The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-02

countCnance.
IT'S the only way 70 serve them. Mr.
Quiu." he said. Cunning. thieving beg
ears these Nagas! They come down from
the hills on a pretense OF trading. AMI
steal whatever they can lay their hands
on. As for the chop you saw me punish,
50 I've warned him OF the plantation once.
I've done it half dozen times"
u may be wrong" replied Qun. but
J fancy recognized him as n nephew OF
the chief Howsata. Don't uee the whip
Daventry. I've known a Maya raid TO
D. caused by much less than a beating. g"
Those DAYS are over. sir" was the care
les answer. as the two walked of TO-
Vards the bungalow.
Daventry was manager OF the Cachar
tea estate. the owner OF which. AIr.
Hardy, was ~ present IN Calcutta. Mat
thew Quin had come down alone. a two
days journey from his camp In the noun
tainous 1ungles % Northern Assam. %
ascertain N any letters were waiting tor
aim ana 70 replenish his stock OF tobacco.
You'll stop the night" urged Daven-
try. after lunch
But Quin. who had no liking for the
manager. refused. Sunset found him half
a dozen miles on his way. and he slept
90 little shooting-box that belonged 10
The Cacaar planter. Before turning IN
bee smoked a couple OF pipes and pondered
the happening OF the morning.
III ] was Hardy" he said 10 himself
q would get rid OF that fellow Daventry
a. short notice Hen stir up "a hornets
rest one Of these times. II he isn't more
Careful."
on an elevated plateau Of the, Asam
nils. deep IN the heart Of that VIVA re-
hion. was the main camp Of Hamrach &
ID al. "A 49,
" hired shikarccs and coolies had trap
ped number OF wild animals. and tho
expedition had about finished SIS work
Nnfu Quin returned. The next night but
one. towards morning. he and Carruthers
were reused by the man on watch, who
i.l them beyond the camp to tho brow
or the hin. Away 10 the southwest. over
ltnsie. forest. and unduiating ridges che
curtain OF darkness was pierced by a lurid
i.i patch that iiared and nickered on the
IRE
its down On she open country OF tea
ahi indigo fields" muttered Quln "By
s'te % must bo Hardy's place ana the
N1aas ore destroying e.! Tha, fool OF a
h1Neutry--"
We can't do anything?" interrupted
No; che savages viii scuttle back to
'' businesses al daybreak. They VIII
content with this one act OF vengeance.
r.eia.ly q they managed to pot Daven-
The confederation quickly burnt itself
.', lnd the Englishmcn returned TO their
'sls' The following day the camp was
''"Ren mp, and the wheeled boxes con-
aiming the animals were transported for
.'Ehicon miles eastward, by two stages
over q road that had mostly 60 be cut
iAey advanced. 20 a navigahie tributary
ihe Hrahma putra Here they were load
on snallow-draueht boats which would
hNey them to Goalpara on the big
teF' and thence by steam barge to the
hay q Bengal
having seen the valuable cargo safely
.hparked. Quin and Carruthers plunged
ilin into the wilderness. and by night
'uey had reached The site OF their old
mp a days journey 60 she westward
as jungle village that had been
dubbed 81 late BY man-eailng tiger.
lAd ihey hoped 20 bag the brute beforc
ishrg on to Goalpara 10 Join the barge.
aey were anxious. moreover. TO make
sairies about the IRE they had seen In