Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-10
THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
Dicks Tiger OF Destiny
BY RUSSELL CLAYTON

To bring down ones first tiger is
thrill sufficient for the most hardened
sportsman. and to bag him under the
circumstances that Dick Hasbrouck did
Out let us give the story of 1t a de-
cent and orderly beginning.
Richard Hasbrouck, firing of tracking
'"uskox In the barren lands and fed up
WIN hunting grizzlies In the Selkirks,
hau started out for India to add to his
"ophies the skin of that most danger
Gus or all big game, the Indian tiger
having neglected, however. to provid.
h'mseif with even the most casual let.
'ers or introduction he was beginning
70 feel' as the p. and o. liner neared
'alcutta, that his chances of going out
ai'er the striped jungle dweller in any
"'s way were decidedly slim. Certainly
nser hunting was a sport in which old.
''"ers would have been able to give him
many valuable hints and. quite possibly,
ueh''ite assistance In the matter Of ele.
pnTSnnts' mahouts and equipment.
h. lhen, on the last lap of the Journey.
heo,met met Evelyn Sandbaron and her
ner Urother Harry. That is to say, the
SStaI sort nod-as- s-they-passed- on promenade
betUeoi oi acquaintance which had existed
Seowesn Tween the two and Dick developed into
SSoo,nethlng like friendship The sand
Cd1iVns o1d ',I. were quite evidently the sort of
ccru,IitIilners Dick had been wishing he
NJ SSu,I ~ KNOW, with an extended knowledge
t,,rnIn m uhe country to which they were re-
Nhly--and Of this Dick was unshak-
wsSo eHEnIHlnced-.-the girl and her brother
tbs llVlts under a shadow. Just what
adysrtnn9ie was Dick had no inkling. In
cosnisanty, however. he had become
anxious aS.iou to tind a man named He Hsxleton
do 'S oaSppaarenty had 1t in his power t.
stoo,nething or other Of tremendous i'm
somsthiee sSsfGe for Harry. Just what that
and, natnsrowas Was PICK could not discover
ask "A'ufa'iy. did not feel at liberty to
reach rSw so Dick; who, beyond wishing to
siblsn some S tiger country as soon as pos
only baa bmsu no definite plans, had not
gardsd 'ab tb ms curiosity piqued as re-
sstttppapainlons. but had been Tremendously
6ssutys 6ssa Gey IEyeiyn's fresh English
pursuSed Urged him to Join them as they
gon whers aeir ,b.w way northeast to the, re.
Dick ya. peen made chief magistrate
urSs was nothing loath. Some inner
throulpbr lpbrompted him to see the affair
sides, HsUa 70 nnish. whatever It was. Be
Dility or n al'eu MN with the posSl-
his t9 test weeks later Dick emerged from
before 70 gaze refectively at the scene
bearers MN; nm. About the blazing fire the
sahibs to ~ere ss dropping blankets for the
able naSsse' Hazleton, with his inscrut.
est ofbCssr fbCssr lace; the weather.worn for.
thin Ser cNn, young Harry Sandbaron, his
and, finsm',e maintenance prematurely lined
nlzed t%etween her brows. Dick recoE.
which ibnem bs q, as actors in drama or
10 the I.a not know the plot.
ie sG trees, were the elephants To The
upon ls'srea ali sI the tents. Pressing close
setting was the Jungle. An admirabis
to the .baeha bhash. d Dick whimsicaliy. even
II tSe Where mels he hoped 70 get his tiger
AasisiSoIne Ai iSIek rd Joined The group BY the tire.
Z rose and strolled over 10 tn tne
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