The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-27

~ nave tuo Uul1eG OUT OF you IN b
jify, " said the civil surgeon to Valen.
tyne, as he rolled up his sleeves and
opened his case Of shining Instruments
Odd il / 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. 1T
must be one Of those Internal skewgee
slugs of theirs that he has pumped into
you. 1t seems to have struck you under
the arm as you were furnishing 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 it. {"
The surgeon saw it was about time
to desist, for VALENTINE was looking
pretty we'll used up
Then Hpo Init was brought up be-
fore the deputy commissioner for a
committal hearing, as it were, charged
with stealing the sacred ruby, and with
attempted murder of the superintend.
emit.
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 DO it
they could come by the sacred gem
again. The Burmese archbishop, the
Matchmaking, had come down from
Ava to sec about the recovery of the
stone
They begged the deputy commissioner
to give Hpo Thit promise of pardon if
he would only disclose where he had
hidden the Beda.
81 can't do that, he said, "for the
wounded sahib may die. The doctor has
fished for the bullet and can't get it,
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
tence came.
81 will tell" said Hpo Thit .be-
cause it will be easy for the thakinc 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 as 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 duplication, Hpo Thit said: 1.-The
red stone which 1 took from the Kyoung,
even from the forehead of the Buddha,
is in the police thalzine's body. fred
1T from my gun the last time because l
had no bullets and because, if it could
work miracle. it would stop the police,
that might get away"
This statement took away the breath
of the court. The silence was unbroken
for full minute. Then the chief Phoon-
eye said: Hips Thit is telling lies. He
has hid it. We must swear him.
Yes, I" said the deputy commissioners,
he 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, she is not disciple Of
Buddha. He is jungle man, and we
must swear him on branch of the lep-
pan. /" y
But after the oath it was the same
the red stone was in the police thak-
ines body.
81 think it is the truth, " said the
deputy commissioner.
lit is true, 7" said the priests, land
the police thakine must give up the
Beda. /"
"Well, we'll see what can be done in
the matter, - answered the 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, I" said the deputy commits
sioner. "for it's worth about two laIshs
Of rupees, and. besides, it won't be
healthy for VALENTINE to live in Bur-
ma with the eye Of Buddhist god in
him"
"Look here, Grey" said the sur
geon, 81 am jiggered if probe for the
cursed thing again. nearly let valen-
tyne's life out of him the other day for
fear Of poisonous consequences. for I
thought it was slug. But if it's q
good. clean cut ruby it will probably
never hurt him, and I'm not going to
take any chances"
The deputy commissioner was in de-
spair. The Phoongyes, headed by their