Year: 1867

Not sound not movement.


"Major Jackson, reform YOUR colum
and break off the men," said the CoIc
mel; and then walked. away with my
self and my sister.


"But what did your sister do there p
!, Well, she had promised Gerald tha
nc should not suffer the disgrace of tn
Lash and had, during the hour
thought she was fooling With the doc
tor, managed to get hold of his bottl
OF prussic acid, and had rushed on
with half Of it for him and half fo
herself and her appearance had g.
thoroughly surprised every one that sh'
had reached the trianglcs, and almos
raised it to his lips, when the docto
recognizing his own blue bottle, strucl
her hand violent blow, and dashed i
on the ground, besides disabling he
from getting her own share.
"And how did the affair end -? wa
the General of the division satisfied p
don't think he would have bee,
with that evidence alone, and 50 v,
went about to hunt for more. I begged
that, as We had found so much, Gerali
might be permitted to ACCOMPANY ,
party of search, under a guard, to find
the missing tiger.


we went there, Meggie insisted or
joining US. All the officers off duty
went, and about half the men.


Gerald then pointed out the SPOT
where he had stood, and where he shot
the tiger; and from that. point we start.
ed, crossing and recrossing, till there
could not have been anything as large
as half crown that could be hidden.


Meggie and I were riding in front of
the line, when Meggie exclaimed,-


"What a horrible smell comes from
that copse."


"gon't smell anything, Meg"


"You've lived here so long, that
you've no sense of smell left.''


Of course as Meggie was with us
Blinkers was there too. Blinkers ad-
vanced to the copse-paused-and
rushed underneath the grass barking as
ii infuriated.


"There's something In there, Willie" :"


Some Of the others coming up, we
pushed our way into the depths, guided
by the frantic bark Of Bliukers, and,
after much scratched and torn, found
ourselves in the center of trampled
circle of jungle grass, with the half.de-
voured remains Of large tiger.


The doctor was sent for, and the
wound discovered the beast had evi-
dently been lamed, the bullet breaking
the fore leg. It was also evident that,
wounded as it was, it had fingered on
till it was mere skin and bone, and had
died only within the last few days. As
sisted by some natives, the good-natured
doctor commenced the horrible task of
searching for the bullet, and, after half
an hours labor, the most disgusting he
had ever undergone, it was found fat
tened against the large bone of the hind
leg, and handed to me.


Never shall I forget the pleasure I
felt when I saw on the rescued bullet,
the No. 5, with dot as fresh and clear
as if it had just come from the pressing
machine.


Great was the rejoicing that night in
the camp of the 10th. Blue fires were
burnt, the band came and serenaded
Maggie. The whole of the officers, in
Guiding the old Colonel, came as to a
levee: but still I felt there was one
thing more to be found out. How did
the No. 2 bullet get into the saddle?


AT length inquired whether any of
the officers missed any of their arms.
Curiously enough, the only missing arm
was a gun belonging to the wounded
Captain. I asked, did he remember the
size. He did. It was just .hade small
er than the bore of the regimental Car
biues. You could get Government
bullet down by good deal Of hammer
ing.


I now propounded my theory, that
the bullet No. 2 had been fred from
the Captains missing rifle, for the point
of the bullet was marked with rings,
and considerably Aattened. Now, there
was nothing in the flesh, and nothing
in the saddle to produce these marks,
and they must therefore have been
made before firing.


I then proposed that full search
should be made With dogs, for at least
two miles round, from where the shot
was fred, to see if any traces could be
found Of either the man or the gun.


We made the most careful search !;
presently I came to a stone on the road
itself, marked in a most peculiar man.
ner.


"What's the cause of these marks :"
said I to the farr1er of the troop, who
had volunteered to help, and who said
he never felt more grateful to any one
in all his life than he did to me for
squeezing his wrist 50 hard that Gay.


"What's the cause? It's been used
as hammer for somethiug,-a nail in
a SHOE"


"Nail-heads are square,"


"True for you-these arc round"


"Do you think a ramrod would make
these marks p


"It just would. Somebody's been
driving down hard bullet with it,


$50 I think. Now take this stone and
throw it strait over that gap into the
middle of the copse and I'll mark where
it seems to fall"


He threw it, and marking the spot,
We found our way into the jungle; and
there, within few yards Of the stone,
under the long leaves, We found what
We sought,-the remains of a native,
stripped entirely Of flesh and skin except
on the hands and feet, and with a great
gaping wound In the skull and in the
inside, which the ants had perfectly
cleaned out, was = large piece OF the
burst gun that he had BY his side.


The whole evidence was there; two
empty cartridge cases; another No. 2
bullet; eight untouched cartridges. It
was clear enough that the man, whoever
he was, had taken the Captains gun,
and putting in two charges of powder,
rammed down the too large bullet with
the blows of the stone on the now bruis-
ed end of the ramrod and the loud
report that all the witnesses spoke to
was as loud as the simultaneous report
Of the discharge of three charges of
powder could make it; while the want
Of force in tho bullet was accounted for
by the busting of the gun.


We took home tho skull. and the