Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-01

and hardships of the fugitive journey
through country in which the natives
hunt escaped exiles as they would wolves {;
no words can do justice to his sufferings
as he travelled alone through the vast
solitudes.
On the edge of the Khirgiz-Steppe he
joined one of the large caravans of es-
capped convicts that eontieually travel
eastward.
1t is easy for an exile to obtain assist
ance in Samarkand, or, for that matter,
most anywhere in Central Asia, although
it Is, or rather was extremely difficult for
traders to enter the territory.
In SamarkanG the ring left the hands,
or rather the boot, of the owner, and
was traded for an outfit that would dis
guise its wearer into a dervis.
The new possessor of the circlet was
Persian merchant travelling to Herat.
Everybody from Khiva and Buckhara
and Samarkand and Tashkend and even
to Teheran goes to Herat, and that is
why there is always such a thieving rab-
BILE there in spite of q strong British gar
lison.
snatched the Persian's leather pouch.
The merchant set up a great hue and cry,
and the thief was captured after a long
chase by young mule driver from Jelal-
labad.
Overcome with Joy at the return of his
valuables the Persian presented the young
fellow with the ring.
Would it be possible for cookbook
ing mule driver TO wear diamond ring
without exciting comment sometimes,
Mrs. Dudley was the first European
lady who saw it, and told young Am
brington about it. Two days later the
pretty widow wore it.
Old ''Indians" will remember the scene
up Simla way that terminated the en-
gagement of the two.
Ambrington received his letters and
presents back. They made nearly car
load. He reciprocated by packing her
tender missives, etc., into an envelope.
Ambington always was fool, and with
in three years after coming into his
estate he had acquired the reputation of
being the most gulEble spendthrift in the
service. But he had had most sincere
admiration for Mrs. Dudley. who was
really charming woman. Her actions
in public were, however, such, occasion
ally, rs to give rise to unpleasant
remarks. But she was simply thought
less.
One day Captain Dempster made re-
mark to Ambrington to the effect that
the latter was neglect1ng sweet girl in
England for the sake of a woman who
could not begin to compare with her.
Ambrington was nearly drunk at the
time, and he made scene. Next morn
ing his friend received his deputies, and
they met early on the following day,
pistol in hand. There they stood facing
each other, each ready to kill the other.
One, two, three fire!
Two shots rang out almost simultane-
ously, and Ambrington reelcd and fell.
They thought at first that he had been
MORALLY W wounded, but he wasn't. The
bullet had squarely hit ring in his
watch pocket, and had driven it into his
chest with such force that it broke one
of his ribs and imbedded itself in the
muscles.
Of course after one of the combatants
had been hurt they were in honor bound
to be- good friends, in token whereof
Amnrington eventually gave the ring to
Dempster.
Miss Merrick, or rather Mrs. Dempster,
has an extraordinary influence over him,
and even expects to make something out
of tually.-Pittsburg Bulletin.