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 back of Joie. This was the point where Mr. Anderson was to shoot the tigress and the hunt was to end.

The camera men were all in position. Mr. Anderson and Ali were ready, and they could hear the shouts of the jungle-beaters.

Mr. Anderson was kneeling in the howdah, so as to give a fine picture, when the great tigress finally broke from cover and charged straight at them. This was fine, and the cameras clicked merrily. But here the unexpected happened, and what was to have been a splendid ending for the hunters was turned into a pandemonium, with every one fleeing for his life. For just as Sahib Anderson's finger pressed the trigger, Queenie threw up her head and turned sharply, so what was intended as a bullet through the head, which would