The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1889-09-26
A HORRIBLE STORY.



osw . Esrepesn Who Tried to Fob.
Hindoo Idol Was Killed.
Il. r." contributes 10 the Times Of In.
Ga remarkable story. for the truth Of
: .ich be vouohes. BE says that it was
I'D 10 him by distinguished officer Of
Go Maslrss army. Tho facts have mover
speafcd in any newspaper, nor arc they
> be found in any of the police records
X ohse country. For obvious reasons the
nameo have been altered, but 10 this d.y
~ ~ camp fires Of the great festival held
gsosy yenr 10 told with bated breath and
ssaesed 70 with rsp, asicntion the terrible
- u the jewels ~ Juggcrnsut and Of
o. sengeaaes Of the great god
'1lshy years ago." said my friend,
Il Was qnsrtered st Fuzaratad. m i'm
pofsAnt military station about $50 miles
1rsm she MADRAS coast. Unfortunately.
at she time was there. gambling and
hesting were much in vogue, and many
men plunged and came TO grief over their
6ebis Of honor. OF all that gay company
eobody was more popular and better liked
y both men and women than young Fisz-
roy. but unfortunately he lost money at
The races. tried to recover himself at the
whist table. but failed got into the hands
~ the Nsrwarrces, and got deeper and
aeeper Into the mire Of debt At length
Ae told the narrator that he intended to
70 70 England TO raise money. win you
come away with me 2 he asked. Give out
hat We have taken ten days leave for
some shooting and sec me down the coast
II 70 OF alone / shall be stopped by
those cursed Marwarreea' After some
hesitation agreed. He sent in his appli-
cation for leave to Europe on private af-
fairs. and / gave out that I was going on
. Ten days' shooting expedition.
"a week later, with couple Of tongas,
~e had started on our long and wearying
Journey b the coast where my poor
young friend hoped to pick up steamer
10 take him to Europe On tho second
DAY out We met crowds Of people tramp
hg along. Il reply to our inquiries we
Weze told they were all returning from
the great festival of Juggernaut held ct
fud, now only about three days journey
fsom where we were. The tongawali
kept US Interested with graphic descrip
don Of the festival and the great god.
which was especially remarkable for the
wonderful Jewels it posscssed-two cmer-
I'D eyes Of inestimable value, its lips
formed Of the finest ruties in the world,
and necklace Of priceless pearla Tho
sun was sinking as at last we neared the
ocWn Of Pun and We could see the pima
cass Of the temples rise above the trees
which surrounded the place. Half
nile the other side of the town stood the
esavsllers' bungalow. where we intended
quitting mp for the night. Amore uncom.
Sortable meal / never ate than the dinner
which was served up to us that evening,
end was quite thankful when the pool
I'd said he was dead beat and would &c
on 70 bed. Ny own room was on the
other side Of the bungalow, and / tool
ny pipe and sat smoking in the verandph.
The moon was just rising, when l thought
I saw the figure Of a European stealing
along the wall of the compound. Strange.
/ thought. and wondered what other Euro
pean there could be here at the same time.
An idea struck mo and l went across te
my compan;on's room. There was no.
body IN It, the bed was undisturbed.
threw down my pipe and rushed out into
Che moonlight. A few seconds later
was out in the road and turned instinct
Evsly In the direction of the temples"
Re could not see the young officer; bu:
ran on until he reached the wall of the
temple compound-an enormous cour
yard Of paved stone on which were lying
. number of priests. their white garments
wrapped round their heads and bodies,
I'm tho background was placed temple
after temple. but in the very center stood
one soiitary shrine. raised on three sepa
rate flights of steps. and inside could see
the great black god raised on three Other
smaller fights of coIored marble slept
The moonbeams shopo directly on the god |
and lit up the emerald eyes and ruby lips.
while the pearl necklace glowed on III; |
huge black bosom To my unutterable |
horror I saw my companion walking |
right across the courtyard. My tongue
Glove to the roof of my mouth. I dared |
not shout even if / could have raised my
voice. A zhasty horror took hold of mt
% tAe idea struck me that in his madness
my poor friend intended to save his hcno.
hy the greater dishonor of robbing ths |
IDOL. Speechless / saw him noun
step after step and the next moment saw |
him enter the sacred shrine, across tht |
threshold of which no other foot but tina |
Of the Brahmin has ever passed Mint |
steps led up to the god He paused. Il
tried to shout, but no sound would come |
He raised his hand as If to tear off thu |
pearl necklace. 1t was still above hi |
reach. His foot then touched the seventh |
Oh, God can ever forget the sightf II |
the moonlight flashed out two arms GOV |
aed with hundred-nay, two hundred
-daggers and clasped the daring you'll |
% the black gods breast. At the eams
moment the sound of gong broke th
scillness of the night and in one momel
ths priests had cast of their coverings anl
wcre rushing to the shrine. Two min |
utes later saw the amazed and horrifee |
priests carrying out the lifcless body
She dishonored Englishman and turnet
md fed"