The Springdale news., 1888-08-10


 any thing else that will make d noise. Then there are singers who throw stones into. the jungle. spearmen to keep the line in order. and two orthrce active fellows who climb trees in order to spy out the game.
 ''The procession moves very slowly, as 1t Is necessary to be cautious in or der to prevent the escape of the tiger, and, if possible, save the members Of the party from injury The danger of such hunt is, that the tiger may sud denly charge upon you, and he is par ticularly dangerous when he is wounded and you are following him up.
 ''Once, two of Us were following up a wounded tiger, and the blood was so abundant that we all thought the ami nal must have bled to death. While we were standing in a little clearing debating what to do, the tiger sprang cut of the jungle and charged on my friend, whom he carried to the ground instantly The poor fellow was killed by the blow, and it was small consola- tion for me that put bullet through the tigers skull. The creature meas ured eleven feet one inch from nose to tip of tail, and have his skin now in my library
 Another time when I was out in pursuit of small game. l strolled into the jungle telling my men To follow d short distance behind me, and make no noise as l hoped to shoot some birds by taking them unawarcs. But had no luck, and after walking fully half an hour had not succeeded in sighting any ! thing. Coming to rocky mound sat down, and while reclining there saw an opening in the jumbled mass of stones that formed one of the sides,
 Naturally enough l wanted to ex- anime the opening and proceeded to do that 1 could not penetrate more than d few feet. The entrance WAS, perhaps. six feet high, but the space narrowed rapidly and soon became impossible for me, except on hand and knees l had no candles or other material for light ing up the place. and, therefore could make no attempt at exploring it any further
 Wondering how soon my men would come mp. sat down just inside the en- trance of the cave and began to plan matters for my movements as soon as | they should arrive. The day was warm. l WIS greatly fatigued, and the result of my sitting down there and mediate ing was that fell asleep.
 Il had observed traces of the foet of some animal on the hard earth near The | place where l sat down. but did not consider them Of any consequence, and il did not occur to me that the opening led to the home of tiger Tigers were rare in that region, and I had not heard Of any there for long while
 How long slept l don't know. but probably only for a few minutes. just Il dozen winks and mods to refresh myself. as had often taken before. When walked happened b tan my eyes to- wards the jungle, and the sight that i llltt llafIA N ElS 0tlt. NtaHA-NftIAl Lt shake mans nerves. Not twenty feet away was d tiger flashing its tail, growl- ing furiously and preparing to spring upon me. Tho whole situation was ap- parent at once; had fallen asleep in the vestibulc of the tigers residence. had only my gun for protection. and il was charged for birds, not for tigers.
 Under circumstances like these one must think and act quickly, and this was the ease with me. My gun was q l breech-loader of a pattern very quickly manipulated; the cartridges in the bar rele were charged with shot, but l had some ball cartridges in my pocket l Quick as q flash l changed one of the cartridges, and l hadn't the fraction of an instant to spare as the tiger i sprang just as l brought the gun to my i shoulder
 "I couldn't take accurate aim, and he was so close that there was no need of it. as he wasn't six feet off when fired. The ball entered the animals eye and | Ilti'tA HIN Shdii, it tcil dI HlN ittIs but not harmlessly. Do you see that scar2n he concluded, as he barred his arm and displayed the mark of a laccration extending from wrist to el- bow. Well, the brute caught my arm as he fcll, and tore it frightfullv, but in i spite of the wound l got another ball cartridge into the gun, and finished him. should say finished .her' as the tiger was female, and one of the largest had ever seen
 Notwithstanding the injury to my arm, l fired several shots in rapid sue ccssion as a signal to my mon. who shortly arrived. They had the ma l terials for making torch, and so they explored the den, and brought away three beautiful tiger-eubs, a little larger than half-grown kittens, and quite as l playful. l sent the cubs to the zeologi- cal garden at Calcutta, and kept the skin of their mother as memento of l the only occasion when 1 fell asleep in i tigers dcn n- Thomas IT. knor, ID Iomth's Companion.
 He Was Disappointed.
 A Little Rock negro went up to the i general delivery window of the post l office and asked if there were any let /! tcrs for Mr Phil Potter