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Show I li f" " Sf IH llai!atmg Oger M jflflwi The follow- true ond thrilling t ! f . I. . tun. s wr it n f r 1 he . In- I. K c nnaU Knq.rer by Arthur Spenc. r f r v . - in .1. " I . , -f 1 sgenbeck H ill Pill th amou. .n.m.. dealer of Berlin. M W- nccr -p, nt m ... of this fine a. Mi H I I Hffil II ..! ch hunter in the Jamie, of India and ... Afr, a and ha, H '111 I I . ubly hud mu.o desperate encounter with wl'dianim... than ary man now H f It il A 1'BW yr. m before the dvet ot rallro-td,. In thjtt part of Indl., , H ii'M 11 "N 0"' l,tory "" " that "rel,m "' ,""n,rr dJacenl to A",,rto,1 H IN , , on almost impenetrable junr' funded wsh name of oie.y -loncrlptlon. m v , , t that time all It. lu . th. pared fr .port.men In search of big j ' ,;i , yet tho country ml Ulxihalnl owing to It accessibility from the m , i t und the a(M10,, , ,i,i.t It hub u d a a .rrln for English soldiers H it a dielrobie ' n those ( otit replacing hurmtlt to use a headquar- H t , , Hlr .!,. t i j ,1 in Mil his f.roilty 'hot terroi of tho Indian Jangle, H t ii IVnkal tlgir H r i ' i .othlntf on ca-tli ran f, 'Hike tcnoi to the henrte of the people of a native H d ' viiug a the Information that a tiger had been aeon In that vicinity Crop j , ,f , abandonee' ai 1 all outdoi." work left Incomplete until It i known the H I ,. ...i has beiti klllrl or drh n ami) And ko It la thin n filter hunt Is not H I , n , Dpuri bin a public neinmity For If the animal It allowed to remain H ill , r ictwj hi preenre oon make Itaolf felt In most disagreeable manner. H ,, may go to the rprtng foi a pull of water and disappear aa though H J M tu. -arth had opened an 1 swallowed her, only a flew drop of blood and some aH "" JJiTt tom fragment, of cloth and the imprint in tho sand of the paw. of some LB !1 , i nmain n mute vvltne. of whet had taken plnre A mall carrier leave LH ' v U1, iiiage, boll tinkling tnerrll a few hour nfterwaid some huntera eome LH , ,. hi mall bag, und the lgn of u struggle, the nam. Imprint of paw In H MS, th- aand and then terror strike Inr villager aa each look askance at hi H t ilghbnr, and wonder whoae turn .rill iome net The native being armed j 4 , lv with the m'at primitive weapon cannot liope to cope with their formula- BBB . 1 In nrlveraarv H (j ij i jt was during one of the depredation of one of them animal lhat had car- BHI i i Med off two men and a girl from a small IMage near Allhobnd that the writer, 1 J itf i 1 rompany with a nrnnbor of animal hunter, arrived there with the Intention 1 J ,A t of capturing leopard. The garrison offleer had been nppioled to by Hie na- j J ,.t ' tlves and at the lime of our nrrlvnl were organising a party to go In aenicli of 1 J n t the beast that waa then terrorising the nelghbnrh.iod Oui arrival was hailed H I ,l j( ,., itii delight mid our service were brought Into Immedlale requisition slnre sbbbbH li J I I ( were expert In the art of animal-can hlng Utile time was wasted In pre. sbbbM tHJTl 'E llmlnarle and as soon aa possible we set out or the scene of action Arriving sbbbbbH r P)l I il Ihe vlllnRC we found the natives In a state bordering on frensy We iuletd sBBBBssi JliliL tt li fear by assuring thi in thilr enemy would be In their hand lit u few LaaaH i M"if Jours but we. a well as they were destlneil In ilisappolnOnent Owing to thr J 'III fact that the water courses were all dried up we oul I not use our rubber nets B ' a, I ,ii nv we hd no nri-un of knowing where the nnlmul went for water so we were H f,j; J, obliged to resori to the only other method that of tying a live calf to a pole sbbbbbV I V if-. i 1 : ) 5 i car the village where ItH bleating would attract the attention of any prowling sbbbbH t0ji"(i(' beast, and then ensconilng ourselves n nrby to await It coming LssssH 'iftlUW 'e ""' however, failed to remember the luirenl belief that an nnlmal once sssssH 1 1 ill T turned man-eater will nevi r tou h anything else ro had our labor for our LbssssH v i II: lit pains All that long afternoon we lay sweltering under a binning Indian sun sssssH i Hil'T ,n """ ht, ,u",' undergrowth until near sundown i were atartled us well ns aaaH I M i" horrified by a mrssagn brouglil by a runner tlwt while we were Ijliic thi ro ssssfll I 'li'i'.ll li uitlve, a man believing hltusi ir sei lire in oui pnimixi 1 prole Hon, had starte I LssssH Fi Vlli!ffli,i! ,0 gather rlie that was nlxait destroid for the lru k of ntKntlou and had bei u I .''M01b poumed upon right before Ibc ies if his children by a. large tiger and carried Lsflssl ? 'HwJP uway Into the Jungle At nun all u ixi lunietit Here were tuto ore of th ssssB '' il tl'L V""t ""'' '" '"' "t' In im in the vvorll and a dosen old ICnglish hunters of big H i is e vp,,rt or bv ore t ( r uho (arrled off his prev alnvwt before our - Mi Ixlled to ewoli Hi mlng of anothei do as It would hive been in r filly to lav attempted to llnd the tl?er that night, and the poor native was undoubte lly allied) dead Enrlv m xt morning after a hasty meal, we went ourelvei to the scene of the tragedy of the night before. Here It was decided that we would separate end beat up the entlie counti) a each one, with Improved arms ind ample supply sup-ply of ammunition and tho fact that we were all expert shots mnsldered himself him-self able to cope with an) one animal In daylight So after arranging a od of signals. Ihoiild the beast bo suited, we selwrattd Vovv as I was the lucky, of unlucfcx one to find the tiger 1 sfmll merely Heal with tho account of mv movement. I had selected for in) seanh MR old dried .up water eour, p'W because It afforded a bett . vantage ground, from vvhlth to wan the urnflnd-Itig urnflnd-Itig loumry, and partly beenune from my knowledgi" of the habits of th" Benaal tlgir I knew when resting they generally seek the fringe of the woods adjoining adjoin-ing watei toure und there He In wait for pre), ellhei man or beest that make use of suih places to facilitate travel !o I walV.ed along on the alert foi the slightest sound thnt might tell of the presence of animal life I had gone In this manner a half-mile or more and had Just concluded I had belter try another an-other taik when a I vvus pnslng a dump of bamboos, I hend a slight rustle und befur 1 had time to raise m) ever-ready line a dark object shot through the air and atiuck me with thi force of a catapult When I recovered my s uses I round m)seir beneath the Iwdy of ai It earned to me the largest tiger I had ever seen At m slight, nt movement he emitted n growl that plain!) showed me I had better abandon un attempt to release ins self Ho here I thought was the end of our tiger-hunt as far as 1 was conierned I was to go the way of the many former victims of this monster mon-ster and furnish another Illustration of the cunning and feme It) of the terror ter-ror While these thoughts were Hitting throiiRh m) mind the tiger having evl-ilentl) evl-ilentl) made tip his mind what to do with me grabbed mo In the side, and with a rapid motion thtevv me over his shoulder with as much ense m though I had been a baby, and with a hound up the side or the bunk, began to forte his wuv through the reeds and bushes nt 11 rate of speed sulnclent to dis el nil thoughts of any hope 1 might have of assistance readilng me from m comrades He kept on for probabl) half u mile when upon coming to a small glade he dropped me, and lay down near me, watching me ns a cat does a moue Finding Find-ing mjselr released I at onte set my wlti nt work to stud) some plan of escape 1 hnd two levolvers and a hunting knife strapped to my waist but I dared not risk the attempt to draw 11 revolvir for befou 1 could shoot with an) certalnt), the tiger woul I be upon me and rend me limb rrom limb. While debating what to do and knowing any minute might be my last, I was struck by tha thought and to this da) It has puzzled me to know wh) I did not think of It sooner that In my side to it pocket I carried nier a pound of inyenne pepper. I hn I ciirled this for eors to gunid agilnst Just such 1 predltrtinenl lis t Was then In and here when tho opportunlt) olTeied I had well-nigh well-nigh forgotten IL Then, with u, loolness born of desperation I began slowly to slide my hand toward ni) poi Ket After what seemed ages I rem he 1 the coveted cov-eted powder It via the work of an Instant to grasp a handful Then, ns I withdrew It, the tiger aroused by the movement, threw open his Jaws, nnd, with (yes ablaze, start fl to giap mo In his mouth, but aa he did 'o I gave him a handful of red pepper full In his e)cs and mouth then rolled quickly out of reuch of his wild struggles Then as he, blinded and frenzied with pain, rolled around li the grass I sprung to ni) feet, und keeping out of his reach, sent two well-directed well-directed bullets Into his brnln A few spasmodic struggles, then all was o.er. I filed several shots In the nlr as a signal to my companions, und was shortly afterwnxl Joined b) the entlro part), who listened with Interest to m) narration narra-tion of in) encounter We skinned the tlgir nnd returned to tho village, where, til on thi fact of the death of the tiger becoming known. I wja made tho hem of the hour Aftei a da) spent In celebrating the event we separated, th clllcem to n tinn to the (.nrrlson we to our hunting of leopards The skin of tho tlge-tow tlge-tow adoins my ( levelund home, and at times, In a reminlsi ent mood, 1 throw tnvelf ui on It 1 think of the time when those broad, lil 1 k and )ello binds seemed to me the sign of certain death. AUTIIt It Sl'U.NCElt |