While all this was going on, the Club (a few yards from the bungalow) and full of wines was a busy spot. It was feared the soldiers might get drank and do worse things 0 the foreigners and club boys prised up the floor and dropped Jeases and bottles wholesale through ud then got the floor down, locked Jand shuttered the place, just before the soldiers finished with the houses, The club next morning was all open, having been very thoroughly ran. sacked, with evidence of bayonets everywhere. They evidently. took great pleasure in smashing empty, bottles. As far as we know the ines are safe, also the chithooks which had been cvjlccted, so there is no hope of the Fs not pay ing up!
So far our mattresses were intact—they had so much in our hose that they could take away and play about with 1 suppose, but some of the other bungalows, which contain. ed only bare furniture, had all their mattresses ripped up and the China and glass. broken.
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