Show I ri COULDN'T FACE TH THE UNKNOWN Antics Antico of Contortionist Saved Him From Hungry Tiger When Other Othor Escape Was Impossible It Is related that lint a native of ot India who had learn learned cd some of oC the elementary elemen elemen- tar tary principles of ot Jugglery and contor contortion tion put his knowledge knowledg to n a decidedly practicable as ns well ell as DS novel use one evening when hen he wn was walking upon a arld pIn plain In s When the Hindu had reached leached the top of one of the mounds he be saw a tI tiger er ahead of ot him or yards awn awns awny Before the man could hide behind n mound the tI tiger Cl had seen him and began begrin be grin gan to bound toward him at Its top topmost topmost topmost most speed Having no means menns of ot d de fen tense e there thereas was as nothing for tor the man tc tt do but to race for the nearest tree buy bui though h he tried It and put forth hl hU hi utmost strength the tiger stead gained on him 1 What t was v he to do In sheer de des 5 he resolved upon an unusual scheme Just a as he disappeared foi tOI I an Instant from the tigers tiger's sight li IJ running Ing over a ridge he baited halted stretched out his legs at t right angles curled down his head hend so as ns to look be between tw tween en his legs to the rear and extend extended ed cd his arms upward In n a fantastic manner like the sails of ot a windmill In n a few seconds the tiger hove In Insight Insight n sight and at that Instant the face of the object assume assumed a hideous grimace i iA A prolonged yell arose such as had bad ad I perhaps never ne before pierced the ear of at any tiger and the sails of the windmill wind mill began to revolve backward and I forward as If a sudden whirlwind had hru burst buit upon the scene The tiger recoiled What t he evidently evi l I dently thought Is this Th There re stood n ferocious star shaped monster I Itic tic tc against the sky IN Its viselike vise Jaws het between veen en which those fiendish roars we were e Issuing Issuing were ere actually placed Paced above its two t cr eyes Its limbs were ere furiously clamoring for tor action i and the man he be had b been 1 chasing chasin was he Already devoured b by this terrible beast The tiger did not pause to reflect He ITe turned tall and andas andas I as he disappeared over a friendly ridge a last awful yell caused causel him to redouble his pace He was conquered b bv by the unknown |