The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-05-12
A WRONGED MANS
CRUEL REVENGE
Dreadful Fate of an English
Officer In India.

The colonel was a large, ford man
who well illustrated the English pro-
civity for not being able to learn from
others His father had been a small
tradesman in London who in some
way had put a member of the cabinet
under obligation to him and the obi
cation was repaid by commission for
the son. Nearly all the young mans
brother officers were gentlemen born,
and many of them younger sons of no.
! bles. Colinwood was SnuDbed for
| twenty years, and as soon as he was
promoted to the command of a regi-
ment commenced a systematic snub-
bing of every officer beneath him in
rank.
The colonel was especially hard on
his servants. He seemed to consider
any servant as a necessary evil and
native Indian servant as a worm of
the dust. Among those who attended
him was an Irishman named Mallory
and a native named Haroutune. Ma
lony treated all natives as his master
treated his interiors. Haroutune was
very different from both the colonel
and the Irishman. He was as gentle
as a woman. He was married to a
soft eyed young Indian, and they had
three children.
One day Colonel Colinwood missed a
valuable diamond that he had bought,
expecting to make a display with it
when he returned to England. The
only two persons who had access to
the room where it was kept were Ma
lony and Haroutune. The colonel, who
had perfect confidence in Mallory, had
Haroutune arrested, and the courts in
the neighborhood were so afraid of the
autocratic soldier that he had little
trouble in having the Indian convict
ed. Haroutune was sent to prison to
serve term of fifteen years
Not long after the loss of the dia-
mond Maloney left the colonel's service
to return to the British isles. Eight
years later Colinwood, having been in
valided home. found his former serv-
ant living lin clover" Setting detec-
tlves on his track, the colonel unearth-
ed the fact that he had disposed of
valuable diamond, and his prosperity
dated from the sale. Colinwood, find.
ing it to his interest to accept the re-
mainder of the thief's fund on condi- |
ton that he would not prosecute, made
the compromise.
few years after this the colonel re- f.,
turned to India with a wife and two /
little children. He debated the matter |
as to what he should do in making |
amends to Haroutune and decided that |
to say anything about the mistake |
would place him in an unpleasant posi-
ton. Haroutune now had but a few
years to serve. Besides, he was moth
ing but low caste native, and a pris.
IN was as good place for him as any
where else. So the colonel concluded
o do nothing in the way of justice.
Meanwhile Haroutune was languish-
ng in prison. He was so gentle in his /
manner that one of the prison officials
ook him into his service. This gave
ne poor fellow great deal of liberty.
Not long before his term expired !,
make charmer gave an exhibition at
he prison, and Haroutune saw him
'ertorm. Among other things, the
make charmer would place a bird in
ne same apartment with a snake. On
Is masters order the snake would
teal up to the bird and strangle it. II
one day when Colonel Colinwood /
vas at dinner with some friends he re-
MARKED that the time for the re-
use or the man who had stolen his c
lamond must have arrived. Some of
lie party said that the natives were t
rome to take revenge for punishment
nd it behooved the colonel TO no on
Is guard. Colinwood declared that If a
were inclined to fear any Indian he 2
.rtaihiy would not fear Haroutune, p
no was more woman than man Had
ie colonel realized that the prisoner
no mad served fifteen years for an i
tense of which he knew himself to be 1
lnocent; that he had come out of b
lSon to find his wife and children. n
l1ing been deprived of his support s
III succumbed and were all dead-had II
e colonel known this he might have
ared that even a worm will turn.
IS Colinwood did not share her hus-
lhu want of faith in Indian reyenga
Id shuddered. 10.
Inc very next day Elsie Colinwood !
as found dead in the garden. The
hdren were permitted to play there
ace the place was surrounded bv a
sh wall. The little brother who mad III
discovery said that he had seen
axe pass from a tree on to the gar. :,
n wall. There was. no mark on the I'll
NY though the throat gave evidence /
strangulation. IN
month Later the boy was found az
al IN MS bed with no more marks on =
II tnan mad been found on his sister ~
{ mother' on the verge of INSANITY a
her loss, besought her husband r. NJ
Ign his position and return to Enc. TT
o. lie promised to do so, but before =,
could make his arrangements his ~
e met a fate similar to that of her =
ldren. The distracted man followed
TO her grave and completed his P
paratlons, to leave a country that
become horror to him. The night
ore ne was to sail he was awakened
choking sensation and. grasnina
at was coiled about his neck. tore - fin
~ ana threw it to the other side of In
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