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

! " to >huWaNO. and struggled madlv t.
! force my way through the few feet of
| distance tina; separated me from the
| brave boy in the tigers clutches. In a
moment | recovered nv WITS and set t..
! WORK again on all tours and made al
hast" to the rescue. ! was TINS cr-r1
| ing forward. when. just as my head
| projected around one of the in
! Vulnerable angles of the path, received
crushing blow on my shoulder. 1t
WAS .he tiger, and if that blow had hit
my head instead of my shoulder. |
should not be here telling a about it. As
it was, my pistol was knocked out Ct
my hand, and | had Just time to throw
my left arm over my head as some
slight prot, rtiVn W hen ,lu>, IL CANT. that
great paw again, and there | was fiat
ON my face, with the frtid breath of the
mAn-r"t"r hot on my neck. as helpless
as ever WAS Il mouse under the claws ui
Il cat.
tried t" mOre myself backward a
little. thinking that | might get my
| right hand on t" my pistol, and 50 free
! myself: but my raptor was far toe
sharp for that. and nothing but my left
arm saved IN" from instant death. as he
struck me again 9th that cruel paw.
This tim" he did not stop with a blow.
but seized my hand in his mouth and
with dcviliSh drliheration. as it seemed
to me. crushed the flesh and bones
from the wrist to the elbow. The
agony drew cry from me in spite of
my efforts to suppress it, and that cry
probably saved my life. for it guided
our brave ShuWayO to my rescue 1t
seemed an age to me then, though
it could have been but Il few seconds, be.
fore the Burman reached the spot
n" tiger. being very PLEASANTLY en-.
gagged with me. neglected to properly
guard his Hanks, and the hunter was
able to hold his heavy pistol within
to"t'"f the beasts ear and blow the
brute brains out at one shot.
The sound of that shot was the last
thing remembered for some time
When | recovered consciousness
found my>elfin IN vbed at the bungalow.
My left arm had been amputated at one
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 bcon
spared the loss of any limb When the
men entered the copse they found both
liarbish 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 rccklcS>lv as we did
and lived to tell about it. When 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 wears as a
mementO OF my first tiger hunt st.
Louis GlobeDemocrat.
Could Not BE.
Why should we laugh at other peo-
pies ignOranccH 1t would be hard to
say, perhaps: but meantime the laughter
Will go on. and as every one is ignorant
about something. and therefore gets
laughed at in his turn. there may be ne
great harm done. so long as the mrth ,
is without malice. An exchange says +
that lady belonging to a community
called the SISTERS of - John the Bap- j
tist, of New York city. was spending
4 month in d backwoods district. Short-
ly after her arrival she went to the post,
office and inquired if any letters had I
come for Sister Bernardine The rural
postmaster looked bewildercd.
"SiSter wltb?" he asked >.
''SiStor
lady. IA sister of St John the Baptist. -
The postmaster could not help laugh. !
ing. "Well. should rather think not, i
he said. guess he's been dead pretty
near a hundred years now Youths
Companion. I
The Fa s,ionable Fuel.
\ fashionable iuel--for what is there !
nowadays that has not grades of clc. /
the spectrum wood" of the !
hearth This is fireplace
lengths. of the timbers of old WHALING
vessels which. seasoned by many WOW
age and saturated with accumulated !
drippings of whale oil,afford a beautiful |
blaze as they burn themselves out OF.
glittering andirons. As the supply is to ,
some extent limited, and as it cannot !
be manufactured in a 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