Show OF A expel an indian BACK OF AN ferocious beast with a shotgun loaded with colpe shot A leckt chance shot An ritel neiti e most anglo indians I 1 am like the of mv arile I 1 have ed a colad revolver rev ulver auf ent complement of cartridges have I 1 ever been without a pod central fire breech londing bublo ddn bitt the for berbas all the years t f IV indian career rafting mutely arthe buglar who as never invaded my bachelor un galow and tt e latter has auti juti ed its contin in my possession giving my faithful ang to do in cleaning its aed barrels when I 1 say that gurt is a choke bore you will der stand that it is more suited snipe shooting and alie purit tit ducks and plover than for the est of larger game in 1880 1 was in camp at the tent as under the shade of a ditched vast anyan tree and on the bank of a picturesque little hill stream cloie to the station where his highness the maharajah Mah arajah of independent Tipp erah collects tolls from such of our te low subjects as cut timber in his vast forest hard bv wai the collection of thatched huts in which ived the maharajahs Mahara jahs agent a mo ammeman am gentleman of much lo 10 specially to in authority over him t plausible anti pleasant plea tant in his man ders as moba nearly ill ways are and bent upon showing me who wa alit quite content to take him at his hotd that if aas as good and staunch a juan as any sahib of them all for dais bufore illy the hill folk hd been warned to look f f out for tracts of tigers or bear and lit was wita obvious pride and talis faction that my friend to luemae lovely cool morning in de cember that he lad succeed ti in patting nets round a patch of aun gle io which lurked a flue tiger there was nothing fr it but make a hasty breatta ta t and t latart with my fruity gun over my shoulder for the bouse unfortunately the oni cartridges I 1 had with me abed if you will believe rut wit I 1 snipe shot I 1 was coith to da na iny friends enthusiasm bv ha t I 1 was insufficient i armed for sar a tiger bunt and I 1 resolved to trus qt to his skill in frest warfare fur the of the tiger and the safety of au r tame wat the post of lj nor oil tylel it i back of a small an I 1 it seemed tit is e tremelt etc ph ant whose were i eri atad thatis w AS 11 as could do to hold on t the ropes I 1 1 which the pad on which I 1 sat w 8 4 bound and I 1 could mt belp avid ing that I 1 were gifted like an in than god with an extra pair of arms for the due of my weapon to make matters more uncomfortable the mahout or driver behind back I 1 was perched was either very cold or very frightened for his teeth chatt e red dolefully and unlike most class be seemed ding to talk we procession enough as we started for th e forest I 1 led the way on my elep haDI next came my mohammedan friend with a gaudy silk cap perched very much on one side ofhie flowing and birly locks over his shoulder wa buzze loading gun and it was no small to notice that whatever my own inward doubts might be my friend at least wa and pleasant all afan exciting days work behind him came two or three armed like bin ell tv and the rear was brough t up by a I 1 miscellaneous crowd of T i pi 1 I Mani and plains aw agirs le ovll b ad bateu i in 1 its it was a lovely morning bright clear and co calai laI e in in excited state it was 0 not nt admi e the love ly glimpsed glimp sem afforest of forest scenery which to our right and left as we made out way slowly ulf the bed of the little stream by which my tent had been pit ebed ia we p a ss edo n mall Tipp erah v th e w den houses raised like those cfall the eastern hill fulk on piles some sir or seven feet above the level of the ground in one an ancient headman gray and bent nith age advanced to wish ui suc cess in our effort to rid the co side of a peat whose ravages had J t banned binned the cattle of the neighbor ig villages woefully and its I 1 ac fledged kl edged his salaams I 1 heartily wished that my place could have been taken by some one better armed and more skillful thaia my self bat soon the villages gre W rarer the patches of goldau paddy setina frame of daric dense jun gle more infrequent we beard the shrill cry of jungle fowl in the woods and the cooing of in numera ble doves in the feathery branches odthe wild bamboos soon the path became in and the elephant an 1 ita were busy tearing down branches and cl etring a kay for u th the dense undergrowth under groath of 1 1 tree il rn and gorgeous fl erin creepers where the hade iva densest the air struck chill even to my well clothed limbs and I 1 cul ti sympathize with the tremors of my t mahout nod again when we emerged into a ring deserted by the migratory cultivation of the hill people the sun struck fi ercell and rendered the protection of one it buxe sun hat very grateful at iset and as I 1 thought only too 11 cion 1 we reached the patch of forest which had been netted the beat era disappeared by jungle paths to right and left the clim bLed into convenient free and an occasional friendly IN ue ped anxiously into abo dento jungle below presently we khew that the bent ing had begun for vo heard the distant sound of khouts and a sound which raised a strange elation and excitement even in rny besoin alad for a I 1 forgot that I 1 had in nl hands only a choke bore gun loade with snipe shot that I 1 was holding with raight and matu to my min teat on a nervous and un trained elephant and that if the tiger charged I 1 should be in a situ aaion of very considerable danger fortunately there was not much ehno for thought for the roar of voices and of arums came r a I 1 I 1 ll 11 y and my bobani c d 0 friends grow more eager and excited at last close on my right and with startling I 1 heard the mighty roar of a tiger impelled by I 1 know not what impulses mail 11 ged to draw both tr igers of illy gun and almost I 1 beard two other abbots fired in rapid succession the proximity of the tiar and the sound of firearms too much for the nerves of the elephant or the mahout or both for the next InD MIX I 1 found that had dropped my gun and wa hol 1 ing on for dear letb to the r 01 pee 1 as the terrified baat beneath 1 plunge through th eforest how far we went before the mall outre gained his control over the beast I 1 cannot say and it is with unbounded thankfulness and woi der that I 1 think even now t f the escapes I 1 had from the overhanging boughs and coils of clu bering creep era through which we forced our headlong way As often happens in situations situa tiong 4 extreme peril my mind was singularly clear quil and among other incongruous thought I 1 remembered wondering what a new would make of be story of an indian 03 a frightened at last however the mahout was a ble to guide the animals ani malo movements and utter a ang kind weary journey erv slow we ad to clear ou r way as we went we emerged into the open paddy fields it was with a beuse of ible chappine 9 that I 1 saw my white et under the dark pren anz branches of the banyan tree and I 1 av eav e illy se await aly return bilut I 1 wa s not a little when I 1 found ahm they gathered round the bal of a huge tiger which they said tit agent had stitt over as the J my gun I 1 had heard it was true of a desperate man who had state tiger lit close quarters by ferij a charge of small shot straight stia ight into Iki had fired almost t random and at a considerable distance and an c lamination of the anti that it had ideen killed by a lucky bullet bad bierd friend presently appeared in person and loaded me with gunj Jeser vea praises of my coolness and and apologies for the I 1 1 3 0 1 hil elephant it WAS oba I 1 0 3 to tell him my reat A I 1 a k lacert i that the m beast which lay amy feet had not fallen to my gaqi but I 1 vas able at last to per 8 aade min that my had turned I 1 rould taka aim stud so to induce hijii not very unwillingly to accept the credit of the tigers death ile in a isad however upon giving me the skin which lies before life as I 1 write a of my me t exciting tiger bunt I 1 am older now ant I 1 trust wiser certainly lv no cm of pride or would jow induce me to go tiger with snipe shot end my only excuse for ren turing to inflict the story of a very foolhardy adventure upon you is that the tall is strictly true and there lies the skin to this day to testify to it if ever I 1 do tiger shooting rg again it shall be with a good rifle in my ban and if I 1 ever mount an elephant I 1 hall a 1 6 co that he can fire |