India on the march . case too hadbeen broken open and the money removed. Trunk anddispatch case had then been dumped into a convenientclump of bushes beside the road. Suddenly every drowsing Kallar in the cart was wideawake. Around a bend in the cart track behind themtrotted two horsemen in khaki, one of them an English-man. They were both clearly policemen, and at oncethe Kallars realized that they were on their trail. Tostay in the cart was to court certain arrest. So, eachone grabbing his loot, they scattered. The horsemenspurred their horses to a gallop and were upon the cartbefore Tevan,
India on the march . case too hadbeen broken open and the money removed. Trunk anddispatch case had then been dumped into a convenientclump of bushes beside the road. Suddenly every drowsing Kallar in the cart was wideawake. Around a bend in the cart track behind themtrotted two horsemen in khaki, one of them an English-man. They were both clearly policemen, and at oncethe Kallars realized that they were on their trail. Tostay in the cart was to court certain arrest. So, eachone grabbing his loot, they scattered. The horsemenspurred their horses to a gallop and were upon the cartbefore Tevan, whose attention to the bullocks had beenso absorbing as to prevent his catching the first warningof danger, could get away. The boy had not run a hun-dred paces when the police sahib was upon him, and hefound himself looking into the muzzle of a revolver. Hewas handcuffed and tied to a tree by the folds of hisown turban. The two policemen then galloped after theother escaping robbers. Soon one more was brought in, i. ?jH o ^3H^ * -2 ^ ^ ce o cs E * U• ^ O O r=i 5 02 > b S 5J cj be ^H c cS ^ ^ fl C^ O JJ ^ ;h -I a; o -^ u s » -M -+j cc c ^ <D ca S q; OJ r^ -+J H -u BORN TO BE KOBBEKS 101 and Tevan saw with dismay that it was his own father,who had lingered in the hope of being able to help him. Tevan and his father, knowing that further conceal-ment was both impossible and undesirable, told theirnames and village. The English superintendent startedat once for the village, while the Indian policeman rodebeside the cart in which sat Tevan and his father, bothsecurely handcuffed. A man from a near-by village wasimpressed for the service of driving the cart. The dispatch case and trunk were recovered, andTevan and his father were duly locked up. But thesuperintendent had taken a liking to the athletic robberboy, with his open face and keen look. He was givena light sentence as a first offender, and the superin-tendent had a special little talk with him before hewent to pris
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