Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-01-06

over which they would generally fal
asleep, and nearly stife Us IN our beds b.
the consequent stoppage Of the punkahs
- We get cut of all patience at last and de-
tcTmined to have the forest beaten up, a:
the only way to convince the natives q
the grounalessness of their fears. We
resolved at the same time to mix pleasure
with business BY making picnic of the
thing, in which the ladies should join Us.
Our arrangements were soon completed
and We stlrted-the gentlemen on horse
back, and the ladies filing the he bal
on the back Of very steady elephai, e
longing to the regiment. We had S,
ted, as thN most suitable place for our pur-
pose a hollow in the forest, within which
stood several overgrown. trees. In these
we proposed to station ourselves, and
blaze away atevcrything at the beaters turn
'ed ont above the size os jaekal. On
reaching this spot, therefore. Chuny and
the horses were dismissed and ladder
placed against the largest of the trees, by
which the ladies' ascended into cozY
nook within It's lofty shade. There they
found a table cloth spread, on which tiffin
was laid for them.
The gentlemen. however, finding none
Of the other trees large enough to hold
them, all sought the shady side of the iiol
low, where laying their guns aside, they
set seriously to work on the tongue, cold
roasted fowls, preserved meats, spiced IL
quors and fruit, which the careful fore
thought Of All Kahn, the majors khan
samah. had also provided for them
Meanwhile, signals had been passed to
the beaters. who had gone to their start
ing point sometime before, to begin their
noisy operations.
We leisurely finished our tifin and felt
so supremely comfortable, that we quite
resented a reminder from Ali Khan that
the heaters had been sometime at work
We resolved, however, to delay taking up
our guns, and perching ourselves in the
trees, no further than after finishing the
cigars then lighted and a couple more of
bottles of iced pale ale.
These were opened and we were chat
ting pleasantly over their contents. when
our attention was suddenly called to the
terrified looks of one of the servants who
with outstrctched arm, pointed unsteadi-
ly at some object behind us. We cast a
. hurried look in the same direction and
sprang 70 our feet as two immense look
ing tigers met our view. They had emer-
gcd stealthi'y from the cover and were
standing with heads erect and f1ttering
ears, listening 70 the distant cIamor of
the boaters. Ere we could recover from
the confusion in which we were thrown
:he largest animal-from his size and deep
er color, evidently the emale-disappeared
among the long grass and with breathless
anxiety We heard his heavy tread approach
! ing US. In moment more he rushed to-
wards the tree within which the unfortu-
nate ladies' were seated and to our horror
scrambled quickly up the ladder. The
next moment the tigress was upon us
She too started on seeing US, and retreat
ed a few PAGES.
Her courage, however, quickly rose,
4 for she wheeled round with a short angry
roar, and fixing her glowing eyes upon
us advanced steadily with tail erect. and
her ears set viciouslv back. Suddenly
! she crouchcd within a few PAGES of us with
! her head resting on her tore-paw when,
at that critical moment, the beatei,s com
bincd to raise louder aud more discor-
dant noise than usual. Tue tirrcss rose
! turned her head and skunk away. Her
mate had just then descended the ladder,
and as She brushed past him he struck at
her savare'y, ard rolled hrr over with a
I single blow He then stood over her
with averted head and closed eyes but Of
fering no further violence In no way
daunted, the tigress turned quickly upon
her back and clu ching her mate tightly
round the shoulders, attacked him with
tooth and nail Their united roaring was
horrible He received her assault for a
lew seconds with considerable iirmncss
but finding no symptom of modification,
shook himself free, and bounding lightly
over her as she rose, galIoped into the
Jungle III the direction away from the
beatcrS. The tigress arose, shook her
self. gave one malignant look at us, trot-
ted >ulkjly after her mate, and all was
Eover.
We lost no time in going to the assis-
tauce Of the ladies'. To cur great relief.
we found them unhurt, bat ouly ene OF
them couscious Of what hsd passed. She
had .he preseuca Of mind to remain per
fec5ly still, AMI stat, d afterwards that on
making bis appearance. and before becom-
ing aware Of their preSelce, the tiger
placed one of his fore-?aws among their
feet He appeared more a<tonisLed than
alarmed. scowied steadily round, and
cioscd his survey with a prolonged stars
At the solitary individual who had retained
hsr senses. He then retired as quickly
as he came. We. Of course, had no time
then - listen to this story, for '-Cauuy"
was fetched in hot haste, and received the
terrified Ia lies gu his back. The gen
tlenicn mounted their horses, and all start
el II at the elephants best pace Mean
rlilc the bea,ers having heard the roar
ing IN their front hai ieca,nped, giving
tie scene of our discontinue a wide
b,lth
! ! need not say bow creStfalen we felt
as VIC returned thus ingloriou>ly Lom
from an enterprise 50 confidently under
taken. For ou~r pandy was In the right
aud from the difficulty with waich foI
>omo time after he kept his composure i,
our presence. We knew that be eniovec
eur defeat thoruuz zhly 1t WAS some tim,
betorc VIC could endure without a qualu
any te!s,euee TO the subject, however de!