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Show ISIS r cSujft III 111 The following true nnd thrilling ml nf , u. ntur, .. written f .. I he ( In il Ufa einnatl Enquirer by Arthur Spencer, f .r veins In the mplnv of t'n, I w ..berk $ I ffl c f""' ttnlmBl dc"le,r "r "er"" Ml H' """ ' ""' "' t"""t "." . H 1W Hagonbecka ehlef hunter In the jnnrte f India ...id South AM.. and has wW ' rnhb,y had mor0 ,",'pera,e ncou,,un' """ ",ia u""n,, than tt"y mun "ow mm "un- . IiinifS A l'BW year ago. before the advent of rallroada In that part of India, of JIM I which thin atoiy traata, all that auction of country adjacent to Allahabad ',, W I c ng an almost Imponttmble Jungle abounded with name of ncn de rlptlon. --. , i viio at that time at) India was the naiad! foi .Hortatnen In search of big H i , me, et th countrj around Allahabad owlmj lo ll aceos-dblllly from tha H ( ' ial nd the additional fo( t that It una used on a "ai rldon fm UngHali Boldlei, H i ' i(ie u a desirable point for thoae contemplating hunting U. use u lifudquar- H I ' In t rs Here could be found In alt hla foroclts that teiror of the Indian Jungles, By a fiiiaffflg tiger f gggga till lI ' eiiai .,. H i Nothing on mrth can no Millie tenor to the heart of the people of a natle H j rngo aa the Information that a tiger had been aeon In that vicinity r'rope H ,, ,It nbancloneil, and all outdoor work 1 ft Incomplete, until It la known the H , ,raB hum bi en killed or drh en away And no It in that a tiger hunt la not M nlv u aport but tt publlo necenaiiy For ir Ibn animal In allowed to remain H .i I, iimnnleatcd tola prcaeiice soon mukia lt'lf Ml In a moat illmigreeable manner. Jiil, j V woman may go to the spring for a pall of water and illanppenr a though H t 1 Uia ,IC 0Hrth had opened and awullowed her, only a fi w ilropa of blood nnd aome H T'T!,' tarn fraamenta of cloth, and the Imprint In the aaml of the we of aome H j U enlmal remain aa mule w Itni an of what had taken plaei A malt eairler lemea M n (he vRe, hella tinkling merrily, a f, w lionra nflerwnrrt aome hunter mnw H ,j,. acroaa Ida mall bag, nnd thi algna I a atiuggle the anme Imprint nf pan In H ,' the eand and thin terror atrlkea the Mllngcra aa each look aak-enie at M H J nlKhbor, and wonder whoao turn will come next The natpio being aimed B i ! 1 . only wllh the moat iilmltlve weapon ennnnt hope to cope with their formldu- H i ' ''. blc mUeraary H ( i It W la ilurinK one of the depredntlona of one nf lhee animal that hail ear- H j. ,, A red on two men ami a girl fiom n Kinnll lllage near Allhabnil that the wrltei, 1 ' M j ;l 1 company with a numbei of anlninl hunter, arrived there wllh the Intention If '.( of enpturlnK leopard The garrlaon olDur hail been nppialed lo by the nu- i v( 'n tltec, ami at the time of our nrrCul were orgnnldnR a party lo go In aenrrh of fj the braat that wa then t'-rioilnlng tho neighborhood our nrrlwil wa halb 1 i . f wllli delight and our erkea wile biought Into Immediate ren.ullllnn, alum i 1 it we were experts In the art of anlinal-tntehlng l.ltlle time wa waeted In pre. BBBjHi It) J1! j . I' llmlniirlia. and an enon an poaalble we aet out for the airne nf action Arrhlng H l l j' i al tho lllngu wo fniind the iutlc In n alnte lainleiliiH on fienay We quieted H l'i4l trp,r fear b) aaauiing them theh inem until 1 lw in their linmlH In a few H " Ijjl! lour but we, n well na lhe were diatlneil to illaappulntmeut Owing to the H 1 i l fact that the wnter cnuraia weie all dilid up we lould not uae our inbbir net H i ' J r t na we had no meana of knowing whtic tin animal went for water o we weie bbH i ii nbllRcd to rernrt to the only other method, tint of (lne a lle ealf to a pole aH iuWk 'li near the llliiKe, wheie Ita bbntlng wniill ittrnct tho attention nf nn prow lint; aHl jUnlliri beast, and then cnaconcliiK ouraeltea neaib to await It lomlng H '1 sl W liad, hnweer fulled to rememtx i the current 1 cMef that an atiimiil onre aH ill'll turned innii-nitrr will neu tomb itulhlitK i lee eo w had nur latan far mil aH i ill liJcVI lain. All that long nfternnon we la Welti rliiK mult i a burnliiK liullau ami aaH I S 1st I '" "'" 'lo1' ''""l' "hdeiKTouth until near aunilouii wi weie alartled aa will aa bbH ' it 'Kii hnrrllled by a meaanKe brnucht by a runnel, that while we weie 1lug tin io J fill II srifi inarthc, a man bellolHE hluiai If amire In our piomlaed protirtlon hud ainrlel BH 1 ') fvtfS to Rnthcr rhe Unit wna about diwtroyrd fur the lailc of altiiitlaii mid hud be, it H 2 I j'jJB ouueed tiimn tlKht bifnie the cjim of hli rhllilnn b) a large tig, i and inrrl I LB ' ir! away Into tho JuiiKle At once all n i x, Itement Hem were to wore of the bbh 1 ViA l"'1 n"l,"nFn,,t iiilrbera In the world and a dozen old I'ukIIkii liunlita of big 1 mm 1 nit tlort of bj one URT. who carried oft his prey nlmost before nur t. Wi ixided to nwalt the tmllig of another da ns It would hale been uti r foils lo )ia ntlempted to find the tiger lhat night, nnd the poor nalhe was ui tloiibtetllj nluaily ilc;id, Ijiilv next morning nfter a hasty meal we went onrlcs to the scene of the tragidv of the nlRht liefore. Here It was decided that we would separate end beat up the entlie cnunlis ua eurh one, with lmpioed aims nnd ample Uf ply of ammunition and the fact that we wcru ull expert ahots considered himself him-self able lo cope wllh an one animal In dajllght. Ho nfter tinanglng a lole of algiiHl. ahould the beast be sighted, we separated Now ns I was the luek or unlucky, one to Unci tin tiger I shall merely dial with the account of my movements. 1 had selected for 111 aeiiieh an old drlil-up water course partly beniuae It afforded a bettei nn!iKe ground from which lo scan the sutrounn-Ing sutrounn-Ing t minus and partis' U cause frum my knowledge of Iho habits of th? Ilengul tiger, 1 knew when mating iluy genernlls seek the fringe of the woods adjoining adjoin-ing a waltr eouise and there lie In wait for pre either man or beast that make uae of am h place to fii(IUtaltrftel Ho I walked ulong on the alert '01 the Bllghteat sound that might tell of the presence of animal llfi I had gone In thla 111111 ner a half-mile 01 more, and bad Just concluded I bad belter trj another an-other tnk when 11a I wa pielng a clump nf bumbo?, 1 heard a slight rustle and iK-foie 1 hud lime to raise m eei-ready rlllc a dark object shot thiough the ulr and atiuik mo with tho force of a catapult When I Icco.eied my anses 1 found msself beneath the bolv of, n It aoemetl to mc tint Inigest tiger I hud e.cr seen At my illKhltst movement he emitted a giowl thut plalul, showed me I hart better abandon Wny attempt to release msself Ho hen I thought wan tin end of our tiger-hunt ua fir a? 1 waa innctrtied 1 waa to go the way nf the ninny fortnei lima of thla mn-aler, mn-aler, and futnlah auothei llluatrnllnn of the eiinnlng and f rot Its of the tu-lor. tu-lor. hlle these Ihougbta were Hitting thiough my mind the tiger, having evidently evi-dently made up hla mind what to do with me, grabbed me In the side, and with 11 rapid motion, threw me over hla ahouldir with aa much ease aa though I had laen a biiby, nnd with a bound up the aide of the bank, began to force his was through the teed and buhea nt a late of speed aulllclent to dispel all thought 1 f anv hope I might have of asslstnncc reaching me from my comrades He kept on for pintmhl) Imlf 11 mile, when upon comlnif to a smill glade he dropped me, and lav down item ine, watching me ns a tat does a moue rinding rind-ing myself lelensed 1 at once set ins wit at work lo atuds son." plan of cava I w 1 hud two levolvir mid a hunting knife strapped to ms walat but I dated not risk the altimpt to draw a levulver, for before 1 could shoot with ans cerlnlnts the tlget would be upon mc and icntl mo limb from limb While debating what to do nnd knowing any minute might be my last, 1 was struck by the thought nnd to this day It hit puzzled mc lo know whs 1 did not think of It aonner that In ms side coat pocket I 1 irrled over a pound of cits en no pepper I bad carried thla for jeaia to guard against Just surh 1 predicament a I waa then In and here when the opportuiills nffeied I bad well-nigh well-nigh fnrgollt n It Then with a vonlm born of desieiatlon 1 begin slow Is to allde ins hand toward my pocket After vvhit aocmetl ages I rem lied the cov-Ueil cov-Ueil powder It wiih the worU of 1111 Instant to grnsp a h indful Then, na I vvlthilrt w It. the tiger, aioiiaed bs the movement, threw" open hla Jivv, nnd, with csea iiblitae, starttd to grasp me In hla mouth, but na be till so I gave him a handful of red pepper full in hi c)es and mouth, then rolled quickly out of reach of hla wlltl atitigglea J lien a he, blinded mid frenrled with pnln rolled around Ir the gu aa 1 sprung to my feet, and keeping out of hla reach, sent two well-tllreiliti well-tllreiliti bullet Into his brain A few apnsmodlc struggles then all was over. I llretl several shots In the "ilr na a signal to ms companions antbv aa shortly ofterwaitl Joined by the entlro pints who listened with Interest to my narri-tlttii narri-tlttii of ms encounter Wo skinned the tiger nnd returned to the village, where, HI on tin fm l of tin) death of the tiger becoming known I w is mnde the nun of the hour After n das spent In et lebrutlug the event wo hi nitrated, th ofllceia In mum to the gairlson. we to nur hunting of leopards Th skin of the tlgi" now iitloina mj I levelnnd home, and nt times In n reminim ent mood, I throw ns" If m on It I think of tho time when those bro id, bl u k and sellow band s, ,tn. ,1 to me the sign of n rtnln death AIlTlll It HPUM-lilt |