The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-23

the tiger il he appeared. but he did not mp
tear While all the village slept we stood
watch. rifles on tho cock but, though the
e,ai kr,, up "a continual bleating for hours
She drew no other audience than few lack-
ais and hyenas Nest morning the head man
said 10 MS:
GAS the woman was very fat she would last
the tiger for m extra meal or two. lie would
not have touched the goat anyhow, but To-
night he will come into the village in search
of victim You must plan accordingly
I'm the afternoon we had one Of tie families
yacate ineii iut nra brought mp the dummy
and Land it in the sleeping corner No thr'
took possession 0f the next cabin, only about
thirty feet away. and cut two openings IN the
wall 10 command the door Of the FIRST Inc
ueoplc went a. their work rs usual and re-
turped M the usual time. and cNcrybody was
inside before the sun went down. What we
hoped for was that the tiger would prowI
through the village, trying each opening 10
effect ON entrance. and we had left this door
81, that Do could open b. We did rot look for
him before, u'cl0cs. md were taking tning-
easvat about when Vc heard al uproar al
fine other end of tho village We two ran
out. but were too late The tiger had APP
peared. burst ia adoor hy fncing his weight
AGAINST IL. and had seized and carried OF a
boy about $ years oh The villagers were
frantic with grief whom they learned OF the
TACT, aud the bead man said TO as while the
tears ran down hi, checks
"Ah. sah.bs but we may as well abandon
our homes tomorrow. This is wise and
cunning tiger, and yor can do nothing with
him. ID we do not 50 away, he vii cat Us
up
We quoted the people as best we could,
and next day went about i'm person 70 make
every hat secure Every window opening
was barred. and every door provided with a
prop 1t was characteristics OF the simple
minded natives that. while they lived in
mortal dread, more than half the huts were
so badly secured that The tiger could have
entered. We had % wait again for the
tiger TO Get hungry As the crops
could now take care of themselves for a few
DAYS, $50 ordered that the villagers keep
quiet and show themselves as little as posi-
Die, and two nights ami days We're thus worn
away. On the afternoon ~ the third day we
killed n goat and dragged its bleeding body
from the creek 10 the door Of the hut where
in we had placed the dummy, and at twilight
the village was %, quiet a graveyard
The major and 7 stood at openings about
five feet apart. and at 10 o'clock wo had got
no alarm. Ie came over 20 me 10 say that
he was dying for a smoke, and 20 ask If l
deemed 10 advisable % light a cigar, when ]
heard pat pat. pat. outside. and cautioned
him that the tiger was abroad The cum
ming beast had not come by the trail wo had
prepared, but had made a circuit and struck
into the upper or southern end Of the village
As we afterwad ascertainel, he had been
prowiing around for on hour, softly trying
every door in succession. our openings were
on the south side. The cunning beast seemei
t0 Dee posted COS to Obi, fact and fingered on
the north side. We plainly heard him push
al our door ana rear up and claw lhe bars of
the window. aud we hardly breathcd Tor fear
of frightening him away There was q
creyico under the door through which
one could have showed his hand, and the
tiger cot down and sniII and nu,rel
at this opening for fully five min
utes Then be got up and remained very
quiet. De must have bad zine scent Of the
fresh blood only two rods away. bIt 10 was
plain that Doe had his suspicious. We stood
al the openings. each one with bis gun thrust
ont and ready To- fire, when the beast sud-
denly made up his mind % act With one
bound Dee emerged from shelter and covered
half the distance to tho other cabin. At the
second la wont bang against fhe door. pushed
it iu. and was hidden from our sight before