Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-09-13

| grazing OF tne Cnaukl as d pTeCdutiou
ary measure, beheld the portly figure
Of the Hindu stretched inert, and ap
parently somnolent, on the bedstead
and heard the heavy, stertorous breath.
ing as Of one in deep slumber.
The son Of a burnt father sleeps
soundly, but will have rude awaken.
Ing" muttered Faiz Ahmad as he turn.
ed away, satisfied with his inspection
AS soon as the coast was clear Wish
nudass ran to the clump Of trees In
quest Of his pony, but found him gone
He determined, therefore, to take re-
fuge in the jungle, to reach which he
would have to traverse about a mile OF
sandy desert. No sooner, however
had he started than the sound Of q
horses hoofs Gathering along the high
road from the direction Of Talagaum
warned him the Jemadar was return
ing. Hastily retracing his steps, he
clambered up a tree, and screened him
self, as best he could, by lying at full
length along a thick branch. He was
only just in time. In few minutes
the Jemadar arrived on the spot, and,
lettering his horse to the very tree up
which the usurer was concealed, en-
tered the chauki. Finding it empty.
and. concluding that his confederates
had already disposed Of their. corpse.
he flung himself down on the tharpoy,
and was soon fast asleep.
| Vishnudass in momentary expecta-
tion of the temperance Of the jenna
dar, lay perfectly motionless, scarcely
daring to breathe, casting wistful eyes
at the steed standing saddled and
bridled so temptingly beneath him.
After a few minutes had passed, and
the Jemadar still gave no sign, Wish
nudass, realizing that now or never
was his chance, slithered down the
tree with remarkable agility for one
Of his bulk, clambered into the sad
die, and, turning the horse off the
high-road, made for Talagaum by a
circuitous route.
| Shortly after his departure the two
constables, mad with drink and lust
ing for blood, burst furiously into the
| chauki. In the dim light they dis
| cerned the form Of a man lying prone
and helpless on the charpoy in the
abandon Of profound slumber. With
a savage yell they rushed upon the
sleeper, and before he could rise
hacked him almost to pieces with their
sharp swords.
1.-THE Jemadar Sahib will have no
reason to complain Of the manner in
which we have carried out his or
| ders," cried Faiz Ahmad, with fiend-
ish chuckle. though we haven't
made a very clean job Of it. Beat a
hand, comrade, and We'll carry the
unbelieving dog, or what's left of him,
outside, and then relieve him Of his
money bags. You take his head and
I'll take his heels"
Sheik Hoosein was in the act OF
raising the head of the murdered man,
when his fumbling hands encountered
a beard. With an exclamation Of hor-
ror he dropped his ghastly burden.
What ails you. clumsy fool?" de-
manded Faiz Ahmad angrily.
| 1.-The infidel has escaped us, and
we've slain one Of the faithful in
stead" returned the other in awe
stricken tones. 1.-The dead man wears
a beard, so he can't be a Hindu"
Impossible" retorted his compan-
ion. You're either drunk or bereft
Of your senses"
Judge for yourself, then," said
Sheik Hoosein, striking a match and
holding it close to the face of the
corpse. "And, what's more, we've kill
ed the Jemadar Sahib himself"
Serves him right" said Faiz All
mad, spurning the corpse brutally
with his foot. abdul Kadir grew fat
and rich by the dirty work he delegat-
ed to poor devils like ourselves, and
always took care to keep his own pre-
cious neck out Of reach Of the halter.
At last he has fallen into the trap he
so often set for others. Kismet. 1t
remains only for us to bury him in the
grave intended for the Hindu, and
then to seek our fortunes farther
afield."
/ Next day the superintendent of po-
lice, acting on the information sup
piled by Vishnudass. caused the
ground under the mango grove near
the chauki to be dug up, and this led
to the discovery not only Of the corpse
Of the Jemadar, but of the remains of
numerous wealthy citizens whose dis
appearance had been attributed to
the dacoitS.
The virtuous Vishnudass, in recog-
milton of his eminent service, received
a handsome pecuniary reward from
the government, which enabled him to
extend widely his money-lending
operations and to increase proportion
ately the number of his victims. Fai2
Ahmad and Sheik Hoosein found con-
genial employment in the service of a
robber chieftain over the border and
were never heard Of again in British
territory. -Chalmers's Journal.
Modern Searehlight Control.-There
is perhaps. no property Of the search
light more important than its capabil-
ity Of throwing a powerful and con-
centrated beam Of light in any partic-
ular direction. But the concentrated
beam is not always the most desira-
BILE. There are times when beam OF
light we'll spread out over a large area