Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-12-26

officers detailed 20 arrange and manage
the hunt With the civil commissioner
of Nepal s,Ad his wife was Lady Cliff.
ton, and the two ladies were by no
means Esvices III the sport Of tiger
hunting. When the hunt had been fair
: r. entered upon, they occupied how
d.. on the back of a big elephant to-
getler and would not admit any one
else. A tiger had been driven by the
beaters into a swamp mile long by
half a mile broad, and into this spot,
grown up to reeds and bushes until the
eyes could scarcely penetrate, crashed
the elephants and horses. The idea was
to: drive the tiger out upon: clearer
ground to the T~st, where he could be
reached, and everybody made as much
noise as possible. lie was a crafty
beast, and for two hours he refused to
break cover. p
The elephant on which the two ladies
were mounted had taken the lead and
been steady enough, but after awhile
something ratified him, and lie bolted
across the swamp toward the trees.
His mahout used every eXertion to stop
or turn him. but the cid fellow was in
4 panic. 10 the surprise Of everybody,
the tiger followed at his heels, though
in furtive way. as if bent only on es-
cape. With the elephant making a
mad rush for a low branch tree that
he might get rid of the burden on his
back Lady Clifton took swift aim at
the tiger and wounded him. The
wound provoked his anger, and he
sDrang forward OH the elephants rear
j~st -; the tree was reached and the
branches swept the howdah to the
ground. a second later and the two
ladies lay on the earth among the frag-
ments, both stunned by the fall, and
the tiger stood with his paws upon the
body of Lady Clifton and growled and
snarled at the dozen spectators.
Fortune had given young Danfortb
his opportunity. AS a sort of terror
held everybody else helpless, he flung
himself from his horse, grabbed a hog
spear from the hand of a chattering
native and advanced upon the beast.
He had to cover sixty feet of clear
ground. and those who looked on said
that the tigers eyes blazed fire and ev-
cry hair on his back stood up as the
officer walked steadily forward. A
dozen voices called to him to look out.
but he made no halt. AS lie drew
nearer the beast crouched for a spring,
and when he was within ten feet the
spring was made: Down went the
spear, and when the onlookers glanced
again the man was on his feet and un-
hurt; and the tiger was rolling over and
over Oh the earth with the point Of the
spear sticking out of his back.
The ladies had not been seriously
saved from the tigers mcw. Young
Darfcrth was the hero of the hour.
Every officer i'll the regiment took him
by the hand and offered congratula-
tons, and his colonel patted him on the
shoulder and said:
MY dear boy, it was the coolest,
brayest thing l ever heard of. and it
makes us all pfOuu OF you.
''But the S!khs swore that as leader
l got ratified and lost my head" replied
the officer. Il was hOnorably acquit-
ted, but have been made to feel that
l smirched the honor of the Tenth.
Until can wipe that out 1 am an out
cast"
The civil commissioner wanted to
show his gratitude, and Lady Clifton
had influence she wanted to bring to
bear, but the subaltern remained the
he had not long to wait. The dacoits
came down from the hills again, and
he was given the chance he so lOnged
for. This time his fifty troopers were
all Englishmen, and he not only at
tackled Mooltan, the greatest robber
chieftain of them all, in chosen posi-
ton. but routed his force and captured
the leader. That would have been
deed to boast of, but the subaltern was
not satisfied. Leaving part of his force
to hold the position and the prisoners,
he pressed on into the foothills with
the remainder and attacked and cap
tured camp and brought off the ser
geant and corporal who had been made
prisoners in the first affair. There was
second court martial at Aliwal on
the return of the troop, and when the
sergeant and corporal had proved that
the Sikhs We're liars and towards the
old Tenth held jubilee and declared
L. L. irhf
the dinner they toasted "our comrade
and hero"
Scared the Papuans.
There is no opening for a dentist in
New Guinea. The Papuan can sever