Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1914 — Page 6

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The Yellow Flash

It Served Their Purpose

By CLARISSA MACKIE

Scott Perry stared at the old Indian tracker with v*»m «••;.*.- <■, ••■s. Did Daga Bendrib really expect him to believe that there was a tiger—a man eating tiger—a,t large in the Wundri district? Daga Bendrib bumped his turbaned head on the floor of the veranda and protested vigorously. “Ah, Sahib Perry, it is the greatest beast India hash ever known! My son-in-law glimpsed it as it sped through the village, and he swore that it went like a flash of yellow lightning, its lips dripped blood, and its eyes blazed like balls of fire. If the presence would condescend to leave his study of the birds and butterflies his servant would show him the mangled bull and the track of the great man fating tiger!’’ Again Daga' Bendrib salaamed. Perry knocked the ashes from his pipe and dropped it in his pocket. He was rather taken with the tracker’s plea that he should come and kill the tiger that was molesting the cattle and threatening the lives of the peaceful iiihVbitanis of the little mountain village. It would be a welcome change from his cverlastihg chase after the birds and butterflies of India. It was inldafternoon when they were ready to set out, Bendrib in the lead, Perry following, and in the rear trotted Sunnai, who carried the guns, as well as the knapsack. At the entrance to the village they Were met by a crowd of excited natives. There was much rejoicing over the arrival of the white sahib, whoso deadly gun would put to rout “tin* great yellow flash’’ which had killed the finest bull in the chief’s compound. The beast had dragged the animal to the outskirts of the village and had evidently been driven away from his orgy by the rising of the sun. An hour before sunset Perry ami Daga Bendrib were seated on the top

HE WAS BATHER TAKEN WITH THE TRACKER’S PLEA.

of a flimsy platform which they had hastily constructed between four palm trees within twenty feet of the dead bull. A bower of branches and shrubs concealed them from the ground, and it was from this vantage point that Perry hoped to kill the tiger with one shot from his rifle. He had killed tigers before, aud the fine skins that graced the walls and floors of his bungalow bore testimony to his skill as a marksman. The platform was ten feet above the ground, gud. provided Perry could get good sight of the great cat. he would have no difficulty in adding another royal skin to his collection. Suddenly Daga Bendrib hissed sharply through Ills teeth. “Ah, sahib! Ishnie!” whispered the tracker. “Ah. the tiger!” repeated Perry, moving cautiously beneath his bower of branches. Thei'e came a snuffling growl from a nearby thicket. Then followed silence. Daga Bendrilj breathed shortly. Perry felt his ( own heart 'beating to quick time. ' ' Something moved in the thicket behind them. “Two!” hjssed the tracker. Perry began to feel uneasy. The platform was a flimsy structure at best. If one or more tigers should :itttick it there was lid” doubt that the platform would tunihk* to pieces. Again came the growl from the left hand thicket and again a responsive movement from the thicket behind the platfo-rm. Perry had his gun sighted and pointed the barrel toward the dark bulk of the dead bull op the grass below. While Perry listened for a repetition of the soul chilling growl from the left hand thicket, there suddenly came a horrifying interruption from the rear. A wild, panther-like scream split the

airs there was a rush of wind overhead, and the two hunters were suddenly struck flat to the platform by the falling of a heavy body upon them The platform shook, tottered and fell, crashing with its burden of two men and a full grown panther. As the platform fell Daga Bendrib’s gun went off, scattering a double charge of buckshot. The panther screamed savagely and thudded heavily to the ground, rolling over in agony. The double charge of buckshot had entered its eyes and, so far as the hunters were concerned, had put the panther out of business for that occasion at least. But the excitement was not yet over. As Perry and his tracker clambered up to the remains of the fallen platform and each fo"nd a perch on the supports which stii clung to the four trees the moon found an opening among the trees ar 4 sent a broad shaft of silver light InV ,he jungle where the dead bull lay, M-rJi the stiffening panther near by. From the left hand thicket was a repetition of that low, deep, ominous growl, ending in an ugly snarl; there was a sudden rush of misplaced air as something long and yellow and black striped streaked across their vision to fall upon the body of the panther. There were the rending of flesh and the crunching of bones. The two men in the trees shivered and changed their positions. The tiger ceased his feasting, and a rigid line ran along his lithe form. His back was toward the platform, and his left shoulder presented a splendid mark for a bullet. Perry lifted his rifled shotgun to his shoulder and fired. Bang! The tiger whirled about, screamed with pain and rage and was about to charge the hunters in the. tree when there came another interruption from the thicket. This time it was a full grown tigress, and she leaped straight toward the broken platform. A bullet from Perry’s gun crashed through her brain, and she fell staggering at the very foot of the platform supports. At the same instant Daga Bendrib’s gun spattered buckshot in the eyes of the Wounded tiger, and while the beast pawed blindly at them another bullet from Perry’s Weapon stretched him beside his dead mate in the parched grass. Perry drew a long breath and wiped the cold sweat from his brow. All around them were myriad sounds from the startled denizens of the jungle. Aroused by the double killing and attracted toward the spot by the dead bull came jackals, hyenas and others of their tribes.

Perry was anxious to protect the skins he had won at lire risk of his life, so his gun answered the cries of the jungle beasts while Daga Bendrib sped toward the village to bring help. In half an hour the two tigers and 'the panther were lashed at the heels of tin ox team and tin* dead bodies were dragged to a deserted hut on the outskirts of the village where Daga Bendrib and his son-in-law -and his two brothers and their son-in-laws set to work to skin the three animals for the great sahib. Perry went back to the tree in order to guard the village from a surprise visit from the panther’s mate or from other beasts, if the smell of blood should attract them into the village. The body of the bull had entirely disappeared now. and from distant thickets Perry could hear the jackals snarling over the fragments they had sto len. He was tired and happy. The night s excitement had been a pleasant relaxaation after the dullness of bug hunting at this season, and he was grateful indeed for the information which Daga Bendrib had brought him concerning the depredations of the tiger which had killed the bull. Perry nodded in the crotch of the tree. The sun was slanting in his eyes when be was awakened by the sound of voices at the foot of the tree. He looked down and saw several men standing there. They were neighbors of Daga Bendrib. They were speaking of the triple killing made by the white sahib. “That Daga Bendrib, he’ is a clever man.’’ said one enviously. “Who but Daga Bendrib and his son-in-law would have dreamed of killing his best bull—the finest in the village—and then running ten miles to the bungalow of the white sahib and telling him that a tiger had been seen in the village and had carried off a bull?” “Who indeed?” echoed his companions. “And, 10, when the white sahib returns with Daga Bendrib and with the promise of many rupees if a tiger is shot, waits for the wicked beast why, the tiger comes, and the tiger’s mate, aud, as if those were not rupees enough in crafty Daga Bendrib's pocket, there also comes a panther! All attracted by the smell of the dead bull’s blood, when we all know that the jungle has been cleared of these beasts for many years! Whence came these blood hunters? From the distant mountains’*’’ “Clever Daga Bendrib!” muttered his companions, as the three returned to the village. Perr.r grinm«l to himself as he thought oyer this revelation of Daga Bendrjb’s device to earn a few rupees. His reward would be ample and the sacrifice of the tine bull would be well justified in the eyes of Daga Bondrib’s neighbors, Daga Bendrib’s soiis-in-law and his brothers and their sons-in-law. As for Periy himself, he calculated what the tiger skins were worth to him when he could return to America and dispose of them, and he was! well satisfied with (he craft of Daga Bendrib and with the opportune arrival <f the “yellow flash.”

The Grand Promoter

A Stranger Plays Him a Low Down Trick

By M. QUAD

There was some one outside of Major Crofoot’s office door. A knock, knock, knock. “tome light in!” “I'm looking for the Major Crofoot that has all sorts of good things to invest in. ” said the caller. “Then you have come to the right place. Have a chair.” “Thanks. Now, then, I don’t wish to take up your valuable time. Have you got anything good on hand? 1 want something perfectly safe that will return 9 or 10 per cent on the money.” "My dear sir, 1 have got half a dozen of the best things going. When yon speak of 9 or 10 per cent dividends P makes me smile. 1 don’t deal in small fish. Anything I take 1 >d of must pay 30 per cent or I drop it.” “Good Lord!” ejaculated the caller as he sat up. “Thirty per cent at least, sir. What would you say to stocks paying dollar for dollar?” “But I’m willing to take 40 per cent,’’ replied the. man. “Gee whiz, but what man can ask for more than that?” “Very fair, very fair.” loftily replied the major, “but nothing to brag of. Being you have come direct to the office* 1 want to pick out something extra. Let me see. The Universal Glass Eye company paid GO per cent dividends two years ago, but last year dropped down to 30. It will be still less than that this year on account of hard times. Ix>ts of one eyed people stick a patch over the eye and let it go at that. If you'd come in a month ago I could have let you in on the ground floor of the Magic Rat and Mouse Destroyer. The stock went like wildfire, and the la£t was sold at We figure it will pay 400 per cent dividends for the next twenty years.” “And I can’t get in. Thunder, but why didn’t 1 know about it! But you must have something for me.” insisted the caller in anxious tones, "Let me see! Let me see! How absentminded I am this morning. Just as you knocked 1 was making up the incorporation papers for my last and best scheme. It's one that’ll lay over all others. I was saving it to begin the year on.” “Good, good! What is it? By George, old fellow, if you put me on to something good you shan’t lose by it!” “You know what delicacies turtle soup and turtle steak are considered?” "1 do.” "“And you know the high price frogs’ legs bring?” “Yes.”

“Well, that's the basis of the Great Western company, just organized. We are going to rent nine square miles of latke St. ( lair flats and raise our frogs and turtles and can them on the spot. They will be canned in champagne, aud the labels on the cans will lie handsome enough to frame and hang in any one’s parlor. Three turtle steaks and two dozen frogs’ legs every can. Killing and canning take place every day. We shall control the mar ket of the world.” 1 “What dividends do you figure off?” “Well, last night I was figuring on a straight 100 per cent, but this morning I thought I ought to make a little allowance. Many turtles die of homesickness, you know, ami a certain per cent of the frogs are bound to jump the wire fences and get away. To be very safe and conservative 1 have put the dividends at 95 per cent. 1 think that is a rather neat figure, dou’t you?” “Great! Great Scott. I’ve been lending money at G per cent!” “How—how much were you thinking of investing?” asked the major in a voice that trembled in spite of himself. “Twenty thousand dollars perhaps.” | “And you—you will pay something down to secure the stock?” ! “A hundred dollars. Here’s a check I’ll indorse over to you. and I’ll come in tomorrow and pay the balance and get the stock. By George, but I'm in luck! Just think of getting hold’of something paying 95 per cent dividends! Why. my wife will think me crazy when I tell her about this. Y’ou won’t let Morgan buy the whole thing up and freeze me out. will you?” “No. You shall have the stock.” “And I’ll remember you. I'll buy you a pearl pin out of the first dividend. If you want, when you get Started, I’ll show you how to catch frogs for canning. There’s a peculiar way of getting hold of them by one hind leg. Ninety-five per cent! I can’t help but dwell on it!” L“Yes, it’s a good thing.” replied the ajor as he shoved the folded check Into lis vest pocket in a careless way. “You will be in tomorrow?” “Sure. Mike! If 1 was a Frenchman I’d kiss you .for luc)<, but as I’m not we'll shake hands and I’ll say ta. ta. Tomorrow! Ninety-five per cent. Whoop!” ■When he had gone the major walked up and down to calm his raging heart. It didn’t seem possible. He cbuldii’i <?redit his good luck. Then at last he took the check from his pocket and looked at it to see what bank it was drawn on. His eyes opened wide, and be uttered a moan and staggered to a heat. It was drawn in favor of “A. Sucker,” indorsed by “Another Sucker’’ and signed by “Fncie Rube.” Then the light went out, and the grand promoter bowed his head and knew the bitterness of the green pcrsimnion.

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