, 1884-10-29
TIGERS AND TELseRApHs.
RemRrkable Report or a Clerk In an
indian Railroad once.

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london Telegraph
The HiRdoo clerk Of a railroad Office 10
India has made a remarkable official rerer
lie begins the &C mmunication with n formal
petition for two guns, required for on pui
lection from tigers. one of which was ki-tTi
In my telegraph Office at . O'clock aud ther
goes on 10 eNplans Il ave the honor 20 ie-
form YOU that no sooner had No. 2down mixe-i
train from Calcutta crossed the point No. ]
than we saw a tiger about three yards IN
length and two yards In height come running
from north to south along the fencing and
enter a thick bush just opposite tho point No
l..
This breezy definition Of a tigers diInen-
sions, in which the length and height are
given In yards, is a delightful touch, but the
clerk was not daunted by its size, for with
great difficulty and research l found the ma
tive gun at the village, and after a gang Of
men had amused l tried TO turn him out of
the bush and kill him. 1 succeeded in turn
ing him out, hut missed the aim OF gun at
half past 81 That the sportsman should
have thought il necessary to consult the Office
clock to see the exact time when the gun
went oil would make it seem as IL it, going
of at all were a great feat However, the
tiger did not seem 10 regard It with much at
~tention, for we read that il went into an
CNANA AA"A AhgAA AfffAANN AN1 III III ALA
front Of my Office Business now called
on the nssaiant,. No. l train" came
along and had 10 30 attended 20,
after which office duties kept the staff
busy till the departure of No. 4 down
goods" But the tiger all this time remAiInzi
in his bush, coolly waiting, as 1t were. for the
commencement Of the second inning. The
game was reopened by our Hindoo sending
some OF the villagers 10 reconnoiter the bush
and holding a council Of war. Before this
was concluded up came No. 3 mixed train
and the noises that the engine made when
drawing up at the station upset the tigers
equanimity, and 1t tried TO make OF down
the line.
But unfortunately for It there were now
three Englishmen on the spot-the guard and
driver Of the train, and the postofice super
intendent, who happened TO DO travelling by
IL On learning what was the matter they
cut of the animals retreat, which the clerk
and the villagers had apparently been at
tempting 10 expedite, and made It turn With
men on one side and u train OF 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, und jumping over the
ticket cupboard took a seat t%hereupon.
got the doors locked up Immediately, not
Allowing him 70 come outside again. The
country gun was ready again, and the post
Office superintendent took it; and since Their,
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 a walk
over the booking ofice counter, cut seeing no
way out he again took his soat on the same
cupboard And here he was shot "by the
postofiiee superintendent with the gun pre-.
pared as Aforesaid The letter concludes
with Il repetition Of the original petition.
This is "A regular jungle, where we have got
nothing to protect ourselves from such Wild
beasts generally frequenting any office.
therefore hoe you will kindly arrange Il
end me the two guns and oblige.n