The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-31

wished. | answered, you may tear off
our skins and we shall feel no pain and
shall not lie 7 was dragged away,
and they still continued using the lash
on Chanden Sing, who behaved heroical-
ly, hiding his pain as much as possible.
"For two days and a night | was
without food and | heard no more of
my servants. On the third afternoon
huge, coarse soldier came in and slapped
me on the shoulder, saying that / was
to be tortured before sunset. You are
to be flogged, your eyes burned out,
your legs broken and your head cut off,
Some time later a man entered the tent
and signalled TO my guard to lead me
out. My bonds were frightened and
was taken to the mud hut, where there
was a mob of people and soldiers. Not
/ long after | entered the hut a squad OF
soldiers entered with Chanden Sing in
| their midst tightly bound.
"Chandcn Sing cried to me from an
other room of the hut, 'Sahib, Sahib, |
am dying ! turned toward him and
saw that he certainly was in great dis
Itress. We are going to Taklakot' |
said. and you will follow The soldiers
now brought ponies to the hut Chan
den Sing was tied to a bare backed pony
and | was thrown up into saddle on
which there were five sharp spikes,
which caught me in the small of the
| back and penetrated my flesh at every
movement Of the pony. We were now
surrounded by an armed cavalcade, and
my horse was led by a soldier. At a
signal we all started off at gallop. As
my hands we're manaclcd behind me
could not case myself from the spikes
/ i'm the back Of the saddle, and | could
/ feel them working deeper and deeper
/ into me as the blood ran down my legs.
/ At different places along the route sol
ders with their machlocks fred at me
sometimes at only a few yards, but |
| was never hit.
Towards sunset we arrived at our
destination - Gyatsho - and dismounted
at the foot OF hill on which stood a
| fortress and Lamastry / was hustled
amid the insults and jeers of the mob
to the execution ground.
J Here | WAS placed on an instrument
|of torture, a prism shaped log, and my
/ legs were stretched out by five men as
| lar as they would 60. ! was then Sc
curcly tied with ropes The brute who
|had shot at me. Nerba same IN behind
me and seized my long hair. Before me.
near the governors hut stood a row Of
/ the most vicious looking human bruteS
/ ! had ever seen. Each had in his hand
mn instrument OF torture. One held a
large headed mallet 10 break bones. a
second had a two handed sword. a third
carried a bow and a set of arrows, and
la number of others had a variety OF ter
rible instruments Of torture.
Blinded by Hot Irons.
"By this time the crowd was evidently
becoming inpatient, and showed II by
remarks and gestures The musicians
with their crude instruments set up a
din, and an eXecutioner commenced
heating an iron bar with a wooden han
Idle i'm a 'brasier.' When it was red hot
II was handed to the 'Pombo,' who was
Ichewing something to make artificial
froth in his mouth He then worked
himself into a frenzy and, holding the
Ime ! stared AT him and he avoided my
ICyes, showing some reluctance TO per
form his task. The Lamas cried. Out
with his ewes; he has come to see our
country, Out with his eyes; that will
he his punishment He now held the
hot iron close 10 my ewes, and 7 closed
them as tight as I could. The heat was
so intense that it burned my nose and
seemed to drv out my eyes. the left one
especially. The iron could not have
been before my eyes rore than thirty
seconds hut It seemed An interminable
time When felt the iron taken awav
7 onened nv ewes. One was blind. and
from the other everything looked red
The pain throbhed and iumned throroh
my brain, On the damn ground beside
ne the hot iron sizzled and steamed
The din from the musicians increased
and the neople spat on me as MERIDA
tore handfuls of hair from my head. a
matchbox was placed against my head
and fred by the Pombo In an upward
direction. He was so nervous that a