The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-06-02


crushed out of h m. and shouted wild
~ to Shuwayo. and struggled madlv t.
force my way through the few feet of
distance thai separated me from the
brave boy in the tigers clutches In a
! moment | recovered my wits and set t..
work again on all tours and made al
haste to the rescue. ! was Thus cr-r> =
ing forward. when. Just as my head
projected around one of the in:
Vulnerable angles of the path received
Il crushing blow on my shoulder 1t
was .he tiger, and if that blow had hit
my head instead of my shoulder. I
should not be here telling about it. Az
1t was, my pistol was knocked out Of
my hand, and had Just time to throw
my left arm over my head as some
slight protection, when dow II calur that
great paw again, and there was fiat
on my face, with the fctid breath of the
mAn-rHtrr hot on my neck, as helpless
as ever was a mouse under the claws of
Il cat.
tried to mOre myself backward a
little. thinking that might get nv
right hand on to my pistol and 50 free
myself: but my captor was far toe
sharp for that. and nothing but my left
arm saved me from instant DEATH as he
struck me again 9th that cruel paw
This time he did not stop with a blow
but seized my hand in his mouth and
with dcviliSh deliberations as it seemed
t" me. crushed the flesh and bones
from the wrist to the elbow. The
agony drew a cry from me in spite of
my efforts to suppress it, and that cry
probably saved my life. for it guided
our brave Shuwavo to my rescue. 1t
seemed an age to me then. though
1t could have been but a few seconds, be.
fore the Burman reached the spot.
The tiger. being very pleasantly en-.
gagged with me, neglected to properly
guard his TANKS, and the hunter was
able to hold his heavy pistol within
tOot'of the beasts ear and blow the
brute brains out at one shot.
The sound of that shot was the last
When | recovered consciousness !
found myselfin mvsbed at the bungalow.
My left arm had been amputated at slc
elbow, and was doomed to travel
through life with the empty sleeve that
You see. Harbish, spoor fellow, had
been terribly torn by the claws and
teeth of the tiger, though he had been
spared the loss of any limb. When the
men entered the copse they found both
liarblsh and me under the dead tiger,
and had dragged US out. as they sup
posed. dead. too, and indeed doubt if
any two rash hunters ever bearded the
tiger in his den as rcckles>lv as we did
and lived to tell about it. When I re-
covered they brought me the skin of the
tiger. 1t was unusually large and fine
ly marked. and when get to England
| expect to see it on the library floor,
where it has lain for many years asa,
memento of my first tiger hunt. St
Louis Globe-Democrat. "
Could Not BE. al
Why should we laugh at other pep
pies ignorance? 1t would be hard to
say, perhaps: but meantime the laughter
will 60 on. and as every one is ignorant
about something, and therefore gets
laughed at in his turn. there NAV be ne
great harm done. so long as the mirth
IS without malice. An exchange saws
that lady belonging to community
called the Sisters of - John the Bap-,
fist, of New York city. was spending
month in backwoods district. Short,
ly after her arrival she went to the post
office and inquired if any letters had
come for Sister Bernardine. The rural
postmaster looked bewildered
Sister wl.3?" he asked -. "
SISTER Bernardine," repeated tire
lady. "a sister of st. John the Baptist. -
The postmaster could not help laugh.
ing. We'll. I should rather think not.
he said. Il guess he's been dead pretty
near a hundred years now" -Youth's
Companion.
The Fa &,ionable Fuel.
A fashionable iuel--for what is there. d
that has not grades of ele,
gance?-is the spectrum wood of the
drawing-room hearth. This is fireplace
lengths, of the timbers of old whalinis ]
vessels which. seasoned by many vow
age and saturated with Accumulated
drlppings of whale oil. afford beautiful
blaze as they burn themselves out OF.
andironS. AS the. supply is to
some extent limited. and as it cannot
be manufactured in day but must ac:
crue with the years. it is likely to be
kept sufficiently rare to retain it's ex-
elusive and consequently choice and
fashionable characteristic. - N. Y.
Times