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Show (tiling yea, fie rent on sturdily; "ivy father's away fighting, af.i 1 would be Tigers Hun ting Royal Sport away fighting too, If I enough. As it te, we boys look after the family. Here the gilnning deriWriter in the Wide World Details Exploits sion returned to his fare. The horde of the Sultan oi Johore in His Pursuit of of wild rreatures' your cook tells about were just iny three brothers and MansKilling Animals. two of my cousins, the oldest only thirteen. Theyll look after the famIS HIGHNESS Ibrahim, K. C. keen power of scenting big enemy. ily now, and when thia food is gone, was M. G., Sultan of the State and Capt. Syers of Selangor, who they'll find some way to get more. Now kill me if you want to. Im not and the noted a la ruler of sportsman perhaps Johore, Territory afraid. of one of the richest states best krown great, game shot of the A curious expression had been comIn the Malay peninsula. As la native states, met his death, after ing into their eyes. Above all thing natural, the Sultan has his hobbies. twenty-siyears of experience in the a soldier respects bra ery. The two principal ones, or at least jungles, while hunting sladang in PaCome, gentlemen, said the olficer the two to which he has devoted the hang, the native state north of Johore. in command gruffly, we must settle most time and attention, are The captain shot at a great sladang, this at once. Camp will be broken shooting and horse racing. The fact which charged him and, striking him, early, and there will be no time then. that the Sultan, although but little tossed him against the bough of a The case is a flagrant one, and calls more than four years has elapsed tree, catching him on its horns as he for severe punishment. But I will tince he first began shoot- came down again. He died while en leave the sentence to you, De Guise, ing, has berome an experienced hunts- route to a point where medical attendto the officer whose sword had been man is proven by the ten tigers, four ance could be procured. When the taken; as the most aggrieved of us; elephants and many other wild beasts sladang which cost Capt. Syers his the first vote belongs to you. What which he has killed within that time. l ie was finally killed, he was found punishment Is adequate to the ofI met a gentleman when I was last to he marked with no fewer than fense? in Johore who is an intimate friend eighteen bullet wounds. An immense The officer scowled. "I would con- of the Sultan. He told me the follow- sladang head which adorns the top demn him to perpetual banishment of the staircase of the Singapore club, from us, he answered harshly. gives the casual globetrotter some And you, Bourmont, to the officer idea of the enormous size of the beast. who had confessed bo was hungry. his highness, Yes," continued De Guise is too mild, too mild, Is still pit nty of big game in theie thia officer said, scowling also. I huntJohore, and 1 am sure would add that In addition to his seners will always find a cordial welcome tence the condemned be made to carry awaiting them then.'." away a sack cf flour as large as him, Do the c'gers bother the natives self as large as a man can lift." I asked. much? And you, ar.d you," to the other "Well, they keep pretty well away officers. from the villages except in rara inI consider the sentence Just, and "Of stances, answered tl:e sultan. recommend it, said one. a native now and course, .ft they "And I, and I, said others. "With then who has been unlucky enough to perhaps a little more added run n ii.i-- a tiger In the jungle, anil burden, finished the last judiciously. "A prisoner of this kind should be Tiger Killed by Mrs. George Pauling. they trouble the people a great deal by continually carrying off cattle aud crushed. ir.g characteristic story concerning 1 ulii.'v pigs. my subjects to trap I was having tiffin with His "Very well, gentlemen, said the of- him: and they frequently catch uno ficer in command, "you will see that Highness one day, lie said, when tigern the sentence is carried out to the let- news wtfs brought to us that a tiger in tkAt way. but I have forbidden tH ter. And you," turning severely to Lad been seen about a mile out of use of Fpring guns on account of tho the wondering boy, let this be a les- Johore. The Sultan asked me if 1 danger to the people. Whore do I shoot a tiger? The son. Never do a thing unless you are would pardon him while he went and sultan laught-at the quesheartily to do with whole it heart. changed, and left me to myself for ready your tion. If you had shown a white spot, I would a little while. Why, anywhere so as to get Within a couple of As him. soon as he Is wounded he have had you shot. hours he reappeared, looking as unwill either waft for you to come to concerned as though he had done no No Questions to Be Asked. more than go out to have a look at When J. P. Morgan was traveling a favorite horse. I was not a little for pleasure through rural France on surprised to hear from him that he one occasion, he engaged a local pho- hail been out and shot the tiger! tographer to take and develop some Sure enough, the big striped brute views of Interesting places. The pho- was brought up on the lawn for our tographer, receiving nothing as a re- Inspection not many minutes after. tainer, did not begin the work until That was, it seemed to me, a most he had consulted with the manager of remarkable to our tiffin, the hotel where Morgan was stopping but It was interruption looked upon as a most in the neighborhood. Yes the mantrifling matter by my host. ager knew Morgan, and thought MorKnowing that the subject of sport gan ail right. mi is over dear to (he heart of the averBut, monsieur, said the photog- age man, and that lig game hunters rapher, "it Is such a large order! Can the world over are, always eager to I safely trust this American for 300 hear of countries prolific with big francs? game. His Highness kindly granted Dleu! 300 Mou exfrance! me an interview on Die subject of his TruBt him! claimed the manager. own expci Icricetj in tiger anil elephant yes; for anything aud everything un- shooiing. der heaven he may take It Into his I consider the best head to dream of! He Is in tk world if done on font," sport a reliable man!" said the S.iliuT!. do nil my shooting on fiiul, whether I am after tiger Doing His Best or elephant. Elephant s looting is It somehow serins little enough when you but it Is not up to tiger good sport, s.iy That a fallow is doing his host." shooting in any particular. In July, DPS. It iiieuiiii thut he tolls and he hopis day shot ni.v first eleby ilay e ii at not more Mian ten phant pai That JIVaven will attend to the rest. A shot from my He is justi.-- i asMn by the hurrying crowd, miles out of Joln-reI'ligoiight by the lonely; forgot by the I? bore struck Min in the forehead, proud. and with a fi rerun of anirr he lie corns what he gets, and no more Is charaed down His Highness the Sultan of Johore. upon us. By the time nilowi d hr-- reached tin To the fellow who's doing his best." spot where he had him or else ct me at you himself. How sighted ns. however, we were else- near have I been to a tiger? Oh, 1 Hat whenever a crisis arises, we look where, and li.T? lomporarily escaped should say as dose as ten feet. One To the man who is doing his best, shot struck the can never tell how eh si one may have The prince with his splendor, the sage his fury. A ith his book. big brute i'iai Hie eye, and caused to gr-- to the beasts." Full oft fail to answer the test. ltini to stand still for a moment. InThe suilan. as bus been recounted, Aud whoa theres a home or a country to I k-- go two charges from my bagged his first stantly tiger in January, ISO. serve. We turn to the man with the heart and .577 Express, both taking effect near Holure the dose of the year he had the nerve. l!e car. As those did not seem billed his second, anil in March. The man whom adversity' touch could enough to settle him. I treated him to lie added the skin of a third to his nut swerve. an explosive Im'.Iet front a collection of trophies. The man who kept doing hs best. porting rifle, making the fifth "My third tiger." said the sultan, iu Washington Star. which he had received. Even answer to a question. ehaigc shot not far His Best Investment. that was nut sufficient, and five inure from the water works at Johore. He "When I knew old Hunks, years was driven in such a way that ho ago," said the returned traveler, "he from the jungle at a point emerged hadnt a soul above dollars and cents. not thirty yards from tin spot wheru I find him now the test read man, 1 was wailing for him. 1 fired and especially in history and the works of struek him in the back, breaking his I ever the standard novelists, met. spine. Filing again. I hit tho brute in can't understand the change in him. the head, the bullet entering the skull The explanation is easy, replied and rolling him over on the grass. As the old citizen. "He lent 31.000 to a he was a full grown animal and a very s man who wanted to start a one, another shot was neceslarge After a year or circulating library. sary to finally finish him." two the man failed, leaving nothing His bignness killed still anothe-tig- er but the books as his assets. Ok in lK'i1. ami two in lliiiii. In l!)0l Hunks had to take them for the debt he killed two more, which brought, the ana as nobody wanted to buy a lot ol list up to ten. The sultan kindly fursecond-hanbooks, .e started in and nished me with photographs of nine read all of them to get his mone; of the dead tigers, and one which was back. shot by Mrs George Hauling, an exKing Edwards Pull. pel lenred African lion shot, who was To the French people of Canada Sir a guest of his highness iu 1!I01. FredWilfrid Laurier is the greatest If not eric Coleman in The Wide World. the only great person living. Some time ago a habitant arriving In the The Sultan of Johore ae a Sportsman, Praise American Uniform. city of Quebec met an old friend and shots had to lie fired before Die big Gen. Andre, Frem-minister of war, fell to talking politics. In the course brute at last came down." is qiioted as saying to Capt. Bentley of conversation he happened to menI asked the Sultan what other of big Mott of the The tion the name of Queen Victoria and game could be found in Johore. and United Statesembassynow Haris: has army the most the friend informed him that the he named so many varieties of wild serviceable and warlike uniform I queen had been dead for a year. beaBs that 1 was inelined to wonder have ever seen. The headdress is Dead! exclaimed the countryman, how it fared with the few natives of perfect: tlie color Is scientifically corand who, then, rules In England?" the interior with such rect. To niv mind the new American unpleasant When it was explained to him that neighbors about Diem. uniform ts the best yet Invented." Gen. the Prince of Wales had succeeded to The slailang is a great wild bull nr Hrugere. commander In filler, and tho the throne he shook his head wisely. bison, which is very dangerous to French officers of the younger and less Mon Dleu! he said, hast ha must hunt The huge beast Is very tierce, traditional srhool shared Gen. Andre's wrier. bars a pull with 'remcly quick, and possesses a most admiration. wtrjld x big-gam- e big-gam- e motets. h. sweet. r.Y Copyright. A by D.iHy glory Hub. CrO Fpuhisii uiiicers vveru 1:0:!. pinup of i.'iiidiiig in front oi tin moss quarters .it Bahia llor.iia. 'Im.- - had Just come in from Havana and on llm morrow to siart mmsa the mountains on spcvi toward Cridtul.-faservice, ll Imd Ikvii a long. hard iardi, and - spite they wen- hurry amt of all that was behind and of what might hi- - nhoivl, their one thought was of i ho meal whose savory odors were Issuing frori tlio Lustily improvised mers quarters. The suit was iA)t yet down, hut tiie shadow's of the date palms lay thick about their feet. They watched them listlessly, waiting for the mess call, and then ready id seek the low thatched building where they were to sleep. From the shadows of the aain' date paints a group of ragged, emaciated hoys watched them keenly. They, toe, were mindful of the odors that cann: from the mesa quarters, for they sniffed eagerly, and from time to time they whispered to one another and pointed toward the building or the officers. Presently a luty of nine or tou, with keen, snapping lilack eyes, st.de to a palm tree that was but a few yards from where the officers r'ood. In the shadow of this he waited until his companions had circled round to the shelter of a clump of bamboos on the other side, and very near to the entrance of the mess quarters. There they paused, as though for a signal. And it was not long coming. With a suddpn wild w hoop the hoy with the snapping eyes sprang forward Into the very midst of the officers, swinging bis arms and dancing about as though he wore mail. In an instant almost, and bofore tiny had recovered from the surprise of the unexpected onslaught he hud snatched a sword from one of the si ahhurds and hounded u.av. At the sunn- moment a cry of came from the mess quarters. Hut the did r.ot notice that. Thoy were too am.'.z"!, too angry at the audacity of this ragamuffin, who had stopped a few yards away and was now brandishing the sword defiantly in their very fares. With exclamations of anger tin y sprat g forward to a man, and the ra tauiuffiti. Instead of tryirg to escape, dod p.d this way and that, under the outstretched arms of one, behind another aril almost between the legs of a third, all the time taunting them and daring them on. He was like an eel that squirmed out of their hands even after they caught him; or a flea that was anywhere except where they thought It. Five .i-r- l - I- - corsu-rnatio- r.ffi'-er- s Snatched a sword from one of the scabbards and bounded away, minutes passed in exasperating dodging and doubling before they succeeded in dragging him hark, struggling and grinning to tlie mess quarters. And it was not until afterward that It nrciirred to them that he oad made no real efTort to escape. As the excitement of the chase and capture began to subside they noticed tor the first time that their mess cook and iiis hoy assistant wore shutting about wringing their hands. What are you doing here, Garcia? one of the offirers demanded Impatiently. Go back and hurry up supper. Hut Garcia continued to wring Ida hands. There is none," he walled. No meats, no breads, ro fruits. Oh, renors! oh, siutors! What shall we do? Me aid my hoy Joso were finishing a beautiful supprr oh, so beautiful! and a horde of wild ereatures rushed in and threw flour into my face auil "Let this be a lesson.1 tripped Jose, and when we recovered there were no meats, no breads, no fruits. Ob, senors! oh, senors! Two or three of the officers rushed into the miss room. When they returned their faces were blank. "Garcias right, they said, the place is stripped as clean as though v isiteil by locusts." Then they stopped abruptly, as aud though milking a dismvery, You are reglanced at the captive. sponsible for this, one of them declared. The hoy grinned. "Si, senor, he said composedly, why not? They stared at him and at each other. Was the boy mad? If so. it was a madness that must be punished. Shooting i3 too easy for a thing like that, scowled the one who had lost his sword. Its a case for hanging. No; hanging's too easy, declared another, gloomily. You don't know how hungry I am. Ilut there goes the pursuit," os they saw soldiers scattering among the palms. Perhaps the supper will be recaptured. The hoy sniffed. Five minutes A start. lie grinned significantly. thousand nten couldn't find the boys now. They know hiding places your soldiers never dreamed of. The officer in command looked at him curiously. There is something behind this, he said thoughtfully. You a'e old enough to understand the consequences of such an act. anil too wise to throw away your life for a little meat and a few loaves of bread. The boy's eyes began to (lash and for the first time his face lost Its grinning derision. I have risked my life for a little meat and a few loaves of bread, he declared quickly, and I do understand just what the consequences are. Hut what is life when tny mother Is sick and starving, anil when nty sisters and grandfather anil grandmother ore all starving. I would risk it, anil lose it, too, a hundred times. The hoys have food enough now to last them a month. his voice ringing with exultation. "You may kill me if you want to. Hut you haven't soldiers enough to get the food back. And it wasn't stolen, either. You have destroyed our rrops and taken our rattle and fruits, and they would pay for this a thousand times over. He threw his head hark and looked squarely into their eyes. 'There is another thing 1 don't mind big-gam- to-t- he s tiqor-shootin- 1 1 . sc-co- t t d 1 1 high-clas- d I e |