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

dalay: From Mandalay shesproceeded
as fast. as steam could take him to
Rangoon, where, after tho exercise
of some diplomacy, he secured pas
sage aboard a tramp steamer bound
for England. $sr : : 5 III Y 1l%
When the shweydagon ~ lost in
the evening mist, and tie steamer
had made her way slowly down the
sluggish stream with the xice-fields
on either, side, Hayle went aft and
took his last look at the land to
which he was saying goodxhy. ~s..
"A quarter of q millioM il a half
penny he said, ''and as soon as they
are sold and@the moneyis in my
hands, the leaf shall ibe turned, and
my life for the, future shall be ali
respectability.~ #
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Two, months had elaps edhsince the
mysterious traveller omssChina had
left the lonely frontieraatation sof
;Nampoung. In outward Appearance
! it was very much the. same as it had
been them The only difference con-
sisted in the fact that Capt. Greg
DRY and his subaltern Dempsey, =hav-
ing finished their period offenforced
exile, had returned to Bhamo to ioin
the main body: of their rfaiment. A
Capt Handiman and IA subaltern
named Grantham had taken their
places, and were imita ting chem in
asmush Jas they spent tie greater por-
/ tion8of their time fishing and com
planning Of the hardnessao their.
lot. f was the more unfortunate in
their case that they did not get on
very well together. The; fact Of TIE,
matter was Handiman was built on
very different lines 70 Gragory,} his
predecessor; he gave himself airs, and
was fond Of asserting his authority.
In consequences the solitary life. at
the ford sat heavily upon toth men.
IL, One hot afternoon Grantham, who
was q keen sportsman, took his gun,
and. accompanied BY . wiry little,
Shan servant, departed into the jun
gle on shikar thoughts intent. He
was less successful than usual; indeed,
1stE +. 49, 81 : u"AAt tHESe 1nllSS De
1ore ne saw anything worth empty
ing his gun. A. t., In the jungle the air
was as close. as a hothouse, and the
Precipitation ran down his face in
streams. s,E..> ~.s... e ;e ss5sff .sss5
What an ass I was to come out!"'s
he said angrily to himsah. 'This heat
is IN bearable" !, n. >... . IL, @ss ~
AZ that moment 9 crashing noise.
reached him from behind. Turning to
discover what occasioned It, he was
just in time to see large boar cross
the clearing and disappear into the
bamboos on the turtheF side. 1akfng
his rife from the little Shame set OF
in pursuit. IL w1s 40 easy task, Tor the
jungle in that. neiga borhood was so
dense that it was vetl-nieA Impossible
to make one:sway thirr1oagh II. At last.
however, they hit: uFon dried up nal
lab, and followed It along, Nstenin9 I 90 Is
they went to the proRress the boar
was making among the bamboos s on .
their right. Presently thee;y; sighted:
him, crossing an o1en. space 2 couple Sc
OF hundred yards Of 50 ahead Of them j :.
On the further side he stopped and be-
gan to feed. This was Grantham's OPP
portunity, and, iehting his rife, he:
fired. The beast dfopped like stone,
well hit. just behinf|s the shoulder. The
report s how.,er; lie A,d scarcely di S: