The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-25

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jiny and taken possession Of, We did not
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chief. sSirsssins his men ''tinse gies. and
p9essy veil cleared oas our old frssnd sSs
banker, and % will bid him g~ood-night."
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other engagements prevent us accepting
your kind Hospitality; but yoa may serve
this matter and rouse yo.r neiehbor::
Remember, weare masters ut this village."
plianc x,ct Mmd srS~ni"s ih~ssaiy at 1 The
head with bis Kands AFTER The manner Of
mcns"i agony. So we Proceeded 10 the
next most Important house I'm the village,
These two men had managed tn enrich
themsclves on b poverty and dissipation
Of their neighbors,. and their spoilation,
village. We met with mo- oppo~ition or re-
n,or.trancc I'm breaking into the house OF
surprised To find. after expIorins the
premises, that all the men had mystcri-
ously Disappeared. The women were dis
ing, and In their terror were holding Oh to-
one another like grim death. We sue
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pith apparent reluctance, pointed TO
the roof. He was had down i'm u
jiffy, but ON being asked to point out
chief ss sns h mo did not %I BELONG sspt to 's the house,,
hut was himself N burglar who had come
To steal, and ON hearing the dacoits break
crossbcam of the roof in hope OF escaping
detection. OF course, nobody believed
piication Of the thumh-screws until he was
made to change his tune: But the poor
fellow tainted from the effects of the tor
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Ia the place. ID then occurred to our
chief hat probably the man might he
telling the truth, and q clo.er .earch was
the discovery of the real Simon Pure.
He was concealed under the bed.
dead than alive with terror. and ordered
to dis9orRc his ill-Rotten wealth, he did 80
without a murmur. He had been an eye
fercd, and rightly concluded that resist
ancc would he useless. Before leaving
vender's wife with a gold bundle, in nd
miration OF her clever tact and ingenuity
i'm trying IN siield her husband. She had
seen the burglar mount To his hiding place
when the noise of armed mem were heard
forcing open the door, and, notwithstand-
which she must have been reduced, had
the presence of mind, i'm a critical mo
ment. to "a M OF the circ,m-
stances To save her husband. The inc ident
produced q lasting, impression on every
membe of our hand.
v;s Al = w :" - p% ms in q ma ,r, We Though? Sa' n 4 az.
ing our men, We made Tor the spot where
the harpoy was concealed: Here n coun-
Gil Of war was held tn decide how we were
tai return to our mountain home without
exciting the suspicion OF the frontier
H sssn:,,i %Ss. c %ars. "E b., to ;1s; ss ss tbs mary %y
ticular juncturc. what with the work and
excitement of the last three hours. l felt
s~traiascIns. and SO ON. Thc chief sus.
gcstcd ~ smoke would clear my brain and
ordered one of the men to prepare the
huble-bublc. accordingly SAT down tn
smoke and think at the same time. A few
whiifs set me all right again, SD I got my
escape from our present dilemma. This
is what l suggested. The liRhtest man of
the company To mount the charpoy as Ike.
forc-thc arms aud fiOot to be well packed
around him. and the whole covered over
with "a s%,tranjec and tied down. When
man afflicted with h~ydropilohia died he
fore reaching the residence of the joyce,
and that, being pious lhindoos. we were
stream in the Rajah's territory for crema-
ton. The story will keep the inquisitive-
OF pollution. and they will hurry us away.
III we told the public guardians of life and
property that the joyce effected n cure
see the man and possibly examine him.
This would not do. But ~ corpse they
sian. r. re- nGps" was .s 1n a1 y a S%p sssvci
"a success. When all was ready for IA
start the charpoy was hoisted ON the
shoulders OF four men and the funeral
PROGRESSION moved Oft. Two men in add
vance of the pretended corpse and the re-
mainder i'm the rear. calling out, Hurry |
Bole! Hurry Bole! Ram Sunkur Hurry
Sole! As anticipated, the man OH duty
AT the police outpost, on learning the ma
ture of the procession, ordered Ns to keep
as far away from the thana as possible.
This we did. but not without n pretended
grtImble at being turned oil the queens
highway and out of our direct road. Hav-
inY passed the British outposts we were
never questioned again during the re-
maindcr of our journey. On reachinR our
home at dawn and comparing
notes. the result of the nights ADVENTURE
WAS found little short OF $1,000 rupees!
mot IA had haul for one cast. boys" our
chief remarked. AS he stood contemplate
ing the pile of treasure. "And now let MS
from labor to refrSshment." Never were |
orders more promptly and heartily conn
piled with. |
hitherto the excitement and success of
the venture had made ms forget the wants
OF nature. and now that it was over we
felt both hungry and fatigued. So after q |
hearty meal, hurriedly prepared. most of
us retired to rest for the remainder of the
day. BY evening exaggerated
of the dacoity had spread like wild fire all
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