There was no pity and no! eveape for the helpless victims, and when the last batch of soldiers Fad passed, hundreds of villages had been deprived of every draught animal except' the old and Geerepit, In some cases even these were taken, to be replaced atthe first opportunity by! sturdier cattle. Tu their seamen' for loot, the ruffians ruthlessly to stacks of fuel, sally plentiful this winter, fand gloated over the misery of the people, whose homes had been devastated, and who now sav their cherished stores of kaoliang stalks go up in flames.
At the approach of the tide of ravening wolves, many women, girls and small ' children fled out to the open plain and spent nights huddled together in dry itches, exposed to severe frost and biting northeast winds. Those who remained at home became a helpless prey to the passions of} their unwelcome—guests night fell, Homes, which than a month ago were, for Chihti farmers, tolerably prosperous, an] contented, stand to-lay stripped fond forlorn as it a tornado had ied them. The plain resounds with execrations from the lips of thousands, whose foods have been stolen and whose lives and future prospects have been blasted these cowardly brutes,
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