Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-09

Brought to Ray.

There was scarcely q chance of our quarry
breaking into the open country. Tagged as
he must have been with that long chase,
the animal could not have gone two miles
on this burning soil without breaking down
from blistered feet and we should then have
come upon him with every advantage on our
side. He knew that just as well as we did,
and his mind was made up to fight then and
there.
Suppose you push in and provoke a
charge" said A. THAT cur Tipoo will bolt,
put You may get a shot and Notice, who is
stanch, Will give me chance as he bursts
out" Then he offered to exchange ele-
plants and go himself. The crackers climbed
trees and we opened out to an interval of
ABOUT twenty PAGES in advancing to within
snort rifle range Of the thicket. There A.
halted and my mahout goaded the unwilling
Iipoo forward. His football made no sound
The shadows of cliffs and foliage fell darkly
upon US and a deathlike silence wrapped the
scene as my elephant breasted the heavy
underground. Inside the scrub was not so
thick, but did not get far A savage roar
echoed through the ravine and the air
rocked and trembled with it's volume. That
was enough for Tipoo the brute spun round
as II he had been pivoted and fled for his
life. saw the tigers fiery eyes for an in
slant, but had no chance to shoot Neither
did ~. get a shot. 1t was a false attack
timidate their adversaries; but " ball had
struck him he would have come on in
earnest
Notice stood firm as a rock, and A pushed
her into The cover but l, knowing it was
hopeless to expect anything from my cow
ardly creature, drove him toward the jungle
and stepped into tree We had neither
rockets nor earthen bombs, and the bushes
would not burn, so there was nothing for it
but to tramp the beast up In front that
failed, because a little beyond the point to
which ] had got We found a narrow but
deep Sulch, with vertical sides. 1t was very
narrow, but too wide for Notice. An ele-
plant may be made to cross any place it
can span with its stride. More than this
1t cannot do. since the animal is unable to
jump.
A flank movement was now necessary
and Tipoo, having been brought up. inuch
against his will, rode round and got into
another tree, commanding the line of AS
advance. Now, barring one of those acct
dents always liable to befall in tiger hunt
ing, the man-eater's outlook seemed to be
gloomy enough.
The Last Charge.
Soon after AS entrance the tiger tried
another false charge. but swerved and got
a bullet In his SIDE after which the end may
be said to have become assured, for it was
tolerably certain that, so far as he was
concerned, all stratagems were now over
and what followed would be plain, straight
forward. desperate lighting. Notice worked
beautifully. her little bright eyes twinkling
as they rolled round. She stepped out
cautiously but confidently. winding the faint
breeze occasionally and throwing stones as
the mahout directed. Suddenly she stopped
and pointed dead with her trunk to a clump
OF bushes growing around a blasted tree as
much as to say He is there" So he was,
no doubt, a moment before, but l knew his
whereabouts then, being high up and able to
see. That slow, sinuous movement of the
grass Is unmistakabie. The animal was
stealing up toward the elephants side. No
BODY, after their first season, fires without
sight. l called to A., and as l did so the
tiger rose and glanced like light before me.
getting as he went the contents of my right
barrel. saw him spring high in air and
roll In heap amidst cloud Of dust, flying
leaves and branches. But a moment after
MS form crashed through the thicket with
tne rush OF storm, and he stood rearing
against my tree, devouring me with his
blazing eyes. The dark blood gushed from
his mouth as he uttered a gasping roar
hoarse and broken: and he looked at that
moment like nothing on this earth but only
himself That was the end. A heavy ball
raked his body from chest to flank and with
few tremendous commissions the tigers
deep-seated life passed away
Was this a wornout NANCY tootbless
brute messieurs Mes amis, who have ser
tied 1t to your own satisfaction that a man
eater must be incapable of killing game
beiore he Will so far fly in the face of
nature as to shed human blood? He Law
there, with his mighty limbs outstretched
ten feet long from tip to tip in the highest
condition, his coat glowing between its inky
stripes. perfect in destructive power and
with an eye splendid and terrible even in
death. SA a.