The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-11-04
THE EYE or A GOD.
By ". A. FRASER.
DOWNRIGHT 1893 by the Author !

Copyright 1898. by the Author.l
In general sort of way the sergeant
explained to them that they, who knew
little about such things, could only
make Hpo Thit wish he had not done
this thing for a very few minutes at
the outside, but the thakine, who was
the government, could cause Hpo Thit
to revile the day he was projected into
the world by thief of jackal for
years and years
So VALENTINE was taken to the hos.
pital and Hpo Thit was put in a cage
behind iron bars just like the NANCY
tiger they had seen down at Rangoon.
"I'll have the bullet out of you in
jiffy," said the civil surgeon to Valen
tyne, as he rolled up his sleeves and
opened his case Of shining instruments.
I'D if l can understand it,
though" he said, as he probed away,
for the jiffy time had gone by and he
hadn't even touched the bullet yet. at
must be one of those Internal slzewgee
slugs Of theirs that he has pumped into
you. 1t seems TO have struck you under
the arm as you were flourishing that
sword of yours and then travelled ON
down along your ribs God knows
where it is now, for / can't find it,
You've lost enough blood over it for
just now, anyway, but if there seems to
be any complication setting in I'll have
another try for il. "
The surgeon saw it was about time
to desist, for Valentyne was looking
pretty we'll used up.
Then Hpo Thit was brought up be.
fore the deputy commissioner for
committal hearing, as it were, charged
with stealing the sacred ruby, and with
attempted murder of the superintend.
ent.
But the priests were clamorous for
the ruby eye of their Buddha, for the
matter Of VALENTINE dying or not they
did not bother their heads-even they
would let Hpo Thit go free, so be it
they could come by the sacred gem
again. The Burmese archbishop, the
matchmaking, had come down from
Ava to see about the recovery of the
stone
They begged the deputy commissioner
20 give Hpo Thit promise of pardon if
he would only disclose where he had
hidden the Beda
II can't do that" he said, "for the
wounded sahib may die. The doctor has
fished for the bullet and can't get il,
and it looks bad for the superintend.
ent's life. If he dies, Hpo Thit will
have to swing"
But if the Beda might be recovered
they would pay to Valentyne's family
his full value in good English SOW
ereigns
The deputy commissioner was as anx-
ious to recover the jewel as they were,
as he promised Hpo Thit that if he
would tell where it was it would help
him much when the time of his SEN
tenoe came.
II will tell" said Hpo Thit, "be-
cause it will be easy for tho thakine to
get it, and then the thakine will re-
member at the time of the sentence.
The priests craned their thin, shaven,
buzzardlike heads eagerly forward
Even the deputy commissioner was in
tensely excited for if he should recover
this sacred Beda it would be we'll; If
not, the papers all through India would
have their fling at it and his life would
be made miserable answering inquiries
from the government.
The court was rs silent as the craven
image Of Buddha itself as they waited
for Hpo Thit to speak
Putting the palms of his hands to-
gether in front of his face in the form
of supplication, Hpo Thit said: 1.-THE
red stone which took from the Kyoung,
even from the forehead of the Buddha,
is in the police thakine's body 1 fired
it from my gun the last time because |
had no bullets and because, if it could
work miracle, it would stop the police,
that l might get away"
This statement took away the breath
of the court. The silence was unbrokei
for full minute Then the chief Phoon-
eye said: "Hpo Thit is telling lies He
has hid it. We must swear him.
Eyes " said the deputy commissioner,
The must make oath to that" for
things were better done judicially.
He ordered the clerk to swear him on
the palm leaf Burmese bible.
"No, thakine, said the priest, in.
terrupting, "he is not o disciple Of
Buddha He is jungle man, and we
must swear him ON branch of the lep-
pan.
But after the oath it was the same
the red stone was in the police thak.
ines body.
~ think it is the truth, said the
deputy commissioner
at is true" said the priests, land
the police thakine must give up the
Beda. I"
'Well, we'll see what can be done in
the matter, answered tho deputy com.
missioner, and Hpo Thit was remanded
to await developments.
by Jove," said the surgeon, when
he heard about it, that accounts for
the internal thing taking that cork
screw course.
You'll have to get it out of him
| some Way said the denuty commits