Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-14

big piece on one end OF It I grabbed the cubs
p put hem on the cloth and jed the four corners
wa mt healthy locality, for fact.
~ wanted our guide 10 carry the bag with the
had 70 take it. He threw It over his shoulder.
grabbed my spare gun In his free hand. and took
the back track on The double quick. The villagers
leo the way, and tailed after, as the rear guard
10 the procession We made good time, and no
mistake, for every fellah seemed TO be anxious to
get there nrst. And can assure you we Kept a
sharp LOOKOUT too. Every fellah thought What
II we should run onto the old lady now!
~ suppose we had got about half q mile from
feel bit safer when lust after lite crossns BIZ Of
an opening we pulled up on the farther side OF IL
10 get our wind for a minute or two turned
ABOUT 70 watch the back-track. and the very min
ute looked back / saw the bushes shake Just at
Tue edge or the opening. and the next instant out
trotted the mother OF those cubs! She was right
on cur trail, and had followed Us up all the way.
quick as fash l up gun, but that very instant
she caught sight OF US and charged let her have
taen me Ss sh ID 1ne
SIX Dig bounds, with q deep growl every time her
forefeet touched the ground, and, bJove! before
could grab the other gun from Jungi or do thing,
she was right on TO me- I tried TO hit her In the
head with my rifle, but she caught It on her paw
Instead knocked It flying out OF my hands, and
eratd, and, b,joye, her Jaws seemed TO open about
two feet wide. As she struck me showed my left
arm 1b across her Jaws and the next thing was nat
than half killed. Right over me stood the ttgreSA
swapping and growing like mad, her teeth within
six inches OF my eyes, and her hot breath coming
right into my face.
II thought that was sure to be killed In an
other second. heard the men yelling In terror,
and all could do was to hold nv arm In front OF
my face and jam 1t into the beasts Jaws 10 keep
her from biting me through the body. was so
paralyzed couldn't cry out or utter a word She
chewed up my left arm and then grabbed me
by my shoulder. / thought TO myself: I'm done
for now, sure and then managed TO yell out:
".Shoot her, Jungi! shoot her"
aReIOrp mDuth
heard an Internal report close by my ear, and my
eyes were fairly blinded by powder smoke.
There was smother terrific roar more powder
smoke, someth.n g wet and warm fell on my face,
something awfuily heavy fell upon my chest, and
then rything grew dark and still.
1.-THE next thing knew Jungi was holding my
head on one knee aud crying like baby. The
tgress lay there stone dead and lay there pretty
badly mauled- The brute had her death wound
when she CHARGED me, for one OF my bullets had
gone straight through her heart and lungs and
fairy teeScoped her. She would have died in
minute or two, but being blahSted cat her nine
lives put her In q fair way to make q corpse OF me
first Jungt did mighty plucky thing. He knew
he couldt shoot straight enough to hit her at long
range, so he got around behind a bush on one side
OF her, close up, and blew the whole top OF her
head on; and, 10 make sure, he fired another bull
let through her shoulders. Her hair was ali burnt
and olackened by the powder
''Well, TO cut the thing short, those fellows car
fled me In on litter they made out OF poles, and
TOOK the cubs along, TOO, and was laid up I'VE
constitution like a jackass wouldn't have pulled
through IL, but came out all right, excepting this
arm"
"well!"I said, as soon as could get my breath
again, that was fearfully close call. No
wonder you say those cubs We're expensive"
"fhose two cubs cost me % pounds OF flesh, six
weeks In bed, about 500 rupees In cash. and this
arm" His lett sleeve was empty half way up.