The evening times., 1896-01-12

body bad been rubbed with koou-kam OF
red powders, while the f3rehead was bound
with the skin OF q kpotted snake. Closer
kept within the shadow as near me the
procession passed, making circuit OF the
temple within BEFORE offering the body 10
| the Hanuman. listeneH Hfntently. Know
ing the language Itha4ght that in their
zeal some mention mie(3 be made OF the
| other victims or prisonets.
Low and weird the. eAant began, min
gled with cries fromNe&e worshipers at
| chant: *
"SunJeeva Raya! Gre&t Monkey God! Be
hold We Givei
seizei seize and slayh Indra rides upol
| theei
smitel smite him! Awful in power, APP
! proach
Ten Thousand times the spell is utteredi
Help! help that the English redcoat fall
Take! takei Six shall we slaughter! Ski
| Two are thine. one this and one before!
TWO more have we sprinkledi Seize and
slayi
Fast have we them within thy Temple!
Smitei -"
With black goat milk have we whitened
thcml
They are thine to devour at dawn! Await!
Hanumanl We thee, thee adjure! Help!
o heipg'
Then the worsbipers rose; and the three
pujarees, drawing uncouth figures upon
| the stone flags OF the temple, trod them in
mazy ways, followed by all those who were
before the IDOL OF the Monkey God. Again
they passed In procession aroun dthe temple:
then went through. the portal closing the
great gate with clang.
Whether should succeed In finding the
men l sought, knew not. From the ex
hortation to Hanuman I gathered that they
rhAr Fua
temple. had little hope, even should they
be alive. OF our ultimate escape, for there
was no egress from the temple, save by the
great fast-closed gate.- That, not the
strength of twenty men could move knew,
as, for a minute after the worshipers had
departed, stood sega1ding. it,
i made a careful tour Of the temple. but
could see no place whe1e priseners or vic.
Tins could be concealed. With the stock OF
Dennis rifle r56uhded theswaiis; they were
solid: IT was only too apparent.
tried the stone slabs OF the floor. One
of them gave out a hollow sound. flung
myself down beside 1t, and tried to move the
mass from its position. The task was be-
yondmy strength. Idug at 1t with bleeding
fingers, till q faintness came over me, but
with no result. There was a hollow space
beneath it-of that was convinced. Then
1T occurred to me to knock upon the slab
OF stone to see IL any answer were returned.
Thrice I tapped. Sand-waited. ~ %
Whether had given some secret sign
or not In 30 -doifg,~to this day have
never discoyersd; but slowly aud cautiously
saw the stone raised, and the evi1 face
Of a pujaree- -Deercd forth. S5TI.t..
By the mcrest chance I saw the brown
paw of the fellow In the interstice before
his face appeared, and accordingly l
darted away. Apparently the pujaree was
not satisfied with his casual survey; and,
probably thinking that some worshiper
was accidentally left a prisoner in the
temple, he slowly drew himself up, let |
the great slab fall into its place, and then |
advanced until be stood under the great |
swinging lamp before the Monkey God. |
Still he failed to see me; and after a few |
minutes stay, during which he called to |
whoever was in the temple to come to his |
side, he went back to where the stone slab |
was.
As the puiaree stopped down to give |
the signal which I had, accidentally given, |
l seized him by the neck, and dragging |
him from the slab, turned the fellow over
and planted my right knee upon his chest.
| held his throat fast, SO that he could not
cry out, for on that my life deperded;
and, putting my face close to the pujaree's
visage, asked:
Where are the two living Sahibs? Speak
true, or you shall diet
He held up his hand IN token that ne
would answer; but ! still chung TO his
throat till thought he was too exbaustedto
make an outcry-then I let go my grip,
but still pinn ed him TO the temple floor.
He nnttered in broken English to my
surprise:
"Pujaree show-let HIM get up. Hanuman
want six slain, then sepoy rising succeed.
The two alive! Come see."
i let him get TO his feet and took from
lis belt couple OF dangerous looking
Knives. He went straight toward the image
II Hanuman, and, touching spring OF
;ome kind the front of what appeared to be
/ solid block or stone beneath the god gave
way. Dragging the pujaree with me l
ushed in and found Cornwaills and Dennis
wing there bound and helpless. The
frightened pujaree unfastened their bonds
It my bidding; then, when they were out
Il their strange place OF confinement, we
,ound thes pujaFee and flung him down
pon the stone floor, closing the base of
lie Image upon lfn.'
/ heard from Cornwallis and Dennis
xactiy the saine story. 4 moose had fallen
rom above them as they stood sentry; 1t
,as drawn taut, and each had been
iolently jerked off his feet for some
istance, and then conveyed by three