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seeing me returning pale, and covered with 

 blood, she uttered a piercing shriek and fell 

 down in a dead faint, when all eyes were 

 of course directed to me, and I perceived 

 for the first time that I was covered with 

 the tiger's blood. When he stood over 

 me I had felt something warm trickling 

 down on my clothes, but I hardly noticed 

 it, for at the time, I did not think the 

 brute was so badly hurt ; and, indeed, he 

 might have got over the gun wound but 

 for the hunting knife, which evidently, 

 was the weapon that had given the death 

 blow. My father was rejoiced to learn 

 what I had accomplished, and assured me 

 I had only anticipated him by a few hours, 

 for he had intended going out on a similar 

 errand that afternoon, having made up his 

 mind to rid the country of such a monster, 

 or perish in the attempt ; I fancy he 



