The morning times., 1896-03-15

that in the early morning they are N no
! painted red ,like devils, ana tlten ed 10 the
| temple.'
zen her toabribe the qua MS; offer any
| thingl'
! But the voice that conveyed or ATTEMPTED
| TO convey, this message fell on empty air;
| the woman Ontside bad gone. and cOmmu-
| nlcatioH with the outer world had been cut
! off. She had, however told her son that
at midnight :illdhes villa ge was to assemble
at the temple, and that the Mussulmans
would not he thrown from the cliff until
! the priests had finished with the English
men. That night and the next day passed
all too quickly; not a reproach passed
| Cages lips; not q word TO show how nuch
he felt that the situation they were in was
owing TO Grass stupidity; he would not
wound his friend 10y anything that he said
/ but determined to face il out TO the bitter
end like an Englishman, sooner than prove
untrue to his friendship
Grass, though fearless enough, was too
proud to say anything to his friend; he
knew he had lied to him about the bull hut
truth was not 4 characteristic Of his He
writhed under The IDEA OF torture not tor
fear of pain but because of the indignity of
the thing; the being painted by a native was
to him indescribably horrible: q never
occurred to him that Gage would he put to
torture for what had teen solely his own
ftiiiit. anu ltiS lltLIbINF lFtdfucfDuS from
b0yhcod, forgot all the kindnesscs and serv-
ices that Gage had done for him He
thought OF himself, and his friends fate
never gave him moments anxiety.
Theiast nightlad come; they DUtn thought
~ useless TO attempt to sleep, and so kept
each other wake talking of Old days, Of
their boyhOod adventures, Of their aSpira-
tions as soldiers, and so the hours PASSED
On until after midnight, when they heard
tremendous noiso-d long, rolling sound
thundcrous Crash-thcB stiffness, then men
and w"men's voices shTieking, CRYING. The
no:schadarOuSed the slecperS, q nj the friends
inquired if they knew what il was; al first
they bad thOught OF thunder, but as neither
OF them bad seen any lightning flaSh il
was impossible that il could have been
thunder
Presently their Interpreter said. THE
boy who comes from here says that il was
stones"
What stones?"
ION, stones from the hill"
II was not, however, until next dav
that they realized what had happened.
Some loOseBine Of the surface by frost, or
by slight earthquake shock. or some ether
cause, had brought away the top OF the
high pFcCPice that stood above the village.
the rock OF which it was composed fell
down on the stones beneath. breaking up.
as IL ouched them, into thousand pieces:
the slope on 10 the village, ana in a mo-
mcnt converted what rad been humandweH-
ing places into waste OF rocks. The in
habitants OF the village had. fortunately
for themselves, Obeyed with one accord
the summons of the priests. and were all
gathered together IN the temple which, as
we know, stood at some little distance
from the villa sc; hut they heard the roar Of
the stones, and though il was night they
knew fun well the doom that had OvertaErn
their dwellings,. So they cried aloud over
the disaster that had befalien them, and
were more embittcred than ever against
the EngliShmen. 20 whose agency they at
tributed the fan OF rock.
When morning came, and the priests
gave The signal TO 60 TO the house where
the prisoners We're, the whole village fol-
lowed them. First walked the priests
then the able-bOded men, then the women.
and lastly the old and the nHTm. accom-
panied by women Carrying infants As
the door OF the house was opened Grass
dashed out but was Instantly seizr-I and
shrekne threats Of Vengeance. mingled
with oatuS, was carried back and securely
bound and laid on the floor. They tiid net
interfere with Gage, as he made TO effort
70 escape, but stood quiet, determined TO
show tGat an IueiIShWJu knew no fear.
Meanwhile the MCsSulman servants We.
secured, their hands and arms being tight
8
then began stripping tile clothes of CiaS>-
IN easy undertaking - they did IT,. for they
simply ran Il knife up the middle Of his
back and as the ClCtucS We're divided in
TWO they gave him a roll over On the floor
and left him naked Is ue WAS born NY
next SmeaTed him al over with sCme evil /
Suclmg, rancid gEre, on which they sprin-
klcd red powder. When he was com
lletcly. covered with this from head 10
foot they raised tim into 4 standing posi-
ton and began 0rnamentinE him with
long yellow stripes. So CCmiCdl was this
latter performance that, although Gage
knew that the same fate awaited him. he
could not help laughing. which iucrea Sed /
Grass anger thTePfOld, and for "a moment
diverted the stream Of oaths from the priests
to Ills friend. At last the handiwork was
complete, and the men were stepping
forward 10 seize Gage, when q stern voice
was heard 10 exclaIm, What are you
doing:''
Al the sound of this ~ctce an turned 10
see who it was who thus suddenly inter
rdpted the performance; tine crowd that
chokcd the doorway swayed hither and
thither, and finally parted.
BY JOvei it's our old friend the High
Prestr' exclaimed Gage.
Dogs! pigs" exclaimed the High Priest
what have you done with the soul OF
GhoIab Singh?"
Ut iDI ltftSlllLttI NISEt- nut iit ldIltti
10 recognize that the hideOuS rcd-and-
yellow figure that was pTCpped up gainSt
the wall could bc the man he was in search
Of When he did, he first prostrated him
self before him; then hc ordered water to
he brOG ght. and made taem wash the paint /
Cle,.niy of; then he ordered clothes t. lie
brought, and when he had seen everything
done he turned to the priests ana villa gers |
and said
See what a calamity ! have saved YOU
front In this Eugishman'S body dweils |
the soul Of Gholab Singh. If you had in
iurpd that dwelling place terribs. would
have been the wrath of silva against YOU
Already he has manifested his CiSpleaSure [
by destroying YOUR houses. but had you
not been stepped in time your bodies and |
yorr souls woIld have been destroyed as |
WE'LL
After this the two friends got safely out /
of Cashmere into English territory. But |
they had had narrow escape. for had it |
not been that the woman whose sen was
with them became afraid lest after all |
might happen To her son. and so |
sent one of his brothers Cff post haste TO |
tell the High Priest what was going on,
there can be but little doubt that Cras at |
any rate would never have told a lie again |
as long as ne lived
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