Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-08-06

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The disturbances came q lit:le nearer
but il seemed TO me thas il moved very
slowly. II n tiger were coming along
the path he should. in nv opinion. have
made better time. / Gained nv imPa-
thence by assuring myself that If it
were a tiger he would come fast enough
when he once got wind Of me. IL was
a long half hour Of suspense before tho
disturbance came within reasonable
distasicc- Before half of that time hal
passed was satisfied that something
very Objectionable TO birds was walk
ing leisurely along the path, and per-
haps stopping now and then in the
hope Of surprising n of the birds IN
awareS
At length the thin & was just beyond
the turn in the path In a moment or
two ! should sec what il was Then
became conscious that Manuel was
standing in the middle Of the path.
with his short spear held in a horizontal
Position owe his shoulder. This was
interesting and at the same time very
suggestive. ] concentrated my entire
nervous system in an intense contem-
plation of tho turn in the path The
suspense was awful.
All. what was that? A striped and
spotted animal suddenly stood u in
the open His long tail swung slowly
from side 10 side. and his smooth coat
moved n~ervously VITA some passing
emotion 1t was the tiger of the Sczfh
American forests lie had stopped with
one foot advanced, and with his head
in the attitude Of attention lie had
seen something Is. s'e path before him.
IL was Manuel, who was standing a.
immovable as the rocf beside him IL
was a beautiful beast AL sill and soft
ness and graceful curves thought il
a pity that 50 beautiful a thing should
b. hunted to the death. but at the same
time reflected that this wonderfully
beautiful exterior cover ID a nature that
was n living incarnat on OF ~ferocity.
do not know how long Manuel and
the tiger faced each other there in the
narrow path like gladistorS Ii seemed
a very long time ThE, was the test
The tiger waited inStinctiyelT To see the
strange thing before him turn and run
away as everything else in the forest
invariably did. but greatly to his sur
prise the thing stood its ground like an
l~mmovable rock The tiger was king
of he forest and he knew IL and when
he had made up his mind that this
thing was not going to rtn he came
forward slowly 10 investigate This
was courage. even in a wild brute. and
! respected him for II doubt if the
lion or the tiger Of India has this IN
shakable nerve
looked at Manuel A. the tiger came
slowly and cautiously along The path
lie stood Ike a bronze statue. with his
spear held over hi> ugat shoulder. Not
y, mach A. an ey-iid moved confess
that during this trying time ] Nas n Bat
nervous This Wa q Few way OF
hunting n mc and decided novelty
in the actionS Of a Wild hast which
had not boen attacked I should ex-
p~rt an attack fron a grizzly bear after
Z had beca wor1i~l bat assn--dly the
h=ar wuuh not tAkc The aggressive a.
tAts hthe ard t~aE;ifal h-Ass was do
* iwill zr<noEics-e that nv heart
thumP-d against my blse flannel SHIRT
- bard th=t ! Wzs AFRAID shat the ns.i~e
Eoalt attract tn aftenti01 Of the
u-rr
Slowly came the tiger, ike a ru~k
Stu-a Manuel II looked A. though the
49, bad be~n reversed and that the
tiger iaste@i % the half-broed. wzS the
hmnfer-
A. lenzth the tiser was within toach-
INK distance Of the man lie looked
thu bruaze SURE over from head TO foot
4n& thea thrust forward his bead and
sni1ea ~ the mans feet Back the
gre@t be@st sPrang like a steel spring.
The 3-ure Nas flesh and blood
The tigers tail twiiched back AMI
forth Gkea fail The great jaws opened
IN a snad- Quickly the beast measured
hs distance and erOuched with CULVER
ing sineNS for a spring. Such calm
courage vas grand beyond all descrip-
tio1 Ii was matched only by the
sse@ifaS; nerve of the man
Nov came the crisis / could see the
haze muscles hesving under the striped
skIn In another second the tiger
would leap upon his prey In that in
staat the hunter male a motion with
bis left arm a. quick as light itself lie
tore \ handkerchief from his neck and
thrust IL full in the tigers face. Tn
Wcnf the tigers head in a culver of
electrical -anazefnent Then the hum
tiers Pcised right arm shot forward
with Incredible force and the spear
buried itself half way 10 the handle in
the tigers neck
Al u Mas nohly done. and through
out !; al fncm the beginning until the
wonderfaI ending. the hunte rs nerve
never f4lterod - much as by a hairs
b1cadth Before ooul1-cz.ch nv breath
and swallow the lnaps Of apprehension
that bad risen unbsddea in nv throat
the fierce has; was dead in the path
scrambled down from the rock AID
stoS~t beside the dead foreS: king
MANUEL picked up his handkerchief and
pulled out his spear There was a faint
suggestion Of a smile about his i'm
passive fare-
Dies the Senior Americana mlieve7-
he asked
lie docs answered. and reached
him my hand in that universal brother
hood of man which civilization can
never effaee. By the side of that dead
tiger the savage and the son of civiliza-
tion were on the one common level of
man There could be no difference
y Y Recorder.
False Dfgai.y-
Simplicity of manners Joined with
strong. sturdy eommon sense. Is one nf