The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-17

e asEMcnT VEST vsRelssIAifss
knew that he YES sia his fensiT
ll5Esh thirst from the foeszai OF q lie
Rat was usorth morn 10 me AN al
I5sir think me not tooifsa that Ssssp
thus for nay :brette The dend IS
with us now The t;ge--de dement's up
on our deck. and i know that there
shall be onezdeaSh more. now that si>c
has come.
S AS wkite ceased speaking the low
grow1 Of the tiger came rumbljng ?
from the hold and for season the
poor man could muster scarcefE
strength enough TO stcecy the ship-s.
helm
Captain Langdon walked Thought
fully forward. and e"en he could not
aeIp wishing that Mr. Bowditck had
chosen some other node of convey
ance for TIE tiger. Had it beer a
young animal, the Gaze would hive
been different: but the tESer was fr1l
grown. Of powerful 1aud. and. with
al. not oversa month rom his native
Jungle. where he was captured by a
large party of hunters. CT which Mr.
Bowditch was member and. partly
as trophy OF his own proves. and
partly as subject ef curiosity. he
had determined TO axe IT home wiz:
him
Tie ship pursued her course f-r.
three weeks. with nothing to break the
usual quiet of pleasant sea voyasc-
Sangway: what Is the ma ter with The
Hope. everything went on well-if sse
may expect the slight daeasiness oc-
casioned by the frequen1 howliuss OF
the dreaded occupant of The hold. and
even that caused no real alarm save
in the breast of Harry White
II was pleasant afternoon after
the snip had entered TIE trade winds:
The sheets. and tack3, a.d the braces
remained just IS they had been Sc
layed forty-eiSht hoass before; and
the sky was as clea- aud cioudless a.
IN infants heart The captain and
the owner just stool abart the wheel
Harry White lad the Ee.:c1. and most
Of the men We're longing about tie
deck. while little Mary Bowditcn. as
ltIithe and happy as an uncaged lark
was sporting among IT. coils of the
rigging that hung froc- the dfe-rait-
For several hours The ISer had been
unusually FESTIVE, ard. Al the present
dc
NAL howlinss. which IT Icasth case to
such pitch that little Mary started
away from her usual r.ayins-sround.
and crept up 70 the side OF her father
Come here. Kouli. said NJ Eow-
ditch. ADDRESSING one OF MS Malay ser
wants. who stood near he sterboaTc
sansway; what IS The matter with t:,e
tiger?-
Kouli protested 10 understand thor
oughly the training of the Tiger. ard
for that reason he had been CHOSEN
10 accompany the owner 20 the States
Now. perhaps all that the Malay pro
fessed was true; but one thing IS GER
tain-it is a very different affair to
take care of full-srown tiger on snip
board. from the same Office on shore
but. nevertheless. ne answered, I'M
l:esitatingiy. He warts The liSht and
fresh air, sir
Then let him have IL" said Mr..
Bowditch And turning TO tue cap
tain. he continued. will you have your
men hoist the cage on deck?'
Captain LanSdon gave assent 10 the
request and in a few moments bur
ton was rugged to the zaainstay. and
hooked into the stout lashinss OF The
cage. when the men seIzed the ropes.
and easily swayed TIE large grated
box upon deck
The cage. was composed of stout
teak-wood strongly bolt@d and barred
the front being entirely open. save
the strong iron rods thar ran perpen-
dicularly from the top to the bottom
and as 1t was deposited in the gang
way. il fronted towards the bulwarkS.
so that the men might pass by the
opposite side of the deck without dis
turbing the inmate.
For some time the tiger seemed
much pleased with the change OF his
situation. which he manifested by the
peculiar manner in which he SruEfcd