Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-07-28

NiAor, crept TorWalI. | advanced
crouched almost upon my knees, as tn
tigers position across poor Bob wa,
such that | feared to fire with a down
ward range.
Il had got up within ten feet of thu
tiger when she suddenly left Bob and
leaped at me. The charge of the beasi
was a surprise, but by a backward
move | avoided her leap and as shl
passed fired my pistol into her neck
the same moment plunging the knit,
into her side up to the hilt. She fel
and did not move from where she land
ed, the pistol shot having broken he
neck,
Seeing the tiger was In its dealt
struggles | turned my attention I,
Brother Bob, who was still st,etche,
unconscious upon the ground. The
beaters were fast approaching through
the jungle with great uproar an,
humping of tom toms, wild hogs IN
droves, both black and gray. wer,
rushing by, spotted deer were charging
past and the whole jungle seemed aliv,
with game of all kinds, some droyes OF
wild pigs almost running over me.
Il was just STOPPING over Bob wher
a huge male tiger bounded out of the
jungle and halted within ten feet OF
where | stood. l had my pistol upoI
him in an instant. and as his head was
so held that bullet would not glance
from his skull took good aim and gave
him shot between the eyes that
brought him down as dead as though
he had been sheep or an OK. Seeing
that the shot had killed the tiger RAJ
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 soor
had the satisfaction to see him open his
eyes, when 1t was not long before his
wits returned and he was able to sit up
The paw of the tiger had struck him OF
the side of the head and knocked him
senseless but had only slightly wound
ed his scalp. The weight of the tiger OF
his chest had almost stopped his breath
and he felt some internal soreness. w,
found that his life had been saved by u
lucky chance. In game bag he had
slung to his side were some quail and q
pea fowl or two. and 1T 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. | told
him that he had gone into sort of de
lirlum of rage and killed them both, anf
for time he believed my story. II,
said he had an indistinct recollection
of having done a 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 paralyzing hei
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,
cried he, no meat-no meatr He, how
ever, SOOli tiitcTeu up anu tUOk STedl
credit to himself for having said there
were tigers in the jungle. After the
tigers were skinned we went down tc
the river and killed for the old fellow
quite lot of pigs. We were well 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.
"They were unusually large hill tig
ers. which are of heavier build thar
the tigers of the valleys, but average
less In length. To kill tigers with pis
tol was feat before unheard of on the
frontier, and obtained for us grea
credit for nerve, but give n tiger {
square shot in the head and he will e
down like bullock. Many tigers ar,
killed by single shots from rifles, bu
the man who goes after tigers on foo
must have considerable amount o.
nerve. l could always bet on the nerv,
of Brother Bob