THE ORDEAL 

 OF THE SPEAR 



N the deep shade of a 

 mango tope, in the 

 Meerut Kadir, a camp 

 was pitched for the 

 Christmas pig-sticking meet. Among 

 some adjoining trees a few more 

 tents formed the temporary home of 

 some ladies who had come out to 

 the jungle to witness the sport. 



Among these were Edna Clay and 

 her mother. 



(Had they been English people 

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