Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-12
TIGERS AND rELEcRApns.

london Telegraph.

London Telegraph
The Hindoo clerk Of Q railroad Office In
India has made remarkable official report
He begins the &C mmunication with a formal
petition for "two guns, required for our pro
lection from tigers, one Of which was killed
in my telegraph Office at O'Clock, and then
goes on to explain: Il have the honor to In.
form you that no sooner had No. 2down mixed
train from Calcutta crossed the point No.
than we saw tiger about three yards in
length and two yards in height come running
from north to south along the fencing and
enter thick bush just opposite the point No.
II
This breezy definition Of tigers dimen-
sions, in which the length and height are
given in yards. is delightful touch, but the
clerk was not daunted by its size, for with
great difficulty and research found the ma
tive gun at the village, and after gang Of
men had amassed / tried TO turn him out OF
the bush and kill him. / succeeded in turn
ing him out, Tut missed the aim Of gun at
half past s." That the sportsman should
have thought it necessary to consult the Office
clock to see the exact time when the gun
went off would make it seem as if its going
OIL at all were great feat. However, the
tiger did not seem to regard it with much at
tention, for we read that il went into an
other bush about twenty-five yards off the
front of my office" Business now called
off the assailants. NO. l train came
along and had to he attended to.
after which office duties kept the staff
busy till the departure of No. 4 down
goods" But the tiger all this time remained
in his bush, coolly waiting, as it were, for the
commencement of the second inning. The
game was reopened by our Hindoo sending
some of the villagers to reconnoiter the bush
and holding council Of war. Before this
was concluded up came No 3 mixed train"
and the noises that the engine made when
drawing up at tie station upset the tigers
equanimity, and it tried to make off down
the line.
But unfortunately for it there were now
three EnglishInen on the spot-the guard and
driver of the train, and the postoffice super
intendent, who happened to be travelling by
it. On learning what was the matter they
cut off the animals retreat, which the clerk
and the villagers had apparently been at
tempting to expedite, and made it turn With
men on one side and train on the other,
the tiger was For the moment puzzled, but
to continue the natives letter-"he all Of a
sudden jumped over the fencing wire and
entered my office, and jumping over the
ticket cupboard took seat thereupon. l
got the doors locked up Immediately, not
allowing him to come outside again. The |
country gun was ready again, and the post |
office superintendent took it; and since there |
were no bullets here at the time, four copper |
coins, broken into sixteen pieces, were all
loaded into the gun, with gunpowder. Dur
ing the interval the tiger twice took walk |
over the booking office counter, but seeing no |
way out he again took his seat on the same |
cupboard And here he was shot by the |
postofiice superintendent with the gun pre-
pared as aforesaid The letter concludes |
with a repetition Of the original petition:
This is regular jungle, where We have got |
nothing to protect ourselves from such wild
beasts generally frequenting any Office.
therefore hoe you will kindly arrange to
send me the two guns and oblige."