The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1881-07-08
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A TERRIBLE MOMENT.

I had just rejoined my regiment in
India, the Forty second Higanders, bet
ter <nown as the Black Watch, after a
wear of sick leave in Europe, and was
seated in my friend Majo McGregors
coo. and comfortable bungalow, gossip
ING over all that had occurred in the
corps during my absence, when young
Alick Farquharson, one of the Inver-
cauld Farquharsons, strolled i'll with
the, to me, pleasing intelligence of
| 'riger.
.By Jovc, that old shikarree, what
you-may-call- -'em-I never can recollect
his naine-has smelt the beast, and the
Colonel is for getting up grand hunt,
for the purpose of bagglng the brute
ond-the skin; the latter for Mrs
mentioning lady's name, the
owner whereof f-well, will not repeat
the story" =,
Deli take the Colonel" grumbled
Sandy Mcpherson, who spoke with as
strong a Scotch accent rs any ''braw
CHIEF north of the Tweed; she's a
the time speerin' about tigers and var
mint, and if one o the laddies kills a
beastie, down he pops on him for the
skin"
"It would be awfully jolly to cut out
this hunting expedition" | suggested
"And how?" demanded Farquharson
Just to beat up few beaters, &c
out to the jungle,a ,and pot the beast while
the colonel is ordering elephants III i'm
possible Iindoostanee.
"By Jupiter Olympus! I'm with you!
cried Farquharson; "but we must star
RIGHT away, for | heard Old Bagpipes
the irreverent title by which on
commanding officer was KNOWN n,acquire
from the fact of his ordering the piper
! of the corps to play at chotohassuy, ALA
luncheon, and dinner, till the mess wa
fairly ''skirtcd" to death-"telling Gordo
to look up the guns.
ave shall start now!" | cried.
have brought out capital pair of doub
oarreled breech-loaders, smooth bore
the Prince of Wales brought down
stag of ten tyne with one of them at MI
Forest this season-and Snyder"
"Then I'll look up the beaters and o
what do -you-call- -'em, the shikarree," sa
Farquharson.
Farquharson and left the compoul
by different exits, havirg agreed upon
rendezvous. When we arrived at 4
trystiug place found the shikarree al
half q dozen beaters, armed not only wi
rifles, but with rockets, the latter for t
no purpose of driving the tiger out of t
jungle.
had taken the precaution OF thru
to ing couteau de chasse or -deerknife
va giving to me, by the way, by his 70,
highnes s,the Duke of Connaught, VIII
at Lord Fife's-in my belt and arm
,n with my double-barrel I felt ma;
, for any tawny denizen of the yell,
jungle.
The shikarree assured us with c,
sid rable circumolocution- after
20 ac ug solemn promise to save h
from the WRATH of sal b, the ColoneI
t4at tiger had been overing alb,
les this particular jungle for some ii
the past that COW had mysteriou. ly
ssd appeared, and, having been tracked,
bones were found close by WI ere
p were then holding council of war,
ne The jungle in which his Tiger
Ing majesty was supposed to be enscon,
was but short quarter of mile fl
4, camp, and of very close aud de
. nature, save in bald patches, which yiel'
T goodly crop of boulders, or wher
III. small stream cut it in two. A few stu
trees endeavored to beard the fe
ray of the Indian sun, but King Sol
on shriveled up their foliage until it wa'
''' the tawny yellow of the jungle gr
that color so admirably arranged to {
ceal the hide of the tiger.
"Ahl" suddenly exclaimed the
karree, in low tone, ''it's all ri
sahib. The tiger is in the jungle,
here's his pug" (track). See no
- aIs rs leads right into it.
"That's very large fist" obsel
= Farquharson.
"Yes, sahib, it is one great
aons Great tlgor--great shiker" (beasD
sahibs."
Tho heaters, who, as a rule, are
/. most oowmdy wretches in the ",