Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-30
A Pet Tiger.

Instead OF pet kitten. how would you
like to have a little tiger cub for a net
nave just been reading about q lady
living In India. who was given a present
OF baby tiger. 1t was like baby kit
ten only larger. and its eyes were not yet
open, for 1T was one of litter of tiger
cubs taken away from their mother by a
cruel hunter.
The mother ugress lived in the hills OF
Berar. where tigers are not dangerous.
They kill and eat wild game but seldom
lnJure cattle, and never attack men But
after her cubs were taken from her. this
tgress grew so savage and fierce in her
misery that she terrified the natives. They
dared not leave the village except in par
'ies' ana never entered the lonely Jungle
uiitli the tlgress had left the neighborhood
Now ABOUT the little cub. Its new mis-
.ieSs was afraid it would die, until she had
tf'e happy thought of feeding it with
eoa. iahh- fou have probably seen calves
OF kittens taking the milk from their moth
ers. This tiger cub took hers fror, go.
ana she grew and thriyed Her mistress
named her Juno. When she was two
months Old she was about the size Of a
oaoAshuno ana good deal the same shape
large and clumsy 49,
Juno was just as playful and friendly as
ki.ten rolling over and over, and romp-
Ing ABOUT the floors trying to play with
| everybody that came to the house She
was always perfectly gentle.
AS she grew older her gambols were OF
course, rather rougher. and the swish of
her big tail was not very good for tho
furniture and ornaments Some Of tha Wis
itor5 10 the house began to be afraid of her
SO Juno was generally kept in a shed on
tne compound, which is like a large yard
with wall around 1t, ard tied with a very
long chain. This gave her plenty of room
to run and play
When she was about a year old she
measured over seven feet long, and was
strong and heavy, but the man who visited
her found her just playful and friendly
as ever.
1t was a queer thing that although most
tigers OF that age live entirely on raw meat
Juno could not be happy without her milk
twice every day from her foster Mother
the goat.
How strange 1t must have looked to see
TIE big tigress nursed by little goat
Another of Juno's friends was little
fox terrier. He was not bit afraid of her.
She would seize him in her great paws and
roll on the ground, biting him all over with
out hurting him, and the little dog bit
her nose, and pulled her long whiskers, with
all his little might. Juno was never more
gentle than when at play. She was no
dogs that never hurt the smaller ones
OF course, IL she was very fond of you,
and you happened to have on coat or
dress made Of thin stuffs. such as they
wear In India, 1t was very apt to be torn
by the tips of her claws.
Juno loved her mistress SO dearly that
sometimes she would hold her very tight
and it was hard to coax her to let go. When
her mistress finally got free, the tiger would
tug at her chain and whine after her until
she was out of sight.
At last Juno was sold to a dealer in wild
animals, and he took her away. He prom
ised to write and tell her mistress how she
was getting along but he never did. How
should like to know where Juno Is today!
Perhaps she Is travelling around the world
with q circus or with the trained wild
animals that some of us have seen! I am
sure 1t would be easy to teach her tricks.
as she had known nothing but love and
kindness all her early life. Wherever she
Is, I hope her master is good to her.