The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-05-17
Tigers Of India.

| of the tigers caution of the silence, of hi
a,nroach and NJ h,s ,,,,,s,so s,rooo,h
Tn tho cold ,,a.,h.r Of ,sas ,o.r ,,,o ,,;,
lana of E,orsao ,,har., |. har, ,,o,, ,,,
been k;pa5 Tw.son. n. shn,,, ,h., ia
of n COW which a tiy.rihaa ;us, v,ru.i
dowp. ,.v c,,-, :, .r,mo. r.,hor ,h;,
;nnyle nsar . ria,o. or low rool,, :. !. co.,
large trees sn.b "a p.n.o.s ,,,,ra ,r,.r
srerse,, in tba brn.,,,xm,od a,,i ,,a ,,r,,,,,r
was coversd, with deer dr,,d-,n l.,vos. O.
erisp. tba, !, saen.d ;r,,oss;,,,. for ~, a.
SECT eve, In n.ss over them ,v;,bo,, ,,.;,,
heard. IT WA. than ahout moo, .,,aJao
,eru,ined to sit mn for tho ,;gar who ~
knew would come again mt niubtf.,,. q
before next morning, Ia devonr the car
cass. A chardaie, or small nati-e v.llay
betlstead, was speedily procured from tn
village, and lashed across the fork of .
mango tree, within n few PAGES of whicl
Law the COW. Before sunset and my com
panion Tour doctor) were escorted To tn,
spot by a body of armed Eoies. dfsem
barrased myself of a huge sola, or pi,l
hat, which placed on the ground nea r th,
tree. and in it deposited a pair Of unwiel
dy dragoon's pistols lit was before the iay,
of "repeaters.') which thought would b
useless in our elevated nos,,ion. T ala,
took oil, and left ut the foot of the Tree.
pair of thick hunting-s shoes, and then, will
the help of my village friends, gained til,
charpaie, and sat ,nyself down bv the wor
thy doctor. Between us were f,ur doubl
barrels and ammunition. When we wer,
fairly in our post, our escort silently with
drew to hovel on the skirts ofthe village
lust within hail. .rssa rrrt
- F'' ' - "a = = q . O.. At
"e 'n"'", near IT'S iun, "as rising ah'
'he hieht caifn. ~ oeep shadow rested un
uer 'he trees, save where, through gaps u
tue ioha2e, Inc silver rays stole In. A sol
e'hh silence reigned around, scarce broker
Wy ''e Whispering ruStie oi Inc leaves ~
az sa's me hight "ir s'gheo ntfuliy.-
f""'e "ao nave sat 'ii"'iohiess ana patieh'
'"i '''' '"e ",s"'' WIN s"eh an o'gect IL
Ne",s e"i uiuers'aho 'he oppressive Ieei
'"S ma. swans ''ei 'i'e ia 'he SONY SUI"
"ess'S' WIN ear anu eye stretcheo 20 cater
WY sou''" WI ue'ee' tue s'eNtest move
. A'"'|"o'e '' '' us s'"'"es we sat- "i'n
o"' "H'spe'' Sfea'ure-coihior~ we hae
"o' ~ 'o' eN''oo'' "''o p'a''uy water
.- es
n"eu '''o o'rre"' ioroid'ien rare, q,
'S"'s suPpose" 'ha't Tiger csnnot ahldt
'oo".e'' 'e'' i1o''s. a"u oack'"hes, ana hecks
anu Nss gre" stiier m a''u s'iiIer, ana achee
"e"ih!' ou' s'ii' we s''t. Inc hiSht pass
=" Slowly OH 'he moon ciihbed hgher ano
''snei over o"r heads' anu at iast shoh'
upon ''e yea" ea co" pe'ow; ont not soune
.e,. on Tue ear. Llred nature Logan I,
remarks were whisperingIy ventnred: "
don't think he's coming" ~ think ht
heard those fellows and is off" ale cam
he here. or we eshould have heard him. :" &c
gave way to positive assertions. delivered
in toIerably audible tone. and at last
openly declared would wait no longer
and descended to the ground. .y
NV first net was To yet nv shoes. and
while putting them on and chatting with
ont further constra;n, ram,rlad tb., /;
would l.. s .,,, oil ,,r ,;a., ,,,
,,r,hw;,b ,nli,,i,o nv voice 1.h,,,od M,
m, ,.na of rho Moond. u,ra,v IN.
word n.ss.a mv ,ins who, an ,.h,,,,t
g.. ,h, ,,,;.,. ,.,;,,,;.,
f.,y ,,nas nf no n.,r;t;aa ns ,c;,,, a,,,.,o
n.,t Nayar hal salt Ga xre,.h.,,,
be,uless S,anaino .unarmpd ,t the f,o
of ,ba ,reesI had one sho. an aud w..
,h,ut m mt ~, ,b. ,,h.r y,,;,a
e..
s, "' " Ds s '"s', 'e'. s",
',a . -. g.. - ",' -
~, -. :,
A.. d;aar.aa.i.,a ~ n;e.,I.
20. .,,..,;,n Tl.,, war. ,v;,,, =, ,,,, h,,
but ,ha h., Law so,nawb,, i, IN. ,,;,,..,io,
,t ,h.,,,;,.r., 7, u.s. :. t.,,;n,, n,n,,,an,
I'm, !, .n,,her ,,onan,-I tnnnd ,,,s.,
.a; ,1
~ 81. ~ "a r1,,, ,,,,,.o;o,,. ,,.h.,
did ra,oemb.r yrasn,nr tho nis,o,.
a., Ina, ,ha, an, 9Th ~, harr..,, ,..,,s, .,
,,, rds tho ,,,st ub;,.n 7 .,o.,da,, e,c.,d
.us,;n. s;ao,v.ys =, tho ,r.. rha fol q
The ,rnsty weupons m INV hands was com
fortinr. AS was the 81, Int of the doctor, who
- ~, i,o,h ,,..r.,s ~ his ,,,, oocrsd an,
VIZ" 80 30, @ :, ss go, -, ~" -.
PaihtihS attbe push' ieaht eagerly Pr
ward on the charpaie, covering, my re
treat. BA@ - 4.M -
A,,oo,h .,.a ,h..o ~, ,,,a s;d
-. 'e"" 's"o"ea ,r.N'. ."e 're', r7 o'' VIC s'u
iartoes. rom the Sthicket, and Went up
like lamplighter, pistol in hand, although
on our first arrival had raouired The as
s;s,.,n. 81 ,,,,,. .,,.,. :,
-. Vu'or Ps"pie arms n"u s'.1u, ..,.
oers' Ahahk goo eNcia."'en he '"s
tor, as soon as was seated by him. "Yo
are up. thought YOU were a dead man.
,nd 90 s.y;n,, ~, ,;r.a Into The b,,s, ms
anu ." !NS' "o A'eu NV '..o ous"'! !"'
as our escort came up, win ilghted torch
es; and we returned to our tent in the vii