The Arizona sentinel., 1886-12-11
FROLIC WITH TIGERS.
A Dogs Playful Meeting With Two Man.
 Eaters in an Indian Village.

| A Dogs Playful Meeting With Two Man Eaters in an Indian Village.
 There were a few cowardly cur dog
 in tie village, but none of these haC been molested by the tigers" said Cap tain Kincardin, late of Ind a, "One O
 them took great liking to me, ant when ! mounted to the platform tc begin my watch he lay down at the foot of the tree. Iscolded at him and threw three or four broken branches at his head, but he refused to go away. Ii was a balmy evening, with plenty ot stars but no moon. One could have seen a man moving many rods away, ii he kept in the open, but it was very dark under the trees, and the grass in the openings was two feet high. I was close to the hut from which the man had been dragged, but had not kept my watch long before I realized that it was great chance if 1 caught the slightest glimpse of the expected visitors. There were so many dark spots below me and the foliage so obstructed my wis on that 1 had good mind to descend and seek for some other position. However, J held on, and by and by the village grew quiet and my vigil became lonely one, indeed. The villagers were Tn a happy frame of mind, believing the man-eaters as good as dead or driven to some other district, now that we had arrived. Some of them even neglected to drop the brankets hanging at their doors.
 ''It had come to be ten O clock, and l was wondering if I dared to light che root, when 1 heard the dog before me whine and move about. Next moment Icaught sight of two dark objects steal ing across the open space toward the foot of my tree, and realized that the tigers had come. The dog ran out to meet them, singular as it may appear, and then occurred a familiar scene. You have seen a mastiff stand still in all his dignity while a puppy scampered around hlm in play. Well, the tigers stood there as stiff as two statues, and the cur ran around in a circle and tried his best to get up a frolic. They at first growled in a menacing way, but as he continued his play they grew better-na- tured, and after few minutes all three were in for frolic 1 could not sec as distinctly as 1 could have wished for, but I made out the movements very well. The tigers jumped over the dogs dozen different times, and on three or four occasions dropped their tails and ran away to let him pursue them, but always coming back to the same place. l softly cooked my gun for shot, but they were so constantly on the move that I dared not risk it. Our object was to bag one or both, instead of driving them away from the play continued for a aquarter of an hour, and ceased then because child in hut near by cried out in its sleep. The tigers changed the'r demeanor in an in stant, and low growl warned the dog that the frolic was at an end. He did not want it so, but scarcely had he re- newed his efforts when one of the beasts struck blow with its paw and laid him dead on the grass. Then both stood stood stock still, listening for the cry to be repeated. They were side by side, broads:de to me and not hundred feet away, but in the darkness it was a chance shot. IpulIed trigger, and the report of the rifle was followed by ter rible growing and snarling and the sounds of claws at work in the grass. The natives were out in moment, shouting, screaming and blowing horns, and as soon as their torches were alight l descended from my perch. One of the tigers was rolling over and over on the ground and uttering sounds of rage,