Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28

who said he was so dnmhfoanacd thai
! you might have knocked him down with
the butt end OF a mnsket allnostfs nj
wouldn't have needed anything 40 en-
phaue 20 knock me down lust then. fcr
was 80 shocked and astunished that II the
nlggers had gone 70 work to XII mo out.
right as some OF them seemed very much
Inclined TO do tlor, Of course, my demo.
Hilton ot this miracle Of dirty holiness
was worse crime than Il 10 Killed
twenty comnion mun), doubt II I could
have lifted q hand 10 defend myself.
hut Just then a tall, gaunt, sly.l0oklna
old chap who, as | afterwards found ont
was a Brahmin, and the chlolprlcs, ol
the place stepped forward and said that
the law had 70 be observed. and that 4
must be taken at once before Campbell
Sahih,
,"'Campbell Sahlbl' Thought I 20 NV.
self Can this be the famous lsck IA
lastl and j. my tlrst introduction 20 him
70 present me Ia the respectable character
Of convicted murderorf'
"Bnt had no time to think of II, Tor
IN trlce | found myself formed into
procession and marched OF. with The
corpse OF my poor, inhocent, unwAshod
victim carried along heelde me.
I'VE went right through tho Village aud
up TO the door OF u good.slgcd bungalow
country house, on the vornnda OF which
saw a man seated &C table covered
with papers lilo was short, square,
sunburned follow, with a thick brown
boani and Immensely broad chest, aud an
eye that seemed 10 so right through YOU
altogether ~ TACT, tho kind Of mau with
whom you'd much rather shake hands
than nght.
well, said Capt, Campbell, lho was
only captain thcii), after looking at the
corpse and listening TO the story which
was no easy matter, for they all spoke At
once, one louder than another The case
seems 70 be a clear one, and IN snuh
matters the law Is, of course, life for life
tremendous applause from the Hindu
audience, aud visible sensation ON my
part unless YOU choose 10 accept com.
pensation In money Tor the relatives OF
the deceased General Frightening OF
faces In the crowd, the old priest himself
looking particularly happy.1
But resumed Campbell, lust AZ the
native public seemed about 90 vote unan-
imously for the money compensation,
where the law Is life for life, il ~ better
TO give back lie than 20 take onei so,
Instead Of putting this Englishman to
DEATH would II not bo well FOR ne to
bring your friend TO lie uganp
apparently the lllndus didn't think
that Il would be wen at oil Tor, ii
lighted hombshell had suddenly fallen
among them, they could hardly have
looked more dlsmayed
"'Wo cannot permit an unbeievef 10
touch this holy man, said the priest,
| hastily, az Campbell rose from hlA place
Far be IL from me 10 touch him. an
swered the captain, witha sly look " the
filthy carcass which no man IN his senses
would have touched with anything shorter
! than n barge pole. There Is no need OF
that
"llo went into tho house and brought
out a small bottle, from which he let fall
on the bare chest OF the corpse three or
four drops OF the strongest aquaiortls-
powerful enough 10 burn hole In nm oak
plank.
"up jumped The dead mau with
screech like nifty scaldpd cats, and flew
away so quickly that | could hardly see
which way he went But, quick az he
was, all the rest were Just as nmble and
IN half minute not a soul was left but
Campbell and myself
nt'rhe rascal did 1t wonderfully WE'LL
said he, laughing, but I've fenn that
trick too often 30 be fooled by A. Ana
now that the court seems 30 have adj
lnnruod, suppose You step inside and have
some tlffun 0nnch).'"
"a word almost lmposalblc 70 translate, rpr
hama the "bcHgnR fiRr' Of tie Middle AEtA
COMES nearest 10 the modern iakif--D, r..
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