The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-27

man. who was doubtless doing on
cousi TO prevent the approach ~ ~
brute. Inc other. who was first s,i.f
died OF his wounds and sheer to-,.-
next day after relating the story N 49,
who had found him '"'se
The party Of the sahlb yba. -,
evening came across lust suoh o. As
as is here spoken Of IA n came st
the hillside by the widening path - 80
jungle village no sound whatever 49,
from Its few humble habitations 49,
came out TO make salutatiOn or =, ~
supplies; no cattle We're perceived ~.
uertng about; no children. no hirAs -
cept. indeed. many Vultures unor -
tree In the square and upon the ie,,.l'
roof. The pots In the grain dealers 80
were empty and overturned. a nice.
cloth Just begun was LEFT with hrst.'
threads upon the loom In the mex. b..,
On the other side OF the way the a.,
ties at potter's were tumhled ana ~,
ken. and a sheet OF copper lay AZ ~,
blacksmith's forge half bent 20 MAJ,
some vessel, but precipitately abandosss
Wherever one gaZed there were Sins \,
hasty flight on the part OF the infaM
tants, who did not seem 20 have h.
anybody TO represent them Yes, ,b.,.
was one silent and melancholy reprosen,.
tive, and the sudden appearance OF h..
would have startled the party verv rn.,
more than II did but for a dlsooys--
made by the Sahab's Fhorawailah-h,
groom-ciose by the silent and emr,v
temple. There was muddy na,.A
there In the square. from which the h.,
or the rain water had but recently Sri.t
UP, and in the black slime so ioft wen.
deeply imprinted the "pud-" Of an e,f.
IDENTIFY immense tiger. Il was. % course
evident now 10 the Engishman and thoss
with him, that the Striped Terror whieh
left those footmarks had given the yH.
layers notice 10 quit. and was somewhsra
or other near at hand. in practical Dos.
session OF the fee simple OF the village
Deso'ate beyond expression was y,
little unpeopled place" Of the hamlet,
and the look OF the helpless red god star.
Ing from his portico pom the huts that
he could not protect. ord the ex..terrrrt
OF the horrible vultures perched on ihs
cotton trees, aware, no doubt. II me
O. ably secret Of the place, FOR round na
ccrrer, by the dyer's shop. where two or
tree newly-stalncd turhan cloths eil
hung upon ropes 10 dr.. they came un17
that secret Across the threshold Of ,
mud hut. evidently ragged on from
the broken charpOy on the earthen f0or
lay the body OF a woman, torn on the
brown delicate neck and along the sh0ul-
ders and breast with long rcd claw marks.
a dead infant. also mangleI by slylce
bite, and with one or It's arms nearly
torn off, lay half concealed under the
CORPSE. the appearance Of the bodies
showing that they had been only lately
killed. No one could doubt what hal
killed them. The sign manual uu0n their
bc6ies was surely that Of the royal beast.
who often I'm this way disputes the right
of his human rival in India, roars 10
scorn the illusion that man is master o,
created things.
The Sahlb's party was badly equipped
for tiger shooting, and passed, not With
out anxiety and the closing up ~ the
three or four servants and coolies,
through the outskirts OF this ev'ted vile
lage. At any moment her ladyship he
tigress or his lordship the tiger, who had
emerge from a grain store or a COW pen
n even from some milk bush OF iowaH
patch. TO ask the travellers what business
hey had upon the royal property The
hastily put bullets into both
barrels OF his shotgun and walked his
horse as quickly as his men could follow
out OF the Inflated gaum.
At its outskirts they were astonishef 10
near a voice high above their heads.
which came, as they afterwards found,
from a young Hindoo low caste man ste
ting concealed in the branches ~ large
mango tree. from which could be seea
both entrances o. the village. re had
made n rude platform ia fork OF ne
tree. and watched on Il With the long
barrel OF a matchbox protrudlng, ana
bv his side an earthen jar Of water. They
invited him 10 come down and 70 tel
hem the meaning OF the extraordinary
spectacle they had witnessed lie descend
"a. and informed them that Tor month.
past his village had been Infested ana
prosecuted by a tigress. which, aite,
dlling cattle and goats, had slain ana
partly eaten three or four children QUE
tide the hamlet. and had taken, during
he past eight or nine days. 20 entering
he village at night and carrying on
somebody or other sleeping. as the HIM
ZOOS do. outside their huts under me
yerandas. The woman slain that morn
ng With her baby was the VIE ot ING
,oor matchbox man. and he had perchea
himself in the tree hoping 10 avense hef
ieath when the Sahib's party passed
1t was too serious case not 90 'e re-
ported IN the proper quarters, ana an
expedition OF practised tiger shooters
VAS equipped among the officers at me
nearest station. The beast was tracked
nd was killed after receiving eleven
bullets, and then IL turned out that she
sad a balf-grown cub which had lost a
imb. and thus the maternal affection Oh
he ferocious parent had driven IT ~
hese desperate ways. Indeed. the spe.
acle of that village was fun OF phN'
,sophical suggostiveness. The dead hu-
nan mother had been slain by reason
II the very same instinct when had nfes
her seek in yain 10 preserve her cnA4
rom the attack Of the tigress, driven "
rs wits ends to find food for us own
Helpless offspring. The ugress "as ir
her way as tender a parent as me loslDe
mother whom she murdered, ana ihsN
besides. there was the whole village as'
10 make one wonder Wa.
,ort OF a world II would have been u. -
night well have happened. tigers has
evolved as masters OF the globe insle4'
# men.--London Daily Telegraph.
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