St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-31

steps, put IL down again and eagerly
lick the blood that flowed from the
wounds made BY its sharp. cruel teeth.
''As gently - possible drew back
the hammer and raised tho rifle to my
shoulder. and taking aim directly q,
the tigress' ear l pulled tho trigger.
Az the report rang ont It seemed to me
ss II score Of hungry tigers sprang II
me from every rock and bush. but this
passed away In an instant, and after
reloading the rifle took = look at the
tigresA She was still stretched beside
the body OF tho man. but the powerful
limbs were motionless, and the head
was resting ON tho mans thigh. That
had killed the animal at the first shot
never entered my head, and l sent q
couple more shots into its body rs fast
rs could. but the first shot had settled
the business
Upon making sure that the animal
was dead / turned to walk hack to the
tents, when I heard the scream Of q
tiger cat. which seemed to come from
some brush . short distance up the
river. am very foolish to say il. but
don't think . dozen tigers could have
frightened me then. and ! at once
started toward the spot from where
the cries came. At first I could sec
nothing, but after q close search, dur
ing which took care not to venture
too close to the bushes, caught sight
of . half-grown tiger cub crouch.
ing in the grass and cycling me rs II
waiting for me to get little closer. l
was then rather too close for comfort.
and quickly raised the rifle and fired
Tho cub was facing me and the bull
let glanced from its forehead and only
partially stunned It The tiger dropped
to the ground nat and then rose TO its
feet, but instead Of rushing for me, a.
expected 1t to do. it begnn to walk
away. This gave me . good show at its
side and fred again. The tiger fell.
rose and, then tried to rush ut Inc. sbut
its strength was gone. and before it had
taken . dozen steps It sank to the
ground and rolled over on its side
The noise OF the shooting was heard
by my husband, who hurried back to
camp. wondering what was the matter.
Learning from the other ladies that l
had gone out alone and that the shoot
ing had taken place down near the
river, he hurried down and met me on
the way. He was fairly horrified when
I pointed to the dead cub and could
hardly believe his eyes, but when /
told him the mother had killed poor
Anthony and that her body and that
of our poor servant were lying co tho
bank of the river. he was sreechless
with surprise. He took me back 70
camp, and when the other gentleman ar.
rived with Capt Hays and the story of
my encounter with two tigers was
told it was decided to break camp .at
once and return to the sanitsrium. Il
''Poor Anthony was buried; and tho
tigers were skinned and tho trophies,
with heads and claws attached, were
sent to Madras and placed on cxhibi-
tion. The notoriety. gained was any.
thing but pleasant and made me sorr, 4
that / had ever learned TO handle rifle
After that got IN invitation to join
every hunting party got mp in that part
Of the country and was bothered to-
death by newspaper men, who would
persist In having me tell the story o
dozen times q week.
six weeks after bagged my tigers
!, while out with . party got up by the
sultan of Hyderabad. bagged . hand
some pan ther and . spotted deer. and .
few days after I received check for
ono hundred and fifty rupees Is . bounty
for killing the tigers and the panther
san Francisco Examiner.