The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-03-27

not 70 be thought of. even Tor 40 10
slant
had my pistols large. trusly. navy
rprolYers-buf I was not 80 sure 0r
them against srsh 3 Formidable an
iagouisf. I saw by the increased rest
lessness Of the brute that whatever /
did must be- done quickly, as in very
short time ! might expect 70 repeat
my gymnasfic exercises; So. taking de-
liherate aim at the center of his fore
head. I fired
Seanely bad the report died away
when ] heard the bowling roar. and
felt instinciivcly that the tiger was
coming So dropping my pistol. !
ciuIched af tire sides 0f the hpwdah
determined. III possible. 10 save my
head from the very unphisi0l0gicnl
bumps. a number ~ which were al
ready raised upon it By the two preyi-
Gus charges. To my surprise. I felt
nothing This time further ihan q slight
shaking. and then heard Tie rustling
Of q b0dy upon the roof 0f the cagea
rusiling such as a dog makes when
be throws himself upon the floor.
"Ah. ha.' I said 20 myself of course
as did not wish 10 hold any cOnver-
sation with the ''Royal Bengal 8-"ah.
ha. 50 you're ou the roof, are your
Well. as I can't see you very well up
there. IN order sou down" and
fired straight through the center of
the howdah. not with the purpose or
with The hope Of killing, or even Sc
verely wounding him. only. as ! have
said, OF giving him gentle hint that
a L..
climate sphere Of action.
lie took the hint with 4 roar Or
thanks. or rage aud "came down on
the opposite side 10 that from which
be had assembled. and retired. as be
fore, 20 the distance Of ifteen or
twenty feet, surprised no doubt a
the unceremOnious manner IN which
he was told 10 get down"
His face was again toward The
hOWdah. and I noticed "a ridge. reach
ing nearly half the length Of the fore
head. whore ms first bullet had
plOwed iis way IN ihc bone for the
whole distance.
] saw my error now In the rather
iremulous state of my nerves J had
fired a little high. and the ball had
glanced after striking an obtuse an
gle However, i should not throw
away another shot IN the saline man
ner. since ! knew how it was done.
AS l saw be was slightly bewiidercd
and had no intention Of moving for
the moment ! reached Tor my brandy
flask and drank a pretty stiif horn
after which / felt better and more
able TO cope with AsI Tiger.
The last-named parsonage now
seemed 70 consider himself sufficient
IS recovered 10 take another hack Of
it' 90 use bgckwoOds oxpressl0nl,
aud began Systematically 10 hash him
self into the requisite amount or fury.
by the process of threshing the ground
around him with his handy caudal APP
pendage. and ! conceived my time for
action bad arrived
His head was slightly 10 one side.
and the eye presented very accepia-
BILE mark. Resting the barrel of my
weapon upon the sill or edge Of ihe
loop-hole. ] took careful sight az the
optic and blazed away with two cham
bers in rapid succession
This time il was a hOyl-clear. long
drawn and sonOrous which answered
my shot and It was succeeded by a
perfect torrent Of snarls and moan
lngs. which, in tiger language. are
equivalent. ! suppose. 10 curses and
Invectivcs in man talk.
Looking out. ! saw my late enemy
rolling. struggling and lashlng the
poor, innocent earth Ia his death ago.
aies, about hall -ila5s-ilet} t}Fcea Ills form
" POSITION and the howdnh
| watched him until. with n cry al.