The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-03-06

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Ing over and kicking, and killed him
with o shot through the head"
II was my companion who recalled
this story, and his verson may be
little of tho original, but with our
facuitles1at the utmost tension we
almost seemed 10 hear tho cracking
Of human bones aud the rasping of
the great monsters tongue on the
flesh Of his prey In the manner the
tale had 30 wildly called before as.
But nothing yet occurred. The de.
lIghtful quiet Of tho evening was
broken only by tho familiar voices of
the forest, grown 50 common 10 our
sense OF hearing that they were now
hardly perceptIble. Every twIg had
its humping nIght-periormer, every
blade Of gfass or loose stone was an
orchestra for . chorus OF winged insect
musicians adding to the general
murmerIng. Now and again the
black monkeys In q sal tree In the
valley below appeared troubled by
dreadfully bad dreams Cf wandering
panthers or gliding snakes, and dis.
turbed the universal peace by a sud.
den chorus OF barking. Overhead
the leaves made a fairy tracery
against the purple vault OF heaven
spangled with glItterIng constella-
tlons, and q shooting star flashed
occasionally across the vault, dragging
after II paIe stream OF saffron
light.
THE TIoER's APPROACH AID DEATH.
Suddenly the cold, black, nervous
fingers Of the shikari frightened on my
arm and / could feel bis agitation,
though he was invisible, for at this
moment tho moon went behind fleet
Of light, heecy clouds sailing up from
the westward before the faint midnight
wind. Ny own hands closed on my
ride, while eyes and ears were strained
Intellectually to SEQ or hear anything in
tho gloom, and heart and breathing
were kept under close control to pre-
vent The possibility Of any sound escap-
ing. How long this tension was pre-
served II IL difficult 10 say but in per.
hsps forty seconds the ~in9ward edge
Of the clouds shrondiug the tnoon turn
cd ailvesy with light, and A"o.hsr Sec-
Dad or two alw tho great shisld IF ell
YER rode out trinmphantly inta space.
Instantly all eyes were turned tn the
"kiil" at our feet, and there, MA Hp
proach announced by the cracking OF n
single twig or tho displacement Of one
pebble, stood our quarry. his royal liv
cry OF striped gold and black showing
with wonderful richness ia the c'eAI
glimmer Of the stars one msns'ron'
paw planted firmly on the swsliinG
hank of the dead kline, and the imporia
jowl already at work Gnu zzling" vndet
tie creatures body for tho trickle q
blood yet yelling from the ugly gashe'
10 Its neck. Then the royal beast, Civ
ing way to his appetite, tore Ions
goblet Of feah from the shoulder, and
was setting himself down to a comfort
able evenings repAst. But he never
said grace after that meal | saw N.
friends rife 90 up to bis shoulder "A
the tiger turned his broadside for
moment, and the next tongue of fam
. leaped forth, and the sharp crack of th
, rife hushed every wild thing in tn
forest, while its own echoes rolled ava
, among the distant hills to right an
2 left.
II II was clearly hit, for We notice
( the bullet "plump" on thO mark an
Q heard the short, sharp, angry grow
t which responded like an echo TO th
/ shot. and when the smoke drifte6 o
j through tho branches We perceive
] "strires' limping away, badly wound
= ed, in the direction Of nullAh or dee
Q watsrcourse thirty yards over the dea
, grass. Into this he was fastening jus
s as got a good sight upon hin, and IN
i ball taking him in the back, made hil
n leap high in the air and plunge, appal
d emily dead, into the corinda bushe
MY companion-sver impe.uous wi
q down to the ground and running aft
v him quick as thought. Following, b'
d keeping a ready finger on the trigger
n meet any charge of the enemy-f
n nothing is more dangerous than bad
n wounded tiger-I was at the brir
}. almost as soon as my comrade. "Whs
It is he ?" was then the question, and t
I a moment we were uncertain but ty
d stones thrown into patch of diva
IA bamboo elected u feeble stir and fai
Q, "Waugh ! waugh p from the tiger,w
3, actually endeavored to crawl up at ,
ii stumbling acrogS the stream bed. 0
" rifles were on him as he made feel
ID spring at the bank on which we stoo
,e but he could, as we do nothing,ar
ID scratching inefTectiyely at the dry bus
K. es on top, fell back. 1t was now rea
ne pitifal to see the royal beast in
ia furious helplessuess. He lay writhi