The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28

.sS s%p g1SS' and tn 1Si :%pl SsdSd sss pYS ge1 sss "a
no seen 4 tiger. merkcd, after this fashion.
SSpplod like a chiidf's rocking horse in rich
ton Of his belly and throat which should have
been white was orange; and his tail and paws
Vic e looked lcisurely for some ton seconds and
thcn deliberately lowered his head, his chin
nroppeTT The effect OF this was to throw forward
the round arch ! S of his b skull , Tith h0 tTS s broad
tSe minimizing eyes; so that, head on as he
stood, he looked something like n dlabolically
scowlipg rantomTim min ,b max SIX had II r was a piece OF
times on his quarry, and, though Chinn wasby
no means a terrified, hciter. he stood for a while
Tho head tho body seemed to have been packed
away behind itItho fcrocious skull.liko head
tin in the grass. Left and right the Bills had
scattered to lot John Chinn subduc his own
MY word!,,' he thought, Hos trying to
Brighten me like q bogy," and fired between the
He feared he had left It too long.
a big eonshiing mass, TnG,ekin9 OF CARTON
discreetiy. The tiger made no attempt TO turn
into tho jungle; he was hunting for sight and
fS STslcss sSSite @ii n tSs grave SpSI in 's spu ftS.n'"O0a'
o,g .,SSifup lSS1 said Td w ,o "a S GGirIndI w1 Ss!S psw n:
Tho brute had jcrkcd himself over n boulder
and fallen out of sight on tho other side; John
the red trail led straight rs an arrow even to his
gran4fa,her's tomb; and there; among :, the ths
mud image, tho life left with II furry and q
grunt.
John Chinn, he'd havo been proud OF me. Eyes,
lower jaw, and lungs. \ very nice shot" Ho
Ten.siTSeight.b by Jovo! IT'S nearly eleven
call 1t eleven. Forearm, twenty-four-fvo-
S A. But What skin! on baEtai Buktsi
stricken voice behind a rock.
tiger said i" chinn. II did HA not think frl' that {ba Ias
ss %fi5,5 III f. + n 3s% S S's" az H. fs T 4 %s: sS I%4'd p"ata' on-
W iud Of AL, AL the Bhils, EaSScinated and unvSo.
flank rustled With little men, shouting, singing.
f snd s eat n tie s ARa dGsti s KIN he not had a mani %SS %oa 5hs
take a knife; and; when the shadows fell, they
ran ran from Tnn,t The Sr red stained ,tsn.Sat tpm nh and no persG%,
Carcass from jaeEk"is and si' thinking Ink about ihiSS
He returned to the lowlands to the triumphal
chant Of an sscorting army three hundred
fore him. When that army suddenly and noise
sSued he %,S ~ps nssp civil fs Hnaait m a n,dh a turn turn h in t aIs
no V" COTpS. he l6IU inc Skin on n cart CAl
for the world to see, and sought the Colonel.
They re perfectly right" he explained ear
nestly. There isn't an ounce Of vice in EN-,
They were only frightened. I've vaccinated tho
whole boiling, and. they like 1t awfully. What
aremwhat are we doing here, sir7'
That's what I'm trying to find out" said the
Colonel: Il don't know yet whether we're 9
piece OF a brigade or a police force. However,
l think we'll call ourselves a police force. How
did you. manage to get a Bill vaccinated7"
well, SIR said Chinn. I've been thinking
1t over, and, as far as l can make out, I've got q
sort Of hereditary pull over EN-"
SO l know, or l wouldn't have sent you; but
what exactiyl"
IT'S rather rummy.. It seems, from what I
can mako out, that I'm my own grandfather
reincarnated, and I've been disturbing the
peace of the country by riding a pad-tiger OF
nights. If I hadn't done that ] don't think
they'd have objected to the vaccination; but the
two together were moro than they could stand.
And 80, sir, I've vaccinated EN- and shot my
tiger horse as q sort o. proof Of good faith.
You never saw such o skin in your life"
Tho Colonel tugged his mustache thoughb.
fully. Now, how the Deuce" said he, lam I I'd
include that in my report2"
And, indeed, the official version of the Bills
anti-vaccination stampede said nothing about
Lieut.. John Chinn his godship. But Bukta
knew, and the corps know, and every Bill In
the Satpura hills knew. And now Bukta is
jealous that John Chinn should swiftly be wed.
ded and impart his powers to a son, for IL tho
Chinn succession fails and the little Bhils are
left to their own imaginings, there will be fresh
trouble in the Satpuras.