The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-05-06

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Philadelphia Record.
INTERVIEW WITH A TIGER.
The tiger crouched for a moment
to take breath, then, gathering all his
strength, he sprang again. This time
he almost succeeded in touching my
shoe (I could not draw up my feet for
fear Of overbalancing myself, and
felt the hot, fetid breath from his
mouth fan my face. In silence
which seemed to enforce his deter
mination he prepared for a third
spring-a spring which I knew must
end fatally to me. All hope seemed
to have fed, and I had given myself
up for lost, though l still continued
to scream feebly, when an answering
shout was borne hack to me and I
caught the sound of running feet.
The tiger heard them, too, and turned
instantly to face his new foe; and a
second later Teddy, rifle In hand,
came into sight. His bewildered
glance fell on me. From where he
stood he could not see the beast,
which now started to worm its way
slowly toward him, its body nearly
touching the ground and a little track
of crimson marking its course. "It's
there! It's there!" l cried hysterlc-
ally, and fortunately he understood
what meant. Never for a moment
did he lose his presence of mind, but,
cooking his rife, he quietly awaited
the brutes onslaught. A slight wav-
ing of the grass alone showed him, as
he stood on the ground, the direction
from which the danger was coming;
but /, from my point of vantage,
could watch the whole scene, a help
less spectator. l knew that Teddy
was an exceptionally good shot, but
he looked so powerless in front of
that incarnation of brute force that
1t seemed to me the combat could
only end one way. l had brought the
man l loved to his death, and all I
could do was to sit there and wait for
the inevitable end. The brilliant
Eastern sunshine lit up Teddy's
quiet, set face and the cleaning yell
low and black of his adversary. The
trees stirred softly in a gentle breeze
that had sprung up, and cuckoo
called quite close, as 1t might have
done in a peaceful English wood.
Suddenly there was fash, a roar
was it the noise Of the rifle or the tri-
umphant roar of the tiger? 1t seemed
to me as IL that smoke would never
clear away, but when at last my star
ing eyes could see again the beast lay
dead on the ground, and the man
stood there unharmed.-E. Hobart
Hampden, in The Pail Mall Magazine.
GETTING THROUGH JAP LINES.
Chinese honesty is proverbial, but
would seem to have it's exceptions.
The Rev. John H. X. De Forest, of
Auburndale, for thirty-five years resi-
dent in Japan and high in the conf
dence of Japanese statesmen and Of
ficials, told of an episode of which
hC huu pClSOh huOWituS0 Wnli6
with the army of Kuroki in Man.
churia:
Some of the spies used by both
sides during the war were Chinese"
he said. Complications nct infre-
quently resulted.
"Kuropatkin one day had a par
ticularly important message to send
to General Stoessel. To get through
the Japanese lines seemed almost out
of the question, but the Russian COM
mander went to Chinese famous for
his skill and intrepidity. The old
fellow didn't want to risk, but Kuro-
patkin cajoled him to it, giving him
$500 and promising him $500 when
he returned.
when he reached the vicinity of
the japanese lines, with an intention
that had evidently been with him
from the start, he went straight to
Kuroki, insisting that his business
was very pressing.
"He explained in full to Kuroki
that the Russian general had given
MIN task which he could not per-
form because of the admirable dispo-
sition Of the Japanese forces, that
therefore he had done the next best
thing and come straight to the illus
trious leader of the triumphant Jap
anese.
"Kuroki read the despatch, gave it
back to him, bade him go on to Stoes-
sci with 1t and return with the answer
on to Kuropatkin and collect his
remaining $500. The Chinaman car
ried out his instructions in detail and
collected for his exploit s1U00."-
Boston Herald.
HARNESS BOAT TO WHALE.
Frank Paschall and James Harvey