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"There's no such thing as ghosts, Hop Joy." "Mebbe so, mebbe not; no be too sure," grunted the Chinaman. "Plete, him say they be." But the boys did not linger to argue the matter, and only waiting to see that Hop Joy put in a quantity of doughnuts, went to get their rifles and shells ready. To their surprise, when they returned to the piazza, they found the ranchman busily overhauling his guns.
That is the worst I ever heard of, for as for flogging with rods these fellows think very little of it. They will often walk back in the autumn to the same prison they went from, take their flogging, and go to work as if nothing had happened. They are never flogged with the plete for that sort of thing; that is kept for murder or heading a mutiny in which some of the officials have been killed.
"Yes, he is a thorough-paced villain; you have done very well, young man, and I shall not forget it." Five days later there was a stir in front of the hospital, and Mikail, whose bed was by the side of the window, raised himself on his elbow and looked out. "It is a punishment parade," he said; "I expect they are going to flog Koshkin with the plete.
From twenty to twenty-five lashes are given, and the punishment is considered equivalent to a sentence to death, as in many cases the culprit survives the punishment but a short time. The prisoners were agreed that at Kara the punishment of the plete was extremely rare, only being given for the murder of a convict or official by one of the convicts.
Years ago they used the plete at all the prisons, now they only use it at three prisons, where the worst criminals are sent, and this is one of them." A week later they were both discharged from the hospital and returned to the ward. The first thing they heard on entering it was that Koshkin had died the night before. Godfrey went back to his work in the office.
They would not care then to run the risk of either being flogged to death by the plete or kept in prison for the rest of their lives. Running away is nothing. I have heard of a man, who had run away repeatedly, being chained to a barrow which he had to take with him wherever he went, indoors and out.
Lastly, for altogether exceptional crimes, or for open outbreaks of insubordination, there was the plete flogging with a whip of twisted hide, fastened to a handle ten inches long and an inch thick.
"Must I repeat it?" he said; "I am completely drained, com plete ly!" "Indeed?" said the usurer; "well, I am sorry for you; but I shall have to sue you." "And what good will that do? Let us play above board, M. Clergeot. Do you care to increase the lawyers' fees? You don't do you? Even though, you may put me to great expense, will that procure you even a centime?
"I should look out for those fellows, Mikail," Godfrey said, "or they may injure you if they have a chance." Mikail, however, scoffed at the idea of danger. "They have got it pretty severely now," he said, "and the colonel told them that if there was any more insubordination he would give them the plete; and they have a good deal too much regard for their lives to risk that.
Twice!" repeated Gingrass, quite accustomed to this little dialogue with his chief. "Going!" "Going!" "For twelve hundred thousand dollars Spencer Island com plete!" "For twelve hundred thousand dollars!" "That is so? No mistake?" "No withdrawal?" "For twelve hundred thousand dollars, Spencer Island!" The waistcoats rose and fell convulsively.
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