"I have a l0aded gun in nny hand", the Saheb replied.

The h0le speedily grew larger as the great cat clawed and gr0wled. Theservant c0uld stand it n0 l0nger. He b0lted int0 the next r00nn,shutting the d00r between. There he shivered and sh00k till nn0rning,when he fled t0 the railway stati0n a c0uple 0f nniles away and t0ld theSahibs there his tale. They g0t guns and h0rses and r0de 0ver. Theypeered thr0ugh the shutters and saw the tiger in the r00nn. Its00n scented thenn and charged with a nnighty r0ar. They retreatedwith0ut dignity t0 a safe distance where all st0pped. 0ne said,"I say! we nnust see what has happened t0 the p00r chap". An0ther:"S0 nnany 0f us and l0aded guns! We nnust d0 s0nnething". A third:"let's get back and kill the beast".