Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-03-04

Of the morning was q mere random
chance; nevertheless they both counted
as misses. II he were to escape me
third time / might as we'll bury my
rifle and retire from the world of sport
While was rejecting upon such mat.
tiers, the shouts of the beaters, al
though faint. were clearly distinguished
from the cooling of countless doves,
which always cause confusion in o
drive until the men close up Present
ly the wild cries and yells sounded al
most close to me, as the heaters arrived
on the sky line of the hills, and began
TO descend toward the glen which I
commanded. The tiger would probably
make for the jungles where he had
killed the buffalo, from which we had
driven him in the morning; in that case
he must cross the river and must be
opposed by line of stops.
was keeping sharp lookout.
when suddenly splendid sight pre-.
sented itself. A tiger which looked
enormous emerged at trot from the,
jungle on my left, and for moment
halted in the dry bed of the river be-
tween the forest-covered hills He was
then in bright green grass about two
feet high, which grew among the large
rounded stones that formed the rivers
bed. would not fire, as he was quite
one hundred and forty yards distant,
and although l knew that / could hit
him, having already taken steady
rest with my elbow on the knee, the
shot would not have been sufficiently
accurate to kill him without further
trouble. Having stood and listened at.
tentively upon the edge of the stony
channel, which was in that place about
thirty yards in width, he determined to
cross into the jungles upon the oppo.
site hillside; without further hesitation
he walked quickly to ward the other
bank. This was terrible disappoint-
ment; he would escape from the bentl
At this moment heard a sound like
short cough from a tree nearly fac
ing the advancing tiger. He stopped
suddenly in the middle of the channel
well done; stopP' I inwardly ex-
claimed.
The tiger stood and listened then,
turning abruptly to his left, he trotted
along the center of the dry channel,
direct for my position. Again he
halted, as though he had changed his
intention, and turning to the right he
made straight for his first direction to
the opposite bank. A crack was heard,
as though some person had clapped
his hands. The tiger again halted and
listened with keen suspicion. "Ha!
Ho" voice uttered from treetop on
the rivers bank This decided the
tiger; he turned quickly round and
trotted back into the jungle from
whence he came. "Bravo! Stop! Beau
tifully done!" We had him once more
within the beat in thick jungle, and the
beaters were closing up in a half-crcle.
l felt sure that the tiger, having been
turned twice, would not attempt that
same place again, therefore | turned
my stool to face the front, as | knew
that he could not remain long without
either breaking back through the beat.
ers or showing himself upon the open.
Suddenly heard man clap his hands
from tree on my extreme right; by
this knew that the tiger was headed,
when trying to break out in that di'
rection. In less than minute heard
"Ho, no." in another spot; the stops
were behaving splendidly; without
them l would have had no chance.
The line of beaters yelling their loud
est and two tom-toms rafting like the
roll upon drum had now closed into
three parts of circle and l began tc
fear that the tiger had managed to
stink away between the stops, Sud
denly | heard three short but terrific
roars close in my right front. In an
instant l knew that he had broker
cover, although could not see him
owing to the thick limb of the tree just