The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27

one end. his slmy eyes alight with excite
4 rnant Tiger hunting was passion III
| ~binneab and unsatisfed revenge added
| a i,a s,rength. HIS only son haa peeh
| deyoured by the man-eater OIL POI
/ To our right. the ground Iitcneo Wv"
TO the ravine's bed. There lay 'arse
| pool. reassuring sight to the nun.e', 80,
| troyya that during this hot season water
e. 40 scarce that many animals VIII sure
| lv come 10 drink. In front and on otheI
| s,des the view was open. except Tor so'ae
| scattered bushes and trees.
AfoREsr DRAMA.
sto,Id and unimag1native must thas
man be who can try machan snoo"" -
and cry II down. OF all positio"s
that in which most Is TO be seen Oh or
NAL life, OF wild beasts and tneif enes
They seldom look up-the iarse. "a |.
neyer-unless their attention Is 49,.
thus that strange show OF the .sar,ng
which opens amid the solemn sa,n .hs
OF shadows goes on uninterrupeeu ~
hunters presence. A.. Get hut
Our scene was changing x.rSs ~
for the wide circling flight vi a,,,n,v
prey, Heaven and earth SEEM rrhaeIed
But now bats and flying foxes r,ad
,hro,,gh tho dusky air and Dig holmeu
ov,ls ot.,ed hv on mufiied "inss' tne
tiaor.s doen.toned below ecnoed on the
mountain side hoarse. sompre oarhs
sounded through the jungle s.e". ~ ~
monkey doomed from some ois.an' GIN
ana everywhere there was sur OF re-
awakening life and movement. OF forms
momentarily visible a..
ITara Chinneah's low tones broke IN
unon nv revery. saying. In eoiiicquy'
PAN, Ram, Ram. Truly It Is not
man" .eWhat IS not q MANI asked.
''That." he answered, pointing TO the
half-eaten remains before us. "And
who" / rejoined. irritated at the inter-
ruption OF my thoughts. who in the
name OF all devils whatsoever supposes
that ii is a manT' "Oh, utterer OF
emptiness BE not enraged, Sahib,"
the Shikari replied, "Roa Dass, the I'M
Gle of my wifes cousin"-and here.
crouched on the platform like hob
goblin, he told a tale OF diablerie, which,
seeing that about three hundred millions
of men, mostly belonging TO our own
stock, look upon the superstition winch
forms its basis as an unquesuonable fact,
may be repeated without apology. "Roa
Dass," he repeated, was a patel, his
herds were fat and his gwallas many.
Once In the jungle, while man, faithful
TO his salt among these drivers OF cattle,
sat on his buffalo and sang, tiger burst
forth and tore him down. Thou knowest,
protector OF the poor, the custom OF
those beasts. How, when the slayer
comes, they combine and are willing to
fight. which the tiger declines, for, truly
claws and teeth are as nothing before
a hundred pairs of horns. When Roa
Dass came. with those who followed him,
he mourned saying this was a good man
whom / will avenge. Let him lie there
for a space; the tigers destiny will bring
him back, and from this tree will / send
him TO hell with my matchbox. What
words are these, On. patel? Bholonauh,
the copperSmith. returned. Dost thou not
know that those who die by wild beasts
are inimical toward the living. That
their spirits guide man-eater and sit
upon his head Not for the youth-giving
leaf of Serendib would / watch here. But
Roa Dass was n bold man and even as
beast in obstinacy; therefore he did
what he had said. Yet ! say not. Sahib,
but that his heart smote against his
ribs when dusk came. and there was a
stir within the jungle, and he looked
down upon the face Of the dead. There
lay the body till the beast came and
arm was raised, and the hand pointed at
Roa Dass, and his liver became as wa
ter, for he saw that its spirit was with
the tiger But his fame was great. and
he encouraged himself, and remembered
what he had sworn. Thus, while that
son of the devil was gone he descended
and staked the hand fast. But this evil
one returned, and the body rolled on its
side and put forth the other arm"
The TIGER.
Here Chinneah's eyes, which had been
sweeping the surroundings necessarily.
riveted themselves upon a clump of bushes
opposite, and the next instant an i'm
mense tiger stood before is His close
black bands, with rich. fuIvous inter
spaces, showed him to be in his full ma
turity. Certainly he was beautiful. with
a 1abolical beauty such IS no inmate
of q cage ever possesses. when, with soft.
yet heavy, tread and cleaning eye and
glistening fang the undisputed lord Of
Indian wastes approached his prey. A
ball from the Purdy No. 10 missed his
head. which was held high, as tigers at
view constantly hold It. but the line
was true, and II crashed through his
spine before the hips, his body sinking
backward on It's raralyzed hind limbs.
There are many things which will not
GO into words What followed was one
of them. Inglis tried to paint that awful.
II impotent. outburst OF rage Sir Samuel
Baker describes a lion thus shot on the
upper White Nile. others have depicted
a tigers death rally. but in face of the
sight. language only belittles 1t. That
convulsed form tearing at itself and
striving with tremendous roarings TO
grapple must be left to fancy a bullet
In the brain speedily ended his suffering.
and Chinneah. after an immemorial GUS
tom of his kind, cut off the long bristly
moustache. and insulted the dead, re-
Wiling his female relations to the remotest
generations. Then we built n big fire.
for in these attitudes the nights are cool
brought out. creature comforts. and. while
awaiting daylight. the old Shikari being
exhilarated by another victim to his
sons Names talked In way the writer
devoutly wishes that he could reproduce.
Washington Star.
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