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

chine, tiglicned up every screw, aud
then sat down on a boulder to rc.t and
enjoy tho prospect. A beautiful scene
II was. too.
Above me rose tho grand mountains,
their snowy tops blushiug crimson IN
the settling sun; herc. u waterfall, like
thread Of gold aud silver, flashing
down the mountainsidc, aud twinlng
IN aud out among the masses Of trees
aud rocks; there, aRlmpse of fairy
land through Jungle vista.
A post, or "ank," as IL Is called.
was surrounded by dense foliage. fcs-
tooncd by parasilicnl climbing plants,
glowing with flowers of every imagin-
able hue; humming. birds, like fiery
gems, flashed hithcr aud thither, DART
ing in aud out among tho trees. On
tho "tnnk" floatcd Waterfowl of cvcrv
kind. and the banks were alive with
gorgeous birds. their pumnge rival.
ling the flowers IN brilliancy and va
ricly Of color. But now the shadows
were deepening. the crimson Oh the
mountain tops had disappeared, and
the cold snow began TO look gray and
ohastly. A living fox wcut rustling
past me. aud | hastily prepared to
mount, for thcrc is scarcely any twi-
light IN India. aud knew it would
soon he dark.
As | rose, my eyes encountered
something which made me start and
nearly drop my bicycle.
There. not forty yards oil. was
tiger. | know the animal well enough;
bit how different he looked from the
snu, haIf-starycd little beast I had
sccn at home! He had just come into
the opcn space from a dense Jungle
brake. aml sat there washing his face
purring in a contcnted sort Of way,
like u huge cat.
Was | frightened? Not IN atom;
I had my bicycle aud q start of forty
Yards. so if | could not beat him, II
was a pity.
lie had not seen me vet
aud I stood for another min
utc admiring the handsome creature.
and then quietly mounted (the tiger
was directly on my right, while the
road stretched away IN front of mel.
The noise made reused him; he
looked up and then, after deliberately
stretching himself, came leaping with
long, graceful bound. over the rank
grass and rocks which separated him
from tho road, lie did not seem biz
angry, but evidently wished to get II
nearer view of such an extraordinary
object,
Forty yards, however, / thought
was quite near enough for safety.
The tiger was IN tho road behind me
now; so pulled myself together and
began 10 quicken my pace.
Would hc stop disgusted after the
first hundred yards, and give up the
chase, or would he stick to it? | quite
hoped he would follow me, aud al
ready pictured in my mind the graphic
description would write home of my
race with tiger.
Little did 1 think what terrible
race II was going to be. looked be-
hind Inc. BY Jove! he was .'stickiug
TO It," l could not Judge the distance,
but at any rate ] was not farther from
him than when we started. Now for
squirt. rode the next llalf-hour as
hard as could, but on again looking
round, found had not gained yard.
Tho tiger was on my track, moving
with long, swinging trot, and going
quite as quickly as was.
For the first time I began to feel
anxious. aud thought uncasily of the
ten long miles which separated me
from safety.
However, It was no good thinking
now; 1t was my muscle and iron stced
against the brute. Icould only do my
best, and trust in Providence.
Now there was no doubt about the
tigers intentions; his blood was up,
aud on he came, occasionally giving
vent to roar which made the ground
trcmble. Another mile had been tra-
verscd, and the brute was slowly but
surely closing up. l dashed my pouch
to tho ground, hoping it would
stop him for few seconds; but he
kept steadily on, and felt it was then
grim earnest l calculated we must
be about seven miles from camp now,