12 . THE OMAHA DAILY UJ3I3 : SATURDAY , FEIUIUAIIV B(5 , 1808.
V THE EYE OF A GOD. 5
BY W. A , FRASER. JT
s. ii ii iAi t4 AAiA ! < i.i iA tAS.iiiiii4. ! { ! iA iAi
15 ! , by W A. rrn er )
"When the strong nrm of the law readied
oiit for MoutiR Ouroy nnl gathered In Hpo
Thlt Instead. It was this way :
Yhc gray Burmese night was thick when
Hpo Thlt glided Ilkn u snake up the HtepB
of ttic police bungalow and told Valcntyne ,
thn superintendent , that Mojng Oiirny had
opium many ball * of It hlddtn nway In his
house.
When he tpoko of Moling Ouray Vnlon-
lyne started n little , for Oui-ay wjs Ml Mra's
Uothfr nnd Ml Mra , she was b\it \ this Is n
slory of Hpo Thlt.
"How do you know of the opium ? " asked
vAilcntyne , "Did > ou put the beastly stuff
tlero yourself and then como to cackle of
the eggs of your own laIng ? "
"Nu , h' . Abdul , who Is a. . dog of a Mus-
imlimm , BUVV Moung Ouray take It off the
'Droboat' which goes up the river. "
j"Dlfl ! Abdul , who Is a Mussulman , sec
\Vherri \ Ouray hid the opium ? "
"Nd , sir ; but will not a Hurman put his
jfwtlt In the strong box that he keeps near
MB bed ? "
BThoro was a soft nistle Just bojond the
nailed bamboo wall , close behind Valen
tino's licud. It was the soft rustle of silk
ns Ml Mra wrapped the lemon-colored scarf
ntout her throat and slipped like a gentle
shadow down tlu > back stops of the bungalow.
Viilentyno gave a toss In his chair aid
coughed long and lustily. That was diplo
matic , for Jungle men like Hpo Thlt have
Eharp ( Mrs
In an 1 out among the nnngoe trees the
girl's slight figureIllttcd ns she spcJ swiftly
through thn grove toward Moung Ouruy's
ll'tto bamboo house.
"Tho ThaMne , who n.akcs Ml Mra laiiEh ,
nfkel Hpo Thll If he had hid the eggs In
brother's box. Perhaps he did ; we shall
ntc ha , ha , ha1" and her teeth , which were
pink from I lie Juice of the euparl , gleamed
like coral beads
Vulcntyne pondered fop n few moments
over what Hpo Thlt had told him. Ills
luty was straight enough , but but "It's a
pit up Job1" he nuittcreJ to himself. "It's
the tvainu old ba/ar tilck of mining a man "
'And also was not Moung Ouray Ml Mra's
brother ?
" 1 suppose I've got to help this bl irkguard
In his \lllainy though , " he thought , anJ
calling his ordcily told him to bring the
E rgrant and . couple of police from the
Jail.
Together they marched down the metaled
reid , between the pcepful trees , jutt. who.c
o. sweet-scented chumpac grovvi opposite the
BcJa Pagodx tliuy stopped. Moung Otiraj's
bungalow lay Just beyond.
"Not got opium , mi , " said Oimiy , In his
knock-kneed English when the police ilkd
"KNOCKnU THE RUBY OUT OK THE ALA-
UASTKIt WITH HIS DAII. "
Into his little room , and Valcntyne told him
what was wanted.
When the box was unlocked , on top lay
his handsome silk gown ; then one aftei
another tlui Jaunty little Jackets and dlveia
other things wvio laid on the float.
In the bottom was a big lound licciuei
box. When the sergeant lifted the lid , there
ucro four white bills there four oval white
balls , na unllko opium Js they could well
'be ' , for they were eggs. >
Now Mounrf Ouiaj Knew that he had not
put the eggs theie ; ho did not make a
pantry of his clothes box Alto , hud not
Hpo Thlt left them The balls ho hail
slipped Into the lacquer box while Moung
Oniay waa down at the play were lound and
black , not at all like eggs.
The t\.o 1'unjabl policemen were grinning
from eir to ear. Vnltnt > ne ga\o u aarcasd
little laugh , and askfd Hpo Thlt If that vvai
the opium ho had seen Mnung Ouraj eauy-
Ing off the steamer
"Heio Is not got aflm , " said the u-cr-
gennt ; nnd asked If ho should search fur-
tlioi. |
Iteforo Valentine could a turner a ( IcniT'ili '
uproar smote upon his cars. It was nn
though the play and the whole clash of
bar it no'aes ' hal been buddenly cmptlel Into
the compound of the I'hoongye Kyoung acro.u
the 10 ill.
It vvnij a piopct Oriental babel ; the cry of
"thief" cutting through the general noise
like a sharp-edged knife.
"The ba ar budmashcs ( blackguards ) ate
killing some ono , " tuld the hergeant.
"We'll have to go nnd look Into that first , "
said the superintendent ; "we'll como back
beiu nnd finish the search after. You must
come , too , Ouray , so that tliU devil cannot
bay that jou had a chance to hide nny-
thlng "
That also vvarj diplomatic ; but It was
the little slip of letting trade of Hpo Thlt
that gave thn Nahts ( spirits ) cham-a to woilc
moro mltvhlcf.
"Somebody Is murdering a 1'hoongyo"
( priest ) , he said to the scigeant , .as they
reached the lend ,
Rualilng Into the pigndn , he found the
Phoongye.s In the temple clustered about
the big Iltiddha , the "Iledti Utiddha , " as It
was known
The priests were prostrated nt the feet
of the great linage , raving ami lamenting ,
nnd shucking In despilr
"What's the matter' " naked Valcntyno.
"A thief has stolen the Ileda , the < > yo of
the god. the rul > > ! "
1 And they pointed to a great hole In the
forehead of the Iluddha , where the aiored
"Ileda Ruby" had been for twelve cen
turies.
i Ho'w calm and dignified the alabaster goJ
eccmril , sitting there with nib hand testing
-In his lap ! Through twelve centuries of
hlrlfo and pnwlnn , and blood and carnage ,
ho had looked with calm t > oronlty upon the
struggles of the little men who had come
nd gone
Twelve- hundred yenifl before had King
T/rona given ll to the Tnloplns of I'aiija
Uzrana. the ton of Mlcnzalin , and Poo/a , the
Chl'lcso princess.
The seven great Kyouims of Taloplns wlilr'i '
uzzana founded g.ilned him great merit , so
that when ho died ( ho "Iledu Iluddhu"
worked miracles ,
And ipw for 1,200 years had the sacred
cyo , the "Heili Jliiliy , " done even BO.
The mad frenzy of the inlMts seemed like
Km petulant temper of children ; their thin
brown bodies , draped with the sacred ynllo * '
robe. swtDod and forked In the welid light
of their flickering parlh-nll laniM. | as they
railed the curse nf their offended god
head upon the cnrillcglous thief who had
fltolcn tl'e ruhy taken the sacred nnda ,
Valentyno was horror-stricken ftt the au.
1aoUv ot the thief , for the Ileda HuilcUia
WUH Iho mnft facreil Image In oil lUirnmh
IMIgrlms rotno from all over the Iliirmci
empire to strike with the stag's horn tha
creKcent-ehHpeJ gcng haHKlng there at 1U
Mde , and then plead , with forehead prone on
tliu cemented floor In front of the god. fet
Iho Intercession of the Ileila with Hudiltia
Oandamt ,
The IMipnng.jea watched It night and day ,
cud how , , any one had managed to steal the
ruby Vilcnljrne could not tindorstana.
In the111001)111110 ) Ilpn Thlt had glided
rllently bark through the crotons and Into
the bnnifalpw once more ,
The vrr.v airas Igll nf demoniac nohet
ta Hpo ThH clipped Into the houie , for
the crQws , ftrpuscd by Iho Phoon > ea' up
roar , \verQ * crtaralnB and zhrleklng lu a big
' tamarind that towered high above Iho
cl-ampac.
Within all was tiilct. | and Hpo Thlt lost no
, tlmo In making his way to the box they had
EO lately searched for the opium.
i . The. little lamp was still burning , so he
could see Just where to put the small rotim' '
packet fie took from the roll In hU cloth
Just at his waist.
1 He put It down In a corner of the tcnk-
I wcod box ; then , actuated by n sudden re
solve , he picked It up , unrolled the little
piece of yellow cloth In which It was
wrapped , and took a Icug , loving took at It
AH ho rolled It In h'n hand near the flicker
I Ing cotton dip the llttlo room seemed bathv <
I In a flood of warm , blood-red tight Grea
1 ruby-tinted raja hot hither and thither , nn
i til the dn77.1lng brl&dtnei's lighted up tlin
uncertain gloom , and It was as though ret
wlno had been thrown high In the bright
noonday sixiehlnc.
It was the stolen ruby ; and night was beIng -
Ing mode hideous vHth the din across the
road In the I'hoongyo Kyoung.
There was so much of terror , so much ol
menace , In the hobrac roar of the I'hoong > cs
and the crowd of Ilnddhtats who had beer
attraetcd by their rrlcs , that his heart fallet
him he dropped It again In the box , nnd
passed silently , swiftly out Into the Burmese
night.
As ho disappeared a small flguro glided
out from behind n I'enang mat , which server
as curtain to n doorway , and , kneeling over
i the box , searched for that which Hpo Thlt
had put there.
] It vns Ml Mra. "Fo. ho , Hro Thlt , locauro
Moung Ouray told Ml Mra that jou arc alI -
I ways smoking'at the opium , and because o !
that MI Mrn would have nothing to do with
jou , jou would ha\c Valcntyne Thaklno
make a thief of Mtung Onraj. "
I Then she d'oappcared ' behind the curtain
! again , and thu oil dip flickered lower and
1 lower , and only the outside clamor crept Into
] the hiusc It was so still.
I Soon theio was the steady tramp , tramp elI
I men that are accustomed to marching , anil
once mo'e tthe superintendent , nnd the ser
geant , nnd the polite came np the stops , ami
also were Monng Onraj , and Hpo Thlt , ami
I the Phoongjes , and othcra there.
! "We shall find the opium , " Hpo Thlt wis
paj Ing. "or elbe Monng Ouraj has ghen It
to some one , to some of the opium eaters to
steal the rubj for lilm the great ruby which
was In the forehead of the God Beda. If the
opium is gone , we shall find the ruby. If the
. ruby Is not here , wo shall find the opium. I
I do not know all things Ilko the Thaklne , but
'
that is the way of cur people "
"I think that this Is no end of a fool'a
game , " s-ald Valontjne to the sergeant ; but
we might as well finish our search while wo
are at it. Where shall wo look first ? "
"In the box\Thaklne , " eagerly interposed
Hpo Thlt. "If. the opium is not there , and
he lias the ruby .there shall wo find It"
So once more the sergeant continued hla
Intenupted search of the boTheio was
nothing bcjond n pair ot Chinese patent
leither shoes , a palm leaf Uuddhlst bible and
Moung Ouray's silken head diesaes , many of
them packed away in the bottom.
"There In nothing here Hpo Thlt , " said
the superintendent , brusquely. "What I
icallj ought to do Ib arrest you , IIpo Thit
for a dangerous lunatic , but I'll see to that
tomoirow. In the meantime , sergeant , Just
beat up the surrounding country for the bud-
inabh that has taken the ruby. "
That the ruby was gone was n facer to
IIpo Thlt ; first , the balls of opium had dis
appeared , but that ho had attributed to
Moiing Ouiay , now the ruby had vanished ,
and Moung Ouray had been with the police
all the time.
Then he saw something which gave h'm a
clow. H was an Innocent looking cliclel of
JasEcmlno ( lowers lying In front of the box.
It was tUich a circlet nb the giris wore on
theii hall , and it hadn't been lying there
when they searched the box before.
"Of a certnlntj' Ml Mra lias taken the
ruby , " murmuied Ilpa Thlt , "and has gone to
the house of San Shwe , who is her father.
If San Shwe w.ll l.eop It , there will It real ,
but It his heart fall him then will lie tell
her to take It to the police Thaklne. " Theie
was no time to bo lost , for It wculd be dis
cos 01 cd that ho had stolen It , and he would
also lose the ruby.
Ills opportunity tc steal the Jewel had
come to him Just as he was lea\ing Moung
Ouray's house , aftei having put the opium
In the LoFor some unknown icason , prob
ably ow Ing to the poay , ho had found the
temple deseited for a few minutes , and had
knocked the ruby out of the alabaster with
his swotd Then the sudden fear , and the
chanceto Implicate Moung Ourny ns the
thief , his other scheme Imlng failed , led
ill in to put It In the boNow he knew that
Ml Mm must have seen him put It there ,
and as he would be accused of stealing It
anyway , he meant tc get the ruby back.
Sl'pplng away from the others as they
eame out of Moling Ourny's houbo , he quickly
sptd to San Shwe's bungalow.
As ho approached cautiously , he could see
Ml Mra nnd her mother and father , sitting
on the bamboo lloor earnestly discussing
something. "They will decide ; I will wait , "
he muttered , squatting on his heels at the
side of the read.
Then Ml Slra came out , and started off
across the dried maldin toward the euperin-
tPudent's bungalow' .
That was Hpo Thlt's chance1.
"It jou tell about It , ' he said , as he left
hci , "I will swear that yon and Moung Ouray
stole It and gn\o It to mo. Then UIB Judge
Thaklnei will ask how you should know that
I had It. If you had not given It to me. "
Ml Mra went back tc hei father's house ;
ishc wanted to think , wanted to do that which
was the least trouble.
In the morning she told Valentyne about
It and In .in hour he and thu sergeant and n
tile ot police were chasing after IIpo Thlt
Hut HVIO Tlilt had gone OHO more dacolt
had bee created. His brothel , the Thufc-
gle's , gun had gone with him. The Thugglc
didn't know in.it. for Hpo Thlt had utolon it
It was an old-fashioned muz/.lc-lcading
musket.
It la difficult to run down < i Ilnrman In th' <
Jungle nnd It was the nc\t duy befoio they
came up with their quiiry
Ho hau a couple or ghcts < it them In n
blundering sou of way with the old musket
without hitting anybody , but Jmu as Valt'ii
tjrin charged In on him nt the head of hit-
polite Hpo Thlt fired again ai close quarters ,
and thn supcilnteiuUiit we-nt down , shot In
ttio shoulder.
Only for the sergeant , Hpo Thlt would
have been carved up Into le'gulatlon slices
only fet tlie sergeant and Valentyno , too , foi
ho bellowed out"Don't kill him ! Take
the bcait allvo ! "
"HfliiK him hero and search him at foco , "
said Valcntjnu , who was sitting up now
ihoi'gh feeling dcuiied froggy , and while tin
sergeant bound up his wound they .stripped
IIpo Thlt clean .i a whistle. Hut there was
no ruby nothing but much tattooing dis
covered.
"What lm\o you dona with the red etone ? "
asked the superintendent , but Hpo Tlilt
wouldn't answer.
Then the'.v got luck Ire Thajplrnjo us
quickly as they could , carrying Valentyno
on an Improvised dhooly , Ifl the shape of a
charpoy , which they got fiimi the worm of a
neighboring village , by the gentle art ol
ceinpulston ,
When Hpo Tlilt was brought back by the
pollen ho wad met by a reception committee
rainproed of orthodox Iluddhlsts , who were
gathered together with tbn avowed object of
honoring him with Ijio crucifixion.
Tn guard against Ills attaining Nirvana by
n fluKe , as U wcio , hevau to bo crucified
head downward ,
Valt'iitjiii' , whc > wss very weak by this
time , had great difficulty In explaining to
them that ( lie government could not allow
faucli a thing to take place ,
"Ha\o iMtleiiu- , good frlcnde , " he mid.
"Wo must bo mnelfql , " and he talked cheerfully -
fully of the llfo-long jcniti of living hell
Hpo Thlt would surely get on the Andaman
UlandE for his part In the llttlo circus ,
In < i general sort of way the sergeant ex
plained to then tha * they , wl'o knew little
about eucb things , could only make Hpo
Thlt wliCi ho had not done ( hla thing for every
very few inlnutra ut , the outside. Hut the
Thaklne , who was the government , could
cause Hpo Thlt to resile the day ho was
projected Into the world by tv thief of a
jacKfil. for ycMra and stars.
0o Valcntyne was taken to the hospital ,
and Hpo Thlt w ( tut In A cage behind trtin
I ' liars , Just like the mangy tiger they had
seen down at Rangoon.
"I'll have the bullet ctutot yon Inn Jiffy , "
snld the civil surgeon to Valentyne , as ho
rolled up his sleeves and opened his case
of shining1 Instruments.
"D d If I can understand It though , "
he said an ho probed away ; for the Jiffy
tlmo had gone by and he hadn't even
touched the bullet yet. "It must be one of
those Infernal skew-gee slugs of theirs that
he has pumped Into you , It seems to have
struck jou under the arm as jou were
flourishing that sword of jnurs , and then
travclcl on down along your ribs. God knows
where It 1st now , for I can't find It. You'\o
lost enough blcod over It for Jast now , any
way ; but It there seems to be any complica
tion setting In , I'll have another try for It. "
Thu surgeon saw It was about time to
desist , for Valcntyne was looking pretty well
used up ,
Then Hpo Thlt was brought up before the
deputy commissioner for a committal hearing ,
ns It were , charged with stealing the sacred
ruby , and with attempting murder _ ot the
superintendent.
Hut the priests were clamorous for the
ruby eye of their Utiddha ! for- the matter of
Valcntjno dying or not they did not bother
their heads even they would let Hpo Thlt
go free , so be It If they could come by the
sacred gcin again. The Uurmtse archbishop ,
the Thalhanabalng , had comedown from Ava
to see about the recovery of the stone.
They begged the deputy commissioner to
give Hpo Thlt promise of pardon if he would
only disclose where he had hidden the
"Hcda.11
"I ' that " "for w'un'eJ
can't do , he said , tre
sahib * may die ; the doctor has fished for tht >
bullet ami can't Ret It , and It looks bad
for the superintendent's life. If he dies ,
'Hpo ' Thlt will have to swing. "
But If the iDeda might be recovered they
would pay to Valentyne's family his full
value In god English sovereigns.
The deputy commissioner was as anxious
to recover the Jewel as they were ; so ho
promised Hpo Thlt that If he would tell
where It was , It would help him nuich when
the time of his sentence came.
"I will " "because It
tell , said Hpo Thlt ,
will be easy for the Thaklne to get It ; and
then the Thaklne will remember at the time
of the sentence "
The priests craned their thin shaven buz
zard-like heads eagerly forward ; even the
deputy commissioner was Intensely excited ,
for If he should recover this sacred Heda
It would be well ; If not , the papers all
through India would have thplr Illng at It ,
nnd Ms life Would be made miserable answerIng -
Ing inquiries from the government.
T'le ' court waa ns silent as the graven Imago
of Huddlit Itself , aa they walled for IIpo
Thlt to speak.
rutting the inlms of his hands together in
front of his face in the foim of supplication
IIpo Thlt said : "Tho led stone which I took
from the Kyoung , even from the forehead of
Huddha , Is Iri the police Tbiklne's bodv. I
fired It from my gun the last time , bcoauae
I f-ad no bullets and because if It could j
work a miracle it would stop the police that
I might get away. "
This statement took away the breath of
the court. The silence wa * unbroken for n
full minute , thc n the Chief I'hoongye caid-
"Hpo Thlt is telling lies ; he has hid it. We
must swear him. "
"Yen , " esld the deputy commls lonce' , "hi
|
must n-ake oath to that , for tCiingj wore ,
better done Judicially ; . " j
Ho ordered the clerk to swear him on the
pilm leaf Burmese bible , I
"No , Thiklne , " said the priest , Interrupt-1
Ing , "he Is not a disciple of Buddha. He is |
a Jungle nnn , end we must sweat him on aj
branch of the leppan " |
But after the oath It was the nine the
rcl stone w is In the police Tliaklne's body. I
"I think It is the truth , " raid ttio deputy
commissioner.
"U 1 tcue , " eild the prlc-ts , "and the
police Thaklno must give up the Beda. "
"Well , we'll sec what can be done In the
matter , " answered tl.e deputy commissioner ,
and IIpo Thit was remanded to await dc-
volopmenta
"By Jove ! " salt ] the surgeon , when he
heard about it , "that accounts for the In
fernal thing taking that corkscrew course : "
"You'll have to get It out of him some
way , " said ( Cic deputv commissioner , "for
it's wccifi about two lakhs of rupees ; and ,
bc-sldes , It won't be heilthy for Valentyne
to live in Burmah with the eye of a Buddhist
gnd In him. "
"Look luce , Grey , " said the surgeon , "I
am jiggered If I piobe for ( lie cursed thing
again - I nearly let Valentyne's life out of
him the other day for fear of poisonous con-
6Ciiences | , for I thought It was a aluc But
If it's a good , clc-ir cut inby it will prob
ably never hurt him , < ind I'm not going to
take any c'lances. "
The deputy commissioner was In deipair.
The Phoongyes , headed bv their acc'ibishop ' ,
haunted his office und his bungalow night
ind day , clamoring for the ruby , for their
oacred "Beda , " for the eye of their Buddhist
god.
god.But the surgeon was obdurate.
"Valentyne is a friend of mine , " he said ,
"ond I'm not going to murder him to please
viy yellow robed I'hoongye. I wouldn't do
it oven if he were an enemy. I'd leave the
servieo first. "
Of course tfio deputy commissioner had to
report It to the commissioner , and be to the
chief commissioner.
The report read ; "That the sacred 'Beda , '
the famous ruby , had been stolen from the
forehet'd of the imago of Buddha , in the
I'ngoJa , there , by a hill man , Hpo Thit ,
Him Thlt had been captured , and the ruby
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get the hist slash at you. "
But Valentyno' steadily improved. The
wound was healing up nicely , the ruby seem
ingly giving him no trouble whatever.
As scon as he was able to sit up and
move about he discovered a new eource of
annoyance-- Devout Burmans were constantly
coming and prostrating themselves at his
feet , touching their foreheads to the ground
and muttering their prayers.
"What does it all mean ? " he asked Moung
Ouray.
"Sar , they are worshipping the 'Beda , '
Which you , by the. grace of God and that
wicked Hpo Thit , have got. "
"This is intolerable , " thought Valentyne.
"I nm a ruby uilne.rand a Burmese God , and
a receiver of stolen goods , all In one. "
As ho got better- the beiuty of Ills new
life was further enhanced by the deluge of
offlclal correspondence that commenced to
pour in upon him.
By order of the- chief commissioner he was
asked to explain how he meant to make-
good to the pagoJa the value of the ruby
ho was still retaining on his pereon. It wai *
cheerfully pointed out that if half hL
salary was escheated for this puiposo It
would take at least forty years to make
up the value of ( he Jewel.
A delay of this sort would liar lly bo fair
HE BVUN GOT ACCUSTOMED TO SBKING TUB NATIVES PLUMP DOWN IN
KRONT OF HIM AND PRAY"
traced to tha possession of the superintend
ent of police , Mr Valentyne. That It ap-
icared from Hpo Thlt's evidence that he had
Ired It from a musket Into the bUiH'rlntend-
nt's body ; but as to whether Hpo Thlt's evi
dence could bt < aecepted , and the superln-
emlcnt held to bo In Innocent possession of
he stolen goods or not , or w bother ho should
> o nrrested as u receiver of the stolen goods ,
10 wax not prepared to say , That must rent
with the higher authorities to decide. He
suggcbtcd that It might be better to refer It
o the judicial commissioner , "
Valentjne in the meantime had to bo
guarded at the hospital , for Ml Mra discov
ered that the Phoongycg had sot a scheme
on foot to kidnap him , and , Incidentally ,
carve him up to find thu sacred stone ,
There were many reasons why they should
recover It as soon as possible. Their Buddha
tad lost all prestige since his maltreatment ,
and no pilgrims came now to lay their gen-
crous offerings at bis great square feet. The
lagoda had ceabed to do a paying business ,
or Uzzana's ruby had been n drawing card.
t had been a good hives ment ( bat for twelve
renturlcv had gone an making money for the
Valentyne applied for and obtained sick
cave , handicapped with an order that he
must not take the ruby out of the jurisdiction
of the HurmcRo courts.
It wu a splendid bit of judicial ruling
hat , mid the deputy commissioner mulled
grimly when It p&esed through hla handv.
The surgeon swore Ilko a trooper when lie
icard about It , for hu had ordered Yalenlyne
off to Darjeollng tor a-chungo. "You can't
stop here. " he said , "because If jou don't
dlu of fever , they'll murder you , cure. By
to the Phoongyes ; beside , In that uncertain
cllnmte , his salary might cease at any
moment. At any rate , under the C5 y ears'
service rule , he could not retain his posi
tion In the service for that length of
tlmo , and his pension would be barely
enough to live upon
The city Burgeon was raked over the coals
for not acting upon the deputy commit !
sbner's suggestion and probing the matter
to the bottom as it wore for not making
another effort to recover the jewel.
It wai Inivaln that he wrote In answer
that the superintendent's life would have
been cndingered by another operation ,
Ills answer onlylbrought another literary
wiggling , In whlchJ he was curtly reminded
that the llrltlali government expected ltd
oliiclals to do their duty , Irrespective of
personal feelingor ! considerations of per
sonal safety ,
"Hang them tot n lot of bloodthirsty
swine , " exclaimed Corbyn , for that was the
surgeon's name , "they mean to have that
ruby out of Vdontyne , even If U coats him
his life.
Then the Phaongycs got up a monstrous
petition , signed. t > yr all the BuddhUts , living
and dead , In thu whole Hurman empire. It
VYfta cleverly worded , having been drawn up
by a young Burnian barrister , who was the
gold medalist ofihla year In England.
The petition wan to bo forwarded to the
viceroy through 4ba chief commissioner , and
prayed tint the ? superintendent of police ,
Valentyne , should t be delivered over to
them that they might regain the most eacrcd
relic In all the Buddhist empire.
They were vvlllli to pay an Indemnity to
his family , but the ruby they must have.
For a time it looked rather blue for Valen
tyne , foi the. viceroy was a man who had
great Ideas about the rights of the natives.
In fact , he went In for it very much as a
babco plays lawn tennis , without much sci
ence In the game , but with his whole soul
and ponderous body dead on the ball.
The papers at home took it up ; and a
nice gentleman ono evening at Exeter hall
pointed out to the B. P. that evidently it
was another case of oppression of the poor
native. One of their temples had been
desecrated ; one of their most sucied idols
violated ; a Jewel , to which they attributed
miraculous poweia , stolen , nnd the jewel
was now In the possession of one of the
government superintendent ? " of pollre.
There was a eock-and-'bull ' story , he said ,
nbcut it bavin ? been shot into his body , but
even if It were so , they could not set a
whole nation of Buddhists by the ears , for
the sake of one man In common honesty
they must give the jewel up ; and If this
man couldn't pait with It , why he would
have to go with It , that was all.
The viceroy seemed Inclined to look at It
In this light , too , and It really seemed
uvkward for Valentyne.
In the meantime a civil suit to recover
the vilne of the ruby had been Instituted
In the courts In geneial , and Valcntyne In
particular.
Luckily for Valentyne the secretary of
state was a hard-headed man , not much
given to nonsense , and he/ said In equivalent
alllclal language "that he'd be d < 1 If he'd
-ec nn Innocent Englishman deliberately
cut. up to recover any fetish bauble. "
But all the same the superintendent would
have to be retired on half pay , for his use
fulness was gone. The two could not bs.
combined ; the dual position of Burmese God
ind superintendent of police ; for the natives
still persisted In reverencing him , though
ready as soon as the word was given , to cut
him up.
Just when ho thought his troubles vvero
U an end , and he might go home , they ap
plied for nn Injunction to prevent him fiom
moving the ruby out of Burmah. They
showed to the eourt on medical authoilty ,
that there v is every possibility that the
stone might work Itself out some day , nnd so
be recovered ; but If Valentyne were allowed
to leave the kingdom the chances of the
ilghtlul owners ever becoming possessed of
it wore very slim Indeed ,
The undcitook to pay Valcntyno a salar >
of 10,000 rupees a year so long as ho le-
inained In Rangoon ; and all they asked In
return was the privilege of coming to wor
ship theBeda st certain periods , and that )
a medical officer , appointed by them , should
have fieo access to Valentyne's poibon , with
a view to keeping track of the peiambula- j
lions 'of the in by ; and that when It made ita
appearance ne'ar the skin anywhere , so that
It might 'bo ' , extracted without danger to
him , that he would lellnaulxh all claim upon
It and allow the surgeon to hasten its ap
pearance.
Valentyno's counsel , seeing which way the
wind was blowing , agreed to accept this rul
ing of the court , only stipulating that Corbyn
be appointed surgeon , for the nether stone
had buffered mc t in the grind , and Corbyn
was out of the service.
One llttlo formality the court demanded ,
that was that the archbishop and threu or
four of the chief Phoongyee should go on
a band for Valentyne's peisonal safety.
So the superintendent was lodged In a
beautifully furnished bungalow , and was
treated very much like a distinguished Etato
prisoner.
Mo ( went very pleasantly with him , and
It did not eeem such a bad affair after all.
Ml Mra was living in Rangoon , too , as
It happened ; and Hpo Thlt , In considera
tion of his turning queen's evidence against
himself re the ruby , v\a let off with two
yeafs In jail , and was then busily engaged
In pushing a conservancy cart about town ,
with a clanking chain running from his wast
to either ankle by way of ornament.
The Europeans In Rangoon , with oriental
playfulness , bestowed upon Valenlyne two
or three names expressive of his occupation ,
Ho was known down at the "Gym" as the
" Beda " thu "Jewel Mer
"Ilurineto God , , and
chant. "
The fellows were never tired of offering
him as fecurlty , swearing roundly that he
was worth two lakhs of rupees , dead or
alive ,
Ono or two playful attempts on his life
relieved the monotony of his existence , but
as th MO laudable efforts wcro usually
frowned down , both by the Phoocigyet and
the ofllclali , and as ono of Ills assullantu j
caught a cold steel In bis right lung , they j
* oiml altogether after a time , and ho was
leading a comparatively happy life. .
Ho almost began to wlsu that tbc ruby
would stay where "it was. 'We're fl\cd for
life , " he said to Corbyn , "if this Ileda ruby
doesn't turn up. I must be more careful of
myself. I must stop riding , for the shaking
up may dislodge the Infernal thing aiul start
It working out.
He had never got accustomed to pculng the
natives plump down in front of hlm'and fall
to praying.
Strangers always took him for the chief
commissioner when they tuw this hort of
thing going on , and many were the mis
takes made In consequence.
Once he received an offer from Tiarnum
nt a salary which made bis paltry ten
thousand look like pin money. The enter
prising American guaranteed to smuggle
him out of Buimah also , and pay all legal
tlalnus , too.
After he had becti In the business about
two years ho began to feel a pain In his
back. He confided Uls fears to his attend
ant physical ! . "It's working out , I'm sure , "
he said , sorrow fully.
And so It appeared , for n distinct lump
was forming just below the shoulder blade
The Plioongycs were notified , nnd tlie're
was great rejoicing nniong them. They
came and beat tom-toms all night long in
front of Valentyne's bungalow. This was to
drive the Nahts away , so that they would not
steal the "Beda" analn.
Vnlentyne was loaded down with presents ,
nnd feasted like u bullock for the sacrifice.
"I shall bo a rich niun , " ho said to Cor
byn , "If the thing holds off for n time. "
But the Inccvfgbt drumming and song
prayer making about his bungalow was dtlv-
Ing him ncaily mad foi want of sleep.
Then one day Corbyn made a discovery.
It was only a boll , the result of mangoe cut-
Inn.The
The Phoongycs were In despair.
Just about tint time Hpo Thlt walked Into
his bungalow one day , and bumping his fore
head on the lloor , begged Vnlentyne's for
giveness for wounding him. He had served
his time , and was going awny. If ho re
mained In Burma they would kill him for
stealing the "Beda , " KO ho was going to some
oilier country.
And that was the last anybody ever saw of
IIpo Thlt In Bui ma.
Three years moro of playing Buddha at
the rate of ten thoiihand a year passed , nnd
this time there could bo no mlMaku about
It , so Corbyn said. The ruby was coming
right enough this time. It was coming not
far from the place where the boll had been ;
In fact , It was the Iirltntlon of the ' Boda"
that had most likely canned the boll.
It was the same old thing over again
tom-toms , and poayu , and presents , anil
much praying , and the working of charms to
keep the Nahts awny only stionger than be-
foie , for they wcie sure of It this time.
Corbyn could take bis fingers and push It
about under the sKIn , and the grim , butter
nut colored fitees of the Phoongyes relaxed
vvjion they ii < allcd lion close they wore to
gettlnij the heaven-sent relle' .
Even the oliiclals wcro pleased pleased
with Valentyne , pleased with themselves , and
with the way they had managed thu affair.
The Phoongye's would have thi'lr ruby back
again , and Valenlyno would have done well
out of the deal ; In fact , he might bo reInstated -
Instated In the fcervlce. If this spirt of
< Buddha weic cast out of him.
The chief commissioner graciously ex
tended his patronage to the extiatllng of the
stone.
Apart from nil this It had a great surgical
Intcrt'Bt. All the medical fraternity In
Rangoon asked Valentyne's pe'imltslon 4n bo
prefccnt ; If ho had chosen to charge an admis
sion of ten rupees n head he might have had
his compound filled at that price , the. tla >
Corbyn summoned the Phoongyes to bo pres
ent to take delivery nf the ruby.
Everything was In readiness The < uch-
blsliop had 'brought ' a sacred dish that was
supposed to have at one t'mo belonged to
Buddha Gauilama , to receive ( he "Ik-da" In.
Valentyno's baek was 'bired , Corbyn made
on Incision with hi : scalpel , prtsiied gently
with the forefinger of the right hand down
ward , and In a second It lay In lilx left hand ,
He gave It n little rlneo In a bowl of
warm water ho had ready , and held It up to
the expectant gaie of the many craning
heads.
It was n piece of oblong lead a slug ,
Hpo Thlt had lied , that was all , and had
tulit'ii tha ruby away with him ut least , It
wab never found.
Gmimii > ' Ilium iiurulnl ,
p. 111. , K < b. 25. Si-crc-t3iy
of Ktiitu It00 today licenced the ( intlun in
TorjK-do Oun company of t'hluago , ripltil
r0,000 , to manufacture torpedoes , high ox-
j > lovts | am ! ahells for llid ( | nnd imvnl war *
fnriTht Intornoratorti ore Herbert Y. Me-
Mlllln , W , B. Chase , JUoubj T , Mann ,
v\i\i.Tii : MIMH.
Left a Kortimo ( lull \ \ 111 Co ( o Ilfti-N
Noit I.UIiin In Imt n ,
ST. JOSEPH , Mo. , Keb. 25. ( Special ) It
I'.us been found that by a will made a shoit
time before his death the late Human P
Booth , whose funeral occurred today In tils
city , disposed of part o [ Iiii pioncrty. Uo.lli
vvos SI yenrs old and had lived In thU liy
for foity-flve years. He hid never mnrrlpl
and had devoted his life to the iiccumulaii m
of property. His estate Is worth beUc'ii
$50,000 and JfiOOno. Boa.U was , peculiar In
his habits and dtcis , and the only enjoyment
bo seemed to got out of life came thintigli hi *
ability to make money When lie WES told
a few days prior to'hh demise that ho was
not long for this world an attorney w.is sum
moned to his bedside , and ho made his liut
will and tcntanient He gave to u nlei. .
Mrs Ell/abeth Panipy of Kittle Sioux Ii ,
who was at his bedside at the lime or IIM
dcatfi , n farm In R-cinont cojiitv. Iowa ,
worth $10,000 WI1U.1H1 Thomas Booth a
nephew , who lives in lo\a , was given $ l ono
In monev Booth wan never unit led tin I
bin nearest heirs aie three nephews acid tv i
nieces , all of whom live In town. After ( lu
special bequests re-cmdod In his will aie
settled the- balance of his property will bo
divided among hh nephew end niece's Tiny
will iccelvo In the nc-lghln hopd of ? 12HO ( )
each. Booth did not belong to any serie
order or to any chinch. Ills main olijc t
In life , apparently , waa to amatis as greit a
foi tune as possible.
iiuv sivus ou.iroitM v. < -iioi > 4
Ml liuf i\tri-iui' Smith I'nrl of Stall *
I'lit ori-il.
S\N FRANCISCO Feb. 25. The inneh
needed rain has come ai liiit nnd ended the
long drouth which seriously threatened the
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California. A downpour which cnmmenecd
shortly before midnight 'Wediiimlny lian
been the heaviest for sometime past , and
extended all over the noi thorn part of tho-
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the extreme toutli SPOIIM to have * e'Knpcd
the dmiohlng. I.osnpcles county VVJA
vlelted by but light hhovve-is , not sulllclent
to do much good , hut tlio IndUitlQiia aio
that more * lain Is coining.
This storm Insures crops from Merced
northward to the state line The siimnii r
fallow has been kept in good condition mid
the winter sown gialn Is barely up It
will require but little more rain to guarantee ,
good crops on all minimcr { allowed land
north of Stockton
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Bruleea , Sores , Ulrpra , Salt Rlipiim. Kover
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ClurltHon , foumun of thu rolllny room at
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linn bun nriestcd nn 11 cinrgu of Htoalln .
gold bullion , und \ held In $ r , < m ball. MarIn -
( In l.'MgirH , grocer , nnd W. I > , Carter , n
liorscbhoe'r , were n'xo nmMte'd , but rHe'iise'd
on thilr own rrr-ognlzaliee. 'I ' IH ulna nl-
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small pieces of gold which urr < - detached In
HIP working up of bullion In tlm coining
msehlne. Tm-y did not ninount lo over J" > 0
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