Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-03
IT WAS DISAGREEABLE.
4, BRITISH ARMY OFFICER HELD At
BAY by THREE TIGERS.

ne striped Ecnats fisy M Nfounu
Him-Arned, bot Too Nervous to Hit
One Of tho Man Eaicn--rhs Death
Cry Of His uors. Attracts iiis friends.
'sreii you the most exciting adventure Of
my llfci" said Lieut.. Charles H. stewart,
formerly Of her mnjesty'a army In the In
dla service. hut now n resident % Birming'
ham, Ala. "weil. met with quite n mum
Der Of moro or les thrilling adventures
hunting lions and tigers In the jnnalcs,
but only once did lose all hope. shall
never forget that hunt. In fact I sbuddcr
every time l think Of IL. Two other Of.
fiolAs, English visitors In India. and my.
scif went Into the interior for a tiger hunt
We camped near large Jungle, where
tigers were reported by the natives to he
plentiful. We had three servants with IA,
and In addition cmployed dozen natives.
several Of whom had much sxperisnco In
tiger hunting.
THE hrst day In the jungle we killed =
young tiger. and then we hunted four days
without catching sight IT another. We
would spend tho day beating through tho
Jungle and return to our camp nj night
There WAS plenty ~ smaller game. but wo
were out for tiger or nothing The sixth
day out We went into portion Of the Jun.
glc where IL was not 10 dense. and wo
could make our way on horseback very
well. We kept pretty we'll together until
noon. but found no game. At noon we
stopped to cat n cold lunch. and, n u was
extremely hot, the others Of the party do
cided 70 fcs, for two hours before they pro-
eeeded
ma had rErpicAnrSr.
while the others were resting mounted
my horse and rode slpn. toward small
stream short distance 10 tho right of our
camp. Along the hank the jungle was 20
dense that my hora' could not get through.
I turned 10 10 back 10 camp, bat had ad.
vancsd only few steps when my horse
ltoppcd with = loud snort Of terror. I
looked ahead, and there. not more than 100
feet away. were three ofthe largest tiger,
lever saw. They were standing still. and
seemed undecided whether to attack Us OF
to run away. Ny horse was trembling
with fright and could not move him for.
ward or backward. | raised my gun TO
shoot, then lowered IL again. for | realized
that II I killed or cfippisdons Of the bc,sts
thcothers would bs upon me before Ieould
IRE again.
''rho tigers seemed still undecided what
10 do. and shouted at them a. hard a.
could, thinking po~ibly ! might brighten
them away. AZ tho sound OF my voice no
bcasts dashed their tails and began Ia play
about like huge cats. but all tho time they
were advancing toward me. For few
seconds was thinking very fast. trying 10
decide on some plan OF action. I thought
Of urging my horse forward and riding
right past them n rapidly NJ possible. |
buried my spurs In my horses sllcs. bnt
he would not move. Every moment tho
frishtful looking beasts were coming near-
or and nearer.
snow they were creeping aud gliding
through tho tall grass, just a. a cat creeps
upon bird. thought Of another plan,
and lost no time In putting Il into effect.
bending forward removed my feet from
tho s;srrups, raised myself out OF tho
saddle and slipped along the back Of the
horse until dropped 10 the ground. The
horse was now between ne aud tho tigers,
aud II he would only stand still until they
sprsng upon him might DO ablo 10 cncapc
unnot!ced during tho struggle knew
would follow. Ny horse seemed raraiyzei
with fear. and l began slowly backing
away.
CHASED mr. IIrE nEAsr1
Il had not gone ten feet when saw three
great tawhy bodies rise In tho air and come
down on the back aud neck Of my poor
horse. When tho horse felt the sharp tscth
and ciaws tearing into his flesh he sayo
one long. pltoous. almost human cry and
then began TO struggle forhis life Taking
advantage Of this struggle was getting
away AZ fast a. possible. ! saw my horse
W down with the tigers tearing at his
throat and sides, and know tho struggle
would soon 10 over for moment felt
Twas safe, aud turning started on a run
toward camp After running few steps
Hooked hack. and. 10 my horror. saw ono
Of the Tigers comlsg bounding after inc.
His hideous Jaws were covered with blood
and his eyes gleamed like halls OF ilre
~ turned aud raised my rifle, but before
could pull the trigger saw tho other two
tigers leave the dead hofsc and come
bounding toward me. Then | los, hope.
Great drops OF preparation rolled down my
face. and my knees were 80 weak could
scarcely stand determined 10 risk shot
at the tlrst tiger anyway. aud reduce the
fearful odds had TO contend against
hired. but my nerves were TOO weak, and
missed. Al the sound OF tho shot all three
Of the beasts stopped for moment, then
they began creeping forward for spring.
II said prayer Of some Kind and gave
myself up for lost IL seemed to mo
stood there m age watching those angry
BEASTS creeping rearer and nearer. My
nerves were about to give way entirely un-
der the terrible strain when | heard n
noise behind me. A moment later deaf.
eninS yolley Of rifle shots. and then sank
TO the ground In a faint. The cry Of my
horse had been heard ut the camp, aud
half n dozen Of the native hunters were
cent out To SEQ II ! was In trouble. They
came up lust In tlme and the well aimed
shots from their heavy rifles killed all
.hroc OF the beasts. Elmira Telegram.