New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-04-28

which may not agree with MIN, said
3. S. p, who had gone. into what We
called our arnlory and brought out his
rife, which he began 20 clean and make
ready for very active service.
By this time darkness had closed ins
round us, with that small respect for
twilight which so bothers the enter
prising traveller in foreign lands: The
servants and workmens had dispersed
to heir various habitations, and our
white-headed native factotum was
standing before us announcing dinner.
Hush said H., putting his finger
up in a commanding way and listening
intently. Didn't either Of you hear
something leap over the WALTZ"
ooh, bother your imagination-I'm
off to dinner, = said !, rising abruptly,
and disappearing through the open
window. The other fellows followed,
and were soon busily employed in
making the most Of the meal of the
day and arranging about the NOR
rows sport.
When ''To Tum,' as we irreverently
called our venerable butler, brought
me my tea and biscuits at 6 the next
morning had much to ask him, for
E. and H. had gone off without walk
ing me-. probably thinking that the
sight OF them with two rifles in their
hands and a tiger in the bush would
be too exciting and tantalizing for me.
found that the Massa Sahibs had
departed after q very hasty breakfast
and had taken St. John with them,
carrying a third gun in case OF acct
dent. A railway coolie reported dis
tant shots heard about an hour after
the Sahibs had left the bungalow; but
nothing had since been seen or heard
OF men Or man-eater.
sYou can open that blind, To Tum,n'
said l, pointing to one of the windows
looking toward the north, for thought
| should probably see the conquering
heroes returning that way, covered
with glory and thorn scratches. The
butler had departed and left me to my
meditations, and good intentions OF
performing my toilet and going to see
what was doing on the line [ contin-
ued to lie, looking ,dreamily out of
the window, the jalousie of which To
Tum had thrown back. 1t was not
much OF a view consisting only of q,
corner OF the compound wall and the
jungle beyond; but soft, pinky haze
beautified everything; and famed by al
most delicious cool breeze, / closed my
eyes again and dozed Tor a few min
utes, utterly and blissfully ignorant
that sudden death had Just cleared
that compound wall, and was making
stealthily and warily, straight for nay
open window. l heard-in a dreamas
it were, so did not heed-a, curicus
scratching noise, followed by. soft,
| )imping footsteps across the veranaa;
then heavy breathing, almost gasping,
which seemed so unpleasantly near.
that | opened my sleepy, dreamy eyes
just in time to see his most Serene
Highness the Bengal tiger throw him
self in an utterly done-for condition
| by the side. Of my bed!
Here was q situation! My very
marrow seemed to freeze in; by bones,
and every hair on my head was alive
with electrified fright. l lay as still
as a corpse, and in my heart thanked
a conside7ate Providence. which had
made the beast turn it's, back to. me,
instead Of it's villainous> face. l was
too paralyzed to think ofwhat Icould
! do to. get out of the room, which per
haps, was fortunate. The animal had
evidently run far and fast, as it's pant-
ing sides and foam-haked jaws plainly
showed; SO there WAS just a. feeble
chance OF it's going to; sleep,
and then would be the time
| to cautiously escape. It's great muir.
u derous-looklng paws were stained with
blood; and, though l could. see that
one of them was wounded, the idea
would take possession ofmy weak and
agitated mind, that it was. the blood
Of one OF my companions. and not tbs
tiger own Suddenly, to- my horror,
the brute lifted it's head from it's paws
pricked up it's ears, and listened in
tently. ialso listened as, well as
could; but every nerve was throbbing
and the sound i'll both ears was as the
surging OF stormy waves on a pebbly
beach, /, too, however, caught dis
tant SNclick, /" very faint and indistinct
and I could not make out what it was
The tiger again composed itself to SLEEP
or watch; it was impossible to see il
it's eyes We're open or shut. After q
lifetime of miserable sensations,
guessed, by the even rise and fall ofits
sides, that it must be having what
} might not be more than the pro
verbal forty winks; so now was
my time, or never. Not
once taking my eyes off the object o
my terror, slipped out OF the bed
which gave a gentle creak, that, to my
fevered Imagination, sounded like 8
death knell. He did not move.
wished l had more on, l felt so de
fenseless. ] crept slowly to the door
not taking one foot off the ground til
l had carefully steadied myself or
both. l Preached the only thing tina,
divided me from comparative safety
!, softly turned the handle. The door
was locked! For one second l hac
taken my steady gaze from the sleep
ing brute; when looked again, what
change: Head thrown back, ears
fat, eyes glaring savagely, and fanks
} trembling and quivering with the
stealthy movement Of an ANNA
| about ~ ev,r;poi Ru+ not 81 MOI