The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-31
THE BRAVE FELLOW RUSHED FORWARD.

mate of the royal creature in the jun
gle, with open mouth, leaped suddenly
upon us! Motionlcss with amazemcnt
and horror, we stood. Oh! the fearful,
cruel face, as she stood flashing her tail
from side to side! Her hot breath al
most burnt my face as with out
stretched claws she made one fierce
bound toward me, dashing the sepoy in
eront to the ground.
was paralyzed with fear. Surely
my last hour had come! But native
sprung between us, the rifles cracked.
The hunting knives cleaned. 1t was
soon hand-to-hand fight One gallant
young sepoy lay senseless; blood
dripped from the shoulder of another.
Still the enraged tigress held her
ground, while fear and q horrible fas-
cination riveted us to the spot. AL
though bleeding from great wound in
the shoulder, the tigress once more
made ready to spring The ladies were
IN imminent peril. But the brave Hindoo
1octor, knife in hand, plunged almost
INTO the jaws of the tigress in deadly
brace. Over rolled man and beast;
sometimes CLEAN of blood stained
white showed where our poor defender
was writing; but the great, tawny
body of the tigress seemed to fill all
space. No one dared to shoot, for the
rifle shot might kill the man instead of,
she beast. Finally-it might have
seen seconds, but it seemed hours--ar
brave young sepoy rushed up, knife in
hand, his swarthy face under his white,
turban cleaning with excitement
Mem Sahib" he cried. My doctor!
He saved my wife and child. lie must
not die to-dayl" and the brave fellow.
rushed forward into the jaws of death.
His silvcr-hilted knife, sharp as a
Toledo blade, cleaned with lightning
rapidlty; it descended just over the
heart. The tigress gave one scream
that made the jungle reecho, then lay
quiet forever. She had fought bravely
Tor her mate and little ones hidden in
the jungle, but against numbers.
The poor doctor, blood-stained and
senseless, was drawn away from under
the outstretched paw of the dead ami
NAL. The other men escaped with
only few scratches, except the brave
rescner, who had great cash cut in
his brown cheek by the enraged tigress.
The splendid creature lay stretched
on the ground, her golden brown skin,
with its velvety black stripes flecked
with blood, cleaning in the hot Indian.
sun. From tip to tip she measured
twelve fcct. All was joy and excite.
ment, for as we dashed water in the
face of the wounded doctor he opened
his eyes and smiled family.
THANK Cob, the Mem Sahibs are
safe and we echoed his prayer.
Every one was happy. all the bear.
srs and sepoys were making salaam to
MS and each other, hardly excepting
tho dead tigress.
The first tiger had disappeared, nor
we're the men in condition to fight him.
SO. after taking the splendid skin from
The tigress, for which proof of a tigers
Heath the British government gives
forty rupees, we returned to our tents,
delighted with our first tiger hunt.
The great skin, with its splendid
CLEAN of gold AMI ebon that would
charm an artists eye. lies under nv
feet as write. But mover look at Il
without shudder. thinking of that
awful day in the jungle when my life
hung in the balance, and the bravo
Hindoo doctor and the gallant sepoy
turned the scale in my favor Nom
phis Appeal Avalanche.