The Jersey City news., 1902-05-10
DARK oBJEor sHoT THRoUaH THE AIR

A DARK OBJECT SHOT THROUGH THE AIR.
railroads in that part of India. the
country at that time being an almost
impenetrable jungle. The story is best
told in his own words:
WORD came TO us that tiger was at
work in a small village near Allahabad
and that he had carried of two men
and girl Little time was wasted In
preliminaries. and as soon as possible
we set out for the scene of action. Ar
riying 1T the village. we found the ma
tives in state bordering on frenzy.
ETe quieted their fears by assuring
ITEM their enemy would be in their
ha ands in few hours.
esll that long summer afternoon we
is.y sweliering under burning Indian
s,!a In the bot, dusty undergrowth un-
til near suadown we were startled as
well as horrified by message brought
by a runner that while we We're lying
there inactive man. believing himself
secure in our promised protection. had
started to gather rice that was about
desrpyed for the lack of attention and
had baen pouuced upon right before
the eyes of his children by large tiger
and carried away into the jungle. 1t
was then decided to separate and hunt
the tiger.
Now. as was the lucky or unlucky
one to find the tiger l shall merely deal
with the account of my movements.
had selected for my search an old dried
up water course partly because it af-
forded better vantage ground from
which to scan the surrounding country
and partly because from my knowledge
of the habits of the Bengal tiger
knew when resting they generally seek
the fringe of woods adjoining water
course and there lie in wait for prey,
either man or beast. that makes use Of
such places to facilitate travel. So
walked along on the alert for the
slightest sound that might tell of the
presence of animal life l had gone in
this manner a half mile or more and
had Just about concluded l had better
try another tack when as l was pass
isg a clump of bamboos I heard a
slight rustic. and before | had time to
raise my ever ready rife a dark object
shst through the air and struck me
with the force of a catapult
.Then | recovered my senses, l
foued Iayseif beneath the body of. as
il seemed to me- the largest tiger had
ever seen. At my slightest movement
he emitted a growl that plainly showed
f,nff al. ,5,~,,
te release myself So here, thought,
was the end Of our tiger hunt. as far
as Was concerned. ! was to 20 the
way o; the many former victims Of this
monster and furnish another illustra-
ton of the cunning and ferocity of this
terccr. While these thoughts were flit-
ting tkroa1h my mind the tiger, hay
iEs eviGsRtly made up his mind what
TO DO with me. grabbed pe in the side
a.sd. with rapid motion. threw me
ores his shoulder with as much ease
as lnolgh had been baby ADD, with
bc,lad up the SID. Of the bank. began
to force his way through The reeds and
bushes al a rate Of speed sufficient tc
dispel all thoughts of any hope might
have had az assistance reaching me
fran my comrades.
.Hc kept on for probably half mile
when upon coming to A small glade he
dropped me and lay down near me
Finding myself released. | at once sci
my wits at wJrk 10 srudy some plan OF
eacapc. | had two reyolvers and {
hunting kaife strapped to my waist
but | dared not risk the attempt tt
draw q revolver. for before ! coult
sheet with any certainty the tigeI
would be Upon me and rend me liml
from lab.
"4Ekilc detlatinc what to do and
kuuwHfE any nnnutr ilifsuI uc LAY iitSt
I was struck by tie thought-and Il
this day 1t has puzzled me TO know
why did not think Of it sooner-tha
in my side cost pocket carried over {
pound OF cayenne pepper. ! had car
ried this for years to guard asalns'
j,ist ssch predicanient as | was thet
in. and EeTe when the opportunity Of
ferea had vell nigh forgotten it
Then with d coolness born Of desperc
fioa begzn slowly to slide my hant
tova.a ~ lse,.es. After what seeniet