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Show Th. Tler. Hie Bramiu aud llie Foi. A HINDOO ST0R . A tiger, prowling in a forest, was attracted by a bleating calf. It proved to be a bait, aud the tiger found him self trapped in a spring cage. There he lay for two days when a Bramin happened that way. "Oh. Bramin. ' piteously cried the beast, "have m:rey upon me, and let me out of this cage." l;Ah, but you wiil eat me." ''Eat you ! devour my benefactor! never could I be guilty of such a deed," responded the tiger. The Bramin, being beuevoleutly inclined, in-clined, was moved by these entreaties, and opened the door of the cage. The tiger walked up to him, waved his tail and said, "Bramin, prepare to die: I shall now eat you." "Oh, how ungrateful, how wicked ! ami not your savior?" protested the trembling priest. "True," said the tiger, "very true; but it is the custom of my race to "eat men when we get the chance, and I cannot afford to let you go." "Let us submit the case to an arbitrator," arbi-trator," replied the Bramin; here comes a fox; the fox is wise; let us abide by his judgment. " "Very well," agreed the tiger. The fox assuming a judicial aspect, sat on his haunches with all the dignity he could muster, and looking at the disputants, said, ''Good friends, I am somewhat confused by the different accounts ac-counts which you give of this matter : my mind is not clear enough to render an equitable judgment, but if you will be good enough to act the whole transaction trans-action out before my eyes, 1 shad attain at-tain unto a more definite conception of the case. Do you, Mr. Tiger, show me just how you approached and entered en-tered that cage; and then, do you, Mr. Bramin. sbow me precisely how you liberated him, and I shall be able to render a proper decision. " They assented, for the fox was solemn and oracular. The tiger walked into the cage, the spring door fell and shut him in. He was a prisoner inside. in-side. Tho i;.,;.,i o-,;,,,-, vAnA t',,, the fox's countenance, and, turning to the Bramin, he said, ''INow you are all right, j'ou silly Bramin; 1 advise you to go home as fust as you can, and abstain in future from doing favors to rascally titters. Good morning, Bramin Bra-min Gooil morning, Tieer, Hen 11 M. SutMer, JJ. V. |