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 the party of camera men and newspaper men, merely getting a fusillade of hastily fired revolver-bullets, which did little harm.

Most of the spectators did not wait to see what happened, but ran for their lives, some of the newspaper men even throwing away their cameras.

Twenty seconds later the tigress was disappearing into the jungle a score of rods away.

"Go after her, Ali! You and Joie keep her in sight," cried Mr. Anderson, who had gained his feet by this time, and had come up to Joie and Ali, who did not retreat very far, as Ali had gotten Joie under control after the first mad dash. "All right. You follow on as fast as you can. I will try to keep her in sight."

Luckily for Joie and Ali, the small