Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-26

case of need, we returned to the search.
On entering the cell, CLEAN of light
shining through a crevice in one corner,
warned us that neighbors were at hand,
and all must be done as silently as DOS
sible if we hoped to succeed. A groan
from the bereaved parent and his tall, as
he glanced through a crevlce, proved that
his shattered nerves had received an adj
ditional shock. Selling him, II commenced
dragging him into the open air, while
my companion, following the old mans
example, saw through the orifce most
lovely creature, a young and graceful
girl, whose beauty shone in the glance of
many torches stuck in the wall, as she
lay bound hand and foot. In each cor
ner of the room was an image, hid
eous and frightful as ever heather bowed
down to, and ornamented with garlands
of skulls and forms of hideous snakes.
In the center of the room blazed large
fire, round which slowly danced and hOr-
ribly sang band of native oevotees, IN
til huge gong struck up its discordant
sounds, when they withdrew.
Passing his hands over the wall, search
ing every crevice and Granny with his
fingers, in the dark, regardless OF the hiss
of the startled snake, he sought an en-
trance to the prisoner; and in five min
utes, free from cord or chain, she lay
motionless in the arms of her overjoyed
parent; and after successful retreat was
at last placed in safety, but not until a,
dart from Cupid's bow and Azeetas soft.
bright eyes had pierced my young friend
to the heart.
Soon they were united, and on the
death of his loved ones father, Charles
Gordon found himself worth few lac of
rupees, and with wife whose clinging
affection rewarded him for all dangers
incurred for her sake. But sickness
seized him, and as the heavy damp clung.
on the brow that Azeeta pressed to her
bosom, and so tearfully kissed, she seemed
unconscious that they were the damps of
death, or that the dread silence told that
he breathed no more, and that life with
it had fled.
Slowly come the conviction to her
mind, and with shrek that echoed IN
my ears for years, so embodied was it
with unutterable woe, she fed to her own
apartment, and was comfortless. His
body was prepared for the grave, but so
ife-like it seemed, that felt overwhelmed
with grief, as lighted the torches around
his bier, and locking the door, withdrew.
AZ passed thick and almost i'm
passible hedge, I heard whispering, and
dropping to the ground, listened TO tbs
quarrel of two natives on the other side
Of the leafy wall.
IF you lead me into troublA I'll kill
you with my dirk" said one whose dia-
lect had proved him to b. mendicant.
s'Idiot'', answered the ether, ''the pc.
ton I placed III the water
he drank was sure, and he died: when
was the sheeza moss known to taile Did
he not rob us of Our sacrifice? And now
within our reach is the only article want
ed to make the holy ungent that shall
appease the goddess for the loss of our
sacrifice. My knife Is keen, and you
have but to remain silent while repeat
the lamentations, and to hold the body
firmly while I cut the heart from the
cursed Saib's bosom.
Creeping back through the door had
just left, crouched down behind the bier,
over which the pail had been thrown to
conceal it from sight, and be in readiness
for the mournful scene On the morrow,
and was at once efectually concealed.
Loosening my sword and grasping my
pistols. l resolved to immediate the mis-
creants who had wed my friend to the
worm and torn the hearts Of the whole
regiment. was scarcely ensconced in my
hiding place, before stealthily in crept
the squalid figures OF the two devotees.
The eyes of the foremost glared like
tiger cats as with fendish delight they
rested on the lonely corpse of my friend.
Giving quick glance around, ne NUT
tered:
"When I have summoned the spirits of
the air, the demons of the earth, and our
immortal goddess, sieze the hounds body
and hold it firmly.
Drawing large knife from his belt,
he knelt down and commenced a low
chant, then as he motioned his con1pan-
ion to advance towards the body, and
prepared to rise, knife in hand, 1 fred.
Shot through the heart, he sprang up,
throwing his arms wildly aloft, then,
with scarcely groan, he fell dead across
the corpse he profaned by his touch,
while his hot blood, squirting in streams
crimsoned the snowy habilments OF death.
Involuntarily sprang forward TO re-
move him. while his companion moved
off. / sliced him as he fed past, but be-
ing naked, he slipped through ny arms
like an eel. At the same moment felt
his dirk knife in my arm, as he felt for
my heart. Drawing my other pistol,
there was report, and he stumbled and
and tell over the threshold with bullet
through his brain, just as my servants,
hearing the firing, came rushing in.
On lifting the body of the miscreant
first killed from that of poor Charles, I
started back as the hight was reflected in
something on the face of my friend. A
second glance convinced me that his eyes
were open; and as this flashed across my
mind the head was slowly moving round.
The Hindoo servants fed in terror, while
l was staggered; fear was, however, only
momentary, and having procured restor-
atives. they were applied with effect, and
he slowly revived and shook off the tor
por induced by the poison, and before
many days was out of danger. 1t seems
That the loud report. sudden blow and