, 1889-09-05
STEEL POINTED
BOARDING HOUSE TEETH
: A SPECIALLY.
HIS FIRST TIGER.
A Newspaper Mans Adventure In
Cochin China-Tigcrs at the Win

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Correspondence Pail Mall Budget
At the en- trance to the river of Saigon,
the French capital of Cochin.China, and |
forty miles from the city, there IL a
lonely telegraph station, where the Eng |
lish cable from Hong Kong aud Singa |
pore, and the French cable tohrouquin |
touch ground. As am much Interested
In telegraphy, and have circular let.
ter of introduction from Sir James
Anderson, the managing director of the
Eastern and Eastern Extension Tce.
graph Company, | determined to pay
these cxiied electricians visit. And
then | learned that twelve years ago an
operator had shot a.tigcr that came on
the veranda and looked in at the win
dow while ne wite at work, and that
three months ago another had been
killed in more orthodox way. SO
when the next steamer of the Message.
ries Maritimes picked up her pilot at 1
A. NJ, oil Cape st. james, I tumbled
with my things into his boat and rowed
ashore as the ships sidellghts disap.
pcarcd in the distance and the light.
house began TO grow palc in the sunrise.
wArcu IN ruy NIGHT.
-. ,.
Next morning an Ahn",l'e huI.er
VINO hau pecll scilt out oy M .,ansuoi',
the suPerihtchucut VI '''e s'a'loli, W
look ior tracks returhcu anu reported
tlial ne ha'i plhit nl.a'oI, anu wv
were 10 make our trat alon'pt tilNt
evening; ~ o'oo lnat hllerhoon We
started Mitt ltnut wns nls ha'lie OF 'llch, i
nane) waik,nS anu running ,nheau hliu
following llnl on pony we were on
snaii Ilsnng SI9ung' uotteu WIN
bushes, IN the ihiuule Oh rouSp tNIsle
OF forest ana prusnWood. ! looked
everywhere lot .ne nllauor' ' aIlH nov
nhdlng u, yelieu uIl INQUIRY iilto Mltt
ear, Tor ne was stone ueai' ne pointed
now maryeiousiy ne hau cuiicealeu ".
lie huu CHOSEN ,"p siilh trees growing
four ieet apart penihu these nc llnu
pianteu TWO paihooos az tho o'ncr cor
hers OF th1 s'lu'.eI uhu the, ne lluu ieu
Two or three ,hichly ieaved creepers
from lhe giouu., nnu "ouuu ,n tieii, III III
nnd arou'n'r tr h,l'i 3NcI i'.ic 'la'loIi u, ~
OF hVe iolihge, ihe hoor Wus hpou.
,Wehty leet Ip'i si.e srou''u, Inu "
iookeu p.t,IouslS n"Eiic w hp'u wv"
ineil' put II was 'lasterPleoc VI huhl-
lngcrait. IN reSpoiise 10 pecuiitr Iry
rom Mlt.i ,Wo , hast'es npPvuie" iti,, Win
htstilv h,' INC dmiraior, COR imechan5
as believe it is called in India) over
looked a slight depression IN which an
oblong pond had been constructed Tor
the buiialocs to wallow in, rs the ugly
brutes cannot work unless they are al
lowed to soak themselves in water two
or three times II day, By the tide oi
neck and heels, TO his infinite disgust.
Then the two natives took themselves
oil with their pole. Nlitt gave me "lcg
I'M" into the "mirudor," which shook
and swayed as we climbed gingerly in,
and we arranged ourselves for our long
watch. A soft cap instead of the big
sun helmet, the bottle of cold tea and
ridges laid out, the rifle loaded and
cooked "The rest iS silence" Till
1890 we sat like two stone Buddhas.
Then five wild pigs came trotting down
to the water to drink, which
was an intensely welcome break
in the monotony. At II 80 Mitt
made signs to me to go to sleep
1890 he woke me, and Immediately fcl
back IN his turn fast asleep. The rest
and the consciousness that I had nc
longer the sharp eyes Of my companion
to rely upon. made mo dolibly attentive
and watched every twig
sror IN rnr p,px.
{ s,aaor,", IN norsec, .i,onco o,d v,,,
out the slightest warming, big, 6iacl
object Flashed ~ tne iai siue Oh the lltti
pool; II was NE the swoop past OF al
owl in the stariight, IKE the shadow o
passing BIRD, utterly nolseless ana N
stan,an,eoialis' ,soili Every % nerve IN my poo
/ was a-thrili every muscle sun WIN ex
citement; slowly l put out my lei
hand and grasped my Sleeping compan
: ion hard py the leg. II ne mace III
slightest noise we were lost, Like
trained hunter ne awoke ana lllted hin
self into a sitting position without
, sound, kine 10 shonlder we peepe
! through our peSp-holes. momen
= later "a blood. d.Curuling screams broke IN