Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-01-16

turner, In6 SS06TdIS WIG, Il IdG OIu
woman, with an Unmistakable touch
of the tar brush, who never goes any
where. Everybody else was charmed
with the idea, and Darrell, who is a
great 'shikaree,' and an Al shot, was
particularly delighted. Mrs. Darrell,
who had a 'babby' of a year old to at
tend to, wanted to stay at home, but
Darrell persuaded her to change her
mind.
at was most fortunate that ne sue
ceeded. Had he not l shouldn't have
had the pleasure OF introducing him
to YOU this morning, and his poor lit
tie wife would have been breakingher
heart at home in widows weeds, in
stead of asking met to dinner, IS Hope
she will tonight"
"But what did she dO?" I ques.
toned, impatiently enough, for 1 was
becoming interested in his story.
"Just what 1 am going to tell YOU"
said Fitzwilliam, quietly.
"YOu know what a tiger hunt in
the company of womankind is, old
fellow-a very tame affair indeed. No
foot work allowed, as a general rule.
This, however, was an exception.
"The dozen ladies of whom Merlin
geebad can boast were comfortably be-
slowed in quartettes on the backs of
the three steadiest elephants. Oar
rell, Seymour, Maxwell and myself
preferred a pad rs it is easier to
lump from, and Weintended attacking
the beast on foot. Sutherland, Gus
lance, Mcdonald and Bruce were on
another pad; while the other males
did the best they could for themselves,
having come out more to see the fun
than to take part in it. Old Turner's
two pet elephants were extremely use
full in helping to mount such a large
party.
w started in the following order:
First, our elephant, neXtSutherldnd's;
then the one which carried Mrs. Oar
rell, Mrs. Switzerland and her two sis
tiers, the Misses Marchmont, famil-
iarly known as the Rabbits Then
came the other ladies, and the men
fell in anyhow.
"We were all in high spirits.
Leicester had taken care to provide
plenty Of prog and 'grog,' and every
one was determined to enjoy the day
to the utmost.
"We had heard of two enormous
tigers having been seen the day before
in a 'nullah' five miles of. One was
a man-eater, and had been the terror
of the neighbOrhOOd for more than
two years; the other was a full grown
tigress,
when we were within two miles
of our destination my ma1Out, who
had been out before, and was quite GU
Jdit with the whole thing, suggested
that SutheTland'S party should make
a circuit and come up the other side Of
| the nullah, thus cutting off all chances
of the tigers escape. BY this move
/ Mrs. Darrelrs elephant became second
in the procession.
when we reached the point of
action, we found the unfortunate goat,
which had been tied there over night
as a decoy, half eaten, and the shika-
rees confidently asserted that it would
not be long before one or both of the
tigers appeared.
We therefore retired a short dis
lance from the brink of the nulah, and
after waiting about twenty minutes,
Darrell and ! became so impatient
that we resolved to enter il on either
side and try and beat up the tiger.
81 look to the further round, but
before / reached the nullah [ heard Il
TustliDg in the reeds that fringed the
bank, which warned me that the
enemy was close at hand. In
another moment he appeared, heading
straight towards Darrell; vino was
now in the ravine. On he went at a
tremendous pace, with his tail in the
air, and his eyes giaring, evidently in
tending to make a flying leap Of it,
and do for Darrell at once.
He, however, vas perfectly cool,
and just as the beast was preparing to
make a spring, a shell from Darrelps
rife hit him right in his wide open
law, and ended his career. splitting his
skull into a thousand fragments.
In my excitement | dropped my
piece, and ran forward, intending to
help Darrell remove his prize, and
quite forgetting that the tigeTess was
probably not far from her companions.
Darrell, also, in his eagerness, had
thrown aside his weapon, and you
may imagine our feelings, when, as
we bent over the huge beast, a cry OF
'Shere!' rose from the niggers, and,
with a rOar that shook the very
ground, the tiger leaped into the area.
She stopped a short distance from
us, c%rOuching down in preparation for
a spring,
"There we stood, expecting instant
death, yet fearing to move and thus
desrOy our only chance OF safety.
Darrell had managed TO fix his
eyes on those of the terrible brute, and
she seemed fascinated by his gaze.
Our position wa most precariOus;
but just as the creature was beginning
to recover from the semi-mesmeric
state into which she had been thrown
by Darrelrs determined gaze, we saw
a little white rObed creature run
swiftly and steadily to within thirty
PAGES of the angry tigress, who was
too much absorbed in contemplating
us to heed what was going on around.
There she stopped, raised a pistol, and
fired. In another moment the IN
lucky beast was rolling over in the
dust, and Mrs. Darrell had taken her
husbands hand, saying as calmlyas if
she had been in her drawingroOm-
: You are safe now, Charlie
"You don't mean to say she shot
the "tigress!" I exclaimed.
mo less" nodded Fitz, putting
vigorously at his cheroot.
"How in the world did she con-
trive to get so close to the brute?" [
inquired, still somewhat surprised.
"Slipped off the elephant the mo-
ment the creature appeared" replied
Fitz; got down by his tail, i be-
lieve, nigger-Eashion-scrambIed into
the nullah (how, she never knew,
and arrived just in time to save her
husbands life-and mine" said Fitz-
william, somewhat doggedly; adding,
land Pm not the less grateful be-
cause she never thought of me-"
81 dare say not, old chap" said I.
But how was it some of the men
didn't fire a shot to save your"
"Sutherland's elephant hadn't
come up, and nor of the other fell
lows could have fired without hitting
one of us, a Mrs. Darrell perceived"
responded my old chum.
"'But l say, Lascelles, storytelling
is thirsty work." said he. Let's
have another pull at the brandy and
soda?"
So saying, he INDUCED in "a long,
deep draught, which would have re-
Elected credit on the famous "Myn-
heer Won Dunck," who, Though he
never got drunk
Sipp'd brandy and water gaily!"
"Rravo, Fitz," 1 remarked, when
he had finished his potation Gin
which, be it known to the indulgent
reader 7 ioinedl. "YOu had. a won