Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1890-06-13

instead, but could feel sort of jar as
the tiger moved about. He made
thorough inspection of every thing in
the front room, and then turned his at
tention to me. My revolver was in my
baggage, and so was entirely destitute
of weapons. had seen the native wear
ing long knife during the day, and l
called to him to know if he had it with
him. He was crying with fear, and
would not answer me. went over to
him and found the knife in sheath at
his belt, and when l had it in my hand
my courage came back in moment
About that time the tiger had discov-
cred that the only victims in the cabin
were behind the partition, and he found
ed against it right opposite me with
force that made every thing crack Left
to himself he would have knocked it |
down in short order, but | was there to |
interfere. hacked him with the knife, |
and from the way he snarled and spit |
knew that had cut him. He withdrew
to the far end of the room, growing
menacingly, and could hear him lick
the blood which the knife had drawn.
The general situation was far from
pleasant BY knocking on the rear
shutter and calling out / could make
Captain White understand how matters
were, but on second thought felt that
1T would be to his risk. The tiger might
go out at the opening any moment, and
If he encountered any one outside
tragedy was certain. To alarm the vii
lage was to bring about the same thing.
Even if could get out of the rear win
dow by forcing open the shutter the tiger
had only to go out of the other window
at the same time to pick me up. / felt
that / was pretty fair match for him
with the knife in my hand and hoping
that he would give up and leap out of
the window after receiving another cut
decided to wait. l could just make
him out as he lay on the floor near the
door, and ! was standing close to the
partition when he suddenly uttered a
roar of anger and charged. He struck
the sliding door with a great smash,
and his right forepaw struck at me
through one of the openings hacked at
it and gave him severe cut in the leg.
This time he set up such dreadful
roar of pain and rage that half the vii
lage was aroused by the noise. He
drew back and ran along the partition,
probably hoping to find weak spot,
and three several times he reared up on
his hind legs, seized the BAN boos in his
teeth and shook them as you have seen
a dog worry at a root when digging at
the hole of some wild animal. Then
he bounded toward the front and sought
to go out of the window but stuck in
the opening, snarling and growing, and
finally dropped back. He tried this
three times and then gave up. AS we
afterward discovered, there was huge
silver on the log at the top of the
opening. This pointed inward. AS the
tiger crowded his bulk into the opening
he pressed this silver up against the
log. When he undertook to go out the
silver diminished the size of the open
ing and stuck in his back like dagger.
The uproar he made alarmed Captain
w HUG anu lic Callcu Oub W KNOW Wndt
was the matter.
1.-THE tiger is in the front room and
can't get outn answered,
"Why don't you shoot himp
''The guns are in the room with him. y
When l had fairly explained the stu.
alton he advised that be on my guard
and ready to use the knife, and that il
would not be safe to make any new
move until we had daylight to aid u.s.
did not know at that time that the tiger
could not get out where he came in, or !
could have forced the rear shutters and
escaped from the hut The beast skunk
into corner and lay there for time
whining and growing. Then he tried
the opening again, and when he found
himself prisoner, he sat up on END
and howled with fear. believe could
have then driven him about with 8
stick.
As the tiger lost his ferooity the ma
tive with me regained his courage, and
by and by he got up and found heavy
stick among the bales of goods and stood
, ready to assist me in beating off any
new attack While the entire village
, was awake, no one moved out of hi.
) house, and all waited for the coming
, OF daylight At intervals of fif
teen minutes Captain White sans
out to us to know if we were all right
. and about an hour before daylight hi
| warned me that the beast would NJ
0 doubt fly into fury with the first sign,
of day. From midnight to two O'Clock
$ the tiger was not quiet over five min
| utes at time. He would sit and snar
and whine and lick his wounded paw.
a for time and then go circling around
Q the room and growing in a wav to max,
l me shlver. As he passed along tn,
r partition, rubbing his head against it
q his eyes had a CLINT in them which
$ haunted me for months afterward.
: Upon the approach of daybreak tn,
4 man-eater began to grow more restless
: 1t was time for him to be off to his lair
}. but he was prisoner. just as the frs
! faint light came he tried the window
again, and his efforts to get out were S,
d determined that thought he would sue
e coed. When he finally drew back h,
}, was ripe for mischief We could max,
e him OUT plainly Eow, and as he dropped
d back to the floor the native gasped out
by my life, Sahib, he is the larges
e tiger in all India"
e l thought so, too, and subsequen
= msasurements astonished every body