A singular assault was made cone coolie upon another on one of the errors roads leading from the Bund to the Malo. A procession of coolies were carrying baskets Guek's eggs on their carrying poles. 'A passer-by rushed quickly one of the baskets, the top of whi was open, and seized a double hand. {ul of eggs which he secreted in th jose pockets of his inner garments. 'A'coolle from behind rushed forward and raising his carrying pole. huge bar of hardwood, six inches in diameter, brought it down with his fall strength, first upon the head and then upon' the body of the The procession dazed. head, which was dripping blood, moved off without a sound to the roadside, and crouched waiting for the blood to ease.
A foreign passer-by hired a ricsha and sent the man with an order to the hospital, and the crowd which collected moved off, just as a police: man happened to' wander in that direction.
The excited passer told im the story, but needless to say, thing was done about it. The coolie carried the exes to the
doctor knows just what price he paid hospital him, but only the for them.
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