The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-01-21

me 7 felt no pain from teeth or claws.
Neither did I. after once the brute had
seized me. feel any keen sense Of fear.
although perfectly conscious Of all that
was going on and Of what seemed the
certainty that j should be Immediate
ly Killed. Perhaps the best expression
OF my condition while was In the
tigers power would be 10 say that I
was In a hypnotic state. for can cons
pare my sensation with nothing else.
"The tiger ran perhaps fifty yards,
then stopped. laid me down and
crouchod. watching me. Presently he
picked me up again and started on
through the jungle, this time walking.
bearing me along with my legs drag
gIng upon the ground. Coming to an
open space he laid me down. and. back
ing AWAY for a distance Of two or three
yards. lay crouchod. watching me in
tonily. after the manner OF a cat that
plays with a mouse.
From the position In which lay l
could look straight into his yellow eyes
and could see the curling In and out OF
the tip Of the supple tail Then as with
every second expected the tiger to
leap upon me and tear me. there crash
ed In the jungios stiffness the loud re-
port Of a gun. close at hand. saw the
uger leap to his feet, whlrl toward the
sound. and he roarcd once as be rear
"a himself almost upright on hls hind
legs. then fell over on his side Htrug-
Cling.
~ was from the old frolock that I
bad SCI In order that morning the
Fast Indian company musket OF Dassi
Balhua that the shot had come which
saved my life. The shikari had found
tho path the tiger was accustomed 20
take In going from his den TO the near.
ct water course TO drink. In a thick.
lesvod tree overlooking this path he
bad built a platform. and from this he
had watched daily for a chance TO shoot
NJ the brute. Waiting here this day
he saw the tiger come Into view from
an unexpected quarter dragging me
along by the shoulder. When he saw
the tiger drop mo In the open space and
lay himself down az a little distance
away. the shlkarl fred at him. aiming
At the head. for he knew that II not
killed the nrst act OF the brute would
be 10 XIII me. The tiger. struck In tho
ear by the heavy bullet, died almost In
bis tracks.
After tho shot Nas fred lay still.
not feeling sure that The tiger was real
~ done for. until saw Dassa Balhua
come toward me from the tree. when
I lifted my head the ahlkarl was
startled Tor he had thought that was
dead. But he came TO me and lifted
me by the shoulders 10 that by turn
Ing my head could see the tiger lying
stretched on his side.
"'Hc can trouble you no more. sab.
3D. said the shlkarl The tiger IL
dead
THE shlkari opened my Jacket and
examined my wounds. and then went
down TO the road to intercept my SER
wants by the time he came back with
them my wounds were getting painful.
While one OF the servants rode TO the
tatareat bungalow Tor mon and n litter,
MAY watching the shlkafl skin the
tiger. II was young animal. full
grown. with a glossy. beautifully
marked skin. and terrible teeth and
claws. With the skin and the govern
ment bounty and the hundred rupees
that gave him, Daasa Balhua had no
reason TO complain Of his days fortune
l vna fnkpn out Of the iuurlf thnt
night. and 10 my homo the next cay. I
had a bad shoulder. with fever. that
kept me laid up for three or four weeks
and I ala not regain the full use Of my
right arm for years, but think I
got OF we'll"