New-York tribune., 1898-11-27


60 again tried 70 ntimidate him. lie. however
protested that he alone was responsible, and, In
ordcr further TO impress them with his resolu-
ton, altered no sound Of complaint either when
they threatened him or when ho tasted the
aeonos by which they sought 20 crush his
sIiTIt.
They lod him away bound with IoIes that
cut deep into his Aesh and WITH wrists confined
behind his back N heavy iron manaclos They
e. him an pony, the saddle Of which he de-
s,lIb.s as follows II was in reality the wooden
frame Of a very high hacked saddle, from the
zach Of which some five sharp iron spikes suck
uu: horizontally. - / sat Oh this implement Of
ortur the spikes caught me n the small Of my
bach" The ponI driven out before caval-
,aGc q armed men, and one Of the latter az the
animal was released and dashed across The plain,
deliberately shot at tie rider lie missed
whether Intentionally OF not We cannot guess
though Nj. Landor asoribes ms escape 90 the bad
craftsmanship Of the Thibetan. by this time the
spike wee tearing tho flesh from the mans
baCkbone hat when. covered with blood, he was
LED befoT. ,he Pombo, he expressed satisfaction
Il, I,dnG such an excellent pony. This az be
rfpy says. seemed 10 puzzle them.
Again his pony was driven on and another
shot was fired az him, bat this too went wide
but ;bcy .ore him from his saddle and took hin
to the execution ground. "On the ground was
Il ions log o: WOOD" he says. in tho shape Of s
prism Upon the sharp edge Of this was made
10 stanG, and several men he'd me by the body
while four or FIVE others, using their combined
strength, stIo ( he'd my legs a. wide Apart as
they could SO. Fixed IN this painful position
the b'utes securely tied me by my feet to the
los oi wood with cords of yak-hair" One Of
She Thihetans came and graSpcd him now by the
hair q. his head and SO held him lille various
other rufiians faced him with horrifyng instru
ments &C torture in then hards. All the time &
oeafeniDS Uproar was KEPT up with horns. Gym
tals and Congs. An iron bar with wooden
handi' swathed in red cloth was heated IN a
brazier The Pombo grasps1 il and approached
HIM You have come 10 this country 10 see
le exclaimed. This then, is he punishment
for YOU He then held The bar c)Oso TO his vic
..nis fa.' ali but toU, hing the nose. Immedi- !
ttcly the lcf; eye fel; as though i; were being
oesic.ated and when az The end Of thirty sec
onds or 50 the bar removed all objects /
looked red to the unhappy man The Pombo :
nov took I'D huge sword and made two mighty .
passes al Nj Landors neck, but, later de- .
veloped this was only The usual preliminary 20 4
decapitation and was but another step in the (
plan Of the Thibetans 10 strike terror to the cap !
tIves heart. The Pombo threw down his SWORD. /
The next torture was administered also to Mr..
Iandors servant, Mansing the leper. They faS-
tened the latters feet to the same log that bore
the master and then stretched the men between
two poles, a rope passing from the hands of
each 10 the top OF these supports. Another rope
passed around the neck Of ore 20 the neck Of
the other, and in this agonzing posture, half
susUende6 and with every bone threatening to
break the TWO sufferers were LEFT FOR twenty i
four hours.
IN The midst O, the torture an incident oc-
cured over which Mr.. I-andor could hardly help .
smiling. His captors appeared and proceeded to
overhaul one O. his cases. The POmbO drew out, /
evidently much nlystifed, bath sponge that
had been nattened among LeaVy plates. He +
threw il aside Mr.. Landor saw it lying in &
small pool Instantly he addressed il in English |
as though uttering an incantation AS 1t alb
eortcd the moisture and sWelled gradually 10 its /
normal size the Thibetans panic-struck, were
stampeded to the four winds. moment later
our author had another satisfaction. One Of the
Iamas took up his rife and asked to be shown
how to load it, Following the instructions care
lessly he struck the owner over the head whcn
demonstrated with, and presently exploded the
weapon. As the muzzle burst the reco)
squashoj the Lamas nosa, put out one Of his
eyes and shattered his teeth We can forgive
Mr. Landor for his philosophical approval Of
this incident.
Not long afterward the Thibotans discovered
that his fingers were webbed a little higher than
usual o thing held in much respect in that mys-
terious land. Whether because OF this or be-
cause il was considered that by this time about