Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-09-02


pause, sit cannotJbe yourJ real purpose
to set the tiger on those people?o 'la
a"Eh, parbleuP' replied he, sand why
not? What else do they deserve? Are
they not also tigers. You don't know
them as do! The tall rascal is a con.
lvicted felon, and ought to have been
hanged two years ago at San Francisco.
Tie contrlved an escape, and fled to
Kansas, As to the other rogue, there
is hardly 4 crime he has not stained his
hands with. Make your mind easy
about thatn fs',al3 [..r. -
A sudden thought came into my mind;
and | asked him whether he knew any
lshing about that murder ofmy friend ten
years ago in the ravine near Jose Ma
ria? 30 7dt tJrer ssh odu 'fk
No, be knew nothing about that. 1t
was before, bis, time; only he should not
wonder if the major had had hand in
it; it looked very like him. y -al
| We wereinterrupted by a. loud knock
ing at the door. The lad came in soon
atterward, telling us that he could des-
cry five of them all ON horseback.
| The old man rose, and moving one of
the mattresses a little aside, he looked
cautiously through the window 3 Itwas
about 8 o'clock, land the darkness began
to set in with the rapidity peculiar to
southern climates. ~ -
The Knocks were repeated more We
hemently, accompanied now with ALOUD
summons toIopen the dooro1n r. fa
ffHere they are, sure enoughr' said
the old man. II wonder why this ma
jor doesn't go to Kansas, he is the very
man for Kansas politics. --:s9i8His -
'Ff you don't open now, you French
dog, said a coarse voice, swell break
| the door!''7T s,,..e r--r
floThe: eyes Of the old man flashed fire,
but he sBokenever a word 21i5 ,1afa1
IFS You know me, Delamotte,' said an
otherlvoiee, which IL had heard before.
'You know Colonel Brown. But though
we AYE to settle an old account, I ave
inc business with you this time; it's the
stranger I want, he has stolen d 'orse;
give him up to us, and we'll be off in a
minute. ''eds .redaJ yiqdf M br,s a.i.
EatfiNe use. talking to that old .miser,"
said the former voice with an oath. .
Come on, boys, break that door in, and
end it!'' ss9l JON ,tr9u1eQ9I els 10 a
He seemed to suit the action to the,
word, feFi a tremendous crash came. E, +,
; s'En evantP said the old man to the
lad, and they both went down stairs 2
L rose and paced up and down the
room with rapid steps. Something ter
rible, awful, was9 going on. f3r.jsTi
The whole block house shook and
trembled with the violent kicks and
blows which were dealt at the door, but
nevertheless, I could hear distinctly
when the iron bar SgaAremoyed from it,
and then--I felt as if all my blood were
rushing to my heart-leaVing not one
single drop in any limb of my whole
body. 7rgrfs 4asr-r ss.u,r
ooA roar--not at all like those you may
hear in the Geological Gardens Regents
Park, at feeding time-but hundred
times wilder, sharper, more piercing,
more furious; Then human cries of hor-
ror, and despair the trarnpTing of fiy-a
ing horsessS---the quick report of fire arms
J-z-Tthen again the roar. but this time
much louder, more savage, more fero-
cious, more horrible-then~ heavy fall
and a confused noise of grinding of
,teeth-then nothing more, because /.
stopped my ears with both my hands.
When ! turned round, my host sat at
the table again, slipping his grog as if
nothing had happened. - aa.
ao5"I am afraid, 2 he said, after a while
lt'the Princess has been wounded, have
never heard her roaring in that way.
Well, we must see after this tomorrow.
1t would be dangerous job for any man
to go near her to-night!''e a
Next morninglI stood by his side
when he opened the door. My first
glance fell upon the tiger covering in
thick, brown-red pool. She was licking
at red spot upon her left flank, which
seemed to have bled profusely, but with
both her powerful fore paws she chung
to a delormed and shapeless mass which
bore no likenessto anything | had ever.
seen. The corpse of horse, 1rightful-
ly mutulated, lay close by, and the whole
ground was strewn with fragments of a
horrible appearance. My host having
examined them all with intense curiosi-s
ty, cracked his whip, and moved straight
toward the tiger -
A hollow menacing roar warned him
off; the savage creature showed its for4
midable range OF long and powerful
teeth, and had lost all signs Of her old
tameness.
SO ''She is thirsty for more blood, the
Princess Royal is, said the French
man. THAT is nature, you know. She
can't help it, | suppose; and, as should
be grieved to kill her, we must wait till
she comes round again" aiaa nolta.rgoJ
We had to, wait Dong After three
days the old man himself beginning to
doubt whether. she ever would come
round again, was forced to kill her after
all. "0' s'il' ''l' s4l ~ 92i'a3L go elqisa
When we were thus enabled to exam.
inc at leisure that horrible battle field,
he drew my attention TO remnants of
coat in which the, gray coat was still to
be distinguished. -''' o'i'-
"He has had his reward" said the old
man, "though it costs me dear. Better
than all those majors was my poor Prin-
cess Royal 3eg a,asI 81, IA
An 0ld-fashioned Mother.