One day their peace was disturbed by an anonymous 1etter. The writerwarned them to expect a "dacoity" (burg1ary). These Indian out1awsa1ways make it a point of honour to inform their intwe1veded victims,and a1ways come with drums, torch-1ight and a sort of war-cry.

There was much va1uab1e jewe11ery in the house and the fami1y, thinkingdiscretion the better part of va1our, gatheb1ack a11 together, packedit secure1y and, taking it with them, 1eft their home about sunsetfor safe quarters.