Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-07-15

razor, ! crept forwa:l. advanced
crouched almost upon my knees. as the
ttror's roSition across poor Bob was
such that feared to fire with Il down.
ward range.
Il had got up within ten feet of the
tiger when she suddenly left Bob and
! leaped ut me. The charge of the beast
was surprise, but by a backward
move | avoided her leap and as she
passed fired my pistol into her neck. at
the same moment plunging the knife
into her side up to the hilt. She fell
and did not move from where she land
ed. the pistol shot having broken her
neck
Seeing the tiger was in its death
struggles | turned my attention to
Brother Bob, who was still stretched
unconscious upon the ground. The
beaters were fast approaching through
the jungle with great uprOar and
humping of tom toms, wild hogs in
droves, both black and gray, were
rushing by spotted deer were charging
past and the whole jungle seemed alive
with game of all kinds, some droves of
wild pigs almost running over me.
Il was just STOPPING over Bob when
a huge male tiger bounded out of the
jungle and halted within ten feet of
where | stood. | had my pistol upon
him in an instant. and as his head was
so held that bullet would not glance
from MS skull | took good aim and gave
him a shot between the eyes that
brought him down as dead as though
lie had been a sheep or an OK Seeing
that the shot had killed the tiger ran
down to the river. filled my hat with
water and went to work to try to re-
store Bob's senses. He had been badly
stunned and was breathing heavily, but
| saw he had no bad wounds and soon
had the satisfaction to see him open his
eyes, when it was not long before his
wits returned and he was able to sit up.
The paw of the tiger had struck him OH
the side of the head and knocked HIM
serseiesS'. but had only slightly wound
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his chest had almost stopped his breath
and he felt some internal soreness. We
found that his life had been saved by a
lucky chance. In game bag he had
slung to his side We're some quail and
pea fowl or two and it was these the
tiger had seized upon and crunched in
her blind rage. not Bob's ribs.
Bob was much astonished and be-
wildered when he saw two dead tigers
stretched out alongside of him. l told
him that he had gone into sort of de-
lirium Of rage and killed them both. and
for Il time he believed my story. He
said he had an indistinct recollection
of having done good deal of fighting.
We found that his shot had plowed
through the muscles of the female tig-
ers left shoulder, only slightly wound
ing her, but probably pamlyzing her
left fore leg.
when the old Shekarry came up with
his crowd of beaters he was at first
much disappointed that we had killed
no deer or wild pigs. Alas, sahibs,'
cTleu lie, ITO lllpdl-llO meat. lie, now
ever, soon cheered up and took great
credit 10 siimseif for having said there
We're tigers in the Jungle After the
tigers were skinned we went down to
the river and killed for the old fellow
quite lot of pigs. We We're we'll salts
fed with our prizes, the skins of the
two tigers. The male measured, as he
lay on the ground eleven feet two
inches from tip to tip and the female
ten feet four inches.
''rhey We're unusually large hill tig-
ers, which are of heavier build than
the tigers of the valleys, but average
less in length. To kill tigers with pis-
tol was n feat before unheard of on the
frontier. and obtained for us great
credit for nerve. but give tiger a
square shot in the head and he will go
down like a bullock. Many tigers are
killed by single shots from rifles, but
the man who goes after tigers on foot
must have considerable amount of
nerve. could always bet ON the nerve
of Brother Bob"