The state herald., 1889-08-16

snOOk the earth anu the ratndrOps be-
gan to patter. rushed ahead in what
l supposed was the direction my COM
rades had gone, but as 1t aftorward
appeared bore off to tho right, miss
cd the gr0vc entirely, nnd just as the
flood gates OF heaven opened / dashed
into native hut on tho edge OF n
clearing. did not sec the hut until
close on II. and entered 1t surprising 1t
70 be inhabited. Even when I called
aloud and got no response, and
knew by the sound OF my voice that
the hut had been abandoned, reasoned
that l was on the outskirts Of the vii
iage, and that my companions had
taken shelter In huts near by.
The remainder OF the party had taxi
en- shelter under the trees, and Us soon
as the rain ceased they came out into
the open and began TO call for me.
was resting easy and half asleep when
l heard the first call. and Mt the second
drew my feet under mo and stiffiy
pulled myself up. As u did so heard
q snarl and u growl, followed by tho
iail OF the Hamper and rush, and /
was thunderstruck 10 SEQ tiger spring
out OF the door. As subsequent inves-
tigation proved, he was crouched be-
tween the hamper and the wall, and
had been In hiding all the time l WAS
In the hut Why did he not attack
mep He might have bccn frightened
at the storm. MS many savage beasts
are. or my b0ldness in walking In up
on him may hive ratified him. Unfor-
tuiTately he recovered his courage us
soon us he lett tho hut. The search
Ing party was directly in his path to
cover. nnd he charged right among
tho mon and knocked one OF the natives
down, and stopped long enough to in
flict d bite which resulted In death.
On u subsequent trip n year later and
farther to the south had rather odd
encounter with tiger. II ought to
have cost me my life, and why 1t did
not no tiger hunter has ever been
able TO satisfactorily explain. We had
been in the village OF Syderpul for three
| days, three white men and dozen nt-
tcndants, seeking TO destroy man.
eater who Ind created great havoc,
when the beast came out OF Jungle
just mt sundOwn, seized an old man
seated in front Of hut not 200 feet
from us. and reached cover with his
prey before we got the alarm. We
raised great shout and discharged
our rifles after him, but he replied with
growl and kept on. In this case, and
In this alone, | saw the tigers method
OF carrying OIL human being. He
seized the man by the shoulder and
gave the body a twist until II rested
on his back, and he trotted on under
the burden MS II il did not weigh ten
pounds. There was n howl all over
the village, and tho old mans rela-
tives, who were many, set up such a
wniling as made evening hidcous.
We could do nothing that night, but
were astir early next morning and
were not long In tracing the tiger to n
dense thicket In the bed of u rnvine u
milo away. He had not carried the
body ueere. however Being either
sharp'sct with hunger or overbold In
self Confidence, he had stopped within
y -arl rods OF the village for his horri-
10 ieass and only some fragments OF
io,hing as>sd n few bones were left 10
'il tho poor iii's-aQ's fate. Our beaters
OF only found the s>>jger ut home, but
e was dclinnt md N~endv to fioht
'wico he charged up tho sS.,cen bonl, IN
nd that his tcrmeutors had ,ss>s.aItcn ref.
&c In trees and escaped him.N lilo
nally retired 10 the center Of Atbo
hicket to bidc hi, uIIe. We flung r,
loncs nt him and fired several bullets
ito his retreat. but while he growled
is rage he planned 10 wait until he
ould get an advantage. The lender
{ our party was afraid the beast would ,
ncak of unseen. and he stationed us to
revent such mn occurrence. went
u the head Of the ravinc and there
pund u great rock. took my station
II the left II. looking down upon the
nicket. and the bearers rcdoubled
heir cxcriions 10 drive the tiger out.
! had been at my station about ten
minutes when felt, rather than heard.
he presence OF something. and
Wheeled about 10 find that mnn-onter
landing before mo nnd hardly arms
ength away. We looked square into
ach others eyes. but that was the only
fort could make. was seemingly
rozcn To the earth. had been per-
piring MS ! turned. Within ten sec
nds was ~ cold ns u naked man In
nidwintor. don't know how long we
TODD there, but presume II was not
yer minute. The bcaters were yell
ng and shouting and ringing bells, but
ny ears did not ,ako In II single sound.
he tiger dropped his lip and growled.
II seemed 10 growl. advanced one
orofoot ms II ABOUT 10 spring, and then
dddcnly turned aud boltcd across the
pom into tho Jungle. Then. like n
roman, tainted dead away. and II
'ns ten minutes later before ! came 10
nd found myself fiat on the earth and
hree or four Of the bea,ers standing
yer me and crying out that snhib hnd
cen munled to death by the rctrc,ting
igcr was not injured In the slight
II. but the scare got unncrvod INC
m. louO WeeLz