| Show N ARL AND ITS PEOPLES by copt capt L L R claud robinson A NARROW ESCAPE day the riots broke out in am T ahn itza lit in 1018 1 happened to be making an inspection of a government fodder factory one of tile the in many a fly I 1 w ads is responsible for in tile which were engaged it in pressing up bay into bales for dispute dispatch to tile the armies in I 1 und and As ill i uch would have lauve it the first place vis via lied led by the mol of several shousan d indians ladi alis who inhered gathered intent on the destruction ot of lie man anup or of ills ill a property was this particular factory 1 fortunately a swill eight or wore more feet high surrounded the place and iny 11 y friendly indian contractor as tile tie first sounds of the bubel babel readied reached our eurs ears quickly locked find and bolted boiled llie double gates then greatly agitated lie he informed me of tile lie likelihood of attack and tile arb abley of bf my iny rapidly approaching dooni culling calling one of ills fits coolie laborers he fie Instruct tM film to place a udder against tile the wall opposite tile the en granv and pointed this out to tile ine as rny only means of if escape und tind begged me to mail avail myself of it immediately I 1 ws was thankful enough for the preau lions lie was vas taking for my welfare lre as aa it prevented the necessity of having to 0 inake tny lily own arrangements for pos bible light flight and thus displaying un tin un easl iless which I 1 was certainly beginning to feel I 1 did not at tills this time know the fanaticism or ruthlessness or of tin an indian mob or it Is likely like ly I 1 might have decided to leave there and thell lien I 1 was as armed however lioe er unit unil fl good runner and I 1 felt sure that if toy my als shooter r proved of no avail I 1 could east easily I 1 Y inake my escape tile the up roar of the approaching mob lind had tn in creased until we could hardly ilear henr ourselves speak bieak there chere was ns something li thuman and unearthly lit in those thou sanda of wildly clat noring voices in passion find inck of fill all restraint were glien given free play piny I 1 instructed my lily loyal contractor contani tor gopal ans ebat it if uny fifty effort was made to force nit an entrance he fie was to attempt to inalie anak e himself heard and tell them that tile the property nty was tits at and id n not of tile the governments government ern ments a it was probably only n matter of seconds econ ds though it seemed at the time minutes after my giving elik these instructions that alint tile the tumult en cached cheti u dent deaf exil eiilwn roar f follow edby loud ci litterIng on the alio rulea nod dw laquinda lanu winds inda tor for entrance tin tice for fully ten minutes johnl das attempted tempted af to make himself heard 1 stood berlje hill and aid beard ills up tip peals and his repeated cries of billyee diee byee bee kl ki bola bo brothers brothers brot liers it Is your brother who spends speaks at length tile din subsided subside sufficiently for tits lila voice ulce to he 1 eard lie fie told them that the property was vas ills fits own awit that no sahib was MIS within tt liln tile the alls walls tl ls find and implored cheru to leave leae him in police pe mee so eventually they moved on nit I 1 limo have in ili my possession letters from my mv good friend frend colial pas das I 1 hele believe if neceA iary he fie would have given tits his life for me that day 0 WHAT SHALL WE EAT IN IN SOME parts of andla the game is 3 1 to ho plentiful that one Is rarely reduced to td experimenting with strange diet I 1 once dined bitted off if young monkey which Is soi something like rabbit labbat but immeasurably imme me asur ably superior to it my mv regiment was stationed it in anlu c illston for six sl months the llie bijole country Is outside ilia inon nion soun soon areu area making it orld nit and unproductive con little ittle game Is to be met with we lived for the most part pan on oil a monotonous diet of goats and I 1 remember what a luxury limit v it seemed when otio one of oe the colonels polo pont ponies 8 broke a 0 leg and till had to he be dest destroyed roxe I 1 to have something on oil the menu fifth proved a reasonable substitute for foi const beef stunting in the region ol at tile the himalaya mountains I 1 have lived for sonie some time on bear ment meat I 1 have always entertained the ilia greatest respect for the lie french chef who Is indeed without an equal tn n the exercise of culin culinary nry skill it requires a little practice to recognize ot at once tile the difference between commonly edl lile ble animals anil and those which one aati in emergency if they tire are all prepared with muni equal and delicacy I 1 knew a mail annn lit in ceylon camping out with ilia his logs dogs and depending solely upon their exertion who suet succeeded ceded thanks thanas to tile the ingenuity of hla fits frencl cools cook tn in giving some american tourists vao paid hill it i visit a most varied menu there was ris de benu fillet da boeuf poulet saute find and I 1 dont know what else besides it was waa some time before lits his guests discovered that under tinder these high sounding names they were eating various preparations ut of elk in india where pen pea tire sacred they are perpetually offering the most shots to the sportsman which put of respect to the feelings of the natives he rarely avails himself of I 1 once however took n chance shot with a rifle tit nt fl distant flaat of them on the wing and much to my surprise brought down a splendid bird at denst lie was to look at hut bill proved rather tough to eat for tie he was an old cock I 1 suppose this was just n and I 1 never shot another ML 0 1130 western paper union |
