THE AMERICAN
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0, mii lu ma Hut Mitimiiiiiii sung lodn)'l
Th sonid Yc, .verier thsn the ilrowy
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Of yelhiW belle.) liii'i. If short or long,
II hill line golden ili-iii'li, vet Minn,
Ami xlill oii II Inn llio milo word, t'omol
J.nl tun fliiniA buck! O all nrtiln to in
Jn laitinl within tln'K ml fl rrinii (fii'iiro
01 Ilia sweet sylsblei that, bid m hence,
Prom alien wity, limn banishment, to
thee.
To put HWny my pride of hrnrt nnd sue
Kor my old phice In lniirtmiennd weep,
Id only ltd: "Jicrp rilitii( unto deep."
A llimililntlH Moroni ihliiting lor till) dcW.
Asking my own iijniin fur mine; for me
A r into, hnvtm, Iwnvon, to rwt me
Mini',
Hnfo lima the hiiiijnwt-M.ro of my do
Hiiiir; J, tt ma cnmo buck, let mo dome back to
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Itomiliiiil J'!. Jones, In New York Bun.
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III.
A TlflKK HlhNTRIwS NliUVE.
T was m the
Hlato of Miran-
duo, Now Vene
zuela. It was 8
o'clock in the
morning and I
wan with Manuel,
the tiger huntci,
on the mountain.
After a half hour
of cautious walk
lug Manuel pann
ed at a turn hi the narrow pat h, ami
I folt rather than Haw the dawn of tiny
wan at hand. There wan a strange
Mr in the air, as though the feeble
breath of life had come hack to the
dead mid inanimate nature.
Over beyond the eastern mountain
tops the l am were growing pale. The
first gray tinge of dawn wan coming a
long way oil.
Day came slowly, I noted t hin with
emprise, for 1 had any number of
timen road descriptions ot oawn in mo
tropica wherein it wan represented
f lint day came wit h a bound out of
the blackness of the night. Perhaps
the writers of t hese descriptions had
waited until the Hit n had already rod
denad tho eastern sky before watch
ing for t he dawn. From t he timo that
1 noticed the lirnt faint gray streaks
In the sky unt il the nun wan actually
shining on I he mountain t ops it was
iiei'hapn a little more than an hour,
have wen theday break In thoKoeky
Mount ainn in the same length of time,
with the only ililTereneo that in the
tropica the day came more swiftly
after the rosy lights had come into the
ky. Ilotwcon the lirnt graya of the
early morning and the rosy hues of
actual day there waa little difference
In the Cordillera and the Kooky
Mountains,
J could have watched the coming
flay for another bout, but an noon a
It waa light enough t o ceo surround
ing object Manuel carefully chose.
pot which I could occupy (luring the
impending gladiatorial exhibition. Jt
waa the peak of a high rock that al
most overhung the pii h that he even
tually dune, and with some difficulty
I climbed to the top of it. Nature
evidently bad intended the rock
for some audi purpose a thia,
for It pave a good view of I he path for
lorne dint mice on each aid-. I could
easily have wen any animal walking
upon it. for a considerable distance In
either direct ion. There wan plenty of
evidence, too, that the advantage of
thia peak a ft lookout elation had
n apprwiatfd end o-iilby itbrr
liiinlrm tbnn limn. lnU n.tonhn
nl llirtl whd ht nlpitiiiinnbly tiM,
liitd clout bed bet III itfr Mumin
pi Must prey. Thin inoeiy gn Hip
n tiuld iw-tiomioii. I iniulit h rennuiv
nlily fe from I be tt. k of a ig r in
(he pi til belmv, lull I benil tiled to
think what would be the ivnult if a
tiger cftiiie up and found in oc
ciipviug Inn tiiivnt pi rnoiuil oul look.
W hen I w n comfort nlily concealed
behind the rock, nil hough in ft poni
tion to kecprnrefol watch of the ex
YMinut part of the path Manuel din
appeired. llo w-in ntandmg by the
bane of the rock one moment and
the next moment ho had
vanished, lie mtmt have gone like a
Herpeiit, for I heard no wound. Then
J wan alone on a t iger'a lavortle Co
nor! in an unliannled South American
forest. It wan hardly apleanant ncna
tion, PKpccially an my revolver aecm
edtobe, an dotihtlena it wan, a very
inmlequ'ito weapon. A mixpicion
might have croaned my mind that
Manuel had left me there as a bait for
a tiger, hut I would not j;ive it a mom
ent 'n credence.
Thero wi re noinca on the mountain
aide by thin time, and some of them
were ho dint inct that I could distin
qiii.Mh thi'in, Small animala wen;
acampering about in the undergrowth
and hirdn were calling in the tree. A
coniiuol ion among the birds sometii
tanco down the palh attracted my
attention, and I wondered if a tiger
had atirred them up, or if Manuel had
st rayed ai far away as that. A few
moments later there wan another
conunotion in the dintance on the
other hand of me, but 1 gave little
heed to it. On tho right hand side of
the path a email creature, aomething
like a Nortli American woodchnck,
atopped abort in his leiHiiroly morning
walk and an i (Tod anspicioilwly at tho
air. I waa to leeward of him in the
light breeze that had aprung up, and
ho he could not have acented me. lie
anid'ed a moment in the direct ion of
I he first disturbance, mid then sudden
ly dived headlong into the under
growth. Assuredly t here was something
oil to windward that he was afraid on,
The dinlurbmice censed alter a time
and then the mountain side wan still
again.
Looking down over the rock a few
moments later I found Manuel gazing
up at me. lie pointed away oil to
the left, in the direction of the second
disturbance, and again 'disappeared.
It is probable t hat on thin occasion
he hid himself in the undergrowth
alongside the path. I pave my un
divided attention to the distant
llutlering of birds. It waa a curious
sort of circus that the hirdn were hav
ing. The lit Mo things circled about in
t he tops of the treea and screamed
shrilly ono to the olher. It. might
have been a huge snake that frighten
ed and fascinated them, or it might
havo been a ti;:er. Manuel knew, in
all prohahilily, but he made no sign.
Tho disturbance came a little nod r
cr but it seemed to me that it moved
very alowly, If a t iger were coming
along the path he should, in my
opinion, have made belter time. I
calmed my impatience by assuring
myself that if it were a tiger he would
come fast enough when ho once got
wind of me. It was a long half-hour
of suspense hi fore the ilisturbance
came within reasonable distance.
Hefore half ot that time had passed I
wa ealisllcd that something very
objectionable to birds was walking
leisurely along the path, and perhaps
stopping now and then in the hope of
surjirising one of I ho hirdn unawares.
At length the thing was jmt beyond
the turn in the path. Ina moment
or two I should sen what it wan. Then
I became conscious that Manuel
wan standing in themiddleof the path,
with hi short spear held in a
horizontal position over hisshoulder,
This was interesting and at the same
time very suggestive. I concentrated
my entire nervonn system in on in
tense contemplation of the turn in the
path. The suspense was awful,
Ah! what was that? A striped and
spotted animal suddenly stood out
in the open. Ilia long tail swung slow
ly bom aide to aide, an i his smooth
toit tnoed ncnouvly with Nni
(in timm iMiioi ion. Itft the tigro(
thftrOMtll AlnclicMl fnnt. II bud
lopil with on loot Hdvaurrd, and
Willi bin hrtd in the altitude of nttrn
tion. lie lifid mi ii aomi'thina In lb
pathlefoii him, It wan Manuel, who
wan mtrtttdiiig inmovahl an a rock
I'l'oniit bun. It wan a 1m-uI ilul beaM,
nil silk and softnenn and graceful
curve. I I bought it a pity that so
beautiful a thing should lie hunted
to death, but nt the same timet
nihil nl that thin wonderfully beauti
ful exterior covered a nature that
was the living incarnation of ferocity.
I do not know how long Manuel and
tho tiger laced each other there in tho
narrow path hkegladiatora. It seemed
a very long I line. Thin wan the text.
The tiger wailed hint inctively to see
the strange thing before him turn and
run away nn everyt hing else in t he for
est invariably did, but greatly to bin
surprise the t hing stood itagroundlike
an immovable rock. The tiger was
king of the forest, and he knew it, and
when he had made up his mind that
thin thing wan not going to run ho
came forward slowly to investigate.
This was courage, even in a wild brute,
and I respected him for it. 1 doubt if
the lion or tiger of India has this un
shakable nerve.
I looked at Manuel as thetigercame
hlowly and cautiously up tiie path.
He stood like a bronze statue, with
his sjiear held over his right shoulder.
Not so much nn an eyelid moved. I
confess that during this trying timo I
wan a bit nervous. This wan a now
way of hunting to me, and a decided
novelty in the act ions of a wild beast
which had not been attacked. I
should expect an attack from a grizzly
bear after it had been wounded, but
assuredly the bear would not take
the aggressive an this lithe and beau
tiful beast was doing. I will acknowl
edge that my heart thumped against
my blue flannel shirt so hard that I
waa afraid that the noise would at
tract tho attention of the tiger.
(Slowly came the tiger; like a rock
stood Manuel. It looked as though
t he case had been reversed, and that
tho tiger instead of the half-breed, was
the hunter.
At length the tiger was within touch
ing distance of the man. He looked
the bronze figure over from head to
foot and then thrust forward his head
nnd an i lied at the man's feet. Hack
the great beast sprang like a steel
spring. Tho figure was flesh and blood.
Tho tiger's tail twitched back and
forth like a Hail. Tho great jaws
opened in n snarl. Quickly the beast;
measured bin distance and crouched
with quivering sinews for a spring.
Huch calm courage was grand beyond
all description. It was matched only
by the steadfast nerve of the man.
Now came the crisis. I could see
the huge muscles heaving under the
striped skin. In another second the
tiger would leap upon his prey. In
that instant I he hunter made a mo
tion with his left nrm as quick as light
itself. He lore a handkerchief from
bin neck and t hrust it full in f lie tiger's
face. Up went the tiger's head in a
quiver of electrical amazement. Then
the hunter's poised right arm shot for
ward with incredible force and the
spear buried iisell half way to tho
huddle in the tiger's neck.
Ah, It was nobly done; and through
out it all, from the beginning until the
wonderful ending, thehuntcr'a nerve
never faltered so much as by a hair'a
breadth, licfore 1 could catch my
breath and swallow I ho lumps of ap
prehension t hat had risen unbidden
m my throat tho fierce beast was
dead in tho path.
1 scrambled down from the rock
stood beside the dead forest-king.
Manuel picked up his handkerchief
and pulled out his apear. There was
a faint suggestism of a smile about
his impassive face.
l)oe the Senor Americano believe?"
ho nnked.
"He does," I answered, and I
reached him my hand in that univer
sal brotherhood of man which civili
zation can never efface. By the aide
of that dead tiger the savage and tho
son of civilization were on the one
common level of man. Thero could
be ito difference. New York Itccorder.
TROUBLE 9 OP AN INVENTOR.
! Ik ! M Ha'vlr ot Mcllnll
Ma tttrtrl ) t Mi .
Al thi c!o of ths year It wa an
nmineed In I'reech newspajairs that
new eplolv had bona Invented, mm
iiovd ti which dynamitu ami uitm
jilyivriiio worn an plaything. The
nn mo or thin new article ni innliuiUt,
nnd tho Inventor wh a M. Turpi a, a
French chemist.
Army engineers toh-d It and found
It "altogether satisfactory." A shell
which w an fired into an old condemned
fort nonr I'nrla blew tho whole struct
ure to ntiiinn; not a stone or a handful
of oarlh wan left in its plneiv In ox
plod ng. tho melinite reiolvoJ It.wilf
Into such powerful panes that nothing
could withstand Its dontruet've force.
The invent on meant a revolution in
warfare; even the boht modern works
of do eu io were now rendered quite
useless.
Tho Inventor reoeivod tho due
amount of pra'ao. II. s explosive was
called boulanglto In honor of the tliotl
popular m Ulster of war, and the
French government promiaod to buy
bis tnvout on.
Hut Itoulanyor foil, and his succoss
or, M. Camponon. seemed to have for
gotten both Turpin nnd tho melinite,
as it again was called.
Tat Holism is a very noblo quality,
but the best patriot must have
money, and M. Turpln coneluilod to
sell his invention to somo other gov
ernment, or to somegun manufacturer.
He thought, of the Armstrongs, la
Kngland. says tho Detroit Free Press,
who are the most extensive manufact
urers In their linn, next to Krupp, la
Esson and ho uddressud himself to M.
Trlponnot, tholr agent lu l'aln. Trlp
onnet advised him to go to their
works nt Newcastle, which Monsieur
Turpln did.
His astonishment may bo imngtnod
when he upon his arrival found that
his invention wan already known la
England. The Armstrongs had it com
plete knowledge of tho relative quan
tity of tho component purls of the mel
inite ns well as of nil other seorots
connected with its manufacture, and
the firm hud called him only to obtain
his personal alllrmation ol tho correct
ness of the process, and tho genuine
noes of the article, for which they of
fered him 760, 000 franc. Thin prop
osition M. Turpin ro.octod and went
back to I'ar!s In a rago.
Here he very soon learned how the
English firm hail come into poHnesslon
of hln secret. '1 heir agent In l'arls had
ulinply hud his father-in-law steal the
necessary document from the archive
of tho war department.
M. Turpln now made formal com
plaint to tho government, and a com
inlttee of investigation was appointed.
The chairman was an army officer
who had iisnisted Trlporinot'a father-in-law
In the theft, and tho investigation
ended in smoke, of course,
After four yearn of wailing and fu
tile agitation, M. Turpln ban now
finally taken the bull by tho horm and,,
publhdicd a puiripbiot In which he
given a complete account of the ease
and tho treatment he has suffered.
Tho publication of several of the
documents and facts contained In this
pamphlet wan very annoy Ingf to tho
government, and the unsold halanoo
of the edition whs recently conllseatod
by order of the war depart merit. Al
the same time Trlponnot ruid Turpln
were both arrested. 'I'd pun net's father-in-law,
the actual thief, had already
"evaporated."
II I tin for AM Tl.lii j.
Deacon Khony --"Now that th wa
teriiiilllon cron Is boi t owih, It seen,
ter me, MlMah .lelt, It would he a good
time tcr aiiirt, a revl al. '
I am in .ictt ."Not ylt. Jirmldor
I'bony, not yet. The spring ihl'ken
crop fa Je begun."
