The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-02
r NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 40 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
3 THE STRANGE RIDE
OF
MORROWBIE JUKES.
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BY RUDYARD KIPLING.


from Ine plhIIOIIn NJ once anu, CTlnRlDE
and fswning and weeping and attempt
ing to embrace my feet, led me round
to the burrow which he had indicated.
IL know nothing whatever about the
gentleman. Your God be my witness
that do not. He was as anxious to es-
cape as you were, and he was shot from
the boat though we all did all things to
prevent him from attempting. He was
shot here. Gunga Dass laid his hand
on his lean stomach and bowed to the
earth.
"Well, and what them Go on -
And then-and then, your honor,
we carried him into his house and gave
him water and put wet cloths on the
wound, and he lay down in his house
and gave mp the ghost.
"In how long2 In how long2'
About half an hour after he re-
ceived his wound. call Vishnu to wit
ness, yelled the wretched man, THAT
! did everything for him. Everything
which was uCssihle. that ! did
He threw himself down on the ground
and clasped my ankles But had my
doubts about Gunga Dass' benevolence
and kicked him off as he lay protest
ing.
II believe Won robbed him Of every
thing he had. But can find ont in a
minute or two How long was the sahib
hereY
Nearly year and a half think
he must have gone mad But hear me
swear, protector Of the poor Won t
your honor hear me swear that never
touched an article that belonged to
himr What is your worship going to
dor
had taken Gunga Dass by the waist
and had hauled him on to the platform
opposite the deserted burrow As | did
so | thought of my wretched fellow
prisoners unspeakable misery among
all these horrors for s months and the
final agony Of dying like rat in hole
with a bullet wound in the stomach.
Gunga Dass fancied / was going to kill
him and howled pitifully. Tho rest Of
the population, in the plethora that
follows a full flesh meal. watched us
without stirring.
$50 inside, Gunga Dass, said |,
land fetch it out.
was feeling sick and faint with
horror now. Gunga Dass nearly rolled
off the platform and howled aloud.
But | am Brahman, sahib-a high
caste Brahman. BY your soul, 10y your
father soul, do not make me do this
thing!
"Brahman or no Brahman, by my soul
and by my fathers soul, in you go!' l
said, and, Selling him 10y the shoulders,
crammod his head into the mouth Of
the burruw kicked the rest of him in,
and, sitting down, covered my face
with my hands.
At the end Of few minutes heard
a rustic and creak, then Gunga Dass
in Il sobhiDg, choking whisper speaking
TO himself. then a soft thud-aud | I'M
covered my eyes
The dry sand had turned the corpse
intrusted to its keeping into a yellow
brown mummy | told Gunga Dass to
stand off while | examined it. The body
clad in an olive green hunting suit
much stained and worn, with leather
pads on the shoulders-w that Of a
man between 30 and 40, above middle
height, with light sandy hair, long
mustache and a rough, unkempt beard.
The left canine of the upper jaw was
missing, and a portion of the lobe of the
right ear was gone, On the second fin
ger of the left hand was a ring-a shield
shaped hloodstone set in gold, with a
monogram that might have been either
"B. X. or "B. L. On the third fin
ger of the right hand was a silver ring
in the shape Of coiled cobra. much
worn and furnished Gunga Dass de-
posted u handful Of trifies he had pick
ed out Of the burrow at my feet, and.
covering the face of the body with my
handkerchief, turned to examine these.
| give the full list in the hope THAT it
may lead to the identification of the I'M
fortunate man
1. Bowl of brier wood pipe, scrrated
at the edge, mnch worn and blackened,
bound with string at the screw.
?. Two patent lever keys wards Of
both broken.
3. Tortoise shell handled penknife,
silver or nickel name plate, marked
with monogram "B X. -
4. Envelope, postmark undecipher-
pble, bearing Victorian stamp, adj
dressed to miss Mon"-(rest illegi-
ble)-"ham mt"
.. Imitation crocodile skin notebook
with pencil. First 40 pages blank, AZ
illegible, . other filed with private
memoranda relating chiefly to three
persons-a Mrs. l., Singleton, abbrevi-
Hted several times to "Lot Single,
Mrs. S. May and "Garmison, re-
ferred to in places as Jerry or
Jack 4"
6. Handle of small sized hunting
knife, Blade snapped short. Buck 3
horn diamond cut, with swivel and
ring on the butt fragment of cotton
cord attached.
1t must not be supposed that inven-
toried all these things on the spot as
fY1ll o. | hakya ba,.a.