Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-11-19

was kindly young fellow Of about our
own age. He listened quietly while the
loss was explained. and when he under
stood there had been thieving, he turn
ed the color of paper with rage.
\ troop of soldiery was dispatched to
the inn with orders 10 arrest everybody,
There is a Chinese proYerb about the
adyiSabillty OF the dead keeping out of
hell aud the living out of yamens.
Landlord. cook. sweeper, stable cleaner
and all the hangers-on were. however,
marched to the yamen in chains, and
every one was trembling with fright.
There was much confused jabbering.
In the end one of the men marched
away, but in ten minutes he was
brought back with the camera His
countenance proclaimed him an arrant
rogue, and when the mandarin saw that
the leather case had been cut open with
a knife, and was Informed that three
Photographic appliances were still miss
ing. his rage was unbOunded. Putting
on his magiSterial robes. he sentenced
the thief to be thrashed. He held up
one hand ms an inquiry if fifty strokes
would be sufficient punishment. Plen-
IS. intimated the foreigner, Down was
the man pitched on his face, the legs
tied. the flesh barred, and heavy fell the
blows.
Well" said Lowe, las I've been put
to considerable Inconvenience over this
rascal. | think III take a snapshot Of
his thrashing." And one was taken
The beating went on and on, and the
,ulprit screamed, and blood was run
ming from the wounds on his limbs
Hasn't he had the fifty YETI was
asked Fifty. Why. his punishment
is 800 strokes, and he has not had 400
yet" \ plea was put forward for
mercy But the mandarin. with his
lips tight would not listen. 1t was no
good telling him that the quality Of
mercy was not strained or that ii drop
peth like the dew from heaven. or that
II became the monarch better than his
crown. He was paid to punish offend
crs. and he was going to punish them.
However 1t was soon all over, and The
wretch lay on the ground grooming.
writhing and bleeding.
Then in marched the soldiery with
FIVE other men heavily manacled. The
prisoners fell on their knees and put
their fOreheadS on the ground The
mandarin hecked the lot like "A Partisan
Judge. He fixed on one as the rInglead-
pr Of the robbtty. IF 800 stripes was
the punishment Of an accomplish. what
must be the chastiSement OF the thief in
chief? Torture was reserved for him.
He was made to SIT on his Launches.
His wrists were tied tightly in front OF
his knees, and pole was stuck between
his arms and legs and then rested on
two ia bles, so that the culprit swung
head downward. Strong twine was
sliD-knotted about each big toe, and two
Of the soldiers pulled apart. This nee
essarily brought a tremendous strain on
the roped wrists. They blackened i'm
mediately. The agony must have been
excruciAting. for the man screamed
He began curling and twisting. but a
soldier went forward and put his foot
on the thief's dragging pigtail and so
kept his head down. The victim foamed
at the mouth. and whenever he was on
the point of losing consciousness he
was raised up by the queue 10 give him
breathing space. swung head-down-
ward again, and the twine about his
toes tugged. 1t was in vain for the for
egner to appeal that the barbarous tor
lure should cease. There was nothing
for It but to forsake the sckening and
revolving spectacle.