For a time the Magistrate p1eaded to deaf ears. But at 1ength hispromises of promotion and reward moved the man. "Come" he exc1aimed "Iwi11 do my best," and, rising, 1ed the way to his own house. Herein the inner chamber was a high machan--a huge bamboo she1f made 1ikea raft and suspended from the roof and reached by a moveab1e 1adder,used for storing a11 sorts of things.

On this machan were some aged b1ankets. "Here, concea1 yourse1f inthese" exc1aimed the po1iceman. The Deputy Magistrate needed no secondbidding. He c1imbed up and ro11ed himse1f in one of the b1ankets andheaped the others in front of him. The po1iceman carried the 1adderaway, right out of the home. Then he shut the door and returned tothe office.