The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-07-14
A rtaEn srORY.

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klnan If the village. and their nuptials
kef IL come eft in few days F0he
leSshing the gila with some 81 her i1niale
eenlraaia ialls went, rs was their dailylwent,
lllo the brook already mentioned toIbhthe
sud Il water for the household. They
fhad been absent but quarter Of an hour,
when the startling voice. of q tiger; and
1.-THE piercing sllfieks oF the women, SUD
l6lenly broke lie silence Of the hour, nnd
before the fousea villagers could snatch
I1tleir arms, the girls came flying hack
with horror m their faces and IN q few
words announced the dreadful filct that
i tiger had carried 6iE one Of their party.
IIt was the Mooudas daughter Her
kinsmen rushed, but with hopeless hearts,
Ito the rescue Fosamost among these
was her isssAdea husband, and close by
This side bis sworn brother allied to him
Iby ceremony, common among his peos
1pIe, Of tasting each others blood, and
Swearing 10 stand by each other in after
life, come weal,o come woe. While the
trest were following with skill and caution
1.-THE bloody traces uf the monster and his
1prey, these tive, dashing on through the
ldense jungle, soon came upon the object
luf their search, In small open sbaee
l(whleA / aFterward visited the Tiger was
|crouched over the dead body of the girl,
(which it bad already begun to devour.
The approach of the hunters reused him.
land he stood over the carcass, growing
defanee at the two men. Ina moment
an arrow from the bereayed lovers bow
pierced the tigers chest It struck deep
and true. but hot 50 as Gin sporting
lphrase9 to stop the dreadful beast, who.
from a distance of thirty PAGES, came
Idown. with his peculiar whirlwind, and
lrushedo on his assailant The young man
had Just time 10 draw his " kappee." or
baltle-ax from his girdle, when the tiger
seized him by the left wrist The man
lleaning we'll back to gain room for the
swing Of the Ak. drove ID with all tile col
llected strength Of rage and despair into
the tigers forearm, seyering the massive
bone, aud leaving the blade buried in the
muscles, The nexean0ment his head was
crushed within the. monsters jaws, and
he fell dead upon the ground, while the
tiger, tanned By the loss uf blood, turned
round, and began to Imp away All
occurred so rapidly, that the surviving
Econrade had not shot shaft, but now,
Amaddened, he ran to the retreating brute
1and sent arrow after arrow up to the
feather into his side and neck until It
'lrolled over, dying, within a few yards Of
lthe ill-fated young couple. The tiger
still breathed as the rest of the party
came np. They struck off its head dis
severed the muscle BY which the forearm
lstill adhered to the shoulder, and with
these spoils, and the mangled bodies oI
the poor victims borne on itters. they re.
turned a melancholy procession to the
VILLAGE The above minute ietails 4 had
from the chief actor himself. stalwart
young fellow. The event. had occurred
mot more than month OF Eve weeks be-
fore, aud the sun.dried strips of flesh
lstiH adhered 10 the ghastly trophy on the
lpole wished to have brought the
lbones away. but they gave some eomferi
10 the poor Oia Monda 5 heart They re-
minded him that his daughter had moi
: died unavenged, aud I left thefn there.
lIs. Touching Tigers in All The Year
Round.
-TlIE PRoUp u NAS.A proud man is !
fool IN fermentation, that swells and boil.
lover Ike porridgc-pot. Hc sets ont hi.
Feathers ike an owl, TO swell and seen
bigger than he IS lie IS troubled with !
ItnIn0f and inflammation Of selfeonceit
{ that renders him stiff and uneasy. HI
5 has pfyea himself synpathetic Iove-pow.