Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-21

Ills situation was indeed thrilline-confned
IN the little culdesac with the tiger that had
been preying on human victims for wear
past. 4oA year
his dusky comrades uttered frantic shouts
OF dismay as they saw the big tiger emerge
at once from his place of conceaiment, and
stand giarlng and snarling with savage fero-
city at the ill-fated beater
u.;at aAtesh! atesh" (6re! 6re!) they shouted,
exetedly-"atesh! ateshi"
They, were shouting for their comrade n
be quick and kindle fire as the only hone of
saving his own life -'0p' VI
For moment the poor man seemed nara
lyzeu with tear, or as if palsed by the fierce
as,entlon Pnt tb @ bestowed upon him by the tiger.
buC tne real horror of his situation soon
aroused him to the necessity of instant az.
| tion. - az
Producing match, he set fire to the bunch
OF elephant-grass into which he had fallen.
and crouched behind it,
The sight of the first curling smoke and
names seemed to madden the man-eater and
as though eager to work swift yeneeanoe mon
the aqdacious being trying to encompass his
own destruction. he uttered a blood-curdlng
la, ao9dl, arH NJ pouhced upon the defenseless Ben
galee IKE an enraged cat springinp on
mouse. es VI
Short, and CHASTITY was the work witnessed
| by the horror,stricken beaters from their van.
eage point on the cliff above They saw their
comrades body mangled and torn to n;acas
in demoniacal burst of savage fnrv p'er,1 and
with cries OF terror they hurled stones and
lmprecatlons down upon the ferocious brntn
which had thus added yet another hnmon,
victlm TO his murderous score
But the hour of vengeance wos ,,o, o,o..
at hand-at least such vengeance as can ohto;r oSe
when HE for life is a case between man. and
beast But the exchange can scarcely he coiiad nad
Just when dozen human lives have to ba
welgheo In the balance against that of on,
The flames gained headway. and in min.
ute were leapng and cracking in 6erca
blaze that filled the tiger with eonsternatiu niire
he sought refuge in the thickest clumns of
sition to another. one po'
AT length the eager sportsmen, waiting and
watching without caught sight of the he
striped BODY through an opening in the foles
age Ihe tiger was seeking an opportunitv 70
sneak out and bolt unperceived. ~
Bang! bang went the breech-loaders ond
answering roars of rage and pain cano M -,
from the ravine. VIZ
Wild shouts of exultation from the beotor,
on the chm told the two sportsmen that their
a gratifying spectacle. "oi' Vi
"Sahlb, sahib, some and see!" thew shout
ed, dancing the while for very low "'
Mr.. B and the lieutenant hurried I'm
on Sarda the rocks, and, looking down among the
striped tiger roaring and thrashing around u
his death agony in the fire. 'u III
Wounded to death, horribly burned bv tho
flames, ,writhing with agony as he was y the tbe
vengeful and exultant Bengalese continued 'ae 10
peMIt IT., him numerically with stones. ''0 "
rVvtns When "a an iva, was over they, came down and
prostrated themselves in low salaam hefora
the two sahibs, who had at last rid them eu,Ors re
then the monster that had been desolating their II
Il was a terrible ending for the dread man.
eSSelag eSe tlger there in the fiery cude-sac, amid
But, as Mr. b justly remarked 4 ,vo.
no no more than his proper deserts, for he had
killed and eaten eleven people, that the ISI vii.
layers knew Of, and had added yet the twelfth
eyes. '''''