The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-16
stopping q Tiger.

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Imust give you Il slight description
of m adventure had with tiger on
this "Trip, and my miraculous escape.
BY Jove! Old fellow, had any betting
men been there, they would at once
have given the long odds all round,
that ii. G.. would never in this world
receive another scratch Of the pen from
A, NJ. 1t occurred on the 25th Of last
mouth so, to make q short business
OF II, here goes:
Intelligence was sent in to me that 4
tigress that had followed for two or
three days, having wounded her in the
leg before, was lying under a Burgut
tree. Out ] went about ~ o'clock in
the day, some three miles from my
camp. On arriving, saw it was II
case Of close quarter :, as the ShikarcH
and tho men about him only maize
signs and would not speak; and on
quietly asking where my friend was
hanging out, they pointed to a large
tree, certainly not more than 20 yards
off. | took my rifle and stood facing
the tree, just on the line Of road my
lady took on going out visiting; q
sign was madc--the men placed on the
nights about commenced to shout and
scream, in one instant | heard the
purring sound like cat, but about
thousand times louder. The Shikaree
pressed my arm, and told me to take
a steady aim directly saw her, as she
was very ghussa (mgry.)
Immediately after this she got up,
and began walking up and down UNI
der the tree, as you sec tiger in
large Clge, her tail lashing her sides,
and sent at times slap over her back.
All al once she saw me ratbcrstoopcd
the forward part of her body, put
back her ears as you sec an angry cat,
opened her mouth, gave three or toar
low growls, and showed Inc the
whitcst set of teeth | have ever yet
seen without the use Of tooth powder.
At this moment leyeled my gun ana
fired, struck her, and no sooner had
the ball struck than, with one Of the
most fearful roars l have ever heard,
down she came upon ne.
Thank God! l was steady and cool,
fred the second barrel, hit, but could
not stop her. | had just time to get
my second gun from my aid (that great
mans son, who stood as steady as q
rock, "may his shadow increaser)
when she was upon me. | fired the
right barrel slap into ller chest but
this was not enough for the inturiated
brute; she got me down right on the
broad of my back just as was about
pulling the left trigger; in her rage
She turned O little, anu just took my
foot in her mouth on feeling the pres
sure managed to twist it out like
lightning and then she was on Inc
with one paw on each side of my
chest. She then put down her head
with that kind of growing noise,
only much louder, with which bull
terrier worries any kind Of varmint,
right over my throat and chest.
In being thrown had managed to
keep hold of my gun, and on the brute
STOPPING down to worry me, l showed
it up in sell-dcfence she laid hold Of
it, shook it out of my hand like o
straw, broke it into half-a-dozen
pieces, and in fact expended all her
rage upon it. The ball had put into
her chest began to tell; she reeled
away from me about six yards ana
dropped dedd!
There was an escape for you! 1t
was the secret wish Of my heart to
see tiger charge slap up to me; l
have seen it once, and how, by heaven!
l never wish to sec tho thing again. |
am now aware what chance thing it
is; l thought man, il steady, could
always stop one. The tiger before
this has dropped dead with one ball;
but you see this brute, although with
q mortal wound of which she died,
might before doing SO killed a dozen
such as |. Had she mauled my throat
instead of the gun luckily had in my
hand, should have been lost sheep.
The fellows round about would not
believe their eyes, on coming TO lift
me up, covered as was all over with
the blood of the tiger, that was un.
hurt. You never heard such "Wah,
Wahs?" in your life.