The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-01-28
lTHlIE TIGER MAM'



BE was high caste native, given TO
his books, and much OF his philosophy
has been quoted in European countries.
He lived In the ruins of an old temple
on the outskirts Of dense jungle.
AND there he made and maintained
4 fame as a tanner Of wild beasts,
particularly tigers, he did not actu-
ally tame them, but the influence he
exercised over them was no less than
wonderful. even with thousand wit.
nesses to corToborate facts one finds
1t hard TO believe in some OF his do
ings.
Had he been SO minded he could
have cleared the whole province OF
tigers III two or three years ana en-.
rlched himself with the bounty offered
for their hcaas ;;.1 ttnt Ssd,iis OF other
dangerous beasts and deadly serpents
but he positively refused TO bring harm
TO single denizen OF the jungle. H.
would throw no obstacle in the way OF
hunters, and he expressed no sorrow
when he looked upon tiger slain by
others, but he had laid down "A rule
and nothing would induce him TO
swerye from 1t. II often happened
that natives who had lost relatives or
oxen by the hunger OF the king of the
jungle came TO him and prayed for
| vengeance, but In every instance his
reply was:
Il am sorry for you, but tigers must
have food as well MS men. | will not
help you 10 kill one, but will talk
| to the beasts and ask them to be more
careful hereafter. am sure they will
do this for me-"
As soon as the Tiger Mans reputa.
ton began TO spread there were
many who desired 10 put him TO the
test. and during the long years of his
life 10 was seldom that he refused 4
hundred times over he has gone out
into the jungle alone at night and call.
ed tiger TO him and led the beast 10
the ruins for all to see. Sometimes the
tiger would crouch and creep and
whine, and again he would be tiercely
defiant and menace the spectators.
II the report came that tiger in
certain district had killed human be.
ing, the man would set of for the place
without asking for fee or reward He
would learn all he could about the
beast and then enter the jungle TO
search him out. Sometimes he would
be seeking for several days, and when
night overlook him he made his camp
among the beasts and serpents OF the
thlckets. When the tiger had been
found, which was nearly always the
case II he had not left for another To-
cality. he would be taken by the ear to
the village In which lie had seized his
victim and then be made 10 roll In the
dust by way Of apology for his mis-.
deed. He would then be told that he
must 20 at least fifty miles away and
live on the game Of the jungle for the
next month, and II has been proved
over and over again that the tiger new
er failed to disappear.
l 1t was with the knowledge and nc.
tive participation OF a governor OF In.
dia and not more than fifteen years ago
that the Tiger Man was put 10 the
hardest test of his life. lie claimed i'm.
munlty from every species of wild
beast and serpent, and he was sent In.
to jungle in which three full grown
tigers had taken refuge from some
sportsmen, one of whom was the gov
ernor The hunt had ended at dusk.
and the Tiger Man would have dark
ness against him US lie pushed his way
through the jungle. The locality was
known TO be infested with cobras. and
lust as the hunt was called OF one Of
The party caught sight of a rogue"
elephant stealing through the thicket.
No money would huve hired white
man TO penetrate Into the jungle at
night, and native would nave lain
down in his tracks and refused 10 stir.
no matter what punishment threaten.
ed
There We're more than forty people
left behind us the Tiger Man set forth
ipon his errand. He bowed before the
governor and said he would bring in
1t least one OF the tigers-onc which
had been slightly wounded by Il bullet
He was heard whtstling and chanting
rs he penetrated the Tickets. and he
was absent about three hours When
he returned there were both commotion
md CONSERVATION. He was leading
The wounded tiger by the ear and was
followed by the two others, and after
the tiger came the elephant. There was
yet more. Around the mans left arm
was twined huge cobra with glitter
ing eyes, and across his neck and
shoulders was another.
"Sahib, bring you these presents
from the Jungle" said the Tiger Man
rs he halted few yards away.
But the governor didn't want them.
What he wanted was to see them re-
stored 10 their native wilds as fast as
possible. particularly as the elephant
evlnced q disposition TO charge the
crowd. The Tiger Man had the ad
vantage, and he kept 1t for long half
hour. He played with the deadly
cobras as If they had been twigs OF
willow, and they made not the slight
est attempt TO bite him. he spoke to
the tigers in dialect they seemed to
understand, and though they growled
and showed their teeth they did his
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