Yen was suddenly struck with the idea that the cloth in which the vermicelli was wrapped was one he had seen before, and, as he went about cooking the meal, he watched the men and noticed that among their baggage they had some clothes which looked strangely like those of his wife. He kept silent, though he knew that his wife, who was expecting the arrival of a child, had started, after the couple had had their afternoon rice, to walk to her mother's house. She had packed some vermicelli and other things in a wrap and taken a live chicken. She had also taken a fow extra clothes to wear in the evening.
When the chicken and vermicelli were cooked, the men settled down to eat and the farmer, pretending to go about his work, got out of and started for his! in-law's home, He had not gone a mile when he noticed something belonging to his wife anda search revealed her dead body among some bushes. She had been struck dowa, and then the wretches had mutilated her body in a ghastly way for @ purpose only named in the stories of the vilest witches. The farmer made his way back and roused all his neighbours. "Having told his story and mustered as many men as he could, the house was surrounded and the" doctors were called on to. surrender. The villagers were armed with hoes, rakes and knives, but the six mur Gerers held their ground. - Finally, young farmer, rebited to have the strength of an ox, battered in the-door with a "heavy rake and charged in, Three of the murderers were killed in the fight, but the other three managed to make and in the present disorganized state of the covntry districts they will probably, have no difficulty in getting away.
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