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Show TREASURE PROTECTED BV MUD, Effort to Be Made to Reach Stored Riches In India, A cood story of hidden trensur comss from India on tho authority of 'tiH the late tutor to the bclr apparent ot llhopal, In the bills ot Amarkantak, In tho central provinces, closo to the sources of tho Nurbnda and tho Son, thoro iwM stands an old daserted fort called Ran i Rukalll, whoreln, so tradition says, are iiM Jewels formerly tho property of tho Hindu rnJaliB of tho country, but for jl 1 bkos no one has been able to gain ac- jH cess to tho fort because it Is eur- rounded by mllos of Impassable mud. iiH The Into Blr Richard Tomplo whoa ifl lloiitenaut governor of Honffal tried to reach It, but his elephant stuck dcon In the mire and ho wns forcod to aban- don tho nuost. It Is now HUg-gentrd iH that a syndlcato should ho formed to oxplolt this tronsuro houso by meana f of balloons, and n Caluuttn capltnllst j hns promUed a larfie subscription to- ! ' ward ths enterprise. iB Tho (juostlou wnlch puzzles most JiM people Is how this ocean or mud evor onme to Invest ths fort An eftort . i will bo made to enlist tho co-operation ij iH of the niaharajah of Itown, tho ruler of the dlHtrlet, who Is said to bo an en- B lightened prince, thnngh how It comes ilH ' that he Iihh not nlimdy taken steps to solve On? myHtcry la not stated. IM |