Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-13

LEFT IN GLOOMY SILENCE
k.h.sit.sss 81. Native village Drisea
fFom Their fto1e- ss shs Zero
sloas iEsler OF tbs Jss<le.l

t14t9Fef kross ffon - tsH and hum bla
kAht.afionx Nobody came ouE % make
Ai1t4tion o. 20 ofsr zuppLa. No cas-
o. were perceived w.ndering abont. no
skillrsn. 40 hiris. excsps Indeed many
r4ilurss upon thg tree IN tho square and
spon the temple rot The pots In the
grain dealers shop we're smpsy and over
furned; piaos u cloth Just begun wa
Ieft with broken thrss<is upon the loom
n ths nsxt hat On the other sids Of tho
way tas chasiies ~ potter's were tum-
b-ed and bro<sn. aud shses Of copper
ny ~ the blaekznith's forge half t<ns 70
make soms vs~ssl. bns precipit.tely ADAM
a0neL Wherever one gaxcd thsre were
esns q hasty highs on the part Of the
inhakitanfs. who dld not seem 10 have
~ any body - rcpressnt them
fes, theEe was ons silent and meian-
sAoly representative. and tbs Sudden sp-
pearlncs u her would have startled the
party very much moro than IL did bat
for discovery made by the sAhib's
skorawaliah-ths eroom--cio.s by the
slsns AID srnpty temple. Thsrs was
nalily patch there IA the square. from
which ths last OK the rzinwster had but
rscsntly dried mp. aud in tho black slime
o. left erede~ply imprinted the '.puds'
Of an evidnngly Immense tiger. IL was
CT coarse evident now TO the Engiish-
nan and thee with him that the striped
tsrror which left those footmarks had
given the villagers notice 20 quit and
w4s Somewhere or other near 40 hand
n practical possession % the fee simple
az ths village
DesolAte bey0nd expression was the
hstis anpe0Dled place" Of tho hamlet.
and tho hook n the helpless rel god
staring from his portico upon the huts
th.lf be could not protect. and the ex-
element q the horrible vultures perched
On The cotton tree-. awArc. no doubt. OF
fbs dstdly secret OF the place, for round
ths corner. By the dyer's shop, where
two or throe newly stained turban cloths
snil hung upon walls 20 dry, they came
up0n that secret Across the threshold
Of mud hat. evidently dragged OF
from the broken charpoy on the earthen
hoor. lay the body Of q woman. torn On
the delicate brown neck and along the
shoulders and breast with long red claw
usfkz A dad infant. also mangled by
. savage bite. lay half concealed under
tie corpse. the appearance Of the bodies
showing that they had only been lately
kiilek No one could doubt what bad
killed. Them Tho sign manual upon
their bodies was surely that Of the royal
bssasi who often in this way disputes the
right u his human rival In India androars
20 scorn the illusion that man Is master
a. created thing.
The sshib's party was bsily equipped
for tiger shooting and passed not with
ont anxiety and the closing mp Of the
three or four servants and coolies through
tlIe ostskirts Of the evicted village. AT
any moment her ladyship the tigress or
kis lnrhhip tho tiger. who had taken
To0e.-ssion q tne place. might emerge
from q grain stors or q cow pen. or even
from some milk bush or jowari patch. ~
ak the travellers what business they had
upon tne royal property. Tho English
flln hastily put bullets into both barrels
ct his shotgun and walked his horse rs
qsickiy A. has men couid follow out II
the ~ fatssi zaum-
AZ ia outskirts they were sstonished
e. hear voice high above their heals
whico came, ~ they afterward found.
from q yaanx fiindoo low caste man sit
ting concealed In the branches q large
mango trce from which could BE- seen
both entrances Il the village. lie had
raa'is . rude platform IN a fork q the
Tree and watched on Il VIA the long
tarrsl - ms,chioc< lroirading and by
his si.e al earshen jar II water. They
Invited him "a come down and 60 tell
item tlse meaaing q the extraordinary
speclaeie taey bal Witnessed. lie de-
soenied aud informed them that for
months psst his ~ ia.,e had been infested
sal prosecuted - tixress which. after
k.ian< cattle ADJ goats had slsin AMI
partly sssten thrss OF four children out
Eda tis hafnles and hal taken during
ne past eight or nins days - entering
the village at uixbt AMI carrying 81
same5o,iy ~ ether sleeping. a. The HIN
DDS D.. outsisle their huts rnder the
veraniss Tia xonsn slain that morn
ing ~ith s,r haby VS. the wife II the
roor mateki,sk man. and BE- had perrhed
hi71eslf IN the tree hoping % avenze her
dss.b when the sshib's party pssss~i.
& wa 30 serious a ease not % b. re-
ported ia he yroper gu>rters and An
expedition q Frsrfscssi tisar shooters
w. equipped sntsng the ofscfrs - the
nsarest stafnoo- TIE oessf vas tracked
ard va klile.i sfter receiving n bul-
lsfs. anf then e tarnei cat that she
h,.i = kaif grown cub which bad lost q
lssb. art fhus tn rssserual Affection 81
th@ fsrecfrus parrns had driven IL to
thass desperate WAYS. Indeed the SPEC
tale q that Villas We full - phiio-
.sphirai sn4gssiivene~~. The dead IN
r1,n nlother h.si lsen slain BY ress1n 81
tae verT ssrae instinct which bal male
~ -ek ln VAN - pre~srvs h~r child
fsom 10 sftssk q the tixress- driven ~
- ~it's eu.is ~ snd food FIR its own
heisie-s oGsprfax Thr tigrrss ~es Ia
ker ~sv - srn5ef . per>nt - re bsv-
tlx asoths.r whom 30 EIurl~rei. and
taen hs-i.l,s tiier- VA The whole vii
ia.fe tspcpaists,i - tnske one wonder
wbsi -ers 20 a Werli Il wpaia have e-~r
A.. - easEtt weil hara happ~nesi. tigers
klri eaf''ieesi A. r'safrrs = tire siobe IN.
etcsd ~ men 50 sin Arnold IN Londen
wsst a. 80 xs~~-
fhsarrnesi one fsx q ~ IN Tsnsee-
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