The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-14

' 1 the ship, determined to be its foster
 father to the best Of my ability but it 1 became too vicious as it grew up, and | was shot lest 1t do some mischief.
 | This incident was destined not to be
 my last tiger hunt in Java. After fll-
 ing up our lockers with potatoes, yams 1 cocoanuts, fruits of all kinds, and the
 pens and GOODS with pigs and chickens,
 and not being able to fill up our casks
 with fresh water, we sailed for New i River, a days sail from Anjer, which
 we had been informed abounded in linn pid streams emptying into the river. 1 On the trip we experienced one of the most terrific electrical storms any of us
 had ever encountered. It was beyond
 the power of description. However, we
 came out of it unscathed, and arrived
 at our destination.
 It was the most weird, uncanny place
 we ever saw. A narrow, sluggish
 stream, with banks bordered with vir- gin forests, and no sign of human hab-
 itation; the trees were full of birds and
 monkeys, and they kept up an inces- sant racket that was new and novel to us, and when night came, howls, snarls, gr0wls and screeches aboundeu till the very air was aquiver with the
 animal din. A nice place to get water, thought we. But the morning brought
 relief to our ears, and in it's turn the silence was painful, it was so deathly. When daylight came-and it comes all
 at once in the tropics-a boat was sent
 on shore to see how the land lay.
 My record as a good shot caused me to be ordered into the boat as the look out man and sharpshooter A short pull brought us to a fine pebbly beach, fringed by soil that showed the slight est footprints. Within a few yards of
 where our boat landed we found a
 beautiful rivulet, running crystal wat
 CTS in abundance, and by It's side we
 saw the footprints of animals of all sizes, but what they were we could only
 conjecture, though we could well un-
 derstand that the din of the previous night had proceeded from this water
 ing place." Not long after our return
 to the ship the water casks, ''becketed
 and rafted," were being lowed to the
 springside, and We worked well and
 quickly in filling the casks, keeping the
 meanwhile good lookout for visit
 from animals.
 1 Two days were spent in watering
 ship, and on the morning of the third day the captain concluded he would
 make an excursion few miles up the
 river. Accordingly his boat was fitted
 out with some provisions, a gun roN
 each man was put in the boat, with
 plenty of ammunition. and he taking 1 Id v,saA tat, Ixr% HA LI,
 only weapon of its kind on board. The
 wind was fair, and we set sail and pro- ceeded up the river at a good pace, en- |. toying the new and novel scenery. The
 captain was in excellent humor and in
 terested us very much with yarns of his voyages and adventures, and the time passed rapidly and very pleasantly
 all the forenoon. We ate our lunch and . took in sail and began our return jour-
 ney, estimating that we had gone up
 the river about fifteen miles.
 1 The wind was now dead ahead, and we out oars for a fifteen mole pull, 8 mere trifle for the well seasoned whale
 men. Bending to the ash, we made ths boat spin along at a lively gait, and 7 were some five miles away from the turning point when suddenly the cap- tain eXclaimed: Great heavens! look at that tiger!' And sure enough, lying
 we'll on an overhanging branch of a tree, under which we must pass lay a magnificent tiger, evidently watching
 it's chance to spring into our boat To , say that the captain was "gallied" con-
 veys but a faint idea of his mental con- ! dition, and as for my shipmates, they
 ;o-I1E +o loob1 perience at Anjer a few days previous had fitted me to be self-possessed, and perhaps confident of my skill with a
 gun, and while the captain was in such a funk I said, Captain, Yet me have your rifle and I feel sure that I can ? knock that fellow off his perch.'
 1 I will confess that the situation was , l. an embarrassing one to those that for , the first time were placed in such an awkward position.
 The captain handed me the rifle, and : in an instant I drew a bead and fired ] just as the captain was saying, Now Jack, don't miss him" I will confess felt a bit shaky myself, for I knew that if I missed him the chances were that when he made his spring it meant that he would land in our little frail [ boat and that would be the end of the } boat, the captain and the boats crew.
 But the bullet went to the mark. } Like an arrow from bow the beau- tiful creature shot through the air, and we felt the wind of his form as he pass. 7 ed only few inches over our heads, l and with a fearful spIsrh went below the surface of the water. It was a terrible moment of suspense to all of } us, but the instant he struck the wat : CT, the captain regained his power of - speech and roared like a lion: "Nov nI1ll hnNs null fnr Gndi- cnI.n 1,az-s.