, 1874-05-31

utmost tension, when again beheld that same
dreadful form gliding actosa q nnoonlit glade.
This time saw the animal so plainly, that the
marks Oh his skin weTe clearly dlscarnible, and
though lost sight OF INN again in a moment,
this sickeued me with q frightful apprehension.
It waa evident the aui1nal WAS stalking me, and
ransed to consider hat was to be done. To
return WAS 81 bad as to stand still, and yet to 70
on seemed very like tempting fate Nowhere
was there q tree could climb for safety. The
bamboos grew in thick clumps, with no much
underground about their stems, as to render it
hopeless TO try to penetrate it without making
much noise in tho attempt, aud l felt that such
noise would be i'll the highest degree dangerous
nuoer the circumstances. I might run at my
best pace ahead, and for q second thought OF
doing 60; but then, again. the tiger could easily
outstrlp me, and would not running encourage
him to follow2 There was
NOTHING FoH IT
but to walk on as had been doing; and accord
ingly, affecting courage was far from feeling.
went my way. could hear nothing Al t
walked but the sound OF my own footsteps
and the faint rustling Of the leaves in the
bamboos overhead but this silence OF the
night only rendered tho occasional glimpses I
caught OF my terrible enemy the more appalling,
as lie skunk like shadow from bush to bush,
but always 4 line with me, and, AZ I
fancied, nearer aud nearer to tho roadside. l
do not know how long this continued. was IN
that state OF mind 10 take no conrt Of time. and
my only idea was to get on as fast possible to-
the village tor assistance. It VAS just then, and
whom WAS p1odding along over tue auss and
s:ones in the path, that heard, or fancled l
Leard, The sound OF boarerr' voices borne family
towards me on the night-breeze. "IIay oh!
Hi oh! Hay oh /! Hi oh!" seemed to be waited
to me from afar like song OF dcliverance. and
stopped Tor a moment to be sure my earn had not
deceived me- At the time, indeed, WAS very
doubtful whether was awake or asleep, snue or
insane It might all be horrible nightmare.
and my chastity companion nero freak
OF tho imagination: I punched mJ arm,
to make certain that I was not drea.n-
ing but need not have put my wakefulness
to this test, for there WAS the tiger, and this lime
IN FRONT or ME.
| He must have passed ahead whila stopped to
lis:on and nav he lay crouched III the worry mid
! me. The moon was shining very brightly at the
moment, NOT cloud near it, and could dis
tinctly mako out every limb Of the animal, o:en
10 his tail, which was moving from, side to sida
| with rapid whisking motion. 1nstnctivelg
stepped few PAGES backward, fully expecting to
see the tiger pounce upon meiu or two Of thoae
great bounds peculiar to the animal but he did
nothing OF the sort,-he only sneaked little
nearer, his belly upon the ground, and 80
moved BY his preserving the same distance
t from me "a before. Not daring to look round,
Btepped back again. hall dead With terror, butsup
ported to some extent by the series OF pa!anquln
bearers in the distance, that we're now drawing
along the road from Pooree aud it it came
quickly I might be saved. This ras the ques-
ton Would the tiger devour me before It could
! arrive, or not 2 could not think upo1 1t my
brain swam and believe for time must have
| been unconscious OF anything about me. The
| last thing remember M attempt made to
| shout, although whether did shout or not
cannot say, aud then awoke to find myself
IN THE ARMS or 4 sT1lAS4En,
| who Was bending over mo, and holding II flask to
| ynv 1ipa Tharo YYa q crowd ii bearers and
| armed poems standing round, and tWo palan-
| quins one Of which was Waldron's. In fe"
| words, the stranger explained it ALL ue vas tho
| head-assslan. to the collector Of ne1Shboring
district. and was travelling on duty from poeree.
when he came to tie place where poor Waldron
lay on the road. Luckily, ho had = medicine
chest With Linn, and was something OF doctor.
Hc prescribed for my friend OH the spot, and or
| up tho Bick mans pa:a,quin, and folio" him.
Thoy travelled at their best speed, OF might not
have lived to tell tlle tale. Tho civilian wont On
| to tell me- that he was aroused secoud time oy
hia peous, who ra1a ahead, shonting out: " Bagl,
! Daeh! " {Tiger Tiger J and by the commotion
| among his bearers, who nearly allowed the pal
! auQuin to fall on the ground. He seized his RI
| t,e, which lay loaded be.ids him; but when he
| Jumped out OF the palanquln, the tiger "ks gone
and there reranioed IN its place, to his great as
tonishment, myself. That European should
| be- found in faint On such road, and IN
| such 4 place, was an enigmA to hin,
until told uy atory, when. seeing how fatlx1ed
| aud e1oitod wno: he tnnlassu upon my eating
into his palenquin, wli1s he walked alongside it.
NV own pAlanquin, l Should say, SGs Eeing
brought slowly after rs by two or three OF my
| new trends numerous retalne1s.
There is
LrrTLE MORE TO TILL
| We Iii three duly arrived at :he bungalow, Wal
/ dron in profound Sleep from which lie 1Woke
late next morning much hetter in health
Whether the narcotic hs had taxen was cure