However, all things must have an end; when the sun appeared on the horizon the wounded retired, leaving the dead masters of the situation." "I suppose, in the meantime," remarked Fritz, "that the amiable Hindoo was considering whether or not, under the circumstances, she should wear mourning for her defunct cavalier." "Be that as it may, the defunct made his appearance, safe and sound, that same day, whilst the cutter stood out to sea with every vestige of the cage except the dead tigers.

Shortly after, the widow was astonished to see an army of coolies marching in procession towards her door, all, like the slaves of Aladdin, heavily laden; and she was not awakened from her surprise till the master of the ceremonies had placed the following letter in her hands: "Madam,--With this you will receive seventeen fall-grown tigers, which I have had the honour of shooting for you.
"Marmaduke Travers." "That was a choice bijou for a lady," said Jack.
[Illustration] "Yes," added Fritz; "and if the ladies of Coromandel have stands in their drawing-rooms, to display the tributes to their charms, Sir Marmaduke's present afforded abundant material for adorning those of the widow." "Well, the consequence was, that Sir Marmaduke's name rung from one end of India to the other.

The feat of killing, single-handed, seventeen tigers, converted him into a hero of the first magnitude.

No festival was complete without him, he was courted by the fashionables and worshipped by the mob; some enthusiasts even proposed to erect a tomb for him, that being the way they honor their great men in eastern nations." "Every country," remarked Fritz, "has its own peculiarities in this respect.

The memory of the illustrious men of Greece and Rome was perpetuated in the intrinsic merit of the works of art erected in their names.