Youth, Volume 1, Number 5, July 1902 / An Illustrated Monthly Journal for Boys & Girls

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VOL. I JULY 1902 No. 5
By George H. Coomer
“NONSENSE,” said Uncle Hayward; “how people do like to be scared! If a real Bengal tiger had made his escape anywhere within twenty miles of here, the whole country would have been up in arms before this time. I’ve no faith in the story.”
“Well, they are not quite sure of it,” replied the neighbor who had given the information, “but they think so. The steamer was sunk and some of the animals were drowned, but it is believed that the big tiger escaped in the darkness and got ashore.”
“What sort of a show was it?” inquired uncle; “a large menagerie?”
“No, I believe not,” was the answer; “only a few animals that some company had hired for the season—a tiger, a jaguar, a pair of leopards, and a few monkeys—that’s what they tell me. The steamer had a heavy cargo, and went down very suddenly.”
“And they think the tiger made for the woods, eh?” said uncle. “When did it happen, do you say?”