The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-12-05

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! This is worth knowing. An echoing room
! is a trap to lie forewarned against
! Half in fun and half hoping to be be-
lieved, The Man Who Knew told Churton
the story of the Bisara of Pooree at rather
greater length than | have told it to you
in this place; winding up with sugges-
ton that Churton might as well throw the
little box down The hill and see whether
all his troubles would go with it. In ordi-
nary ears, English ears, the tale was only
an interesting bit of folk lore. Churton
laughed, said that he felt better for his
tifIin, and went out. Pack had been tif1in-
ing by himself to the right of the arch, and
had heard everything. He was nearly mad
with his absurd infatuation for Miss Hol-
lis, that all Simla had been laughing about.
1t is Il curious thing that when man
hates or loves beyond reason he is ready to
go beyond reason to crafty his feelings,
which he would not do for money or power
merely. Depend upon it, Solomon would
never have built affairs to Ashtaroth and
all those ladies with queer names if there
had not been trouble of some kind in his
zenana, and nowhere else. But this is be-
side the story The facts of the case are
these Pack called on ChuTtou next day
when Churton was out, left his card and
stole the Bisara of Pooree from its place
under the clocl; on the mantelpiece! Stole
it like the thief he was by nature. Three
days later all Simla was electrified by the
news that Miss Hollis had accepted Pack
the shrivelled rat, Pack! Do you desire
clearer evidence than this? The Bisara of
Pooree had been stolen, and it worked as
it had always done when won by foul
means.
There are three or four times in a mans
life when he is justified in meddling with
other peoples affairs to play Providence.
The Man Who Knew felt that he was jus
tilted; but believing and acting on belief
Are quite different things. The insolent
satisfaction of Pack as he ambled by the
side of Miss Hollis, and Churton's striking
release from liver as soon rs the Bisara of
Pooree had gone, decided the Man. He
explained to Churton, and Churton laugh
ed because he was not brought up to be-
licve that men on the government house
list steal-at least little things But the
miraculous acceptance by Miss Hollis of
that little tailor Pack decided him to take
steps on suspicion lie vowed that he only
wanted to find out where his ruby studded
silver box had vanished to. You cannot
accuse man on the government house
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rink and had to i've san+ homo in a riCIl,
shaw ornmbIinr He did not believe in
the Pis,T, If Poorer INV more for this
manifestation Int he so,f~bt orr Pack
md caIlod Inn eon,an-rl,, rn,,,o and ..+tinf,J
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names with tbn ,,ar,.n,,s eniIn of = IittIo
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v,as M nniJic scarG,I
A w,onl, loter Enn1, I,ot his doG,i+o die
she said. So he went away to Madras,
where he can do no great harm even if he