Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-28 | Page 26 | Madras Official Discovers Tiger beneath Table

Madras Official Discovers Tiger Beneath Table e Animal Flees When Found Affair Regarded as Routine of Days Day's Work MADRAS India In ia April 20 United Press Press Although Although A. A conservator conservator con con- of forests itt iri the Madras district regarded it as a mere Incident Incident in incident In- In in the routine of ot his lila days day's work to discover a tigress under ones one's table might come as a shock to more urban people As described in a magazine called the Indian Forest Ranger the incident was wasas wasas wasas as follows One evening at sunset as Wimbush Vim Wim bush and some of his party were I their baths a a- villager knocked on the door and advised I Vim Wimbush bush that a large striped animal animal ani animal ani- ani mal had just jumped on the veran veran- da leisurely finished his absolutions under the impression sion ston that someone had probably seen a large lars dog Jump However once dressed he decided ed to investigate There was no animal animal ani animal ani- ani mal on the veranda So he strolled into the sitting room and v was as Interested interested interested in in to see a sized full tigress s seated comfortably under a table on which an oil lamp was burning He backed out quietly closing the thedoor thedoor thedoor door and ran jan for his rifle at the same time calling for assistance Returning he opened the door a crack and fired ired The next few moments even een b by r WImbush's own confession were not exactly dull The ti tigress ress jumped up knocking over tho the table and lamp which by good luc luck happened happened happened hap hap- to be extinguished by the the- fall Wimbush slammed the door shut and for the next minute or on so could hear the furniture being banged around the room in lively fashion Then all was quiet Wimbush by now accompanied by several companions peeked peeled through the keyhole The tigress was no nowhere nowhere nowhere no- no where in sight A door on tho the op opposite opposite opposite op- op side of the room offered another another another an an- other field feld of view so they went around and tried peeking through that The reason they had not been able to se see the tigress from the thc first door was that it was crouched at the the door waiting to spring sprin the moment it should have opened