The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-09-06
FIghting a Wouudel &c.

The lucky hero OF this adventure is District
Superintendent Of Policein Berar. lie is we'll.
remembered in Secunderahad rs superintendent
of the Cant0nment Police before Mr. Crawford.
son or Colonel Hastings Fraser one of the
Frasers Of Loyatt, he has proved his possession
Of that nerve and courage which rise to the
emergency of dauger-on which qualities more
than all else the British Empire in India has
been built, and on which, after all is said, in
the last resort it must be still held to rest. To
quote the graphic account of a correspondent,
the escape was about as narrow as man ever
had Mr.. Fraser was told by his Orderly that
a wounded tiger was lying apparently dead on
the root of a tree. The Orderly having called
him up, he went to the spot. Mr. Fraser then
sent the Orderly and another man with his sec
ond gun back, and knet down TO look. Just
then the tiger roared, and came at him from
about 1S feet Off He waited until the tiger
was within five feet of him and fired. as the
tiger did not drop, he fred his second shot hur-
riedly The first shot had hit exactly in the
center Of the face, but Just an inch too low. 1T
knocked the tigers right eye out, and smash
ed ali the teeth Of that side of the jaw. The
second shot struck the tiger in the chest, but
too low.
What happened then Mr.. Fraser does not ex-
actly know, but he next found himself lying in
front of the tiger, one claw of the beasts right
foot being hooked into his left leg in this way
trying to draw Mr.. Fraser toward him; the
other paw was on his right leg. Mr. Frasers
chin and coat were covered with foam from the
beasts mouth. He tried hard to draw himself
out of the tigers clutches. Fortunately the
beast was not able to see him, as Mr.. Fraser was
a little to one side of tho animals blind side,
and the tigers head was up. Suddenly, seeing
Mr., Fraser's Orderly boiling, he jumped up
and went for the man, and catching him, he
killed him on the spot Mr. Fraser had lost
hat, rifle and all his cartridges, which had
tumbled ont of his pocket. He jumepd up,
however, and ran to the man who had his see
oud gun, and to do SO had to go within eight
PAGES of the spot where the tiger was crouching
over his Orderly. He heard, in fact the
crunching Of the mans bones, and saw the tiger
biting the back of the head. He now took the
gun from his man. The latter said that he had
fred both barrels into the tiBer-one when he
was crouching over Mr.. Fraser, and the other
when he was over the PROSTATE body Of the
Orderly. The man had fired well and true, but
just TOO far back in his anxiety not to hit the
men he would have saved instead Of the tiger.
When Gitorward asked if he was not afraid to
hit the Sahib, Z" / was very much afraid in
deed" he replied, "but dill mazbut karke
Gagaya: | nerved myself for the occasion -
A good man and truel " high officer writes,
wao after firing never moved an inch till Mr..
Fraser came to him, althoughclose to tho tiger
all the while. He is one of the Gawilghur
Rajputs-a brave race, Rapiit Singh, good
name" The man said he had no cartridges
left, and 50 they both got little further from
the tiger as the Orderly was evidently done
for. Afterward they found one more cartridge
FOR the gun and tried TO recover the body but
it was no use. The tiger was lying close, most
of the buif4loes had bolted, and the Kurkpos
would moi help. Mr.. Fraser then sent six miles
OIL ioran elephant. But the animal did not ar
rive till dark SO Mr. Fraser went home in
great grief about the poor Orderly and at hav-
ing TO leave the body. His own wound was
bleeding a great deal if being deep claw
cash. Next day they got the body and the
tiger dead, lying close to each other. Perhaps
no narrower escape than Mr.. Fraser's has ever
been heard Of TO the excellent shot which
knocked the beasts eye out he undoubtedly
owed lis life