The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-26
TIGERS ACT LIKE KITTENS.


"He was a brave man, an old hunter, SO
he said no more, but lay very still And
lying still was no easy thing TO do, for the
cubs had grown more lively and were
scratching his face and chest and gnawing
at his legs with their short, but sharp,
teeth. Ire endured it as long as be could,
and then he gave one cub blow with his
elinched fist on the ear that sent it rolling
over On the ground Quick as fash its
mother darted at him and hit him one
crack on the arm that made it fall limp
and bleeding by his side Then he lay
still again and the whelps resumed worry
ing him Presently | noticed slight
movement in his body. He was wrIgghng
little BY little away from the old tiger. to-
ward tree. The cubs did not notice 1t, as
they tumbled over him and over one an
other, and the old devil did not appear to
be aware of it either
BY and by the poor fellow got within
ten feet OF the tree and jumping up made
dash for it. One of the cubs hung to his
ankle and he stepped ON the little brute and
stumbled The old beast was up by this
time, but made move as If to come down
from my tree and sic hesitated moment
between me and him That moment gave
him time to Chamber up the trunk OF the
tree, about six feet, TO the first branch
There his wounded arm failed him and he
hung, unable for d minute to get higher
Tigers do not climb trees, but their jump
ing powers are wonderful. The big cat
left me and in two bounds was at the foot
of the tree The third took her right up
in the air. and she lit on my poor Ahmed
again. They fell from the limb in heap,
and then for the first time the mans cour-
age deserted himAnd he shrieked to NE
for help and 10 his gods for mercy.
CARRIED OFF LIKE A MOUSE
Every cry of the doomed wretch went
through me ike knife, yet what could |
do? She could kill him with one crunch
of her jaws or blow of her heavy paw and
then lay me out long before l could reach
the guns,
''Then followed the most horrible scene
l ever witnessed The tiger began TO give
her whelps practical lesson. She snatched
that poor fellow By the neck and tossed
him about like cat does a mouse, while
his screams almost broke my heart. She
threw him high and let him fall so often.
bounced upon him so hard and sank her
teeth in him in so many places. that his
cries grew weaker and weaker and finally
ceased altogether. He had tainted or had
died and she lost interest in him at once
Leaving his limp body TO tae whelps,
she came over TO my tree a..C walked
around it with her horrible old eyes Gxed
on me- and | expected her TO try jump
for me-. n / climbed up higher. She
watched NE for a long time, and then as
she was evidently hungry, she took Ahmed
by the ac.k, threw him over her shoulder
like an old bag, and walked off into the
Jungle to make meal on him in some
hidden spot, turning for moment TO give
ne one long look that seemed TO say, Fol
low me if you dareP
The whelps trotted along beside her.
shifting at Ahmed's heels as they dragged
on the ground l was too much unnerved
70 follow when l had got my guns again
Even when | think of that scene now
shudder and / can see Ahmed's limp body
being shaken TO and fro, and can hear his
strargled wells and cries for help. which
dared not give New York Tribune.