Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-24
Stopping n Tiger

must give you slight description
Of an 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. @. would never in this world
receive another scratch Of the pen from
A, NJ. 1t occurred Oh the 18th of last
month; so, to make short business
of it, here goes:
Intelligence was sent in to me that q
tigress that [ had followed for two or
three days, having wounded her in the
leg before, was lying under Burgut
tree. Out l went about II o'clock in
the day, some three miles from my
camp. On arriving, [ saw it was
case Of close quarters, as the Shikarea
and the men about him only made
signs and would not speak; and OH
quietly asking where my friend was
hanging out, they pointed to q large
tree, certainly not more than % yards
off. [ took my rifle and stood facing
the tree, just on the line of road my
lady took on going out visiting;
sign was made-the men placed on the
nights about commenced to shout and
scream, in one instant | heard the
purring sound like cat, but about a
thousand times louder. The Shikaree
pressed my arm, and told me to take
Il steady aim directly saw her, as she
was very ghussa (angry.)
Immediately after this she got up,
and began walking up and down I'M
der the tree, as you see tiger in
large cage, her tail flashing her sides,
and sent at times slap over her back.
All at once she saw me rather stopped
the forward part of her body, put
back her ears as you see an angry cat,
opened her mouth, gave three or four
low groWls, and showed Inc the
Whitest set of teeth l have ever yet
seen without the use of tooth powder.
At this moment 1 leyeled my gun and
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 me.
Thank God! was steady and cool,
fired the second barrel, hit, but could
not stop her. I had just time to get
my second gun from my aid (that great
mans son, who stood as steady as
rock, "may his shadow increase n)
when she was upon me. fired the
right barrel slap into her chest; but
this was not enough for the Infatuated
brute; she got me down right on the
broad of my back just as 1 was about
pulling the left trigger; in her rage
She turned little, and just took my
foot in her mouth; on feeling the pres
sure I managed to twist it out like
lightning: and then she was on me
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 HE, | showed
it up in self-defence she laid hold Of
ii, shook it out Of my hand like q
straw, broke it into haIf-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 and
dropped dead!
There was an escape for you! It
was the secret wish of my heart to
see a tiger charge slap up to me [
have seen it once, and now, by heaven!
| never wish to see the thing again. |
ain now aware what a chance thing it
is; l thought a man, if steady, could
always stop one. The tiger before
this has dropped dead with one ball;
but you sec this brute, although With
q mortal wound of which she died,
might before doing so killed dozen
such as |. Had she mauled my throat
instead OF the gun luckily had i'll my
hand, should have been lost sheep.
The fellows round about would not
IIelieve their eyes, on coming to lit
he up, covered as | was all over With
tile blood of the tiger. that | was I'M
hurt. You never heard such "Wah,
Wahs?" iii your life.