The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-05-31

brute, large pay horse, SaNaHti, sh"NhS
child which he had seized in his jaws, ano
evidently coming our way. In anothcr mo
ment he had seen the carriage, thrown thC
child on the road. dead no doubt. and rushed
forward furiousiy to attack Us. We ,urucd
our horse almost unmanageable with terror
and drove on at mad galop towards sor'
of yard which was closed in by strong gates
We could hear the iron hoofs Of the man-cat
err gathering over the road in the silent street
AS he pursued US at break -ncck speed.
We gained the enclosure, and drove WITHIN
the doors, which were luckily OPEN shut WIN
heavy iron bolt into socket As it fell IN,
the ma,,.eatcr came laundering up, his head
and checks covered with blood, his Jaws
steaming with the late slaughter OF his VIC
Tins He stood looking savagely through
the rails, with cooked ears, disendcd nostrils
and glaring eycballs, II tcrocious looking
monster. Our horse trcmbled from head to
foot as if he was shvering with cold; the
man eater glarcd mt us through the bars, walk
ed around to try and find an opening, but 1t
was all hard iron railing, Satisfied that he
, was batiled, he turned round, ratified his IRON
!, heels against the bars, and with head ana tai
erect and cooked ears, galloped off down the
road. Later in the day we heard that the
TROOPER had contrived to let fall Il moose over
his head, he had been upset, muzzled, and
taken back to his stable.
| mentioned what had seen to the king
when came to him shortly after ale is as
savage wild beast AS any tiger" said to
him
The king laughed "Then he shall fight
the tiger Burrhea,' so called after the name
of village at the foot of the Himalaya, from
which the animal had been broughC
There was Il court yard in the palace about
sixty yards square, surrounded by thick
-, t,-n -, In IA trI
was "a gallary, in which the king sat surround
ed by male and female slaves tanning him with
peacock fans The man.catcr was lured on
into the ward after little mare of whom he
was fond and the tiger who had long been
kept without food or drink was let loose in
TO the enclosure.
The horse stood in IN easy attitude, with
one foot advanced, awaiting the attack, NOV
| ing as Burrhca moved with his eyes fixed on
those of his enemy. Suddenly, with light
bound, the tiger was upon the mare, with one
blow of his paw he threw her over, his teeth
fastened in her neck, he drank her blood, en-
Toying his draught but his eyes fixed all the
| while on the man-eacr, who, his neck pro-
truded, cooked ears, glazing eyc-balls and
twitching tail, watched his enemy intcntly in
an easy attitude of attention.
AT length the tiger began to move stealthily
round the courtyard, like "a cat quite noise
lessly, the soft balls CT the large paws put
slowly down, the long 1.-the back working as
he went In the middle stood the horse, slow
| " turning as the tiger turned, the head, ears
and neck bent forward, while on stole the
| tiger; not a sound was heard, every one was
| in mute expectation; at last, the tiger bound
ed like lightning, intending to seize the horse
by the head but the horse dived aside a little
and received his antagonist on his launches
the claws sank deep into the flesh, while the
hind feet of the tiger made grasp at the fore
legs of the horse. Suddenly the man-eater
dashed out with his iron heels and in a mo-
ment Burrhea was sprawling on his back; he
was up again Immediately, however, and
stealing around again, as if nothing were the
matter. Noisecssy round and round he
went, his broad head always turned to his
wary foe while the horse, though his Launches |
were bleeding and lacerated, with an indig-
nant snort resumed his former position, his
head and neck still lowered and protruding,
one foot still out to admit of that rapid drive
and thrust by which he turned his enemy's
flank.
This monotonous circlng went on for eight
or ten minutes, or even more, the man-cater
ever facing him, and snorting angriy from
time to time, Once the tiger paused by the
dead mare as if to eat it, then, suddenly, |
without the smallest growl or preparation, he
sprang again, as if lifted by galvansm in the
course of this monOtOnOus gyration. Kune-
wallah was however, not taken by surprise,
his head duckcd again, and again he received
the animal on his launches We could see
the broad round head for an instant near the
tail of the horse, while his hind claws reached
to the breast his body was quivering uncasi
ly, with the belly nearly on the horses back ;
il was only, however, for an instant Again
fltn fnr hnu OF In haI inf wit ind
legs, almost as if he would throw himself on
his side, and his iron heels came against the
tigers jaws as he fell sprawling on his back
He soon rose again, but now only to try and
escape, his jaw was broken, and with his tail
between his legs he cried out loudly with
pain like IA whipped spaniel. The man-eater
watched him narrowly. thinking it might be
only rusc.
Now the king ordered the door of the cage
to be opened, and Burrhca rushed into its
safe shelter, evidently having had quite
enough.
Proudly then the maneatcr snoried and
paved, he scampcred up to the mare, spurned {
Ter with his foot, then with his head aloft
md tail arched, he trotted around trying to !
get at the attendant servants; his blood was v
up, and tiger or man, il was evident he did $
not mind any of them. /
Let another tiger be set at him." cried the |
king, II will have my revenge for 7
Burrhea."
The keeper of the tigers was summoned, a
md came in salaaming in fear. May il please i
'our majesty's greatness, the tigers were fed L
wo hours ago" Iii
,coundrcl." shouted the king.
MAY il please the royal greatness of your .
majesty, il was the usual time, said the poor
nan, salaaming again. and trembling in every Il