Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-08-06
A HUNTERS NERVE.
Calmly Facing a Ferocious South
American Tiger.

II was in the state OF Mirandea. New
Venezuela II was three O'Clock IN the
morning. and | was with Manuel. the
tiger hunter. on the mountain After
= hsif-hour Of cautious walking Man
rcl paused at a turn in the narrow
path. and ! felt rather than saw thai;
the dawn of day was at hand. There
was a strange stir in the air. a. though
the feeble breath Of life had come
back To the dead and inanimate nature.
Over beyond the eastern mountain tops
the stars were growing pale The first
faint gray tinge of dawn was coming a
long way of.
Day came slowly noted this with
surprise. for had any number Of times
rad descriptions Of dawn In the trop-
ics wherein IL was represented that day
am with a bound out Of the ~biacknesS
Of the night Perhaps the writers Of
these descriptions had waited untiI the
sun had already redeemed the eastern
SKY before watching for the dawn.
From the time hat I noticed the first
faint gray strraks in the sky until he
sun was actually shining on the noun
tain toP@ Il was perhaps a LITTLE mo--
than an hour. | have seen thu day
hreak in the Rocky mountains IN the
same length of time. with the onIv dit
ferenee that IN thu troPis thu dzy came
more sw fly afs-v the rsSy lights
had eom~ into the ~ Between tn
trt Erays Of the early naming andth~
roy hnrs % artual dav there w4s little
difference in the Corfzl~ras aaa The
Rocky mosntainS
I coGid have wzseh~-4 sh~ vornir~
for another hour bat A. ~-sn - Il va
h-ht -zsuwa - ~ tn sa~rrsrnss5n- .
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vhea coa1 acruFy asr57x shr in
FendaE <aaatsrai ~~xhihtaa Il
vas the p~ak af q hwh rak skas A.
Es~t ovfrAunx th~ 18th thAf he
eaentaailF rh AMI mith ~ssz~ d.
caity cLmh-~t - thr tap Of r. Natu-~
s~vatentlv 49, ia.rnztwf tae r- fer
$3.50 sura p1rps~ A. ta~ fr 4 PAVE
cd v@~ - tae pash sar ~szs~ Dr.
tsasr nn e4eA ~As raaE caz5zF hz~.
sea any aamzl Naks< upz 4 far
a c~onSa&~rshlc d~zssauoc n ~sth~r d.
rwctssu Th-rs w3~ ps~u-v - ~r5-
eTn-e. 49, that tAe asr4ntas~ Of fhsS
pax ~ a h~s&aat ssataaa had h-sn N
Pre@4s@s zz& m~~a ~ osh~r hma.rz
q an naza imdwa.1ss sh.sw-a that
- = rNstN F-r>umaAv ti-ez bal
cru@es~s th~nr IN w4is fnw Ea~asu-~x-
80 rurE Thx suxev zve NJ
Ei& ~ensasas@ l-at b. rr&@,zaav
sase fnEa tire attack - a tl-er in Ia
rsah b~Iew. bat ] hss5ta,~a - ,hiuk
what weud - IT, nesnit Il \ tzrr
esme mp &nd foaa3 m~ o.rcupv5nr al
private T~r~nzl estlo.sx
hh~u I N1s Comfortably e~azrvas~s
b hEna the ru-k. aithuuxh IL a n.~ti.sn
TIA. F-rnSfscd M - k-~p careful
watch of the exposed pzrts - he rafh-
NAnaei disappeared he va stand
tnE BY ths lac of-the nek ase no
memI AMI h arxt mous~ns ~ haa
vsntshcG He mn>t have gue ike
serpent for heard M Ssun.I Thea I
was alo0e "a a tigers fAvurlte r~Sart in
an Eninhzhit~f >sputh American forrest
IL Wa hardly 4 pleasant @~nSatioa. -
p~raaily a. ny revolver seemoi 10 h.
a. doubtless il Wa a = i-nassequase
weapon \ suspicion uixh. hav.
crossed my min that Manuel had lef,
ne there a. a halt for = tiger. but |
not give il a moments eredeace
There were noises on the mountain
side by this time. and some Of them
were 50 distinct that I could distinguish
them Small animals were scamp.riur
about in the underground and birds
were calling in the trees A CONNIE
o among the birds some distance
down the path attracted my attention.
n wondered If a tiger had stirred
them mp or If Manuel had strayed as
lar away as that. A few moments
later there was another
In the distance on she other hand of
me, but ! gave little heed To IL On
the right-hand side of the path = small
creature, something like a North
woodchuek. STONED short m
his ~'eisureiy morning walk and snind
at the air. was to lee
ward of him in the light breeze that
had sprung NJ. and so he could not
scented me- He shifted q moment
IN the direction of the first disturbance.
and then suddenly dived headlong into
the underground Assuredly there was
something of to windward that he w,s
afraid Of The disturbance ceased
after a time and then the moup:sin side
was still again
Looking Down over the rock a few
later | found Manuel gazing
up al me he pointed 4~sy of to the
left IN the direction of the second dis
and again disappeared II Is
probable that on this occasion he hid
himself in the underground alongside
the path ! gave my undivided atten-
20 ;he distant f~iuttering of birds
was u curious sort of eircus that the
haEds were having. The little things
sireisd aoou; in the tops Of the trees
sSS seFesSee shrlAy one - tie osAsT.