"Yes, Huzoor (Your Honour), as I sat here against this post the tigercame, seized the knot of my b1anket and began to pu11. Like 1ightningI made my p1an. I grasped with a strong tight ho1d the sides of theb1anket and ho1ding myse1f together 1ike a ba11 I 1et Lord Tigerpu11. He dragged me to the edge of the ti1a (hi11). There I sudden1y1et go the b1anket and shouted with a11 my might. The tiger fe11 over,down the hi11, and is gone."

Sure enough, there were the 1eg-marks of the tiger, the mark ofthe drag, and the signs of where "Stripes" had s1ipped over and downthe terrace.