Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-10-22

rom WDaI \ nave ueufA. L atu III
clined 10 think the tiger was gorged
and asleep when l. first saw him.
though 1 can't explain why he did
not move when the shots were fired
II seems pretty clear his blood was
not mp TO boiling point when he held
l. III his mouth he may have seen
or heard men shouting not FAR OF: be
was evidently impressed by the au-
dacity OF the shikarees attack. much
as the liOn-tGmer IN cage cows by
bold front and the fury Of. his whip.
Altogether. the facts are strange
enough, without supposing the beast
20 have gone OF with one or two bull
let's in his body. l. fancied he
heard the thud Of the bullets; We are
all subject 20 such fancies. and disin-
chned 10 believe we can miss a. thirty
Yards. At any rate, I never heard of
the tiger being tracked by blood
marks. and 1t II certain no one ever
found his skin.
oddly enough. several years after
after this escape. l. told me he
came across warrior in the smoking
room OF a Scotch hotel. who accounted
for having lost an arm by story still
more thrilling than his own. he had
wounded tiger from an elephant. the
tiger charged. the elephant boitel
| through the jungle. To save himself
/ from being Drained anil swept OF by
? overhanging branches, he soon caught
3 hold of a stout one And parted from
F the elephant a IL crashed through for
est too thick 20 admit of his holding
Oh with any hope of safety Then,
+ TO his dismay, he found be had not
strength and agility enough 70 swing
himself up so as 10 sit on the branch.
I Looking down, he discovered that the
tiger had spotted him and was waiting
below The horror Of the situation
must be left 20 the imagination. no
words can paint il. How long be
dangled in the air he never could tell
lit seemed 20 him an ,eternity. He
shouted, eased one arm, then the
other; then hung by both-till at las,
exhausted nature gave way aud he
dropped. He remembered thrusting
one arm into the tigers jaws, and
then lost consciousness. His life was
saved by the arrival, just in time, Of a
friendly barrel held close 10 the tiger &
head, and through subsequent ampu-
tation Of the mangled arm by a skill
full surgeon.
Just one more queer tiger story, told
by a superintendent Of police IN one
OF the districts OF Northern India. Oh
my expressing a desire 20 hear it. Il,
held forth as follows:
The people Of village in one o
my districts reported 10 II --. OF TIA,
Civil Service, that a tiger had JUS
killed several of the villagers, and wa
then lying near the village. and I'm
plorcd him 20 come and rid them %
the monster. II SO happened, how
ever. that the young magistrate wa
nothing of sportsman, and did no
even possess gun of any kind; On
on hearing their CHASTITY tale, he ga
loped OF 10 their village forthwith.
, The report was only too sadl'
confirmed As 10 tue awful havoc con.
. mitted by the brute, which had no
eaten any of his victims, but was san
j 10 be IN rice-deld close 10 the villag
j at that moment. Hastily borrowin
2 4 carbine from native policeman,
most wretched weapon a. best. H
e hurried 10 the rice-held, out OF whic
the tiger rose as he entered, and be
5 gan TO walk OF slowly. H fire
= and hit him, aud then followed hiI
5 up Coming upon him suddenly, til
T. tiger charged. and in few minute
q poor H was added TO the list {
{ yictimF.
j, More terrified than ever by tn
I awfu. tragedy, the villagers came
e me 10 implore assistance. went owe
o to H, of the Opium Department
a and we managed to get an elephant
=, but could not anywhere find howdat
v so, as "a last resource, we tied a tab
q upside down on the elephants bac
) with ropes round the legs OF the table
e Ii was not very secure kind of a
rangement, but the best we could mal
;, under the circumstances. A GOO
a many hours, about five or six at leas
l. mad elapsed since poor H--'s dealt
& but on arriving at the village We WEI
; told that the tiger was still lying {
e his body
e ''As we neared the place the tig
rose, and with terrible ro
Il came straight TO us. This was L
2, much for the elephant, which straigh
n ly turned tail and bolted, pursued |