The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-08-11
THE MYSTERY AT MAMMA.
Continued from Fourth Page.)

We left guard over the tent, and
having hastily dressed we met again
IN the mess tent, Then we drew up
report of what had happened since dis
patching our details of the Residents
death, and announced our intention of
keeping the body above ground until
cause of death had been certified by a
professional man; and soon after Tom
my, accompanied by two Sikhs, and
mounted on the only three horses we
had, started on the road.
Then we busted ourselves with talk
ing steps to preserve the body. We
summoned all hands to our aid, and,
attached as they were to Martingale,
the Silks worked with will Going to
that part of the hill where the slope is
steepest, and where the inclination Is
towards the north, and well shaded
from the sun, we dug burrow like
tunnel running in the hillside. 1t was
heavy work, but by dusk we had got
some distance down. The burrow was
four feet square. and nearly twelve in
length, running horizontally. We then,
after covering the body, carried the bed
on which 1t lay and placed it in the
burrow, and then we left it with two
men on guard, to keep the pariah dogs
away.
Then we held a council of war We
were agreed that the occurrences of the
past two nights had been due to foul
play. Even If one of the deaths had
been caused by apoplexy or heart-fail-
ure, was it probable that two such
cases would occur In the same place to
two of the four Englishmen gathered
together? The idea was absurd, and
we realized that both the dead men had
been murdered by some new ingenuity
of the Dacoits of Fakirs who had been
sent to dismay US. But what were we
to do? Who would be the next victim?
If either Valley or were to go, what
would become of the men, all of them
superstitious to degree? 1t was pa
tent that we must not run any risk.
And the only means to insure this was
not to separate. TIL sl,ccor came from
Bhamo we must stand by each other.
1t was Wednesday. We could hope. in
any case, for the doctor to arrive on
Saturday at latest; and if he tried his
best, he might get to us on Friday.
We decided that we would not go out
of each others sight till then.
1t was a. dreary vigil. That night we
slept in the same tent. At least, Dick
slept, and tried to. Once did get
off, but only to endure a most hideous
dream, which eliminated in my seeing
mans head peer under the bottom
edge of the tent cloth at the foot of my
bed. It was but a dream, but the hor-
Tor of it-for the mans face was very
hideous-woke me, and l sprang out of
bed to find-nothing. even went out
side, to discover only the sentry at his
post and all well.
I got up and dressed and tried to get
Interested in a copy of the Times three
months old, but to no purpose, and so
smoked and tried to think of pleasant
things, until daylight came and Dick
awoke to laugh at my confessions.
The day passed grinly enough. We
went as far as the burrow once and
peered in: but death was doing its
work, and it was gruesome sight
We covered up the entrance, so as to
exclude the air as much as possible.
and then went back to camp and found
the thermometer registering one hun
clred and five degrees That night I
took a grain of morphia. without re-
suit, and passed a sleepless night to
find myself with a touch of fever in the
morning.
Shortly before noon, at the hottest
time in the day, Chuckerbutty came to
me with the startling announcement
that Tommy was returning In compa-
ny. 1t was true. Tommy was well in
sight on the crest Of the HILL and there
was a well-mounted stranger alongside
him.
In a quarter Of an hour they arrived.
Tommy with his Silzhs had ridden day
and night. They changed horses twice
on the outward journey by dint of
something more than persuasion, and
on hearing how urgent things We're
with us. the Resident at Bhamo had at
once asked the station doctor to ride
over, promising that he would confer
with the sub commissioner as to rein
forcements without delay.
Or. Mitchell, who had started within
half an hour of receiving his summons,
and had ridden with only two rests of
under an hour each, over very rough
country for twenty nine hours, proved
himself rare acquisition. Clever,
good -natured and experienced, he
proved at once a charming companion
and a slsilful surgeon. He was, in
short, tower of strength, and as soon
as he had dismounted and entered the
shade of the mess tent, he turned to
me.
"You had better go to bed he said.
you've got fever on you"
I knew that perfectly we'll, bat I
could not rest till had learned some
thing.
"I'm worried and anxious, doctor ]
said. land shall be better when have
heard your report"
call right" he rejoined. Have you
kept him above ground?"
We explained.
.sUm!A sort of half-and- half arrange
ment, Ell? Well, we'll wait till the sun
goes down, and then we shall soon
know all about it..
Ti---.ime passed slowly enough; but
&c last the day had sped, and it became
possible to breathe. Then they started,
leaving me behind; for felt weak and
i'll and dared not venture in the sun.
They were gone a long while. 1t
seemed hours to me. And when they
returned I saw that Valley appeared
deeply affected while the doctor was
even more cheerful than before
"You can ease your mind right
AWAY" he said, in reply to my look of
inquiry. "The cause of our friend
death was cerebral hemorrhage or ago