Show THE SIXTH shoT i C 7 U M ou th the word In Eng Bag N that I is in the sense in which 0 said ald the major I dont shoot I land I have er been able to reg regard rd the shooting of f grouse pheasants and I Lame ame of that as a sort snort at all The mere exercise exercise ot o ski skill is not enough for forme me mc I must hae ha e danger In the ab absence sence ot of that I tai fail to see anything in In an any of the fel field ports Danle Danger pursued the major maor nith enthusIasm ITo be in imminent peril f ones hIte Ah Ah that Is the thc true the hc only genuine happiness Zhe he pursuit of danger of al all kinds pas has been a passion with th me Cal it a aw w weakness akness if you fI admi admit that on occasion I it has led to awkward situ situa a l for Instance oi ie kiep J n Wih with the tarrying but f prime which h chwe were e based 1 ii a of normal cauton caution 1 in the thc chIefly responsible I It was this that led to my r for 1 I at last that Chessboard war w was s not the ss for me What was the narrowest you ou over oter had major inquired somebody I It is hard replied the major w with th nl air of considering the question cara fun lully to sa say But he added after a pau pause e t I can ean esir easily the caslon cn cm whIch I remained Jame In a po p of extreme peril pern for the longest I If you ou I wJ teI tell you ou about f There were murmurs of appreciation and nd Mr Harkins cordial cordially urged the t to whirl It and toot his horn hornI I It was saId the old genteman gentleman after a preparatory clearing or of Ius throat during what I may cal call a semi semiofficial official tour ot of the Malay states that I teok about fourteen years ear ago In the ot of m my at the varIous I courts I had fl good deal or of shooting or of orthe the kind that I consider worth while hie lot for several times I stayed in towns where i it was quie quite a common thing for fot tigers to break IntI into the houses at nIght and I remember once at wak lag Ing up to find a black panther licking away Lat at n rny sh shaving v cream cream on the I i I dressing table J I kl killed ed him wih with my y without getting out of bed but It was i good q quarter arter of an hour b before forc I could get to sleep agin again These I tl tJ ings upset one 1 But I was wan goIng to tell teH ad I seak of occurred occulTed tn in u a part f te the country about four days ride Inland from alacca I have seen a hood deal ot of jungle and a good man many hunting gounds grounds but I never neer met win any forest growth so dense and Im impenetrable penetrable as that was nor found an any ilace stocked with such an nary tary profusIon c ef game big and little What I was going to tel tell you hap ened one evening when I r of off alone from m mamp my camp amp along the side of the stream ott on the banks of which i it was pitched The Theil erly il weapon I hac ha wa was my y revolver in my bel belt I went a considerable dis tance and In about halt half an hour I came cameto to a spot where the ran down to within ff fifty yards ards of the water It If as while my back was turned to the te Cense ense mass of trees and vegetation that stretched interminably away east mard ard that I heard the muffled d grunt sound Und In the j jungle As I turned round was a crash of trampled Ion Hon and In the moonlight I saw the thc l lead ad most monstrous elephant I Ier IC C er met peering out wih wIth wicked tyes eyes from a thicket of canes canesI I din m obliged to admi admit that I gave 1 start The beast looked dangerous II I was regarding me fixedly and fierce ly and snorting In a subdued but de unpleasant way wave T I started I IS S sty but I asure assure you ou I absolutely if ped backward when with a sudden lerch the elephant stepped out of the cuver covert and advanced toward me trum with fury Why did I jump back I wi will tel tell IOU ou The elephant had two head heads exclaimed several voices I Two head heads said time the mA major jor slow slowly and emphatically Two To pairs of shoU lers and two sets or of forefeet Just be his shoulders the bod body became normal and the hindquarter were aim ly Iy thos those ot of a huge elephant some ff lit teen feet high You hear of such things every er da day among animals and andeen een cen In our own species it OCcurs from tune to time But Ive Ive never kown known mother case of this freak of nature bE be beng ng accompanied b by complete and nd even development of 31 all parts of the composite animal animal However I time to think of that then Lifting Is Its trunks wih with two deafening bellows the awful creaturE creature c me I s scarcely had time to draw draw my revolver reoler before it was upon mt roe I fred fired rather wildly Im Im afraid evidently did eident no imo damage The next I was seized by bv one of time the trunks and whirled high in the air I expected to be bc dashed to pieces that instant But no I had not al lowed for the development of and curiosIty In two brains both naturally of the first order or of anImal intelligence nce and amid both sharpened b by con constant contant tant stant association wih one another I Ivas Iwas was vas not hurled to the ground I was held aloft by one trunk while the other tOk ok the revolver from my han and brought i it up to the thc corresponding pair of eyes ees for Cor examination Then I was set quietly down and a huge foot was placed quite gent gently while the revolver from trunk to trunk and cosel closely scrutinized both the heads keeping up meanwhile a series of significant grunt grunts which I have seres no doubt at al all personally personal wee were ofte na nature ture turC or of language The one heft one J I lef onE took the weapon adjusted I it clumsily between the thumb and hand as a I ma may cal call them and dis discharged charged I It and then the other trunk eagerly stretched out to take It it and managed to fre fire It of off In tUrn Thim tok some time to happen I dare say each trunk was fiddling wih with the re revolver volver voler for ten minute minutes before i it man managed aged to fire It It Al All that time I 1 lay a on I mt m back wih with a huge foot planted lightly on my abdomen I did not feel frightened but I was ver very uncomfortable uncomfortable able My captor continued to play pla with the revolver I It was like a child wit with witha a new toy Two more shots were fred fired and then begin began a strange scene A furious altercation broke out be between between tween the two heads evidently with regard to the last shot lef left in the six tx remember I frd fired one my y s J self The Tigh the w lp n nth th left oe tear tear i It aw bl st QI trumpeting air T Tusks as big ing creature struggled with kel Itself I was The imprisoning foot wa a alfted lifted anti and as s Ironed I rolled behind a rock the shook wih with the of te th lix ix g C t Th The id d was not long in inco coming ming After n a f w minute minutes of oC struggling In Inthe inthe the coure course of which some fearful wounds were b teach euch of tusks I saw the writhing tm twined fly upward and ba beak k ward At the same instant a shot rang out out and the n next t moment wih with two tremendous belo bellows s the frightful cea crea creature r I ture topple toppled forward W to it Its four knees and immediately rolled over oer on It Its left side I It wa was perfectly dead l My revolve still smoking was web clutched convulsive convulsively e ly In the right trunk I It had gone of off offin in te the struggle so lose to th the beasts back a as to singe the skin and had ad shat shattered shattered the spinal cord Just dust behind the junction of the twin pr pro ceases There i km no more mor to tel tell I returned to camp and the n next t day r march I presented the rajah rajab and I daresay he has the hIda ad and skeleton now The major ceased speaking Tt Them rD was a respectful Then Mr ITar kins sad said Major what eglen da yoU belong to The light n said Bald the major majorIn In our own glorious struggle forthe maintenance of the Union saId Mr Harkins I served in the New Nets York regiment We were known as the Truthful lt uth l or George Own I if eve ever youre In the states major at the Um tim of one of our regimental reunions yoU must mt let m me Introduce you to som some 9 p the boys boys The d be surely gratified t to know youE in Ln London on Daily N News es h |