Bisbee daily review., 1903-04-01
The Bet of a
 Woman HateI
fOriginall

be was wiry quarter back-anc a very little of Latin, Greek, mathemat- ics and such annoyances to young men who go 10 college for fun, woke up one June morning and found himself in possession of a diploma.
 Bob determined to do some more studying abroad. He was professed woman hater, and before he left the girls pOked fun al him by betting him box of cigars against a hundred yards of brussels lace that he would bring back q wife with him, and one little rninN declared that she wcBid be black. Bob offered to take a hundred such bets, but his teascrs were quite content with one
 Six months after his departure Bob was in India. He was dining one evening with party of Americans and British officers when the subject of the suttee or burning of widows with tbe bodies of tbeir husbands was introduced.
 That's stopped DOW" said q British captain, "by treaty with the British government,
 "Sahib," said aH Indian servant there will be a suttee tomorrow mOrn- ing al sunrise. The young widow of the prince of Pingpore will be burned with her husband"
 "The deuce you say"
 The servant being questioned said that the prince was a very cd man, who had married the wife when she was twelve years old. She was now fifteen. The party became much iD- terested but as there was no English rarT,isnn near il did not seem that any thing could be done 10 prevent this outrage against civilization. Bracket proposed that the party constitute themselves q posse to do so. The EnslisLmen were hard to move until they had had number of brandy and sodas. Then they Chimed in with aacrity. The party arose from the table and. guided by the servant, went to the place where the pyre had been set up in the court of ruin. On the pyre was the body of the old prince. guarded by heathen Hindoos.
 hsNt a StlFulf. salu bfdCkGII-'9 '9 real out and out Yankee scheme Wen conceal ourselves in what is left of that apartment on the other side of the wall from the pyre. It isn't more than thir- ty feet from the pyre to the room. Sup pose we dig tunnel to point beneath the pyTe, remove tbe material from uD- der where the widow will lie and let her down and out before the flames tonch her"
 Good" said every one. and the Hin doc servant was dispatched for spades and wheelbarrow. With a will they set to work. all of them young strong men, and in three hours q spade broke through the ground and struck the wood of the pyrc. Then commenced the more difficult work of locating the re- quired spot and removing that part of the pyre directly under the spot where the widow would lie. However. it was al last accomplished, the wooden plat form Icing left supported by pieces of timber that could be removed at will.
 h tbe morning there was great din Of the funeral procession approaching. A troop of Brahman priests, their shaved heads uncovered. carrying torch es. followed by concourse of natives, came bowling into the court. In their midst was the young widow. The party of AnGlo-SaxoDs had pushed the nor tar from a chink in the wall, through
 which they watched the proceedings. At the foot of the pyre the widow was stripped of all her clothing except a fine silken undergarment. To see the young thing stand there, looking about her with bewiIdered stare. then at the pyre with shudder. was enough 10 move stOutcr hearts than the Eng | lish ard Americans. Bracket took one ! look through the peephOle, then dashed ! into the tunnel and to the bottom of | the pyre, where be stood ready. When the widow aseep0ed the pyre and lay 1 down and a cloud of smoke concealed ! the bodies. the signal was given by 8 ! British officer al the peephole. Remov- | ing the supports. Bracket lowered the living body. receiving il in his arms l The widow. frightened al this unex- l pected occurrence as well as the flames. | swconed and was easily carried through ! l When she came to, a hand was clapped over her mouth. and she was forced to 1 remain quiet
 II was not til night that the party. i dressing the widow in the costume of ! their servant. Bob Bracket sacrificing ! his beard to conceal her features. dared to leave their place of conceal ment and return to their quarters. ! The widow. knowing that if found she would be spurned by her people and | compelled tO again go through the dread ordeal to its completion, begged | her Hberators 10 take her out of the | country. As none of them could 20 where he liked except Bracket, he
 WAS assigned the post of honor. IL
 was on a long journey on P. and O.
 steamer to England, sitting with her
 daily on deck, talking of her past life ! and telling her of the western world, that Bracket lost his heart The con |, syaU18,-c .-.,s .--.., L. .,.cu .-ey .c.:~ ~ae,. | England tbe widow of the Prince of Pincr,ore became Mrs. Bob Bracket On tbe arrival few weeks later of
 tbe steamer Lucania at New York
 Rrackett's girl friends. who had heard | of his marriage with an Indian were