Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-01-06
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.

| end ali chances of my escape by killing
| me instantly.
Soon the beating of a tomtom serntl-
ed, apparently not dozen PAGES away.
with the noise Of men forcing their war
through the underground. A young tiger
Wouln nave bolted Oft or dashed out upon
| the disfurbers, but a man eater acquires
from his evil familiarity with mankind q
| great degree of cunning, and when once
ne mas chosen his hiding place, can hard
| ~ De driven from it except by actual dis
| covery. Hiding in the long grass. nv
horrible captOr, his paws now tucked be-
| meath him, lay as fat as log upon the
ground his underjaw resting mon INV
| chest. p nay
, Inc tomtom kept on humping near
at hand, and stone thrown by beater
crashed into the underground a Ett.e
10 my right Another stone rustied over
my head and struck the tiger in the side.
but without sound he covered and law
motiOnless. The chances were great that
the hunters might pass on either side of
| us, and beat onward through the Jungle.
leaving the tiger in their rear to steal
| away to some safe retreat.
From OF on the right and left came
the noise Of beaters who had passed the
| spot where l lay, and the feeble raw y;
hope that had warmed my duh conscious
ness was fast vanishing. For me TO have
called out would have been to insure n,y
instant death; but had / desired to do
so. could no more have uttered sound
than person in a trance
with rustic of the long grass there
appeared In the open space q little native
chr, barking as if he surmised the piaet.
where the tiger lay, and wanted TO get a.
him. Suddenly spying the beast directly
before him he changed his fierce demon
stration to yell Of abject terror, and
I'm ,irO toi1 n tol. ho
the bamboOs parted, and there came. into
view the erect form and dark, s0ldiery
face of sepoy in uniform. carrying .N
his hand an Enfield rifle. The c0Dster-
nation of the dog had aroused his eau
ton, and probably prevented him from
actually walking upon the tiger.
ut was too late for him to draw bacls
His sOmber eye took in the situation witt.
a quickened CLEAN; the color CT his face
became ashy brown, and he stood inc
tionless, nerving himself as one might
who was waiting to receive the shots OF
firing marty.
His soldierly training and habit ft,J
not forsake him. AS the tiger lifted his
head with deep, menaciDg growl, sse
threw his rife to his shoulder IA nih-
tary fashion and fred
'The white belly of the beast flashed
for moment across my vision, and the
sepOy went down beneath the smashing
paws. But the tiger was thinking more
of flight than of revenge. HIS ioNd
growls had betrayed his presence to the
heaters. The horns and tomtems ceased.
and there came n gathering cutlery Of
voices about the place.
without stopping to finish his new
victim. the tiger turned and cTept bIch
through the grass. past me into the wan
of bamboos
There ensued period Of suspense,
broken 1t last by loud calls IN English
Hmdustani qnick succession Of cttle
shots, and shouts of There he Isl Quick
row. Don't miss him for your hier and
the tiger, driven bach, cafne into rGy
view again.
LAS be croucbel for a :nemen., smart
inG savagely. Lieut.. Gianman Of the
til Native came Oot Of the banhoat,
Without q moments hesitation ;be
Scotchman lowered the muzale OF his rifle
and fred point blanh into the face OF The
menacing beast
THE tiger Jumped toward him, but fell
short, and sinking upon one shoulder,
whirled about two or three times, snap
ping and tearing at sticks and herbage-
Then, with "a culver of it's whole frame,
it lag outstretched and aalet, past al
mischief
ct the cal that the tiger was siam.
hunters and beaters gathered about It's
lifeless body. They came to the fallen
so Giscov cred me. Al the reVuIsion IL,
| hope that ensued with their presenee,
my sensibinties returned and 1 began TO
suffer excruciating agony from RIOS
| crushed shoulder. + tainted as I WAS
| lifted from the ground and knew 90 nlore
| until / found myself upon my bed st
the bungalow, III the care Of the military
surgeon, who, fortunately for me. was n
member of the hunting party. p Youths
| Companion.