The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-06-27
Continued from Thiyd bageJ

husband Of The great secret. Some
time during that night the husband had
entered the hut and possessed himself
of the casket, and as soon as daylight
came he and his wife had set out
for Lucknow They had travelled
about five miles when a tiger sprangl
out upon the man, knocked him sense
less or killed him at blow and then
bore the body away into the Jungle
The woman had returned to the village
and confessed the robbery and told of
the fate of her husband Had she
been carrying the caskyt there would
have been nothing to mourn ovcr but
unfortunately the husband had it
secured to his neck by chain, and OF
course it was borne away with him
There could be no doubt Of thgI
weman's story because the eN-prmcy |
had sent men to the spot, and they had
found plenty of CouObor3llve evidence. |
She was brought in to be questioned
by US, and she related every particular
as coolIy as if robbery and wldowho d
were a part of her daily routine The
object in sending for us was to STE
what could be done to recover the
gems. Two of my companions be-
longed to the civil. service at AIlahdbad.
and the other was a Captain Horton Of.
of cavalry regiment stationed at the
same place
The old man was ready to make us
an offer as soon as we were IN posses
sion of the particulars. He would
give us half the gems to recover the
casket You may figure that this was
big price for what appeared to be
an easy task, but such was far from the
case In the first place, the tiger was
a man-eater who had haunted the To-
calty for a year, and the jungle was an
extensive one. In the next, the four
of us must do all the work, as no native
could be trusted. The search must be
made on, foot and we would not only
encounter danger from the tiger, but
from the poisonous serpents nteslln-
the thickets. The two civilians posi-
lively declined to g upon the search
at any price, but after thorough can
vass of the matter the captain and
aS'SSu ~ uCNO'S q, IOu PS VI N'>'
It. WINE our lrIehuS returned I'
camp we rode out to the spot where
the robber had been seized. Tint
woman accompanied US, but We tOunC
that she could not locate the $40
within twenty yards She had seen thu
tiger trot off with the body Of her hus
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