Frightened Heroes.

King Country Chronicle, Volume X, Issue 909, 23 September 1916, Page 3

Frightened Heroes.

A well-known big game hunter, who has bagged "six tigers, several lions, and not a few rhinos, besides such small fry as leopards and buffaloes, can't bear the scuttle of a mouse. He is as nervous as if he wore petticoats. The squeak of mice behind the wainscot gives him a nervous tremor, and if. he sees a mouse run across the floor he nearly has a fit ! Curious, isn't it ?

An old Anglo-Indian, who has bossed hill-tribes, repelled attacks on his cantonment, nipped revolts in the bud, and done scores of other brave things, looks under his pillow every night of his life—for snakes ! He simply can't help it. He has got to look, or spend a sleepless night. Y r et he lives in a suburb of London, where snakes are not by any means common !

A distinguished public servant who has a medal for life-saving at seahaving jumped after a suicide in midAtlantic—keeps a rope ladder under his bed. He has a horror of facing a burning staircase, so, wherever he travels—and he goes to many spas and hydros since his retirement—he carries his ladder in a special bag.