Part 14 (1/2)
”Nay!” said Ranjoor Singh ”Your baggage came ashore in one of the boats Where is it? Who has it?”
Ain the shadow of the hut with the rain froht it ashore?” asked Ranjoor Singh
”I,” said the trooper
”Then, for leaving it there in the rain, you shall carry it three days without assistance or relief!” said Ranjoor Singh ”Get back to your place in the ranks!” And the age and tossed it past Tugendheiendheim
”If you decide to burn, it shall burn with you,” said Ranjoor Singh, ”and that trooper shall carry a good big stone instead to teach hiendhei his self-control at last ”Can I offer what I have not got?”
”Is there nothing you can do?” asked Ranjoor Singh
”In ay? How?” asked the Ger amends to us Sikhs for all those lies you have been party to,” said Ranjoor Singh ”If you illing to offer toin reason,” said Tugendhei h
”Then, speak!” said Tugendheih, ”it is for you toto be burned alive! Let estion, however What had we Sikhs to offer ere prisoners in Gerendheim ”You mean you wish me to join you-to be one of you?”
”I h, ”that if you were to apply to be allowed to join this regiment for a while, and to be allowed to serve us in a certain manner, ould consider the proposal Otherwise-is endheih
”I apply!” said Tugendheim; and at that moment the havildar and his men returned with some straw they had found in another tumble-down hut They had it stuffed under their overcoats to keep it dry ”Too late!” said Tugendheih bade them throw the straw inside for all that
”In Germany ere required to set our naendheiain for a full half minute ”Do you expect better conditions than were offered us?” asked Ranjoor Singh
”I will sign!” said Tugendheih
”Anything in reason,” answered Tugendheim
”Let h, and he groped in his inner pocket for a paper, that he brought out very neatly folded, sheltering it froned by the Turkish captain and mate of that sunken steamer It is a receipt for all our money, to be taken and divided equally between you-mentioned by name-and them-mentioned also by nao If you will sign the paper-here-above their signatures-it will entitle you to one-third of all that money They would neither of them dare to refuse to share with you!”
”What if I refuse to sign?” asked Tugendheie wrench to free his wrists, but failing