Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-02-25


 pilgrim of the company came in sight. There was nothing suspicious in his ap- pearance. He looked simple pilgrim, and was barefooted in one hand he car rie his shoes W tn the other he steadied the long bamboo pole winch re ,ted on one shoulder, aud from each end of which hung the wicker-work' baskets which hold the bottles, or rather hasks, ill which water is carried from the sacred rivers to some far-distant shrine. He stopped in front of the old zemindar. "How far Is 1t, father, to the next good well by the roadside for there we mean to rest for the night"
 "Two miles, my son" replied the old man.
 ''The water in the well is good ?"
 "It is.
 "And the grove near it is good one to sleep in?"
 "Yes."
 ''Perhaps there if buaya's (grain dealer's) shop near it where we could | get some iour?"
 "No; there IS not."
 "Then how far is the next well and resting place?"
 Two miles more !"
 "And is the water in that well good ?"
 "1hou asketh many questions" said the old man.
 But the purpose of the questioning had been gained; the seeming pilgrim had been moving in single file; it had given them time to come up and form group.
 Some of them had put down their poles and baskets, as if to rest themselves. But now the baskets were slipped of, the slaves taken in hand and rush made on the old man and his sons and servants, who were soon overpowered, and the robbers in possession of the house. while some kept guard outside. They carried no srms, so as to avoid suspicion after the robbery as well as 1 before 1t. But heavy male bamboo club is formidable weapon. Torture was soon applied to the old man to make him reveal where his treasure was 1 buried
 Two little grandchildren, boy and girl, were seized, and the heavy clubs held over their heads with threat of dashing their brains out if the old man l did not confess speedily. He did so. The rupees were dug up and distributed among the band, whereupon the robbers 1 uONC't LII anu htBj Is'SclucE tiscN | got clear of the village, when they sepa rated, going across country singly or bN .wos aud threes, and by the time the police arrived from the nearest station they had good two hours start.
 The second kind of Dacoitee is robbery ,on the highway. Here the gang of rob
 oers attack a party of travellers, rob carts conveying goo1s, and sometimes ttp p ard plunder the mail cart.
 A trader was going from one town to
 mother with a good deal of money an,. some valuable goods. He had with him
 TWO carts and two servants. As he was moving along T frequented highway, he deemed himself safe from all danger.
 But one evening, II somewhat infre- nuented spot, a gang of robbers, looking like travellers, suddenly set on him and his servants. overpowered them, gagged and bond them, and tflen, taking ing them off the road. left them in piece of scrnb,
 where it was not likely they would be
 discovered until next morning.
 One of the robbers then dressed him
 self in the traders clo hes-almost every
 occupation in India has SD 'cial dress
 and assumed his part. The two others
 acted as his servants They got into
 another and more-frequentedr road along
 which police stations were established
 at short intervals. Going up to the
 first, the sham trader represented that
 he was most anxious to push on tha.
 night that he had a good deal of valua-
 ble property with him that he thought
 some robbers had got wind of this, and
 asked that he might have policeman tc
 escort him from one station to anoth r.
 And so the police actually escorted
 the robbers with their booty to larg+ town at some distance of, reachine
 which they soon disposed of the carts
 and all their contents.
 tle-lifting is form of rohber, very prevalent in some parts of India more especially in the neighhorhood Q 1 woods and forests, into which tht
 stolen cattle can be driven. It prevail.
 in the country lying between ths , Ganges and the Jumna, as the flores [ tract at the foot of the Himalaya af lords the needful hiding ground 4 { pair of stolen bul'ocks will be drive to this forest from the village wh I, , they were lifted, twenty-five or thirty F miles of, ill the curse of the night
 The ordinary forms of robbery, sim , pie theft from the house or person. don, | secretly and not openly, and where era takes the plaoe of force, are of cours the most common. Here everything de 5 bends on quietness of nov ment ant >leight of-hand, in both of winch tn B Indian thief has attained great perfec : ton. Then he Is accustomed 10 g. 8 barefoot. His tread is habitually light
 His limhs are naturally supple, and ar, IS made more SO by the use of unguents le which enable him to roll himself up int n q marvelously small space. le The delicious coolness of the nigh a has succeeded the fierce heat of a dayit y May. The moonlight makes mimi l, day but how soft is its light, howeve s.. bright, compared W tn the sunlight of g. few hours before A party of travellers S. having cooked and eaten their fruga le meal, have now spread their carpets ant B. quilts on the ground in the mang
 grove, and laid themselves down t, le sleep. All is now silent, save when th a iackals rend the air with their horri le cries. A jaekal gives yelp on one sid le of the grove another answers with of howl from the other side. These ar q, not jackals, but confederate thieves, on le of whom enters the grove at the en t, farthest from where the sleeping trave a. CTS lie. On his stomach he steals quie sy ly along from one tree to another. Som of leaves rustic; a traveller calls out lg whe'eupon the stealthy one coils hin . self into heap and lies dead still, an q. will so lie for half an hour or more, 'r necessary.
 D. A "jackal" howls quite near Il NJ grove, as if it had just crossed it an he rustled the leaves. The thief drags hin a, self along the ground again. At lengt l be reaches the head of the sleeping TO ..e of travellers. He passes his hand quie e ly under the pillows. This fat man nd the rich man of the party that buni It which he uses for pillow probably col