The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-05

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,ept 10 encounter him on foot.
| aYou see, with large tiger an elephant only
| makes a convenient mark TO spring st. On foot,
you can watch your opportunity, and lot the
and could see by the expression of his eye that
he was aware whom he had 10 deal with. lie
could not have spoke palmer IL he had said, Tat
tie. my boy, I'm going to he one too many Tor
you this time thnt's what he meant, and know
Il. We'll, he came on, and watched him closely.
First Jf all he gave roar that could nave beeh
heard NJ Cawnpore. l had my douDie.oarIel
ready cooked but was not fool enough 70 nre
then tiger, you know, always throws up ms
head to roar, and what was my chance OF hitting
| him In the right place But kept my eye on
him, ana saw him quail.
@fben recovering himself he took the spring
upon which ! threw myself not on my iaCe'
| There was q rush of wind, as II hoavy Dody
was being hurled through the air. Inc time had
| come. The tiger had gone over me twenty rect.
| knew be would turn 70 vent his DISAPPOINTMENT,
and was ready for him before he could recover
| himself for another spring. bullet IN the brain
settled him az once, and the BoOurge OF the Tarai
| mot 10 mention Dude aud Rohilcund-was no
| more. / do believe, however, that shOnld not
| have killed him that time, but that no had iten
| a village the day before, and was rather heavy IN
| consequence. And this 10 no lie, sir"
This notable sportsman, have been told, was
| also the hero Of the celebrated story which has
been rendered into verse under the htle OF a.
a barrel ne watched till it's tail came through the
| buDg-hole. Then, tying that appendage into a
Knot, he could deal with It's owner at his leisure
II Tstlle had to tell Of a storm, Il was such
| storm as nobody had seen but himself
"a storm, sir, such as would have turned you
inside out. You should have seen all the pine
trees blown up-shooting around me like arrows
| and it's no lie"
| incidental 70 an occasion Of the kind -
"Tbis occurred sir upon the Calcptta course.
| Martngale, of ours, was driviug out with his
| wife. The carriage was overturned, and he had
| to slt upon her to prevent her from being blown
into Eastern Bengal. As it was, she was left SO
| long on the road exposed TO the fury of the ele.
ments, that her hair was turned pea green; and
| her foot and her nose were so injured that sht
was never able to put either OF them 70 the grOunC
afterwards. Aud this is no lie, sir"
When Tattle could not make an effect in an,
| other way, he would start negative peculiarly
| and make a point of that. He was as jealous o
his prowess at whist as at killing men or tigers
| Thus harmless man at mess telling of som
| little triumph the night before, in which trump
were concerned, Tatte burst upon him in thi
| manners
"Tlumps who wants trumps have mad
more money at whist than any man OF my ran
and standing In the service, yet never wante
trumps. Why, sir, / never held single trUm
in the whole course of my ife"
"SuTely, Captain Jattle, you must have hel
| one trump when you dealt"
Most men would have been put down by thi
but Tgttle was the more on his mettle.
, "The remark just shows your Ignorance, si
|
4 that always made misdeal."
Upon the simplest subjects II was the samC
| Somebody remarked in his hearing upon Il break
fast be had been tc-a brilliant affair which ha
"Breakfast!" said Tattle; "who eats break
! fast l never ate but one breakfast in my life
, and that disagreed with me. Not such an ass a
TO try another; Nobody but an IDIOT would dreai
r | OF eating breakfast"
: The mild man who made the remark wished l
r hadn't The rest Of the men present, who toe
a breakfast every day of their lives, eXpresse
v | themselves strongly in favor of Tattle.
Y There are other men, besides Tattie, who te
y strange stories of India and who abuse the priv
: | lege which travellers have of drawing the ION
| bow. Many a strong pull is taken in potitic
!. Ranger, OF the civil service, for instance, wou
r | disco urse In this manuer
: "My dear fellow, can assure you that yo
i labor under delusion in England as 10 the est
n nation In whit th our system is held wretche
a section among the natives don't like it, nor |
r either. But the great majority of the peop
9 know when they are well OFF, and have 81
+ greatest regard for the British, whom they woul
II not exchange for any governing class on the fax
n | of the earth. would undertake 10 control
a district as large as-well, say Wales-without
q European regiment within hundred miles.
,t few native police is all want just to keep u
q the appearance Of order; and but for the planter
Il and those meddling fellows the mlssionarie
J. there would never be shadow OF annoyant
from one years end TO the other"
/ Old Colonel Chimney, of the N. l., would tax
i pull at the weapon In this style:-
a al TIL you what II is, sir, Jack Sepoy Will {
q anywhere and do anything, so that he is proper
q led ; and Inever beard of any doubt about hir
Il IN IL the country got oyerrun with European
I, | giving the men new ideas, and making them b
lieye that we hBd religious prejudices and all th
I | sort OF thing. l only know that would rath
u trust my men than any regiment OF drunk
"a | Englishmen you could give me TO ommau
Ir My men look up to their officers" &C., sc.
n Sentiments of this kind have not been quite
% freely expressed since 1851; but they are felt
)r all that; and both civilians and military men q
still found occasionally TO draw the Compan.
ne long-bow.
IL In social life you may hear old Indians asse
in ing the superiority Of the country in a mani
nd calculated to excite incredulity. Sanguine,
er instance, Of the house Of Sanguine, Ardent q
le | who has been five. and twenty years in Calcu
,s- has scarcely the outside of the ditch and
H. had nothing to do all the time but TO sit quie
er and let his money accumulatei this is Sanguin
is NOW, ask you candidy, my boy, did y
ng ever get such dinner in England won't
ell word about the mullogatawny, because tina
go | beyond question. You say we are weak in II
co don't know that. When the topsee mutch
on is in season, / think we need not fear compari
with Europe; and even now-the salmon 10
er, sure has been brought out in tins, and is
,u- | quite palatable without vinegar and the oyst
of | as yonsay, must be scolloped, 10 a great eXtC
ish before GU can stand them. But look at the or
zen fish and the pawn-curry-have you anything
of compare with them at home And, touching
md things in tins, any thing that Fortnum and Ma
ion can do, can't we take advantage of? Look
! is the trufiied things ON the table. The Overl
out | ham, l SUPPOSE, Is rs fine as can be procured
ro- | Europe and the native turkey would do or
ars TO Christmas in Norfolk.
-m- "Our mutton-can Wales offer you anytt
NY better? In sweets, grant we are not quite
ubt strong. The jelty is apt to be salt; but the
they manage the ice pudding, is 10 not cred
,ral Asia As you say, great deal of bad wine
fel- somehow make its way out here. The kind of 81
'er- ~ men viii accommodate themselves TO Is surp
nth ing, and port is scarcely TO be thought of.
and the claret is fair, and you can get good ch
tito payne, as you know. As for the beer, tell
es on nv honor, that never tasted beer fit 20 di
sld- except in India. Beer that has not made n
nse age is baTbarous beverage ht only for {
dy- | heaVtEs. Cigars-there, of course you give
ch fiatter myself on never tasted anything II
lest really good No. Manila Throw thai away
take another; never smoke them too low"
lese so on I'D infaitUDt
caA The climate will bring out another steady
i'm, mirtT. Hear Grampus, OF the lrTegulars, OF
lere subject -
le "The climate the great drawback Of India
fair you say The finest climate In the world,
Why every season is separate enjoym
,ver When you are tired of the dry heat you get
lied rains and when you're tired Of the rains, you
ling the cold weather"
he You venture 10 suggest that. the enjoyr