield!” exclaimed ho at
last—“l wish you would speak to that d fft
laddy, and no’ let hint trail us any further
through such awfu’ like places—it’s just a
perfect tempting o’ Pr videtice.—l tell you
Bir, w'e’ll be made tiger’s meat o’ before we
get e’t. —I see their tracks here, back and
forrer, as thick as rabbit’s in a w arren. Od,
Sir, it’s surely an unchristian-like act !o gar a
decent body risk his precious life in such un
cannte bits as this, for the sake o' a wounded
deer.”
“Forward ! forward !” shouted Mansfield,
turning a deafear to the Doctor’s lamentations,
for he hud remarked that the drops of blood,
which latterly had been tew and fur between,
now became larger, and had assumed a frothy
appearance,—a sure sign that the wounded
animal is nearly exhausted. “Forward.
Charles, my boy ! we arc close upon her now.”
But his shout was answered by a surly growl,
not ten vards in front of them, and the whole
oarty stopped dead, as if electrified by that
iearlul sound. “A tiger, by heave s!” mut
tered Ma isfield, setting his teeth hard, and
cocking both barrels of his ufle.
“Ho Sahib, bagh /t. ; c ?”* r>ma: ked the
i i Jaggardar, looking as unconcerned as if it had
only been a dog.
r “1 told you how it would be,” roared the
i Doctor, turning short round, and preparing
: for a hasty retreat.
I “Hold madman !” cried Mansfield in a
: voice of thunder, seising him by the collar,
and, dragging him back to his side—“Do you
wish to bring the tiger upon us I If we turn
our backs upon him We are dead men; our
only chance is to keep our eyes steadily fixed
on the spot where he lies, and be ready to
pour in a volley if be attempts to charge.
But if we put a bold face on it, the chances
are he will slip off quietly. Look at Charles
there, how manfplly he stands his ground. 1
wonder you are not ashamed to show less
nerve than a boy of his age. Here, stand by
my side, and be ready with Mons Meg, she is
like to do us yeoman’s service amongst this
l° n g grasg. Hang it, man, don’t look so blue
upon it, I have been in many a harder pinch
than this and got clear after all.”
But although Mansfield talked thus encour
agingly to rouse the Doctor’s drooping cour
age, his flashing eye, distended nostril, and
compressed lips, showed that he considered
it no child’s play, but an affair of life and
death, one of those desperate scrapes which
the hardy forester must sometimes expect to
fall into, but which it requires all his skill and
steadiness of nerve to get well out of.
“Kamah.” said he, in a low, deep-toned
voice, sti/1 keeping his eye steadily fixed on
the spot where he supposed the tiger to be,
and grasping his rifle more firmly—“Kamah.
keep a good look out, and try if y< u can mark
him amongst the grass—steady, my lads!”
whispered ii”, setting his teeth and holding his
breath, as another growl was heard, ac- i
companied by that impti.'ient switching of the '
tail which too certainly denotes an inclination I
to charge. “He is determined to fight, I see, I
and there is nothing for it but a well directed i
volley; but as you value your lives, stir not, j
and reserve your fire till you can see t
him.” I
The Doctor’s teeth chattered, and a cold
perspiration broke out upon his forehead at
the unwelcome announcement: Charles, too,
looked a little paler than usual, but his hand
was steady, his eye quailed not, nod the firm,
though compressed expression of him mouth
showed that he wns prepared to act like a
man when called upon so do so.
Decho sahib !”* whispered the Jaggardar,
his fierce eye flashing file as h» gently touch
ed Mansfield on the shoulder, and pointed
eagerly towards the spot from whence the
sound proceeded.
Mansficlc strained bis eyes in vain to dis
cover the object whicn had attracted the at
tention of the savage.
A low rustling sound was heard amongst
the low grass, as if the tiger were creeping
cautiously forward so as to bring himself with
in springing distance of bis victims. It was
a moment of fearful suspense; but Manafield
never altered a muscle of his countenance,
his courage appeared to rise as the danger be
came more emminent.
The rustling sound ceased, and the omin
ous switching gs tfie tad was again
heard.
•‘Now- for it, lads ! death or victory !” said
Mansfield, in a low firm tone of voice, his
proud lip curling haugtily as he drew himself
up to Ins full height, and half raised the rifle
io his shoulder.-—“be steady, and don’t throw
your shots away ; there is life or death in
every ounce of lead—ha !”—at this critical
moment he caught a hasty glimpse of the ti
ger’s malignant green eye as he lowered his
head for the fatal spring. Like a flash of
lightning the trusty rifle poured forth its deedly
contents. A roar—a bound—and the strick
en monster rolled gasping al their feet, with a
two-ounce ball buried in his skull.
“ Wallah! wallah !” shouted the Jaggard
ar, with uplifted hands, for once startled out of
his stoical self-possession by the suddenness of
the catastrophe.
Charles and the Doctor stood as if petrified,
gazing on the fallen tiger, and still grasping
their weapons firn ly, ns ii they expected him
again to rise.
“Od’s my life, he’s no’ dead yet/” roared
the Doctor, bounding back some paces, as the
dying tiger gasped painfully for breath.
“Well, Doctor, what is Mons Vleg about?—
why don’t you give him a dose of shot ?”
replied Mansfield, smiling.
The Doctor raised Ins pieqc w ith a trem
bling hand, a id pulled the trigger;—the thu i
deriiur report of Mons Meg made the woods
rl ,,g—the tiger gathered up his limbs with a
convulsive start, and then stretched them out,
quivering in the last agonies, whilst the frothy
blood bubbled from Ins mouth and nosTrils.
The Doctor, as if scared at his own terneri
tv, threw down his gun, and jumping behind
Mansfield, peeped cautiously over his shoul
der.
“ OJ, I belive the grit siiut has sutlled him
at last,” cried he, rising on tiptoe, and clutch
ing Mansfield’s shoulder in an agony oi'nerv.
ous excitement—“ he’s just about gone!—od,
there’s another awfu’ gape, though—Mercy
on us ! what gruesome teeth—there’s another !
h a i—ha!—that’s the last—hurra! hurra!
he’s dead !” and the Doctor began dancing
and snapping his fingeis, and laughing with a
sort of hysterical giggle, as if the sudden re
vulsion of feeling from mortal terror so excess
ive joy had been too much for him, and had ac
tually timed bis brain.
Charles, who had stood all the time perfect
ly motionless, with his forefinger resting on
trigger of his rifle, allowed the wen,pen to drop
mechanically into the hollow of his arm, and
grasping Mansfield’s hand, wrung it hard, as
he mentally returned thanks to the Almighty
for their providential escape. Hts nerveshad
been strung to the highest pitch of excitement,
and h>s heart was too full to speak.
“You have behaved gallantly, my boy !”
said Mansfield, heartily returning the pressure
of his hand: “the steadiness and presence of
mind you have shown on this occasion would
have done credit to the oldest in
India, and with a few mote months’ training,
1 would not wish for a stauncher hand io back
me in a case of emergency come. Ductor,”
continued he, mining towards our medical
fi lends who still continued his gambols—
‘•do be ridiculous, but thank God for being
in a whole skin, and load your weapon ; this
is no place to stand twirling our thumbs with
emptv burreU'v” n
Whilst the spertsmen re-loaded their rilles,
Kamah w ent ferretiug about amongst the long
er.-s from whence the tiger had sprung, nnfl
now r. turned, dragging after him the carcase
~flhe w. ii ded doe, her bead t>e;ng crushed,
a. (I exhibiting evident qia• <<f a tiger’s paw.
“ Ah ! this accounts for liiq facing us as be
did,” said Mansfield, stoopi. g down to exam-
1 * Sir ’
itie the head of the deer, “ for in general, a
jungle tiger, who is not m the habit of seeing
men, is glad so steal away unobserved. The
brute must have just struck down the wounded
deer, and was too hungry to abandon his prey
wi hout making a fight fur it; however, that
is all well over now, so let us be thankful, and
get out of this infernal long grass with as little
delay as possible ; there may be more of the
family here yet so“ qll we know.’’
“Od preserve us, Captain ! dinna be speak
in’ that way—its enough to fright a body out
o’ his wits. Haste ye, lads, haste ye, we’ll
awa hame as fast as we can, and if you ever
catch me plouthering through the long grass
again, you niey cut my lugs uff.” So saying,
the Doctor shouldered his fusee, and began to
force hii way through the tangled grass with
desperate euergy.
Having gained the open ground, a poqncil
of war was held, and, as the'sun was already
high, it was agreed, much to the Doctor’s re
lief, that the party should return to breakfast,
mid send out their Cooliet.* for the game.
“ The Lord be thanked fqr all hn mercies !”
exclaimed the Doctor, fervently, when this
plan was decided upon.
But, alas! shqr; sightec) mortal, thou art
not yet at home. Little dost thou know of the
many dangers which beset the path of the
forest, ranger.
“ Come, Doctor, cheer up, man,” cried
Mansfield, after they had proceeded some dis
tance in silence, “ you look as melancholy as
a gib-cat, or a man who is kept by an under,
taker to let out at funerals. What wi h the
Glonlivat last night, and the tiger this morn
ing, your brains appear to be addled.”
i‘Hoot, Captain, dinna' say nae more about
the Glenlivat, I have had uae luck since that
confounded black bottle was put upon the ta
ble. and my head is just through other with it
to-day. Faith, you may say ‘.hat a man wad
need a cool head, and a steady hand afore he
yokes to this jungle work; its just a perfect
tempting o’ Providence ; mid, if once I get safe
back to the tents, by my troth you may whis
tle on your thumb long enough afore you catch
me at it again. But Heaven safe us ! —what’s
that ?” shouted the Doctor, springing behind
Mansfield, and seizing him by the arms, as a
tremendous crash was heard amongst the bam
boos accompanied by a shiill Bcreag;, like the
sound of a cracked trumpet.
“ Huttee! Huttee shouted the Jaggardar,
darting behind the shelter of a free, and foe,cis
oning the others to follow fits example.
t‘PoU'n ! down, for your lives !’’ exclaimed
Mansfield in an audible whisper, at the same
time crouching behind a tree, and cocking his
rifle. “ This must be the far-famed solitary
elephant, which has been committing such
ravages of late on the edge of the forest ; and,
ts we can manage to kill aim, i» will be a glo
rious •victory.” The Doctor groaned aloud,
in agony of spirit. “ Now, lads, list to me,
and if you only behave steadily, the day iq cur
own. Keep perfectly still till he shows him
self:—when I whistle he will lower his head
to listen from whence the sound comes—mind
you take a steady aim at the hollow in his
forehead, just above the insertion of the tri’ek,
nnd, when I w hisfle a second time, fire togeth
er. But take care that you only fire one bar
rel, reserve the other and dash off, two to the
right and two to the left, so that if he does not
fall, he may find a clear space to make his firs'
rush. They are sttjpid, short-sighted animals,
and if you keep quiet, we shall probably have
time to re-load before he discovers us; at all
events we shall have our second barrels ready.
Now, mind these directions ; and you, Doctor,
do, like a good fellow, try to keep your wits
about you ; everything depends upon our
steadiness, and the sligteat mistake may Cost
us our lives.”
“ The Lord have mercy on us £ This is
awfu’ work !” groaned the poor Doctor, cas
ting a rueful glance at his favorite Mons Meg.
There was a moment of breathless sileqce.
Another fearful crash was heard, and the gi
gantic brute, bursting forth uto the open
space, brandished aloft his ponderous trunk,
like a knight entering the lists to defy all
comers, and screamed forth his shrill note of
defiance. He was a stupendous animal, a
perfect mountain es flesh, full twelve feet high,
with enormous tusks, and his liul“. twinkling,
red eye, glared with the fire of madness.
Flourishing his trunk about, he snuff'd the
tfie tainted air, and his scream of rage, as he
stamped upon the ground, announced that he
was aware of the close proximity of his ene,
rnies, although he had net yet decided m which
direction to make his headlong charge.
“ Now, lads, steady, and reserve yo.ir fire
till the proper Ume;” and Mansfield gave a
low whistle.
Tne elephant started, cocked his ears, and
bent down his head in the attitude of listening.
Ho was just in the right position, and Mans
field was in the act of raising his rifle, when,
crack went Mons Meg. with a report like a
six pounder, and the Doctor, throwing down
his weapon, took to his heels, roaring lustily
that the monster we« after him. The poor
Doctor’s nerves had got the better of him, and.
by an in oluntary twitch of the forefingers, he
had pulled the trigger when he had least ex
pected it.
Mansfield and Charles fired, and both balls
took effect in the head of the elephant, making ;
the blood flow copiously; but being discharg
ed at random, and not planted in the correct
spot, they only acted as stimulants to his rage.
Uttering a shrill scream, he dashed madly for
ward, his mottih wide open, his tail on end,
and his trunk upraised, to crush all which op
posed his headlong career.
Mansfield and Charles darted to one side,
and fled for shelter behind the stem of a large
leak tree; but the puor Doctor, whose senses
wera completely bewildered, ran blindly for
ward, and his red jacket, being much too con
spicuous an object to escape the notice of the
enraged elephant, his fate appeared inevitable.
In vain did the panting wretch twist and turn,
and dodge amongst the trees, like a hunted
jackal. The destroyer was close at his heels,
following every turn with the perseverance ot
mortal hate. His strength W’as failing fast,
and the fearful chase appeared to drawing
to a close. The trunk of the elephant was al
ready stretched forward to grasp him, when
he made a sudden turn ; the elephant overshot
his mark, and, for one moment, was at fault,
apparently uncertain in which direction his
victim had fled. The Doctor, seeing his ad
vantage, be<,an. with all diligence, to climb the
tree behind wh*’') l he had sh- tiered himself
He was already several feet from the ground,
and his tinn was outstretched to grasp a branch
which would have raised him to a place ol
safety, when the elephant, catching a glimpse
♦ L»w caste natives employed tn carrying
baggage.
+An elephant! an elephant!
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1 of him, dash d at him wj'h redoubled fury,
! twisted bis trunk round his legs, bprled him tq
■ the ground, rushed upon him, ns he lay, stun*
ned and ble-. ding, find, kneeling down, drove nt
him, furiously, with h* s enormous tqsks, btirv-
■ ing them up to the very root.
At this moment, Mansfield, who hnd follow*
ed the chase, dodging pai;ti< us|y from tree tq
tree, in hopes that same lucky turn might givn
him q steady shot at the elephant’s head, canie
in sight of the bloody scene.
“TheLpjd hayts fflercy mi his sopl, for he
is beyond the aid of man !"• exclaimed he,
dropping the but end of his rifle to the ground,
and leaning against a tree, sick and giddy at
the ghastly sight.
The elephant rose from Ins knees, pickefl
up the body of the unfortunate Doctor in his
trunk, tossed it to a short distance, and stood
gazing on his vjpt;m, with flaming eyes, as if
gathering fresh breatl, before he rushed at hitq
again, to finish the Work of death, by tramp,
ling him with his feet.
By heavens you shall nqt pnjpnlete your
| bloody work!” muttered Afai afield, grinding
his teeth, and raising his rifle, wit|i a steadi
ness of hand which never forsook him, even ii;
the most desperate situations. The deadly
bullet sped true to the mark, entering the eye,
and burying itself in the bpain of the ejephant.
The gigantic brute uttered the shrill scream of
mingled rage and pqin, a«d, sinking slowly tq
the ground, polled over and over like a failing
tower.
Chai les, followed by the Jaggardar, now
came run ung tq the scene of action, and, by
way of making sure, discharged both
into the head pf the elephant; but he moved
not, Mansfield’s shot had done Jhe work effec,
tuallv.
And so there is an end of poor Macphee,”
sitid Mansfield, casting q melancholy look qq
the breathless body qr the poor Doctor, as i(
lay at his feet, cqvefed \yjth blood *nd dust,
“ 1 feel a sad remorse of conscience for hav.
ing persuaded the poor fellow to join in a dan.
gerou? sport f<>r which h e tfa| so il| adapted,
Bnt it is worse than useless to rpa|(e vain lam*
entations nqw- Kamah, do Y9U cut a few
stout bamboos ; we must prepare something iq
the shape of a litter to carry home the body.’*
And Mansfield proceeded, jnstjnctiyely, so re.
load his rifle, whilst his prqud lip quivered, and
the unbidden tear started to eye, for, with
all hts haughty exterior, he had the heart of
a tyarpap, Charles, completely overcome by
the scene, threw himself al (h e pot of a tree,
and buried his fape in his hands ; and even ifie
savage features of the Jaggardar were soften
ed into so nething Ijke pi’y as he stood, witl;
folded arms, gazing on the work of destruction,
“By Jove, he still breathes!” pried Mana
field, dashing his rifle to the ground, and flyinn
to raise the head of tfip poor Doctoff i,s a faint
groan reached his ear. ‘» This is indeed mi*
raculoys !”—and hastily tearing open she jack,
et, he discovered, tq fljs infinite joy, th it, al
though his face was deadly pa'e, and hig
clothes sheared with blood and dirt, the Doc,
tor’s body was perfectly uninjiued. It apt
peared that the elephant, blinded, probably, by
the blood which flawed from the wounds in hi*
forehead, and instead of transfixing his victim,
as he intended, had buried his tusks in the
ground, on each side of his body, thus Riding
him down, ns if within the prongs of an enor,
rnous pitchfork, and, of course, covering him
with the h'.ood, which flowed from his own
wounds.* {n short, tfie D 'ctor, in spite of
his ghastly and bloodstained figure, had es
caped with no other injury than being stunned
and severely braised by the first toss. A
strong dose of brandy, which Mansfield pour,
ed down his throat, soon revived him, and sn
far pestored hjs spirits that he was enabled to
examine the head of bis fallen enemy, and dis.
covered, to his immeasurable satisfac'ion, that
some straggling drops of the grit shot had ac
tually taken efiect,
♦‘Faith, Meg, my woman,” said he,apostm.
phising the old fusee, which the Jaggardar
had picked up and restored to him, H you have
had a tight morning’s work of it, and, by my
troth, it will be Jong enough afore ye hae th*,
like again, at least in my company. Captain,
a wee drap mair out o’ yoqr hqttje, if you
please, for I feel a kind o’ fainting about my
heart. But, stout or fi»int t it will ne’er forget
the glide Itjrn you have done me this day ;
here is your health, and my blessing be upon
you and your trusty weapon /” So saying,
the Doctor gulped down his brandy, while the.
big tears of gratitude dimmed his eye. and, fin,
dwg himself wonderfully refreshed, proceeded
to limp off toward the cump, supported by his
two young companions. * Koonbah.
♦ This extraordinary escape from a wild el.
ephant is a fact,
SUMMARY JUSTICE OF OLDEN TIME.
In the early settlement of the Colony of
Connecticut, about the year 1642, under the
administration of Edward Hopkins, who for
several years was Governor of the Colony, a
law was passed by the General Conrt, as it
was then culled, prohibiting the killing of deer
during those months in the year in which
tin y were poor and of little or no value : and
subjected the offender to the penalty of a finu
of f>rty shillings, me moiety where ofto bo
paid the treasuer of the tqwn wherein the of
fence shall be.committed, and the other moity
to him who shall sue for, and prosecute th »
same to effect. And in case the delinquent
shall neglect or refuse to pay such fine he
shall be publicly whipped on the nuked body,
not exceeding 'JO stripes,”
Some time in the month of April, a month
in which the law forbade the killing <>f deer,
one of the Governor’s neighbors called on him
and stated that a buck, fur tt length of time had
been in the habit of feeding on a field of wheat
near his house belonging to him, and had be
come his excellency, under tho
circumstances, to give him permission to kill
thp deer —the Governor replied, ’I possess no
authority by which I can dispense with the
would he of evil tendency and by no
means admissible.” The applicant urged his
suit by informii g the Governor that he was
poor, had a family of small children—that al,
though it was out of season for killing deer,
yet the buck has fattened on his property, and
it would be a great favour to have permission
to kill it.—’* I cannot,” replied the Governor
firmly, ♦* permit nny one, under any circum.
Stances u hatever to violate the law—if you
should proceed to ki|l 'he deer have you an;
reason tn suppose any one would prosecute ? ’
“ I have one neighbor, leplted the applicant,
naming him, “ who like myself is poor and
who freqti nitly kills cfeer himself contrary t,»
|.<w though no body complains of him—this
neighbor, I have reason to fear, would prose
cute for the benefits q| that part of the penalty
p which he would be entitled by the statute,”