Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-05

A night of passion and fear had broken
him up.
"As he caught sight of me he called
out, I will tell ALL Saihib Bahadur.'
One of the sepoys, previously instruct
ed, began to busy himself with the
rope.
GAIL I said. Nothing kept back?
Nothing he answered eagerly. All
[ have done and my companions
And their names, all of them?'
ayes
And help us to take them by all
means in your power?
"He hesitated at this, but a glance
at the man who held the rope and who
had now made a pretty moose in it,
was enough.
CT will, sahib,' he muttered. My
life will be sayed?
On condition that you carry out
your promise to the letter will do my
best to save it,
'"Hhere, within the yard of the glib.
bet, the prisoner told a tale of murder
and robbery appalling in it's extent,
sickening in it's cold bloodedness and
elaboration. To this he added list
Of some thirty or forty accomplices,
and, with a remarkable effort of mem
DRY, described the position of the rude
graves of over one hundred victims.
GA couple Of weeks of activity
passed. Thanks to Hoseir, who had
been shaved and otherwise disguised,
4o1 ,y,10 ri
the crimes committed, but succeeded
in securing many of the culprits, who
were taken to the nearest court and
tried.
$50 far the informer had amply full
filled his contract. He had indeed dis
played zeal which made me at times
very doubtful of his sincerity. I
found out .at last that this thorough
ness was characteristic of the man i'll
all things.
"Well, the further work Of suppress
sion advanced the more difficult it
became. The thugs had enjoyed i'm
munity so long that many of the bands
had become careless and were taken
with comparative ease, butas thenews
of their capture spread and the fate
which met them became known, the
villains became more wary and diff
cult of approach
"About month after Hosein's cap
ture we got on the heels of a band
which, by the signs, numbered about
forty members. Instead of following
them up we crossed the river along
the banks of which they were march
ing, and hurrying on, got in advance
of them. We knew they would have
to cross later and hoped to ambush
them.
"NTe did not move. Hosein had the
whole detachment busy for some hours
| cutting a number of short bamboo
sticks and boring holes in their ends,
| through which short lengths Of cord
were run.
"'What are these things for?" I
asked him.
Food for the thugs, SIR he re-
piled. When they taste these they are
silent
'Then I perceived that the mysteri-
Gus articles were gags.
"'They will come across the ford to-
night continued Hoseln. we will be
waiting, and as they land, one by one,
seize them and stop their voices
elbow can you be sure they will
cross? said l.
"'Shall not tempt Them" he an
swered. Shall l not light fire and
send a cry across the water as these
would have done if God had not de-
livered them into our hands?
"sHow many Of them are there?
"I should say from thirty to forty.
I know this ford we'll. Only one man
can land at a time. If the sahib will
permit, I will stand by the bank and
assist them out singly. Some of your
men must leave their coats and dress
like thugs, and as l hand them over
| the first of the robbers two of them
shall seize him, fill his mouth with
wood and tie him up so that he makes
neither sound nor motion. In like
manner with the others. The jungle
and the rain will help u.s.
"My first indistinct view of the ford
renewed my previous distrust of Ho-
/ SELL ) SOOu ldlIu. IL SeCllGu Ilc ldSL
place one would select for passage.
The banks are ten to twelve feet high.
and rise sheer out of the water. But.
looking closely however, I made out a
large, fat rock close to the bank, form
| ing a natural, if somewhat difficult
step. The bank was only attainable
| by first climbing the rock.
SHThn cirn01 fro 1it and flor
the proper interval extinguished, and
we lay down in silence to wait for the
next move. AT last we saw the an
swering fire.
"Hosein let himself down to the
stepping stone and stood erect. AT
| the same moment the shrek of jack
al close at hand made me jump to my
| feet. From across the river the cry
was repeated, and then l knew it was