Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-03-09

AZ Aiiot ts NOT 10.
1t ~a' something new for the man eater
and he was del GIFTED He licked SWAY
until thought he had taken all the skin
oil, and then he rolled over and over IN
the blanket, ss you have seen a cat do
after feeding
lhe hunters and heaters had been
4u'ct all this time, having come tooether
Tor counsel, tut now they began 10 shont
and tom-tom, and the noise came down
TO Us very distinctly. The tiger sat nm
and snulfed the air and growled onn
was tired and he grouled again, looked
up at the native in the tree, around the
camp, and down at me, and then delib
eratefy walked off into the woods. Next
day he was routed out Of his lair by the
beaters, and, without being wounded or
unduly angered, he charged among them
with eat ferocity and killed two and
wounded tn RI.
Eighteen months later. in the Renpal-
ooo dietfitt. went out to village
called Manday with two officers. to sec
+ We could not rid the re rhborbood of
man eater who had as bad a reputation
as the other. The beast was so bold
'hat ne entered the village almost
nightly, invariably coming and gong BY
rtain route. The night. were bright
moonlight, and when the sun went
down We commanded the people to keen
quiet and took up the stations selected
to cover the approach. | was the near
est to the huts-indeed l was seated be
side one of the huts which had been
vacated by its terror stricken owner.
The next man was 80 feet away, and
the next 200. We had planned for
converging fire on one particular spot
The tiger had always appeared be
tween and 10 o'clock Ten o'clock
came and We had seen nothing Of him.
| pulled ont my watch again, and had
lust noted that it was twenty minutes
after 10 when ! heard a loud purling
close tosmy ear, and next instant the
man eater was beside me. The shock
was so sudden that almost tainted, and
| there must have been full minute when
| was UNCONSCIOUS of what was going on.
On the ground bes de me was large red
silk handkerchief When Icouid realize
what was passing the tiger was playing
with that, exactly as g cat would He
tossed it up, caught it. pulled it along
the ground, and for three or four min
utes he had great fun. When he was
through he rubbed against me and
purred, and with my left hand |
smoo,hed his back. The old fel ow
purred louder and louder, but after mo-
meat some noise in the village disturbed
him, and he uttered low growl and
walked off without even turning his
head. Five minutes later he attempted d
to leap into the window of 4 hut, got
caught in the small opening, and WI
killed him while he was thus held ,
prisoner. There was a witness as t
what happened between the tiger anc
myself Unknown to me, one of the
hunters had slipped back to one of th'
huts for drink of water, aud he saw
the tiger skuIking along between tn
huts having entered the village by nev
route He was not over forty feet from
Us, as the beast made himself so agreea
bic
Captain Stevens Of the Bengal Infan
try was on one occasion waiting IN rs
vine for a shot at ti-er which the beat
, ers were trying to drive out Of q th;cket
when the beast approached him from be
hind Its presence was not known unit
it uttered an uneasy whine. When tn
Captain whirled around he could pu
upset for the moment, during which tt
tiger smelled of his legs several time
, and licked hs long boot legs, which Ia
been freshly o led that morning. Aft
: three or four minutes, the beaters con
: ing neater with their confusion, the tig
uttered low growl and trotted off, ar
r fifteen minutes late tore a native all
pieces.
: While in the lion country on the Ca
| Of Coed Hope a party Of thirty of
: were one day crossing a sandy plain. v
/ were not within q mile Of the wood
and it was the hottest hour Of the day.
q sudden cry vas raised, and big g
q came charg ng Us across the no, satd
: He came from the woods, and that IN
e out the slightest provocation on our PAL
J. and he came for blood \ dozen II
FREQ at him, ard he was hit twice befo
!" he reached Us, but he came right ahea
| and had knocked native down and "
! standing over him when he got his Qu
/ Us He was an immense fellow a
Il we'll along in years. We trltd TO (
!, .ornc expiaDat on of his conduct q