Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1885-05-30

we'll by the roadside for there We mean
to rest for tho night"
1.-TWO miles, my son, replied the old
man.
The water in the we'll is good9"
at is"
and the grove near it is good ON
10 sleep in?"
eyes"
"Perhsps there II 6ainyas (grain-
dealer's) shop near 1t where We could
get some four?"
"No; there is not"
"Then how far is the next we'll and
resting place."
1.-TWO miles more"
"And lie the water IN that we'll good ?"
"Thou asketh many questions" said
the old man.
But the purpose Of the questioning
had been gained; the seeming pilgrims
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 we're soon overpowered,
and the robbers in possession Of the
house, while some kept guard outside.
They carried no arms, 30 as to avoid
suspicion after the robbery as well -
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 Wa
buried.
Two little grandchildren, q boy and Q
girl, were seized, and the heavy clubs
hold over their heads with threat q
dashing their brains out II tho old man
did not confess speedily. He did 80.
The rupees were dug up and distributed
among the band, whereupon the robbers
moved of and kept together until they
got clear of the village, when they sepa-
rated, going across country singly or by
twos and 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. Hero the gang of rob-
bers attack q party OF travellers, rob
carts conveying goods, and sometimes
stop and plumber the mail cart.
A trader was going from one town 10
another with q good deal Of meney.and
some valuable goods. He had with him
two carts and two servants. As he wAs
moving along frequented highway, hS
Aeemed himself safe from all DANCER.
But on evening. In sonnewhat in1ro.
Suented epot, . gang Of robbers, looking
IKE travellers, suddenly set on him and
hts servants. overpowered them. gagged
and bound them, and then, taking them
OF the road. left them IN piece Of scrub,
where II was not likely they would b
discovered until next morning.
One of the robbers then dressed HIM
self in the traders clothes-almost every
occupation in India has special dress
and assumed his part. The two others
acted as his servants. They got into
another and more-frequented road, along
which police stations were established
ct short intervals. Going up to the
Hrst, the sham trader represented that
he was most anxious to push on that
night that he had . good deal Of valua-
bic property with him that he thought
some robbers had got wind Of this, and
asked that he might have policeman 70
escort him from one station to another.
And 90 the police actually escorted
the robbers with their booty to large
town at some distance of, reaching
which they soon disposed Of the carts
and all their contents.
Cattle-lifting Ii Q form OF robbery
very prevalent in some parts OF India,
more especially in the neighborhood Of
woods and forests, into which the
stolen cattle can be driven. Il prevails
In the country lying between the
Changes and the Jumna, a. the forest
tract at the foot OF the Himalsya A.
toris the needful hiding ground. A
pair Of stolen bullocks will be driven
10 this forest from the village where
they were lifted, twenty-five or thirty
miles OF, In the course Of the night
The ordinary forms Of robbery, Sim
pie theft from the house or person, done
secretly and not openly, and where craft
takes the place Of force, are of course
tho most common. Here everything de-
ponds on Quietness of movement and
Sleight-of-hand, In both of which the
Indian thief has attained great perfec-
ion. Then he is accustomed to 60
barefoot. His tread il habitually light
His limbs are naturally supple, and are
made more 90 by the use OF ungusnts,
which enable him to roll himself up into
. marvelonsly small space.
The delicious GOODNESS Of the night
has succeeded the fierce heat Of dayin
May. The moonlight makes = mimic
dsy but how soft is its light, however
bright compared with the sunlight Of q
INV hours beforel A party Of travellers,
having cooked and eaten their frugal
meal, have now spread their carpets and
quilts ON tho ground in the mango
grove, and laid themselves down to
sleep. All Is now silent, save when the
jackals rend the air with their hosIid
cries. A jackAl gives yelp on ono side
Of tho grove; another answers with .
howl from tho other side. These are
MOI jackals, but confederate thieves. one
Il whom enters the grove at the end
farthest from where the sleeping travel
era lie. On his stomach he steals quiet
" along from one tree to another. Some
leaves rustic; traveller calls out |;