The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-01
AMPLE SATISFACTION.

to Ioin my regiment N Intiis, was only
seventeen years old - perhaps the
youngest ensign then in the British
Army-though he stood six feet high
and was very strong and athletic.
From the frat he was one of the
steadiest men in the service, though
he loved fun ~ well ns any of the
young scatterbrains whose cscspadcs
kept them continually in trouble.
cool old head was on Master Franks
young shoulders, aud q rrsolute heart
beneath his waiStcoat. as he soon had
occasion to prove
About week after he joined, Cap
tain Smythe, the rcgimentnl bully,
was laying down the law IN his usual
dictatorial way about n disputed point
of tactics, when some one asked
Franks opinion ON the matter
He gave it modestly against Sml the.
and ms he was fresh from the military
college at Sandhurst. was able to show
that he was right. Smvlhe lost his
temper--hc had been drinking a good
deal--insulted the boy grossly, aud
even advanced against him with a
threatening gesture. In self.defence
Frank knocked Smythe down.
Next day Captain Smythe chal-
lenged Frank, but duelling had been
forbidden, aud the young fellow re-
fused. Then Frank went on to de-
mand court OF Inquiry, which exon
Grated him and ordered Smythe to
apologize. He did it because he had
TO do it or resign, but he did it churl-
ishly.
After that the two were not on
speaking terms for some months,
though Frank was too generous to
cherish animosty.
The incidents that brought them to
speaking terms again were IA surpris-
ing as any | remember in the annals
oi tiSer-snooinp.
One day venerable old native came
into our hunting camp among the
Gurrachee Hills, aud reported that hi,
village, about eight miles distant, WAS
being devastated by pair OF tigers.
They had already killed seven persons
and an unknown number of cattle.
Would the sshibs como and kill the
tigers?
Come! OF course we would come,
though tiger hunting on foot is dan
gerous work. But as elephants could
not be procured within a week we de
termined to take the field without
them.
Retaining the old native to act a
guide, we made ready that evening
and next morning, long before day
light, our whole party, ten in number
took to the road in big four-hors,
carryall which we had brought Will
US from headquarters.
As we drove along through the still
morning air, Frank Maitland, who ha'
never seen tiger outside of mena
gerie, showed more excitement ant
enthusiasm than usual, which provoke'
Smythe to say to his companion on tn
back seat,
81 think | shall have some satisfac
ton today IN watching our young eu
signs mettle."
"You'll find his mettle good Iaettle,
said the other.
Hes going to fuuk-see how ey
cited he is!' whispered Smythe.
excited with pleasure. He wi
be cool enough in danger"
Smythe shrugged his shoulders il
credulously, but did not answer
The sun had no more than fairl
risen when we arrived at the village
sgroup of bamboo huts about half
mile from the baree or tree-jungl
in which the tigers were said to lurk
Nearly all the men OF the villag,
armed mostly with useless weapon
turned out to act as beaters. The I
gers, they said, had killed and eaten
largo bullock the night before, 80 TIN
they might be expected to lie gorge
all day in close cover.
We distributed among the natives
lot OF hand grenades, and then OF
whole force, about sixty men, NOV,
off to the jungle.
One glance at it showed that el
plants could not have penetrated Il
thicket. Indeed il was difficult to il
aa<ina how AVIAN tha 1.-the aim natiu