The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-14

danus are just dead ripe. and. nay,
don't they look delicious"
The major eyed the tree and frovned.
Lady Tibbie smiled Wickediy. You
mustn't think Of IL. You might hurt
your leg" she said.
The major flushed and stalked up 20
the tree II was quite an easy tree 20
climb, but the ma jor was foFty-fve. II
a day; be weighed fourteen stone; and,
furthermore. his wounded thigh was
only a month cut Of plaster The very
first bough that he rested his fun
weight upon snapped OF. and q second
later he lay upon the ground beside
the trunL, whits-faced and insensible.
How Lady Tibbie did Il she will never
know She was only a little dot OF
thing. and not by any means Of ANA
zonian muscular development, but
somehow or another she eontTiyed 70
hoist the unfortunate major into the
back compartment Of the car and 20
make has helpless bulk seem comfort
able on the iooT with cushions. For a
fun minute thereafter she leaned
against the door. weeping like a baby.
and more self-ashBmed than tongue
can tell. Very soon, however, she
dashed the tears aside and climbed
hurrie5ly back 20 the seat. Colonel
or ne colonel. I must get the major
home at once. oh, what a cruel.
wicked girl I ann she cried.
Lady Tibbie was an excellent ehauf-
feuT, and she knew her ear from tt
T. Within a moment II was flying down
the cleared top Of the Second Hill al
railroad speed. and making for the Jun
gle on the mountains knee. Lady lib
bic heard the shouts of the beaters
growing every moment louder as she
neared the forest. but they were bidder
in the underground and The hunters
too. No one saw. no one offered TO oh
struct her progress. She was soon. how
ever obliged. by a series OF sharp zig
Gags in the roadway. 10 apply thu
brakes. and thus IT was that she plunged
into the Jungle at length at the com
paratively moderate velocity of ffteeI
miles an hour. Now the road wounC
for perhaps two miles through the jun
sic; Il took Lady Tibbie. therefore. som,
eight minutes to transact It, And al
that while the Bula tiger without 4
human biped being in the least awarr
OF IL, stood just within the forests QUITE
edge behind the path, waving his lonl
tawny tail from side to side, and listen
ing with a species of sardonle humer L
the distant music OF the foolish heaters
whom he had thus far eludtd with con
temptuously exercised facility II
tigers thoughts could be interpreted. /
Is more than probable that an Englisl
word Of four letters connected with ID
would have expressed the BuIa tiger
reflections when he heard the putting o.
Lady Tibble's motor car. He threw
hasty glance behind him. a savage fast
IN front. He seemed to be menaceC
from all sides, except the open coun
try But tigers have an almost ineradi
cable hatred OF untimbered wastes II
daylight. The Bula tiger conceived tina
he was cornered. he saw the motor ca
coming at him like a thunderbolt H
heard the beaters' shouts; and croucheC
to spring Lady Tibbie had forgotteI
that such a creature existed In tn
world: but she saw the sunlit world be
yond the trees. and on the tristan
pressed the lever. The tiger sprani
too: but Lady Tibbies action had UP
set all his calculs lions. and instead o
landing on the box, he barely suceeede,
in hooking his claws over the back raj
OF the car. With huge effort tn
splendid brute hung on. however, and
moment later claWed his way aboarl
and stood extended and ereCt. his hin