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Show Courage of High Order. It is related of Sir Edward Brad-Cord, Brad-Cord, the chief police commissioner of London, that he once walked arm In arm, so to speak, with a tigress. He was out shooting, and, always a fearless fear-less sportsman, had come to close quarters with his quarry. He fired, and either the ball failed to take effect ef-fect or but slightly wounded the animal. ani-mal. She sprang at him. and seized his left arm above the elbow. The pain must have been terrible, but Sir Edward kept cool, and, realizing that it would be death to drag his mangled man-gled arm away and allow her to spring afresh at him, he deliberately walked a few agonizing paces until his comrade was able to take aim and kill the brute. Thus his courage saved his life, though the amputation of his arm tt the shoulder proved necessary |