The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1891-02-07
A NIGHT WITH A TIGER.
ro.ng tho Thrilling Adventure OF
Two Bachelors In Iadia

Ia catering tho drawing room 'h-r" were
tgsa doors this must BE- borne in mind,
ire house Itself was old fashioned, a
20 and nany,sshI.i oar, standing
tie Aloa. and solitary In spacious
rl.LIsn; al tho windows hal ba"g r.ns1l
suI tho ialou.ir, shut and .r'uFri
from tho outsider the iaity'srass blAsiis a
iha para hal been rnll.d up and pl' away
IN another blasing morning called . iAr'I
refreshing shade
Tho iscal,y was near that part ~ VI
,i-l,a called the SuBdeTbuuds, ,nFunfhN4Eh
the GsnF-s ssIs4Hd, ith brsnehrs q
pru.rhc, the -. = labyrinih II c3Nak' sud
rivers. Of luusi- aHi stasnAn, water. N"
uisht was perfectly nnr, but mn"ric''i
if-rs was a heavy dew rApliiy falling, Ike
uisiy rAia, Wish Ia b.; e1uHtT.y, Ia : per
icrt!y naigrA! occurrence.
lN.nt into the ,rawtn :, rtsotn hy what NAV
u, r.li-i the ta.ssdlnr ~ u led into The back
.iraW.rg. r,.,tn 4ni smaller oau 81 tho two.
tho oihrr. a f-r Larger aTl.rtGs"n'. ootnunhi'
ss.'si with this one ~ srvsi fo+ilus doors
o: ss1.i and white. The back drawsns f,r''n
was very full Of Furniture. rather incpn'
sUulrufiy 90 A, vas carrying an arm
fol ~ tsriig,. and Lea my disrnsas~'i hand a
ball. vyc isa,rrn. Proceeded With i'1-r.
ah- ,nslFity ,hoash slowly. bu' thea 81
course l know the Fu"ti. anil oneli have
Isuuu % aiy ds,,ilAIipa la the dar@ Whai
struck mo e, bah curious anu trfiiHiit"
yya.-'itr fancy that tho TgsHtn a-riari mH9r
i.Ht.-ir,i than .syr with tho furniture. hAFa,
ID .hssae.i rosewood iurBitgr', that hid
d. rs nia.ir IN ta4frh the grand piano Tbs
yaFlsls .rtial-s looked - u uscy had ts7rn
Ir.ssui aisFgl ih- rnutl- Possibly ihr
iaf.nsss .t.lyr and aFuuni tho t'll-i 20"
iiIu. %. anyway thy hal tho spI-arauss
4 having uc~h Gradually spread toward
'hr T-EtTr ~ tho rurtn, Jwuni te4sy
a.d salii tabs T. vss ihls table ihatI
gyisLr,i 4, S. g. I walked vvFy slowly,
rarity t~s-au.r III not wish 80 spiN Co."
looks that IL .i-.ut tho last hour Ia collect
ias, Ani parity trau-r "f sn uua7n4Hi
any hurrib.r feeling iha' bal eusur otrr nc.
hi. pl.ft Of tis- hEas- vls quite ,!lrgt. Ia
deed u was uft.s 60 uG aa -y"uins. Ny
Lsulaur h-i rass-i use On hls way ~
81. -. narin. ,-.rn ziiAay ~ MasirutSr'' AMI
..s .iss,,, ,-s,n.s is.-l s-s --- q. SD, .-----
-s..xx ..=x tcgi 1919 ~. a., n, Shs- b''>>-
va. pra.-isc.!ly - one .;"ri'i onr, rambling
aud full Of aus.rs. having ts-rH buii s''N
,aiL-,i a. ~ yaFtlla titars, hrrv anu Inc"
tI;i., .tAlnr.sss a'f'sfnr,i "lt i"-dIni ="
trnr passage, and unexpected cpp'saf'ls.
the hack drawing NON door iisr!f Uis'as'i
fgua a stiu q .,hi of rtv stair "
had .ncpuui~tr,i two small chair
ard an overturned musl- ,'ani.
s;oosi s;ii for .~rosh. looking for
clear tlassa-u ani ,hcTvby EI-i4u-
Ito lantern hish EnI vii 10 font Of w't
a. is.nsr,i anii the eUfsp'.-i" silence thai
F-irn-,i an immense tiger slowly rrnas~l
the Path Of sh,. turning On me Nv" barn
iu. yellow -y-s, giratnins Ike VIVID %
pa.r. stood ihFrc IA r'irrn~i 'crnr and
hr.ni ms bcaFt tcai, l.. uipaih was ~ -
b parted anL running with s1iva. - VIDE
va, IL hanging 1t-n VI the rnrnrr. that tho
.~rra,s.i edge. Of ih- bower hpA wrr
plainly visible Il safri wiih sioadfasl
look - such sfinu.us cruelty, slrh c'n
seians maIis-uity that - fnrsr NY H..si aud
turned nv limbs in .l1u~, TIis hes ripisru
Of .tghi aud feeling was 81 r'urs". ~" I'm
prra.l1u 81 one vivid conception Condensed
b. = minute. ssuuy.
Tn, uryr .rUssr,i the inita E1A'iin. ~
the RON with uuis-l.>- swinging SAT, as
" api--.r-d - have %, = iu1m u" nhssur.
h., near the piano. 80 IL vanished 1ai1 OBJ
s-Yttly bCyuui-that -, ug;tlac tho 18th
way of tic Lantern, Ishi. stood perfect.
Is imm1yablr, s'i'l clutching the booss
with my left arm. fiill hDisilI z ;h- lantern
before inc sigil gazing ~ the p.arc II lad
creased. Hud sriftrFu'iy forever t''.nr
that awful iOlS uIuu the usfT's br al lace
IL seemed "a II my "y's saw The tArr,
though my miui bal rAi,4Iy sarrrst'i TIC
Utfhtful probability that tho lgur was be-
lad me. At tho Same time, 10y suinr dual
mental rrurra-. 10 was bp.liuE out h1p1
hat tho animal had passed through the
..rcai folding DOOR into the dars room Q
road have no rrmcmbrlr - AZ al OF my
mind debating tho next action ! pursued.
u seemed just an instinct iuiBir"d n hy
she body upon iis own account aud for iis
Hwn Immediate preservation.
laid the books very carefully down with
ut making the s.l.,lic.t unnecessary Huisc
nr disturbing the baud that held the IAN
t.'I1i. and thcu raising with slow effort ono
Il tho heavy little chair. that blocked my
p.tssagr, I silently swung II On 10 my
shoulder. sud held 4; 40 that u covered nay
head then turned slowly sIlcwisr With MY
mind impressed with tho necessity 81 keep
,ug ms lantern as far a. possible bchiud
iar- This struck me a. tn" time - clover
and Of uuguCsiionabic Imuoriaucc ~ saw
ing my lie. managed 10 walk gcTty
oUt Of the room. | suppose had been Ia
hyc minutes, but It. seemed Ike weary
hour.
AL closed the door and locked IL my
brother unexpectedly came down the pas.
sage and passed me on the little stairs; no
WAS rather In hurry.
"COdfrcy,' called after him. do you
mind pulling the front door TO iu the large
drawing room ~ you 20 hym II seems
s,raugc now, but could think of nothing
else 10 say then, anu / sad 1t slowly and
quito naturally.
He asscntcd and disappeared, and !, with
out noticing IL at the time. took In the eli 4ir
again and with INV l1ntcrn asccndcd tho
short flight Of stairs, and proceeded along
tho passage 10 my own room, walking slow
iy and guardcdly. The mind had evidently
been 80 shocked that 1t had not recovered
its dominant sway over tho body. Upon
reaching my own room | put the chair
carefully down and Sat upon 1t. Tho lam
tern bad placed on the table at the same
time. I sat there lew seconds fccbly
wondering which room the tiger was in
Then got up with a sudden alacrty, took
from its case large revolver. and turned
into the passage again. In n minute or so
I was in Godfreys room. He was half
dressed. whats the ma,tcri' he demand.
cd, with startled eyes. When l had told
him he took my hand and wrung 1t. "You
may thank God that you are alive, old fell
low" Then he dressed hurrcdly, took
heavy rifle from rack, filed his peck
cts with car, ridges. "Comc along; stay,
let me go first; your nerves arc bit shaky