Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-20

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/ PART Three 3roTues, Hay1e, KltWatef,
end Codd, meet at sinsapore: Latter two
81 e aasa fs
near Chinese border. & II&yle only half be-,
ueyes account. but nevsrtheaess agrees 81
Join In search. sE r. $S lt $s4p 81 \! IN
s4R make ~
ace. Toward dusk after 4 most tedious
tasy .eov
cred great quantities OF bar gold and uncut
rubies and sapphirea Hayle mis- both
hands with! gems and the men make theiTl
find their two Burmese servants slain ard
horribly mutilated, Chinese fashion Dur
ing the night Haylet secures treasure and
sseals away into the jungle. %: t,s Y
; l. y 7: PART III. +: n .s .- i ..
The sun was slowly sinking behind
the dense wall # of Jungle u which
hens in, on the southern side, the
frontier station of Nampoung.@ In
the river below there il Il Q ford,
which has q distinguished j; claim
on fame, inasmuch as it is, one
Of the gateways from Burmah
into western, China. This ford ? is
guarded continually by q. company
of Sikhs, under the command Of an
English officer. To be candid, IT, Isl
not post that is much sought after.
It's dullness is extraordinary. True,
one can fish there from morning 4un-
til night, if one is so:disposed;9 and If
one has the good fortune to be asbot-
anist, there is an inexhaustible field
open for study It L. also true that
Nampoung is only 80 miles or So, as
the crow flies, from Bhamo, and when
one: has benin the wilds, and out
of touch of civilization for months
ct q time, Bhamo is by no2means .
place to be despised. So thought
Gregory, Of the One. Hundred and
Twenty-third regiment, as he threw
his line into the pool below him.
TITS worse than q dogs hfe,'' he
said to himself, as he looked at the
ford a hundred yards or SO to his
right, where, at the moment, his sub
altern was engaged levying toll up
on some Yunnan merchants who
were carrying cotton on pack mules
into China. After that he glanced
behind him at the httl cluster Of
buildings on the hill, and groaned
once more. II wonder whst they are
doing ~ 4 England" be: continued.
Trout fishing has just begun, and I
can Imagine the dear old governor at
the Long. pool, rod in hand. The
girls will stroll down in the after
noon to find. out what sport he has
had, and they'll walk home across
the park with him, while the mater
will probably meet them half way.
And here am in this God-forsaken
@hoie V-7ith nothing to do but to keep
an: eye on that ford there Bhamo
is better than this, Mandalay is bet
ter than Bhamo, and Rangoon is bet
ter than either. Chivvyhg dakus is
Paradise compared with this sort of
thing. Anyhow, I'm tired of fishing"
He began to take his rod to pieces
preparatory. to returning to =: his
quarters on the hill He had just un-
shipped the last joint, when he be-
came. aware that one of his men was
approaching him." He inquired his
business, and was informed in return
that Dempsey, his sub, would be
glad to see him at the ford. Hand
ing his rod to the man he set; of. in
the direction Of the crossing in ques-
ton, to become aware, as >, b. sap-l
preached it, Of q .disrepntable figure
propPed up against . tree on tho
neaDer bank. ~:. y-s ~. ,.v5. ,
whats the matter, Dsnpsey?''
he inquired t''What On earth have
yon got there,, man?'' = -.,,.2,* ~.
We'll, that's more than can say"
the other replied. '''Has evidently a
white man, and I fancy An English
man. At home we should. call hin a
scenscrow. He turned up fsemr across
thu ford just now. and tnmbled down
in the middle of tie stream, like q
shot rabbit. Never sew such a thing
batose. He's not q pretty sight, ! is
hep" ,...l-.3. .;.&E $500. a.. I,,.s,. =:
Poor ds<il," said Gresory. >.'He
seems TO DO on his last laes..4 won.
der who the deuce he. Is, and what
brought him" into this oonaition.'''
'Tve seazeAed, and there's netting
about to tall u.s. ssid Dempsey.
what do yau think we had better
do with him?'' -. f.
Get him up the HILL" said his SUI
perior, without hesitation. ''When
he's q bit stronger wen have his
story out Of him. I'll bet q few
years pay It win be interesting" :
= A file Of men were called, and the
mysterious stranger was carried up
to the residence of the English, OH.
GERS. Z It was plain to the least OBJ
servant that he was in ! very serious
condition. Such clothes as he pos.
sessed were in rags; his face was
pneAed With starvation. and more
svsT be was quite unconscious.
When hin bearers, accompaaieds By
~ NO Enslishnea, reecahsd / the
oansaer ct huta, he Wa carried - Z
snail Room at the end Of tho e1lcsrs'
bungabv and placed upoa the bed.
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