Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 127
lybruised myknee; but ingetting upagain I hap-pened to lookback, and astrange feelingof awe cameover me atwhat I saw:there ivas atiger followingme. At firstI would notbelieve it; Ireasoned with myself that such a thing was impossible. I am nervous, tired, anxious, and have, perhaps,an attack of… … A Narrow Escape from a Tiger 105 I did so, encouraging myself, while I walked as fastas I could, by such thoughts as these, although I feltby no means comfortable. Remember, I had no rifle,gun, or even pistol with me, and was quite at themercy of the tiger, if tiger it was. Perhaps for onehundred…
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