The Seaforth News, 1926-08-19, Page 6A FIGHT IN THE JUNGLE
By David Ker;
It was drawing toward evening on on the muddy ground, and he fell on
one of the hottest days of an unusually his face just as the tiger dreev lteelf
hot summer in Upper Bengal. together fo± the fatal spring.
The sun was just beginning to "sink, •Another instant and all would have
and everything seemed to be waking been over with him; but at that mo -
up from along sleep. meant an unexpected, ally interposed..
The great; fan-like palm leaves•, The buffaloes, ten in number, had
which had been drooping lazily on the huddled together beneath the ehade!of
lot, windless air all day, began to stir. an enormous banyan tree, the pillar -
and rustle in the evening breeze. . like .roots of which protected them on
The deed silence was broken by the all sides but one.
twittering of birds and the shrill This movement left exposed to at -
voices of children, took a calf which, had been feeding
From, the little cluster of nest like near the pool, and its. mother, the
hovels of bamboo and dated grass that largest and strongest buffalo of the
formed the "village" of Rajgbur, a whole herd, rushed forward so fiercely
group of slim, dark -faced Hindu wo- to protect her nursling that the tiger
men were seen coming :down the river was startled, and drew back.
An instant later, Lallah was safe
among the clustering boughs of the
banyan.
But, although baffled for the mo-
ment, the striped gentleman had no
idea' of losing his supper so easily.
Most of the buffaloes' were evidently
too old and tough for him; but the calf
was worth having, and have it he'
would.
He saw danger, however, in the
mother's broad front and mighty horns,
and made his approach warily. MODERN VIKING SHIP CROSSES ATLANTIC
The boys, who were watching the The "Leif Edison," a modern copy of the old Norse dragon boats, has
fight fro mth branches overhead, saw, just reached Newfoundland after a daring voyage from Norway. She carried
the great, gaunt body glide along the a crew of four.
ground., like a cat,. toward the expect -
with their earthen pitchers on tbeir
heads.
The men, raising themselves drowse-'
iy from the reed mats on which they
had been sleeping all afternoon, began
to ligI'1 the small fires which were to
cook Il :jr;supper.
Farther out from the village, and a
little higher up the stream, a herd of
tame buffaloes, which two native boys
had been watching, were just 'begin-
ning to think about their supper.
All through the day it had been
much too hot to eat; but the cool even-
ing air had given the beasts an appe-
tite, and they were now munching
away vigorously.
"Let them feed, Shumshir," said the ant buffalo.
elder of the two berd boys to his Then came the flash of a yellow
brother, who seemed anxious to be streak through the air, a tremendous
moving. "There's no need to drive roar, and then the two enemies drew
then home yet" back from each other, and the first
"But it will soon be dark, Lallah, "round" of this strange combat was
and then the wild beasts may come," over.
suggested the young brother, looking After a momentary pause, they a•p-
aervously at the great forest of festh- proached one another again, the tiger
cry "tiger -grass" more than fifteen limping from a heavy knock on the
feet high, that shut in on every side fore shoulder, and the buffalo's 'dark -
the open space in which they were. gray hide showing a narrow stripe of
"What if they do come?" cried Lal- red where the terrible claws had
lah, boldly. "We need not fear any grazed it in passing.
of then, so long as we keep close to This time the "royal Bengal" sprang
the buffaloes." aside from his enemy's formidable
In truth, the East Indian buffalo, front, like a boxer dodging a blow, aria
though not so huge or savagedooking attempted to seize her unprotected
as the; American bison, or tho black flank.
buffalo of Bulgaria, Is quite equal to 1 But the huge black head wheeled
either as a fighter. !round with amazing agility, and dealt
He will face the Bengal tiger himself him a blow which fairly knocked him
and not unfrequently gets the best of off his legs and sent him rolling on the
the battle. , grass several paces away.
He, has no mane like the bison, but ""Shavash, sundri!" (well. done, my
is covered with short, strong, grayish- beauty!) cried Lallah, from the tree.
black hair, and has very long and . Mrs. Buffalo darted forward upon
sharp horns, turned back so far as al- her wounded enemy, with more haste
most to touch his shoulder. than good speed, for, as she lowered
Little Shumrhir, slightly reassured her head to strike hint, the enraged
; by his brother's, words, drew a wheat- tiger sprang upon her back, plunging
en cake from ills white cotton waist- his sharp claws into her sides, while
cloth -which was all the clothing he he strove to break her spine with his
had-andbegan to eat, while Lallah teeth.
paddled hie bare feet in a email pool But before the greedy jaws could
of water in the centre of the clearing, 'make good their hold upon the broad,
and laughed as he watched the glitter- smooth back, the buffalo rushed furl-
ing spray splash mp all mound him. I ously against the nearest tree, dashing
Suddenly two or three of the older the tiger with terrific force upon the
buffaloes left off feeding, raised their hard trunk.
heads, and sniffed the air uneasily'as There was a dull Crash, a hoarse,
If scenting the approach of danger, , bubbling growl, and then the great yea
The boys were too much occupied, 'low body fell heavily to the ground -
one with his play, and the Other with a crushed, shapeless, Wanemass.
his food, to notice this warning move -1 The victorious buffalo, regardless of
went. `her own wounds, ran at once to lick
But it seemed to be a false alarm, and fondle her calf, while the two Herd
after ell -for a few moments later the boys, sliding down from their perches,
disturbed beasts were grazing again made the air ring with shouts of tri-
es quietly as before. umph.
Lallah had knelt down beside the --- ----
pool, and was scooping up the water
with his joined hands and flinging it
into the air.
Shnmsbir thrust the last morsel of
the cake Into his mouth, and got up to
cross the -clearing and join his brother.1
Poor Lallah, busied with his sport, I*
Bever heard the stealthy rustle in the
' long grass behind him, nor saw. the
Cruel, greenish -yellow eyes that glared
f at him from the thicket.
Ilis first warning wee a hoarse bel-
low from the herd of buffaloes as they
rushed together in a confused mass, She -"I was reacting of a person who
snorting wildly with mingled rage and went Forty days without food:'
terror. He -"Yell -waiters are terribly slow
"Batch! bagh! bhair!" (tiger! tiger! in some places."
brother! )' screamed Shumshir, scurry-'
• ing up the nearest tree like a'wiidcat. price of Wives.
Poor Lallah, aroused too late, sprang ,
up in dismay. • I Wives are still sold in Persia, a cam-
. But unl'artunately his foot slipped moon price being 100 sheep.
REGIA R FELL ,FRS—By 'Gene Byrnes.
To the Summer Cottage.
Said she a week before we left:
"I've shipped the ti'unka and boxes,
I've shipped the sheets, the potted
meats,
The pansy plants and phloxes;
I've shipped the hammer and the nails,
The garden hose, the tubs and pails'
And everything that wouldn't break,
There's really little left to take."
When came the day for us to start
Said she: "Now just a minute,
Bring round the car, because there are
Some things which must go in it."
She led me to a stack of etitff;
"For this," she said, "there's room I
enough
But don't drive a moving -van."
7 packed a table and a chair,
A box of fancy candles,,
A pillow and ailower stand,'
Some carpet -sweeper handles,
A bird cage and a globe of risk,
A meat loaf in a yelloat dish,
A lamp shade and a box of books,
A clock and curtain rods and hooks.
And all that day to Pointe • Aux
Barques,
Where we shall spend the summer,
I bit the road with such a load
A,e marks the tin_shlp drummer.
With pipe to fit the kitchen stove
And brooms and potsand pans I drove,
While merrily this line I lipped:
"She said the stuff had all been ship-
ped."
-Edgar A. Guest.
Stars and Stripes.
There has been a great deal of con-
troversy concerning the origin of the
flag of the United States, which is gen-
erally espirosed toalave growngrad-
1 ually out of the Union Jade, the red
1 field being•spllt into thirteen stripes of
alternate red and white to represent
the thirteen original States.
As long ago as 1704 the. East India
Company used a flag almost identical.
But it is at least a remarkable coinci-
dence that both stars and stripes ap-
pear on George Washington's shield'
in Bington church, Northamptonshire,
where several generations of Wasbing
tons are buried.
On this shield are three five -pointed
eters, and the stripes are alternately
rod and black, as in the flag..Maxie be-
lieve this to be the true origin of the
stars and stripes of the 'Unitecl States.
Telephones In Britain.
New telephones installed during the
12 months ended April 30 last num-
bered 226,352, as compared with 216,-
080 during the preceding 12 months.
Hollyhock Week.
This is-hellylaecic week, and the for-
est of gayly draped stalks flanks half.
the length of the long walk, overflows
the corner of the bank wall, and strug-
gles in a crowd toward the barn, where
it forms a hollow about the chicken
house. The hollyhock disports all.
colors and tints -white, pink, cerise,
crimson, apricot, yellow and blush,
both with a decided pink eye and a
rosily diffused centre.
_Saving been let, alone for several
years, the single or half -double 'flowers
predominate, and I am quite sure that
I prefer them "to the heavy double
blossoms, whose chief charm is their
solidity of form and color.
The phloxes, that have massed them-
selves regardless of color, are showing.
bloom -white; crimson, white with
crimson eye, and dull purple. Neither
in color nor form arethey es hand- -
some as the young plants we set out
last October, among which many new
shades of cherry, salmon and rose ap-
pear.
Now are the nasturtiums rampant,
and their trellis seems consumed with
a flame that reachingover has caught
the salvia tips. The annuals that I
bought from the "Yellow Journal" cata-
logue are making a fine showing, hav-
ing an alcove all to themselves. The
first planting of gladiolus is in bloom,
and I have been surprised and fascin-
ated by the beauty of the new ,hybrids.
Here, too, the range of color covers'
everything but blue,; and the exquisite-
ly shaded and veined flowers, no long-
er
onger contracted and stiffabut winged and
poised gracefully' on the stalks, seem
more like'a new discovery than, a de-
velopment. -From "The Garden of a
Commuter's Wife," by The Gardener.
• JF DYEPOTS' OF' MIDSUMMER.
PUNTING
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The pastel shades of 'spring brighten tors -.lavishly; but pure bright red,
almost perceptibly into a more insist- which she uses with wonderful. ",dis•
ent color scheme: Those' delicate re- cretlen for her finest effects -effects
ticf tint d t but t Ill rg as to catch the beholder's
ornces o u .an 008 engage u so e r
for a moment..befole they- merge Into breath, A single note . of this pure
the dominant green hue of June, With I color;.glimpsed down the dusky sun-,
the coming of July one may 'begin to flecked tunnel of trees arching over a
watelk for that nolo of Oriental splen- leroolt will 'live in the momory for tin -
dor that.. is the peculiar joy"cf midsum told years, so poignaut is the color lin-
mer.
mmer. Midsummer'. it is that -eprea'ds pression. •
her, fields with; au endless variety of Like a good weaver, she does not
marvelous fabrics done in a proemial) neglect her corners, but displays there
of gorgeous ootors .From her .steam her most charming ingenuity, her most,
ing dyepots come the brilliant yellows, ,adroit use of pattern, Little nooks
oranges, all the reds, from flame to ma- that -have been forgotten by the:earlier
genta, and all th•epurlrles, from magen- months are pranked out in her best
to to blue, thaeap up unabashed andcalors, put together with the utmost
gay to greet the sun's fiercest raye. naivete. he has oleo tho true Oriental
Not only is she the nnedualed dyer, feeling for a border, intriguing the eye
but a cunning artifra'er, a rare weaver fron7 point to -point by' a, etinnnidting
add apinner as well, and a master of rhythm, and 'no two borderp as ever
pattern without compare. Wbat a alike, The borders of 'country roads
sense of harmony, of contrast, of. ac- are her special' delight. ` Many times
cent! they are of veritable cloth of•go'ld, en -
•Look from the high hill, down on the ricb•ed with many jewels, of the dyer's ,
gay ehockerboard of cultivated fields, art,mile after mile of splendor for the
and see -how day by day the pattern wayfarer to revel`in.
is brought out by the golds of the °'t Every day ie- a tresh revelation of
ripening crops, green gblas, yellow .beauty as the season advances. She
golds, led golds played one against the coversthetiny ponds with a damask
other. There is that low meadow, left Myellow and green, and the larger
to itself for who Shall say how long, ones with one in.greenand white, with
and surrouoded on, three sides by tall here and there the veriest hint of blue
bushes. Its soil is damp and cool, and bsckground, the floral`design in, both
has borne an abundant harvest •.of i cases heing especially lovely. I
weeds uninteresting in their dustyEvery stone wall has a wealth of
greens. Some morning you will find it l embroiderq bestowed upon it, not in
transformed into a charming Persian- any set stitch, but skillfully wrought
carpet with large bunches of purplish.' of ha monirigg or contrasting colors,
flowgro held together by la delicate and such ie the wealth of imagination,
tracery of small white sad ` yellow 'not two inches are identical.
blooms. 1 She often throws her colors together
That stony field that grew but awitd'a reckless r man -
sparse crop of grass' madenot worth the t. disregard eye
- rules, but.alwayse ofthe eye, that
cutting, shows now a lovely Indian sinal arbiter, Is satisfied.. Does it de -
print la orange, red and yellow, with • maul -an offset, a balance to -all those
sharp` accents of black, on a back-- vibrant flame -litre -hues, she supplies it
ground of . grayish. white, picked outwith splashesof serene blue, akin to
with dull green., The erstwhile silvery her own skies.' Duos ahe. sand glare
green of the marsh finder the touch 02,1 beat too sharply, with what tenderness
midsummer will change to a small fas- i doee she lay union it restful patches of
cheating pattern in reds, orange and + gray_purplo er solbestgreen •min -
yellow green, wonderful to behold : glad with violet blue.
when the tide 'fills the creeks and the n
level frays of the 'sating sun fall across! The wonder of midsummer!
it. • ' I Gone the frugality of earlier days
Midsummer is assuredly .no niggard, Tho reticence, the shrinking ways
but bestows her color bounty with a Of dubious spring ;,but blithe and bold,
prodigal hand. No -where does she! Bright Summer stints not of her:gold-
stint her matchless dyes or her price- I Her magic dyes, but with an open hand
less thread of gold, but the poorest Pours outlier splendors on the land,
little fled is clothed in royal robes. And nooks and corners that have lain.
By the way, with her the royal color Forgot, may flaunt 11 with the shining
is clearly not purple, for that she scat- ,grain.
The Status of Music.
Musical education will not reach Re
highest development lentil it finds its
place in the total '.`ensemble" of edit-
cation as a whole.
Musicians often have little genuine
zest for anything .but music,, and so
their students are Often not instigated
to gain training in other fields. This
damages the educational status of
music_ and impoverishes the Iife of the
profession. On this side those music,
schools that are part of college sys- 1
teems have a great opportunity. And
inueic schools that are indcpenderit
should be urged to broaden their facili-
ties or to encourage non-musical study
among their students. •
With an art as with 'a person, ."he
that seeks only to preserve his own
set sh life will actually lose it, while
he who is eager to merge' that life in-
to something larger will find a. new
life that is better and richer."
Good Advice.
Iiom�ly :One (applying rouge)
"I can't do anything' with my comp:e-
xicn." •
Friend -"Still, let me advise you
,not to try to do anything without it,
my dear."
The Beal Annie Laurie..
Annie Laurie isnot a fictitious char-
acter, She was the: daughter of a Scot-
tish knight and was born about 1682.
Her lover, William Douglas, was only
one of many who -courted her and
when he went td Sight in Flanders, she
found' other admirers.' It was while
serving with the Duke of Marlborough
that Douglas wrote the famous lines
that everyone loves. He ;Eras killed a
few weeks later and Annie Laurie con-
soled hereelf by, marrying another'ad-
mirer:.
Preserving the Wapiti.
The 'three hundred wapiti placed in
Banff and Jasper National parks, Al-
berta, a few years ago, have now in-
creased to fifteen hundred. In addi-
tion to these there are 350 of this
otherwise nearly exterminated animal
iniiffalo
park, -Wainwright, and 220
in -Elk- Island park
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EV EVIEA.
Look Out for Cramp.
Cramp, ''the bugbear of sevimmere,
comes suddenly, and any one of a scare
of causes may be responsible for it,
although in itself it is only au Involun-
tary and epasinodic contraction of'a
mueole or group of muscles. '"
Swimmers' cramp may coma through
the use of muscles that have not been
In action for some time. Their "•play"
is not on ,the proper lines -they run
off the hails, as it were --and coutrdc-.
tion and agonizing twisting results. To
avoid this, holiday-makers should exer-
cise ten -minutes or so'daily for a week
before going 'away those muscles
which are used in swimming. That is
easily accomplished by lying on a bed
andgoing through the usual swim-
ming motions, • \-
A cold sea may bring on cramp; and
so may water with a wenn surface and
a cold undercurrent. But the swimmer
who keeps well withinehis depth leas
nothing to fear. 011 massage of'the
thiglt•and calf muscles is excellent
Finally, never enter the water when
you are nervous, irritated, or fatigued.
Cramp may come in these circum-
stances.
,E- Counting the Smiles.
Little Lucy shook her brother Vio-
lently by the.arm as they were walk-
ing
alkinghome. --
"I
"I say," said she, "how many more
days of school are there?"
"Dunno. Wish I knees," returned
Isobby fervently.
"Well, I don't think there can be so
many more,". eontfnued Lucy.
• "Ch, how do your know?" asked the
brother, indignant at the thought of
anyone knowing more than he did.
"How do I know?" echoed his sister,
"Don't I ]seep count of how many times
•
a day teacher smiles!"
Nakhau Caves
By She construction' of fifty-one steps
,and two platforms, an additional
stretch of one hundred and flfly feet of
the Nakimu caves, in Glacier. National
ler link, was openedup last, year.
/ Once' you 'are safely ensccnsed on
the c0Oslons in the bottom of the pun ,
and another is doing the poling, the s
the glories of the two rivers that wed.
at Oxford are yours. You may go up
or ;down; if it is up, then you have the
•choice to make of two enticing water-
ways, the Cherwell or the Isis. Should'
you choose the Cher, you have the
country at once, woodlands and -mead-
ows. You go under the shadow of
Magdalen Bridge and into the elms of
"Mesopotamia"; theboughs overhead'
make the river a cathedral eieie, and
the sun slants down in ehafts_of !green
and gold through the leafywindows of
the. trees. It is always very (inlet very
much dedicated to driams, this wind-'
in$ .stream here. Now and. then the
white towers: of colleges ehow through
the openings in bhe green, 'the deer of
Magdalen 'Park may gaze at you with
starry eyes as you. pass. So you go up
along Addison's Walk, over the rollers,
skirtingthe emerald paradise of Par-
son's Pleasure . and you are out
into a world that palpitates with the
golden hazethat buttercups send up;
into the sky from English meadows..
Sunlight and shade,. open' fields and
groves of; trees, all- the way into the
drills of Banbury of the bans. The Cher
is a river. of indolence, an idiot's
Elysium. .` . .
Century -Old Meeting -place.
The main river, the Isis, also has its,
pleasures.,. -After one has passed the
gas works, ODA, comes into the
wide reaches of Port Meadow -the
aemmoh of Oxford citizens for a thous-
and years -where the geese of the.
good burghers crop the grass. House-
boats with laoe curtains and geran'
Turns at the windows and a wise man
or two at the door to get into talk with,
-such things one finds here. And after
Port Meadow the river becomes elo-
giant with the towers of great elms
and with the tackle of wild, white
swans. It washes the bower of fair
Rosamund at the crumbling stone and
ivy of Godstow. And farther up
still, above the, hanging woodlands of
Wytham, Is the Eynsham-.toll-bridge,
where by the decree of that immortal
tyrant George III. a pram pays. as
much as a motor -truck to crossebe-
cause of the fact of Its four wheels.
It is here that the boatman enters into
a quiet complete where sleepy 'trees
hold' up the drowsy summer clouds and
herons stand mooning in the whisper-
ing reeds. So one can travel in the
best of the ways of travelling and pro-
long his Odyssey to the point where
the two daughters of the Isla join the
river, tho sedgy Windrush of the name
that is Music and the "perfect Even -
lode":
"A lovely river, all alone,
She lingers in the hills and holds
A hundred little tawny of atone,
Forgotten in the western wolda."
Or one can -wander the other way
downstream from Oxford to Nuneham
Park, where "Capability" "Brown,
prince of artificers of -the artificial
eighteenth century, who caw a stream
merely as an excuse for an elaborate
bridge, or made a stream where nine
flowed before , has built his
monument of landscape gardening.
Farther on the spires of , , Abing-
don float on the river; and, beyond, in
labyrinthine backwaters where cows
stand knee-deep in water'bresses,
checicerboarda of colored fields area
spread below the creat of Sinodun, the
key -hill of the upper Thanes valley,
with its ramparted slopes and dark
crown -of es.
But_ whictrehever way •one goes, the
waterways are ways to peace. Jam
and cheese await one•and . . . many
an inn. And the old beauty of running
water, and the young beauty of friends.
--Robert P. Tristram .Coffin, in "Book
of Crowne and Cottagesa
•
A Man Bereaved.
(From the Scots Gaelic).
(From The Irish Statesman).
My wife and- my comrade
Shall not come at all;
Though the pins tree shall blossom,
The young rush grow tall• -
She'll not cross my threshold,
Nor with me' abide,
Sit down on,uiy doorstep,
Nor leo by niy chic
No more to the bill -tope
Have I heart team. '
Nor to walk through the woods
When the summer sun's low --
I weary with delving,
With, driving the.plow ;
D lie on my bed,
But sleep's gone from rue now!
The springaine and harveel
Will come as of old,•'
But I'll not hear her lilting,
A -hold or iii fold '
A Nine Piece Orchestra.
'My house is all ctunbered, '
Uuswepts my hearthstone;
On the -floor and untended.
Stands the youngling, my -son.-
On the floor and unfondlee
Stands the yottngling, my iamb -
Hush, hush from -your ba-ba--
She'll
not 00108, your clam?
Palmic Colum.
Dictionary in Hawaii,
A X-Iawaiian dictionary is being pre-
pared by the Bishop Museum of Hono-
lulu.