The Girl from Hong-Kong: A Story of Adventure Under Five Suns — page 98: what you’re looking at

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92... THE GIRL FROM HONG-KONG: time’ the sticks of the soldiers -were ange to keep ‘the crowd -from pressing too close aid’ hampering the move- ments: of those employed: ' After this the second was brought out. ‘When the: gatch became solid and tight- | ened on the poor prisoner hia-yells: were frightiul'té hear, and as they were’ Carried -over the walled’ garden those waiting their turn realized thatthe death to which they were doomed, so far from being the pairless one they had hoped for, was instead of'a terrible nature. ‘‘As the fourth man was led from the garden he begged the executioner to take him to the bazaar, where he would find some one to give him ten‘tumans or dollars, after which he could: cut his head off. The fifth man became even more frantic as the yells issued from: tlie mouths of his companions. ‘Spare me! Spare “me! he cried, ‘and I will show you’ where ‘two ‘thou wand tumans lie hid,’ but his offer came too laté, When three days later I passed along the road I found capitals Had: been added ‘to the pillars covering ‘the heals of the poor men who-had thus horribly been done todéath, —_ , . oo . ‘The governorship of a State is held yearly by the mati ‘who gives the shah the largest present; during his period of -office he ‘collects from the people the taxes) the present be has given the shah and a good substan: tial sum jato the bargain: for himself. Absatiziedotgitinin