The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-27
would have VALENTINE Thatlne make a thief OF

mon that are accustomed TO marching. and once
more tho Superintendent and the Sergeant and
Mouhs ,ouFay and pHpo Thitt, and the PhoOn:
eyes and others. there.
ing, "or else Moung ouray has given 1t to some
one, to some Of tho opium eaters to steal the
fS S9sSht tSs a at tho sod FfSs saa ruby y t Ssi Spiu Tsi Il n et shS
we shall find the ruby. II tho ruby is not here
tSins ssf Ike n iho t fSaR GRls%b; but that SS n ls The sn way al Of
think that this is no end Of . FOOLS game,
Where shall We look frsti'
Thit: IF the opium e net there and he has the
tcrrupted search OF the box. There was !" moth.
ing beyond, a pair Of Chinese, patent leather
= There + nothing hsrs; HDo Tint" said the
ought to do Is to arresi.yo1, Hpo Thit, for a dan.
E c %lunatie, but IN see e that to:m9rrow.
rounding country for tho budmash that has
Thit. First the balls Of opium had Disappeared,
put that he had attributed to M9ung 0uray.
i was an Innocent looking c@irclot Of jessam!no
circlct as the girls, wore on their hair, and It
hadn't been lying there when they searched the
"of a certainty Mi MIRA has taken the ruby
murmured Hpo ,'fhit, land has gone to the house
will Keep It, there vii Hi il 'S rest, but IL 9 his 5 ReM
fail him; thon will he tell her to take it TO the
fE Sr s w Th"Eip be- d,s There Ta ,b NO til time %, to . be lost;
and he would also lose the ruby.
His opportunity to steal the jewel had come
to him lust AS he was leaving Moung Ouray's
house. after having put the opium in the box.
For some unknown reason. probably owing to
a few minutes and had knocked the ruby out of
the alahaster with his sword; Then the sudden
as the thief, his other scheme having failed, led
him to put it In the box. Now he knew that Mi
Mira must have seen him put it there. and as he
Slipping away from the others as they came
out Of Moung 6uray's house, he quickly sped to
San Shwe's bungalow.
As he approached cautiously he could see Mi
Mira and her mother and father sitting on the
"They Will decide: ! will wait he mutterod,
Then Mi Mira came out and started of across
the dried madam toward the superintendents
That was Hpo Thit's chance.
-, IT you toll about it," he said as he left her.
will ask how you should know that l had 1t If
yoM had not given t. to me"
the least trouble.
III lDt llOTnlup SIT lOlu ' ulenIync about III,
and in an hour he and the Sergeant and q file OF
nrolic1 were chasing after Hpo Thit., But Hpo
ated. Ills brother. the Thuggie's. gun had gone
with him. The Thuggie didn't know that, for
Hpo had stolen it., 1t was an old-fashioned
1t is difficult to run down a Burman in tho
jungle and it was the next day before they came
He had a couple Of shots at them in II blur
dering sort of way with the old musket without
hitting anybody; b 1t just as VALENTINE charged
in ON him at the head OF the police Hpo Thit
fired again at close quarters, and the super!n-
Only for the Sergeant Hpo Thit Would have
been carved up into regulation slices; only for
i IaSo Se 1Hf: tb "nd Ekn iiI him, to- Tn.G for rna he ,a bel
alive
Bring him here and search him at once
said VALENTINE, who was sitting up now, though
bound up his wound they, stripped Hpo Thit
nothing but much tattoolng discovered.
What have you done with the red stonel"'
asked the superintendent, but Hpo Thit would
Then they got back to TThayetmyo as quickly
S %is taeS SS SoHIS' in tSe shape NS,e OF a eh Sn aR i Wbies
they got from the woon Of a nelghborinG village
by W ife gf mpo T FIT or w sembD rosEht back bv the NJ.
con co%n "e STS Of i"s orthodox iaStPhafH eo @ho Wers
honoring him with the crucifxion.
To guard against his attaining Nirvana by q
downward. "'a'
Valcntyne, who was very weak by this time.
had great difficulty in explaining to them that
the Government could not allow such q thing to
"IIavc patience. good friends" he said. I'VE
must he merciful," and he talked cheerfully of
the lifelong years OF living he'll Hpo 1hit would
surely get on the Andaman Islands for his part
In n general sort OF way the Sergeant ex.
,lained to them that they, who knew little about
had not done this thing for a very few minutes
at the outside. But the Thakine, who was the
G GSy hG Mas pT ro issts sSG isf H ISs T Mnr,5 to b Tey ! sh the
Of n iacknl for years and years.
So Valentine was taken TO the hospital, and
Hpo Thit was put in n cage behind iron bars,
just like the NANCY tiger they had seen down at
I'm have the bullet out of you in a iifry.'
said the civil surgeon to VALENTINE. as he
-olcd up his sleeves and opened his case of shin
"Damncd II I can. understand it, though"
he said. as he pro6ed away, for the jiffy time
h han To yst. BY "1 an" mu ne ssa one t Of th eSe i infer fhf
skewgcc slGgs of theirs that he has pumped into
s sPm; as y You SV wer, f SS rhNE stt that sword x0l I OF Sou rne
and then travelled on down along your ribs.
God knows where It is now, for ! can't find it.
anyway; but If there seems to be any complica-
tiom setting in. III have another try for il"
for VALENTINE was looking pretty well used up.
Then Hpo Thit was brought up before the
ss i were, charged with stealing the sacred ruby
and with attempting murder of the Superin-
ten0eit.
But the priests were clamorous for the ruby
eycof their Bnddhai for the matterof VALENTINE
dying. or not they did not bother their heads.
even they would lot Hpo Thit go FREQ. so be ii
they could come by the sacred gem again. The
Burmese Archbishop, the Thathanabaing. had
of the stone.
They begged tho Deputy Commissioner to
only disclose where. no had hidden the "Beds."
sahib may die. The doctor has fshed for the
bullet, and cant get ii, and ~ looks bad for the
Supcrintendent,s life. If he dies, Hpo Thit will
have to swing"
But II the Bcda might be recovered they
would pay TO Nalentyne's family his full value
in good English sovcrcigns.
The Deputy Commits 'ioner was as anxious to
recover the jewel rs they were, SO he promised
Hpo Thit that If no would tell where 1t was 1t
would help him much when this time Of his SEN
tence came.
~ will tell" said Hpo Thit. because 1t will
be easy for the Thakino to get II. and then the
ThaKino will remember at the time of the sen.
tence."
The priests cranod their thin, shaver. bnzzard.
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