Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-02-27

Frenzy seized us then and we beat
and hammered upon the walls, which
gave forth changing reverberatiOn-
1t was growing warmer. Our feet
were scorched, and streams Of sweat
poured from our bodies. The water
In the skin, devilishly left there to!
prolong our agonies, had long since
been exhausted. Now the sides Of the
monster were glowing hot. Our flesh
was scorched; our CLONES began to
peel from our bodies. We were fall
ing Into merciful inaensibility. But
suddenly the wild screams Of the wor1
shippers changed to shrilI cries Of teri
ror; / heard the thunder Of hoOfs;
with q last effort / flung myself
against the door; it yielded, and l fen
out into the arms of a mounted troop
er, white as myself. crouched at his
feet, drawing In the fresh air, cooler
than ice in comparison with the infer
no, and tainted
'sYou have both had fortunate es1
cape" said the magistrate next morn
ing, when Nikolai and / awoke, bans
daged and trussed, in cool beds placed
on his veranda. Our hair had been
cropped, our eyebrows and laShes had
been sipged to the roots. Another
two minutes and we should have been
too late to save you. Luckily the po.
lice traced you to that Eurasian hotel
and were astute enough to track your
route to the temple. It is three years
since such an event occurred in In
dia, but the old fanaticism is not
dead, and every year, at Juggernaut
time we are on the watch for similar
occurrences. Happily one OF the
rogues has turned kings evidence
and we know all the circumstances"
"But the high priest-the Swami
gasped.
The magistrate smiled.
"That was no priest" he said. "Had
you possessed any knowledge of Brah-
minism you would have known that
the Brahmin priest is mild and saint
ly man, incapable of such practicesI
and, above all, that the laws of his
religion absolutely forbid him to cross
the black water as they call the
ocean. No true Brahmin priest has
ever been, or ever will appear, beyond
the seas.
1--WE know the fellow well, and,
though he has escaped our clutches
again, we hope soon to lay hands upon
him. He is man of the lowest caste
and employed in many dubious de-
vices. In this case he seems to have
been hired to entrap q couple of Eu-
ropeans or Americans for the secret
sacrifice which those fanatics hoped to
hold in their Jungle"
He paused and smiled; then, going
to drawer, he took out a sealed
package.
did he make any stipulation with
you regarding rubies?" he asked.
bowed my head in shame.
Cheer up" said the magistrate
blithely. Better men than you have
been taken in by the same device. All
the jewels upon the Juggernaut were
replaced by spurious gems about the
time of the first century Of the Chris
tian era-except three treasured
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are closely guarded. Those three are
in the eyes and upon the forehead. I
see that they still remain in place
upon the idol. Doubtless he forebore
to speak to you about them. The
stones which you removed were made
in Birmingham, and placed there three
years ago by the last victim-who did
not come off as fortunately as you
did"
II did not tell him that the three
real gems had at last followed the
path of all the rest. But when think
of how we were doubly betrayed how
we offered our lives to enrich the
pockets of the false Swami with three
millions Of dollars worth Of rubies-
sometimes still think that will rake
hell and earth to find him and have
one little half hour with him alone.
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