The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-03

the wall opposite the window. It was
 this that attracted the tiger. The first
 that we knew of his presence he came
 through the window like a shot from a gun, passing directly over me and landing under the venison on the other side of the room. I heard him strike on the floor and instantly rear and
 tear down the meat from the hook. Not knowing for the moment what had broken loose, I wrapped my blanket round me for protection, grabbed up my rife, and sidled along, keeping close to the wall, to where Antonio had made his bed. It was pitchy dark but I could tell that he was standing in the corner with his ma chete in his right hand and his blan- ket wrapped round his left arm to serve as a shield. He was standing steady, but his eyes were fairly ablaze with excitement
 What is it, Antonio?" I asked. "A tiger?"
 Yes, senor. He has come for the venison and cannot get out No, do not fire, senor, for we are dead men if you fall to kill him. Give me lum- bre (match), I pray you
 We could hear the tiger trying to leap up to the window, with the quar- ter of venison held in his teeth, and falling back to the floor. Whenever he turned his head toward us his eyes were like balls of red fire, but he did rot offer to touch us, his whole aim seeming to be to get out at the window ,xit1, !, i, al, lar r fn,yD6 g match and gave it to Antonio. He picked up q handful of the dried grass that his blankets had been spread on. twisted it into torch and lighted it with the match. By its light we could see the tiger standing under the window glar- ing at us over the haunch of venison, which he plainly meant to stay by.
 "'Come, senor said Antonio, and we edged along the wall toward the door. The tiger turned so as contin- ually to face us as we proceeded, and growed, but afraid of the fire, did not approach us. Now, quickly, se- nor Antonio said, as we came to the door. Open it just wide enough that you may slip out and l will follow
 q opened the door few inches and squeezed through sidewise, with Anto- nio crowding behind me. He dropped door to and latched it.
 Nov we can breathe easy, senor, he said. We have el tigre cap tured
 "We could hear the tiger within the hut leaping up at the window ana sometimes scratching at the door. EV- idently his whole aim now was to get out but if seemed impossible that he could escape through the window, the opening being so small and the mud wall within affording no hold for hls claws. That he had been able to get into the hut through so small an open ing seemed wonderful, but for that he had the advantage of the hillside from which he could spring at the level al- most of the window. AS we waited for daylight. when I intended to shoot him, I heard the tiger sprlng once more, and this time his forepaWs ana head appeared at the window, Whlle he struggled to draw his body up throuch the opening. With my rlile not three feet from his ear shot him in the head, and the uger, s,ackening his hold, slipped back into inc hut before l could pull back the ,evor and fire again. We found nm load on the floor under the window at daylight, and after all that had nap nened we had venison steaks TOT New York Sun.