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

y =. from the torrid stretches of
'as.1 Goa into the cooler waters OF
~ as5isn ocean. We were eight
"ut from southampton, with
), "a davis more to pass before ma
fa'' co a our destination. We
4 , T thither attracted by the
s ceremonies, thinking that
'sDp financial profit ought to accrue
~ whit Tbeu rajahs and high officers
'.ts we're focking to attend the
'S s.once of the Viceroy's durbar.
y Nriest was dressed in the full
y, or regalia of his order. and
u 'dad nv two devoted servitors,
'. '' .ooked his rice lest he should be
D..,mipated by sharing the same
y a. that of the outcasts. no
I, TN that when he walked on
y. .ssck he took care that the shadow
n Messenger should fall athwart
!. Il was whispered at the cap
~ table that he was a man of ex-
sna ssnctity who, having spent ten
- IN meditation among the forests
tba Hindu Kush, had gone volun-
,5v to England to offer spiritual
pwipgs to England's new ruler.
M yet-he had been educated at
lnbhdge!
csme upon me with a sort of
ark at first to hear this pundit, ven
able in dignities if not, in years,
gvuss with Nikolai the latest scien-
h, discoveries, pragmatism, Metz
sbpiSm, and dozen more up-to-Gate
alOsOphies; and l perceived that
lien bis interest was aroused he did
1t especially object to my shadow
bling across his own. After the first
aning we were firm friends; on the
sSnd night he admitted, in fluent,
huent English, that he was an
nstiC. On the third he was sitting
our Stateroom drinking gin.
It lOoks like water-and it's always
veil tO,be on the safe side" he whis-
snd, as We raised our glasses.
liOn't know how it came about, but
LAT once l discovered that the veneer
die gentleman was as squalid a
acEguard as I had ever had the
hume to meet. l suppose conf
ace begOt confidence; anyhow, pres
Ety We three we're hard at work up
ahe details of a scheme which was
b enrich US all
Mind yCu," said the high priest,
assuming the discarded garment of
Tue Il am not a dishonest man.
GVhy should these wretched idola-
us possess such wealth, which has
@outely no meaning to them, when
could be used as l know we three
Gall use it"-here he winked portent-
NE-"fOr the advancement of
ananity"
And this statue-how is it called?"
HEei Nikolai
Inc Juggernaut, I interrupted.
ley you have heard Of it, Nikolai?
NY used to put human victims in
sa and burn them to the beating of
MONS; and since the English gov
anent abolished the practice they
- 1t through the streets Of Cal
~'a annually and sacrifice pig in
lad"
lalS Rajah, interpolated the priest
andy slipping at his gin and soda,
Sofated it with rubies to the value
'Uout eight millions of your dol
y IAere is an enormous ruby for
-a eye, and a bigger one still that
W over the forehead. These three
- dfe worth about a million apiece.
W. smaller gems, aggregating five
,'OuS' are strung between the ears
~ ssV'ef the breast. They can all be
.lea from the trap window in the
y" Oy anyone inside. You enter
'SsA me back. I want the three
~ sVmS-and you can divide the
-usF ones. Such treasure con-
w mo money will do much to
IVY, .su the pure faith Of the Vedas
S. sasl Bengal" he added, with an
M r'sOuS smirk, "and the idolaters
lever know that their jewels are
m. usnam crystals and cost one
ls,s 4s gross" Here he pulled out
49, s.ulul OF what looked like magni-
n. 'uOles and threw them upon the
Sons eggs.
!, ~ The scoundrel unfolded his
n Jus 1t appeared that, as one of
nsuest order of Brahmin priests,
>ol Is In charge of the Juggernaut
d ~ ~. ana OF the priests who served
! i to IDOL. He would admit us to
pie, let US into the door at
a. ~ OF the figure, and leave us
SS " remove the splendid rubies
h :, NC eye-sockets and forehead
tnes Vut IN their place the imitation
n which he thereupon handed
h. ~ - should be able to reach every
h., 'Ough a little opening in the
Div ana must watch our oppor-,
sSs Iulng the night when we
SnjD. Oe inside the idol. In the
- While the priests were busy
b ~. simple, he would approach us
Spss se y, the three largest stones
h - - Tue trap door. The remainder
"a h Oe our property, and we, would
I eslo.."' wheeled throuh the streets
I a0r,i inside the idol. When
S@rb LUIS ~ OF roast pig were thrust
49, Tue tran IN A. &I,~1ok ~x,o