The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-28

| When our fugitive had proceeded
some SIX leagues, he Thought heheared
the distant roar OF the animal, and q
shudder ran through him. The roar of
the tiger resembles the sereech of the
nog, but IS prolonged, sharp, and pierre
ing, andseYen when there Is no occasion
IorIears causes an Involuntary tremor
OF the nerves, as If flesh shuddered
consciously at the menace OF death.
Inc roaring was heard clearer and
nearer: The tiger was already upon
me tran OF the man, who saw no refuge
but small carob-tree at great dis
lance. BE had to quicken his pace,
ana finally run, for the roars behind
MIN began to follow each other more
rapldlys ana each was clearer and more
ilnglng than the last. at length, ding
ing his riding gear to one side fthe path
the gaucho turned to the tree which he
had noticed and in spite of the weakness
OF nus trunk happily quite tall one, he
succeeded in clambering to its top and
keeping himself half concealed among
Its boughs, which oscillated Violently.
Ihence he could see the swift approach
ofthe tiger, smiling the soil and roar
ing more frequently in proportion 10 its
increasing perception of the nearness
of its prey. Passing bevnd the spot
where our traveller had LEFT the path, il
lost the track, and becoming enraged,
rapidly cfrcled about until it discover
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fragments by a single blow. Still more
furious from this failure, 1t resumed Its
search for the trail, and at last found
QUIZ the direction in which 1t led. 1t
soon discerned its prey, under whose
weight the slight tree was swaying like
a reed upon the summit OF which a
bird h IS alighted. The tiger now sprang
an eye its huge forepaws were
resting on the slender trunk two
yards from the ground, and
were imparting to the tree q con-
VulSiVe trembling calculated to act
upon the nerves of the gaucho, whose
position was far from secure. The beast
eXerted its strength in an Intellectual
leaps 1t circled around the tree, meas
uring the elevation with eyes Redeemed
by the thirst for blood, and at length,
roaring with rage, it ofouched down,
beating the ground frantically with its
tail, its eyes fixed on its prey, its parch-
ed mouth half open. This horrible
hours; the gRucho's constrained attI-
tnde, and the fearful fascination exer-
cised over him by the fixed and blood
thirsty stare of the tiger which IRE
aistibly attracted and retained his
own chances, had begun TO diminish
his strength, and he already perceived
that the moment was at hand when
HIS exhausted body would fall into the
capacious mouth of his pursuer. But at
this momentthe distant sound OF the
feet of horses on q rapid gallop gave
him hope of rescue. His friends had
indeed seen the tigers footprints and
were Fastening on, though without the |
hope of saving him. The scattered
fragments of the saddle directed them |
to the scene of action, and IL was the
work OF a momentfo them to reach 1t,
to uncoil their lassoes, and to fling them
over the tiger, now blinded by rage.
The beast, drawn in opposite direc-
tions by the two lassoes, could not
evade the swift stabs by which Its des-
tined victim took his revenge for his
prolonged torments. son that occa-
sion knew what il was to be afraid"
was the expression of Don Juan Fa-
cundo Qulroga, as he related this in.
cident to group of ofiiceIs.-LIfe IN the |
argentine Republic, IN the Days Of the |
IyTdntS. Translated by Mrs. Horace
Mann.