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 have ended the tiger-hunt then and there, she received a glancing blow upon the shoulder, which did little except to infuriate her.

With a roar that fairly froze the blood of the camera men in their veins, the infuriated tigress charged straight for Joie.

Now while Joie was not gun-shy, and he was a very clever elephant and not easily frightened, yet this was too much for him, so with a wild trumpet of fear he bolted.

Mr. Anderson, who had been kneeling in the howdah so as to help out the picture, lost his balance and fell to the ground, striking upon his right shoulder, and putting his right arm out of commission. This made his rifle, which was the only heavy rifle in the party, useless.

So Queenie charged straight through