142 STOLEN WATCH. 



Sir Charles Napier. I was, however, obliged 

 to return to Khyrpoor, having received a sum- 

 mons to that effect from the Meer. On the 

 night before I left Sukkur we were visited by 

 a gang of thieves, one of whom was in my 

 room ; but being distm-bed by my calling out, 

 he sneaked off, and, it would seem, visited my 

 chum, who occupied the next apartment, and, 

 putting his hand through a broken pane, car- 

 ried off Mr I ^'s watch and chain. The 



party then completely gutted the other side 

 of the bungalow, even damaging more than 

 they actually carried off. The moment the 

 robbery was discovered the Kotwal was sent 

 for, and a tracker laid upon the trail ; his skill, 

 however, was of no avail, and it seemed to be 

 the prevailing opinion that the thieves had 

 gone off in a steamer which left Sukkur the 

 same morning ; at any rate, the stolen property 

 was never recovered. 



Shortly after my arrival next morning at 

 Khyrpoor, a horseman came in from Dejee, 

 bringing a letter from Meer Fyze Mahomed, an- 

 nouncing the birth of a son on the preceding 

 day, and inviting me to the festivities conse- 

 quent on the happy event. I gladly accepted the 



