Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-09-28
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my innocence as of his Il ssssurd
But why, them W.
Midley hesitated.
why should he have
edgo finished George. Eau he an
"Yes."
lie alone might answer
this question. But / nav pron-.J
he did not order NV leis you N
self. asked him to do : q III
The lieutenant saw tha
terry lay in these latter some n
asked no more. words, d,
For several minutes ~.
peded by the crowd, had eseart
| vance. ceased to
Midley left his prisono.
vanccd to the head or tha and
earn the cause of the delay SO n
was very simple. Its cav
During his conversat,on
prisoner. the crowd had wv WIN U
and more dense. and non scoine na
strueted the street that 10 I .
al was difficult and almost I r0oces
A singular circumstance psa1
the crowd had cased 10 was u
the square, where cur,os,sNe @vsS
have impelled them, but ra,ns saall
tlonary, and the people who ael =
It whispered to each other W. eoalns
to designate George Malcolm apFata
There was neither olas,
threats. The multitude seamaa '
but 1t was one Of the class wSI.t a
cedes the storm. "uea
Midley ordered the unaor
the Sepoys to divide. gently V hn
sistently, the massed peonia 0as
lender a free passage possibla au
The officer obeyed. He nrono..
In cultural tones. a sort of bs~A
utterly unintelligible To tho saan
ropeans, and the crowd diyisss
into two living walls. betwaau
the escort passed; but at the ..s9
twenty-five or thirty steps n h.s
again necessary.
Midley. greatly impatient haze.
be uneasy at these delays. II ~.
TO him the attitude of the Hina~-
first Indifferent, had graduate ~.
hostile, and that the eyes Ava !.
the prisoner were fierce and anr,v
He would have given much i
found himself, with George Nah.
safe behind the solid iron pates M
fortress. Happily, he thought hss i.
rely upon his men.
Consequently, he reissued his ~.
to his officer, who recommpncd
harangue, and the crowd ouera
passage, as it had before done Il
a moment after.
One would have said that Al
men obeyed a signal, and that t6ss
nal meant to retard the arrival n
escort on the square until a given
ment.
George himself paid no attentn
what was passing about him
thought but of his murdered fstx
and the revenge he would draw a
upon the assassins.
Suddenly n cannon-shot soundM,
Off. and a hundred Thousand sa
rose In a clamor. The salute Inahu
the moment when the processb,
Jagernath entered the Temple Il Il
and, commencing its march. annous@
the beginning of the fete.
One Of the balconies of the pFba
sUperbly festooned in purple six 4
broidered in gold, attracted ever d
The salute had scarcely sounded u
the princess and the rajah appaNl
the balcony.
"The moment approaches q
INJURED Diella.
1.-THE minutes to me seem hOuK'1
swered Doorgal.
Meantime, in the square. KMaA
In the crowd, followed in the sN(
those dedicated to the service a
princess. He lost sight Of Sauga 4
TO draw near TO Holcar. His
cions and terrors increased, but y
this instant he could know nai
certainly.
II have seen Saugor whisperns
of the brothers Of the sacred Ef
said the child to himself. 7
heard Holcar pronounce Ge~l
collins name. What do they plel
may / find out?"
Hardly had he put to hamsf
question when he was jOstlei ~
by a native, dressed in rae
turned and recognized the faih
costing a tall Hindoo. Sounlnarq
failed to see the child who, CIV
behind him, heard this terrls
lOgue:
"WeJl?" asked the faklr.
at liz done. answered the olne
"Have our brothers renders
passage impracticable?'
YES"
"They have not forgotten y
nal?"
"No."
"It is well. The escort ana y
oner will reach the square VIZ
given, and will have no time w
in a combat on the bridge
"It is here. then, that the x
man must dieT"
"Yes-under the gaze OF ~
have commanded his death
"Ah!o murmured Kali, treD'
every limb.
"If the Sepoys make res''
questioned the fellah.
"They will not resist, eAsr
pearance," answered the feaas
.'They are forewarned, inen,
eyes. AT the word BOWIE
pered In their ear, they
their weapons and let the lusN'
people take its course.
"But the English ofiicer-N
sist."
His resistance would
DEATH"