Arizona republican., 1899-03-10

i tiger answered with another growi
 This growl apparently caused the mor-
 key to abandon it's :dea of springina
 into the rigging; for. with an almost
 human murmur of fear, it sought tc
 cudGla in S;d's arms for protection. He ] put a hand. albeit shaking one, caress- | ingly on it's head.
 The tiger, oninous as had been it's
 growl, did not appear to want to force
 |; fight It did not come nearer. l..
 too. was frightened by the strangeness i of it's position and the waste of tum- 1 bling water.
 It approached the rail and looked down into the little beat Though this
 was done without any apparent inten- i ton Of springing into the boat, tEe
 movement gave Sid another thrill of l fear. With the tigers had touching 1 he rail just over the boat. Sd $ chances
 of escaping from the sinking ship 1 seemed slenderer than ever. After the first shock of fear had | passed Sid tried to calm himself that he might consider his situation His only hope seemed 10 be to get the tiger away I from the starboard rail. Ii he could du ! that he might reach the boat by cour-
 ageous dash, or by springing into the sea he might gain the boat by swim ming, even though he was not a very | good swimmer. To remain in the rig girg until the ship went down was to go down with it.
 To ascertain what the tiger would do he descended a few feet. holding the shivering monkey tightly against his | rTho 4 4I T I resented the movement. Its lips drew back from it's white teeth in a snarI. and il took a step in Sid'> direction
 Its attitude was so threatening that the boy stopped short, with terror again tugging q his heart.
 But fear of the maw of the sea sooI. drove him downward.
 This threw the tiger into rage. It came nearer. Looking up at him with its blazing yellow eyes. it crcuche6 within sPringing distance Of the shrouds Its black and yellow bands seemed to writhe in snaky folds, and it's sinnous, swaying tail quivered to the very tip.
 Only q knowledge that the ship was sinking kept Sid from mbling back with all speed. He was sure the vessel had perceptbly settled since he came aboard. SO short time before. An other big wave was lifting her; and the conviction was forced on him that the time in which she would remain afoat could be numbered in minutes, if not n seconds
 If l only had a belaying pin," he thought. Anything 10 throw!"
 He snatched off his cap and hurled I as far as he could to port
 The tiger rose with a hoarse growl. glared a tke flying cap, and took a step toward it as it fell.
 The ship was lifting on another wave. With trembling fingers Sid drew out his pocket knife. wrapped his handker- chief about if, and hurled both over the tigers head
 They dropped in the pert scuppers, and, with blood-chilIing snari. the angered brute leaPed in that direction.
 This was Sid's opportunity. With the monkey clinging to his shoulders hc sprang down the rigging almost at bound and sped across the deck. Et heard the tiger slide and turn. The1 he heard it's snarl and the rattle of it's claws. as he began to cas; eff the line that held the boat.
 Terror drove Sid HoHy's heart into his mouth and made his fingers clumsy In fancy he felt the tigers hot breath on lis back and it's sharp teeth in his flesh. But he cast off tie line some how and sprang over the rail into the boat.
 At the same instant there was a rum- bling growl. and the tiger hurled it's sinewy bulk through the eir after him. Sid, as he crouched. saw il shoot over him like flash; then heard it drop with a splash into the sea.
 He sank down trembling and ex- hausted. not having strength 10 push the boat from the ships side The monkey tried to climb from his shoul- der into his arms for protection The boat swung away of itself as the ship once more lifted. and by :. sort of in- stinct Sid put hand on the tiller
 Then he saw the tiger rise 10 the su.- face. sFlashing as if bewiidered. It turned toward him and began to swim. He gave the tiller a further push the sail caught the breeze anE the boat moved through the water.
 The sail caught the fuli force of the breeze and the boat quickly drew away from tke ship. Again the tiger san1 and rose. weaker than before. Twice was this repeated. Then he b:g shir her timbers groaning. gave a sudden and ominous roll 10 port. \ huge green wave crawled across her decks. as # seeking to stife the smoke that rose from the forscastle. There was an- other groan, with a creaking of yards and cordage.
 Sid Holly clung like drowning boy to the rUdder of his little boat. But he was already far enough from the ship to be practically out Of danger.
 Nor was the commotion as great as he had expected. The waves boile.l furiouSly fer few moments. Then. the Java, trailing her masts. went down ike leaden p!ummet.
 When the topmasts had disappeared | ' T