Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-05-11

better word she slowly raised her.
self up on her fore legs, and turned
her head toward us We were, Of
course, unnrmcd and sO, Keeping
II slcndy front ~ our foe, wc ro-
treated, railing for our rifles, IN tho
dircst Of lunks All this while
aud II seemed M ago- the tigrcss
did not chnngc hcr position, and
did not raise herself on her hind
legs. When rifles camo and lights,
We cautiously approached were rho
was, and found her stretched at
length again. Allcr resisting en-.
treaties 10 put another shell into
her 10 make sure, we ut length sum
moncd up courage to go up 10 tho
PROSTATE form, and found her (as
4 might have been expected, consid-
cring that she had come some two
miles bound on II pad) stark and
still! II was some time before we
were able To account for the phcno-
mcnon we had witnessed with so
much disturbance to our nerves
but wo ut last found ont that, when
the ligrcss was thrown of the pad
tho elephant, Of course; lifting
kown the whiIc--thc rope which
had bound her had fallen ovur
with her, twisted round the neck
on the elephant standing mp, tho
tantcning of this rope raised tho
fore part of the ligrcss, and her
head was slowed toward us by II
swcrvc on the part of the elephant,
who then stood quite still, and thus
retained the body of the tigrcss in
Hais starting position.
The scene ut the death Of tigrcSs
No. might have easily been II more
serious one. She was marked down
into thick mala bush, and was
with some difficulty beaten out of
it toward S., who, though he had
an easy shot, either missed her al
together or only knocked off II fJro
clnw-i. e did moro harm than
good. She rushed off to my left
front at great pace, and was roll
cd head over heels by an Express
shell behind the left ear. She lay
breathing out her life in Il sea of
blood, and at last to all appcarnn-
ccs died. threw several heavy
articles on her carcase, and my
mawahut threw his "gajbank," or
driving iron, on her, yet she stirred
not. A pad was being got ready to
receive her, and several of tho
mawahuts had left their seats on
the nocks of the elephants for the
easier scat on tho front Of tho pads.
and, as is their wont, were dubbed
head to head, "bukking' (Anglice
boastfully talking) Of their parts
in the fray. While the line was in
this position, and most of not all of
our guns were empty (wo had been
away at peafowl,) ard wo
imbibing the placid "pcg," our de-
tunct friend raised herself up, and,
with dazed look round, caught
sight of the elephant, and instantly
Shc all but got on top of
ono elephant, and charged the next,
effoctually scattering the pads. Sho
then fell foul of n tree hard by, and
up against it to her full
splendid sight-torc and
it with claws and teeth,
evidently taking il tor one OF her
bpcd tormentors. Recognizing tho
futility of this revenge, ard present.
ly spying the two howdah cle-
plants, she came at MS with roar;
but, by this time, wo wcrc loaded
and ready, and II couple of shots
finished her. The whole scene did
not occupy u minute. shall never
forget the look on her face rs she
slowly raised herself up from what
We thought was dcath-a look OF
stupid mnzzncss, rapidly and mark
cdly changing to ono Of bloodshot
lagc as sho saw the elephants, and
them with what had
happened to her
Ny shell had blowd away the
whole of the rear part OF the skull
behind the brain-pan, leaving tho
brain untouched every sutIrc ot
the Uranium was shaken more or
less open, and the left under jaw
fractured. The wound was OF course
y mortal one, but its immediate cf-
feet was only temporary concuS'
sion of the brain and passing inscn-
sibIity. 1t was an evidence OF tho
tremendous vital power Of the AMI
NAL that she could do what she did
after such IL wound. No Other. ami
NAL in the world could have dono