Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-14
Al ErraDd UDder Difficulties

shlek OF terror, darted behind n convenient
Tree and brought his bamboo into 'cbaroe
oayonets' position with ridiculous olacritv
Crouehed upon low limb of a tree direct
IN y In i1ay haarrys path was the magnificent pan
ther, whose graceful movements he had ai.
ready admired that morning. This t;mo nao s1,e a.,
was watching them. 'i''' sne
Vow, when an angry panther has her fiery
yes iis nSed on you, with fell designs upon
your NE, 1t IS not quite as amusing as when
Of uenons5ra tions are directed at pack
OF wolves, and you are only spectator
:, nat was just the idea which occurred to
Harry at this thrilling moment.
Iie urew up ike statue, but he had nerve
enough, with almost imperceptible move:
ihfnss en- 10 take peep at his priming.
sh9uld spring upon him. With his trusty
rli1e ne would not have hesitated to open the
conhict but with one bullet in an old musket
anq l!.r one charge of birdshot, the case was
Why he did not forsee this encounter he
that he ought TO have counted upon Il, no'
Blast the. birds!" he muttered. with sun-
dry other objurgations on game in general
and d. himself in particular
ohoot, master!" quavered Sing, from be-
hind his tree.
The coolie has wonderful confidence in
snooting weapons when a white man carries
them. Had they been surrounded by troop
OF tigers, Sing would have blandly besought
Hal to clean chem cut with shotgun.
-, Should ne try, it? That was the question.
II ahe +f1 crisis could not be long deferred The
lashlng her tail. arching her. back, and nerv-
ously scratching on the bark. At his least
movement she would be sure to leap
Harry determined to wait no longer He
would give her the bullet first. and as she
sprung, he would try to blind her with the
| Of IN ~ l,,.1-
to mention Sings bamboo, for the cooie, see
ing he was in a desperate scrape, was now
warming up his courage.
With wonderful clearness and steadiness
Harry lowered his venerable shotgun. This
might be an aim for life.
STEADY, Hall" came to his ears, in deep
soft tones from the thicket behind him
Don't use bird-shot! If you have ball
hre and trust mel"
You may well believe the boys heart gave
throb Of joy at the sound of Uncle Bob's
familiar voice. Even poor Sing waved his
sive. Chinese delight
Having his aim now, Hal let fly with his
bullet.
With an infuriated scream. the panther
leaped into the air, and fell rolling and scram
bling to the ground.
"Good hit" said Uncle Bob; 'close call
thought" for at that instant the beast stag
gered to her feet in a dying fury.
She threw all her strength into vicious
leap at Harry, who darted to one side for
shelter
But, midway of her leap, Uncle Bob's rife
bullet crashed through her throat, and Sing
dashed bravely at her rear-as she lay quiv,
ering in her death struggles-with his con
quering bamboo.
''She won't trouble you any more that's
sure" remarked Uncle Bob, advancing; land
i did hate to spoil her pretty jacket with
birdslot. You stood up to it we'll my boy
But how came you here?
Harry gave his uncle the home message
about the tiger, and briefly related his fore
moons advantures.
"Tiger, eh?'' remarked Uncle Bob, as two
or three coolies came out of the thicket to
bear away the game perhaps SO; but
more than half think the boys had gotten
wind of this animal. Isn't she beauty :.
added Uncle Bob stroking the magnificent
skin of Harry's victim. Il heard of this
one today, and that's why / happened to be
on hand. 1t may have been lucky for you,
young chap, that came. A shotgun is a toy
for such game
Harry quite agreed in the providential ma
ture of Uncle Bob's arrival, and ventured to
inquire whether they were going over for the
tiger the next day. What he said was "we."
| Uncle Bob looked his nephew over, with a
query upon his smiling face.
"It's risky, Hal; see what your father says
| Meanwhile, we have some pheasants at home
| lust bursting with stuffing, you know) tc
meet you. Come on"
Harry looked at his uncle wistfully to read
hope, ii possible, for the tiger hunt
AS to Sing, the word "partridges" had fired
his heart, and be tramped along, hourishinq
his bamboo with the air of old Prince MIN