Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-09
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Eyes, it's the same man." said the
corporal, quietly finishing the sentence.
1.-The NJ. rs are Of his regiment, the
Dorsets, and 1 haven't seen Jim since
we parted in the Duars, two years ago.
But we've corresponded, Of course, and
though duty has prevented us from
meeting to-day, we'll strike hands to-
morrow"
"Chums?"
Eyes, and closer than most. But
never mind that just now; let me get
on with my yarn. was telling you
about the general run of the Gulgulias,
and now, to come nearer the point, may
say that it was with particular half
dozen of that tribe that had the lit
tie tamasha that made Jim Darrell and
me chums.
ut was up III Duars-that beastly
stretch Of fever-haunted country lying
along the banks of the Teesta River
There had been some local ructions,
religious as usual, and a mixed crowd
Of mounted infantry, about a hundred
strong, and drawn from half a dozen
regiments, had been sent up to keep
the peace. About the only fault the
regular population of the district had
was that they would fight among them
selves on the slightest possible pretext
so that as soon as we got that stopped
they quieted down and gave us little
further trouble. But we speedily dis
covered that there was a big gang of
Gulgulias IN the neighborhood- and
with that discovery began a hot time
while the rioting had been going on
nobody had minded the Gulgulias
much, so that they had a heavenly time
in the thieving line. But with the re-
storations Of order, popular attention
was turned on the robbers and their
doings, and so great was the outcry re-
sulting that our fellows were set to
the work Of breaking up the gang or
driving it out Of the district.
''It was a grim business from start
to finish. From the very first the ban
dts showed that they meant fighting,
and within a week they had killed five
of our Yellowstone Of them was an
officer-and wounded three times as
many more. On our side we'd account
ed for twenty "Off-the-strength," and
though we could only guess at the num-
Der of their wounded we knew that 1t
must have been heavy. AS you know,
that sort Of fighting doesn't make for
mi T,6 oho
grew savage and bitter-not the least
like what they'd been in ordinary war,
when you can knock down or be knock
ed down one minute and shake hands
with your enemy the next. AS for Gull
gulias, they were treacherous savages
from the first, and as the fighting be-
gan to go against them they turned
devils outright, leaving pluck about the
only virtue they had among them. They
took to poisoning the animals, setting
fire to the jungle round us whenever it
was dry enough to burn and trying to
cop detached scouts. Two Of our lads
were nailed that way, and when we
found the bodies afterward and SaWhoW
they had been tortured to death 1 tell
you 1t made for straight shooting
whenever a Gulgulia came in sight. 1
was Ole of them as thought that the
scouts must have been nabbed through
being careless, and kept on thinking
that until one fine day 1 got nabbed
myself"
The narrator stopped, staring into
the fire with knitted brows. It was ap-
parent that the humiliation of that BY
gone mishap had not lost it's power to
sting. Then he reused up and went on
"Yes, was copied, and not more
than five hundred yards from where
the column had halted. The country.
though broken and hillocky, was clear
Of jungle-if it hadn't been 1 wouldn't
have gone so far out-so that to this
day can't make out where those six
Gulgulias came from, less they'd
sprung up out Of the earth. Anyway,
l got a clout on the head that knocked
me senseless, and when 1 came to my
self was tied hand and foot, and had
a dirty rag stuffed in my mouth. The
crowd round me were about as ugly
as nature and sin could make them,
and as looked at their demon faces
made up my mind that my soldering
was about over.
when they'd divided my arms, most
Of my clothes, and some other odds and
ends, such as money, watch, pipe and
the like, among them, they hid the lot
among some bushes a little way off,
laid down their rifles beside the bush
es, and came back to where l was ly-
ing. At first 1 thought they meant
murder right off, but when they began
to clear out sort of recess under a
rock shelf, 1 began to understand
They had something urgent to do, or
were waiting for something, and mean
tin1a I waS IN no n,oda oS caoDpa oS