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Show IN TIGER'S CLUTCHES. rsKji T It one thing to aJVJltff hunt the tiger and iw-SJIEj Qui" another thing SIhI10 "t ,,"f '- I '-"yH) hnnf you. When l FTVfJS 'B'r'P-' hunting V WXityt )l on hl own ccol"-'i vJMcMJOj 1 I pounce upon n r( man the tlctlm haa "-'ag5S3fc(J a p"or chance for yaarV) hit life That there r IrSjff' y V ari few men who can- tell of tuch an ep-rlenee a need-lre need-lre lo aay, ' tald Capt K A Arbuthnot. Arier lh rlgam had been lighted n gtiett who hid known hira twenty yeara beore In India had pretted him to tell the itnry of hit tiger adrenture there and the raptalo had contented. "The thing occurred in the Dabrah Doolth dltlrlct In Aiaam. where I had gene with the Idea of beromlng a tn planltr," ron(lnurd the captain, "The beginning of the adventure, to tell tjio lory romplftely, wa my mrctlnr; n ehlkarl named Daua llalhua on the morning of tho day when I fell In wltlu the titer The word alilkarl, you'wlll underttand, meant natlro hunter, a tiger hunter In particular. I wa on my way lhat day to look over a tract of jungly land which I thought Of buying anil clearing for cultivation, when on paaalng Iimm fJulhda'a boute I t-aw hlra tilting In the doorway and he waa In a peck of trouble. "Hit old Mail Indian romi-any' army mutkel the gun with which he hunted, waa lying aero hla lap, and he waa fumbling at the lock. He wanted lo go out Into the Jungle lhat day, and here wat hit gun hammer out of gear, to that when he pulled It back It would not catch and ttay at full cock. I aaw at once what wat wrong with tho lock, anil chancing to have with me a watch-maker watch-maker file. I let the thing right In five minute. llalhua waa very grateful, grate-ful, and I rode on, leaving him carefully careful-ly loading the gun. I don't with to get ahead of my atory, but will aay here that my alopplng to help llalhua out of hla (rouble wa the mean of tavlng my own llfo that day. "Thla meeting with the thlkarl occurred oc-curred about an hour after daybreak. I went on my way, and by the middle of the afternoon I had aeen all I cared to of the tract of land I came to view, and wa ready to return to my bungalow bunga-low Of the two tervanta who accompanied accom-panied me, I had left one with my horao a mllo back whero there wat tome thade and grate. The other, who waa with me, I tent to the mm In the rear directing that they bring the bone round by the road to a paint where I would meet them. The men ttarted off on a run, and after watching him out of eight, I took ray way along a Jungle path toward the point on the Vpad where t had appointed to meet them. "The Junglo growth through which the path led wat made up largely of tub Tiai:it had Ma bamboo graaa taller than ray head. In-tenperted In-tenperted with the grot were clump. of huihr, low-topped korlada tree, and here and there a taller tree Now that I waa atone the thought nrnt to me that I ahould feel more comfortable If I bad kept my rifle by me, for It betng rather heavy to carry, I had left It with the aervant, who had charge of the bone. Hut I waa not murii du. j turbed by anticipation of danger at I i ttrolWd along the path, taking my time. ' for I expected to have to wait for ray men al the roadilde. "ibe thing came auddenly without warning, There waa a atrange marine, i of the grata and buthea a few feet awiy to one tide of the path, the tall grau 1 ptrted to left and right In the furrow ' tbat came atralght toward me there u , aloud, deep-throated roar--tn1 the tiger had roe. I wa ttandlng twk. still taring at the moving grata, for thtrt wat no ute In running awiy, for he came out on me. There wa ont gllnipto of pawt. Jaw, and vthltel breati all plunging for me. and thro 1 1 wa flat on ray back Jn the path, with I the tiger crouching upon me, hit eltwt j j tet In my left thouldrr and right tide i The long feeler at hi note bruthed ' my face aa he let hla teeth Into my boulder In one tharp, emitting bit, apparently to make aure that I would lie Hill. "It the tiger had been .alarmed or wounded, It he bad overtaken me run nlng away, or had I alriiggledl ahould have been killed outright. I certainly expected nothing elte. but the tiger, sot repeating the bite, lifted hit head a If llatenlug. Some ound In the road i may have made him fearful of loaini ' hi prey, for, tailing me by the .hould I or, lie iwung roe clear of the ground I and itarted away through the Jungle In ! long, awlft leap. I weighed at tbat I tlmo 1JJ pouudt, and the tiger carried me along a eatlly as a eat woulj carry a aqulrrel. "It will probably tound itrauge to you. although a almllar experience hat been related by other, when I tay that from the momont the tiger lfuiAti on 3 m I tilt no pain from teeth or claw. Neither did I, after onee the brute had eehed me, feel any keen tcnte of fear, although perfectly contclout of all that wat going on and of what teemed the certainty tbat 1 thould be Immediately Immediate-ly killed. I'erhtpe the beat exprcttlon of my condition while I waa In the tlger't power would be to tay that I waa In a hypnotic itate, for 1 can cent pare my tentallon with nothing elte "The tiger ran pcrhapi fifty yardi, then atopped, laid me down ami crourhed, watching me. I-reaently he picked mo up again and ttarted do through the jungle, thla time walking, bearing me along with ray leg dragging drag-ging upon the ground. Coming to an open apace he al me down, and, back-in back-in nway for a distance of two or three yania lay crouched, watching me In-teuili In-teuili nfter the manner of a cat that pH- with a mouie. Tram the position In which flay 1 mull look ttralght Into hi yellow eyes and could tco tho curling In and out ot the up of the aupple tall. Then a with enr trcond I expected the tiger to lean upon me and toar me, there craih ed in the Jungle' tlllnc the loud report re-port of a gun, close at hand. I taw the t'.f r leap to hla fret, whirl toward, the niiml. and he roared once aa he rear erl himaelf almost Upright on hit bind ltd thtn fell over on bit aide atrug-gllnr atrug-gllnr I li waa from tho old firelock thatl . had eet In order tbat morning the Kt Indian company musket of Dam llalhua that the shot had come which aaved my life. The thlkarl bad found the rath the Hirer waa accuttomed to take In going from bit den to tho nearest near-est water course to drink. In a thick-letted thick-letted tree overlooking thla path he bad built a platform, and from thl he had watrhed dally for a chance to shoot at the brute. Waiting hero thl day he nw the tiger come Into view from an unexpected quarter dragglug me long by the (boulder. When he aaw the tiger drop mo In the open apace and lay himself down at a little distance away, the thlkarl fired at him, aiming at the head, for he knew that If not killed the tint net of the brute would be to kill me. The tiger, ttruck In tho i ear by the heavy bullet, died almoat In bit track. 'After tho thot via fired I lay atlll, not feeling turo that 'he tiger waa really real-ly done fur, until I taw Dana llalhua come toward me from tho tree. When I lifted my head tho thlkarl wa ! ttartled for he had thought tbat I waa I dead. Hut ho came to mo and lifted I me by the ihouldera ao lhat by turning turn-ing my head I could ace the titer lylrig I atretched on hit (Ida 1 "'He can trouble you no more, aah-I aah-I lb,' tald tho thlkarl. 'Tile tiger la dead ' "The ahlkarl opened my Jacket and examined my wounds, and then went don to tho road to Intercept my aer-ttntt. aer-ttntt. lly the tlmo he came back with them my wpund were getting painful, i While. onoof ,tho tcrvajiU rode to the fjeareel bungalow lor man and Utter. l,liy watching tho thlkarl skin the lger. It waa a young animal, full grown, with a glosty, beautifully marked akin, and tcrrlblo teeth and clawa. With the tkln and Ihe government govern-ment bounty and the hundred rupee that I gave him, Dsiita llalhua had no reason to complain of hla day'a fortune I waa taken out of tho Jungle that night, and to my homo tho next fity. I had a had shoulder, with fever, that kept mo laid up for Ihrro or four weekt and I did not regain the full ute of my right arm for year. Hut I think I got off well." |