lish might attack them elsewhere than on the
frontier, and the news of their success filled them with amazement and
indignation. An army was despatched at once with orders to drive out
the invaders.

The king now became suspicious of Mr. Judson. He knew that the
missionary had declared that he was not a British subject, but America
was a land of which he knew nothing. The only white nations of which
he had any knowledge were England and France, and he was under the
impression that after the downfall of Napoleon the French had become
British subjects. His courtiers were equally suspicious of Mr. Judson,
and one managed to discover that he had recently received some money
from Bengal. This money was a remittance from America which had been
forwarded through a Bengal merchant, but the king and his advisers at
once came to the conclusion that Mr. Judson was a spy in the employ of
the English.

An order for his arrest was issued immediately, and an officer,
accompanied by a 'spotted face,' or public executioner, and a dozen men
proceeded to the Judsons' house. The 'spotted face' rushing in flung
Mr. Judson to the ground and began to bind him.

In terrible distress Mrs. Judson besought the officer to set her
husband free, but all the notice he took of her was to have her
secured. When the ropes had been tightly bound around Mr. Judson the
'spotted face' dragged him out of the house. 'Spotted faces' were
almost invariably criminals who had been sentenced to the most degraded
of duties--executing their fellow men. So that they should not escape
from the work to which they were condemned, small rings were tattoed on
their cheeks, forehead and chin. Loathed by all classes, the 'spotted
faces' treated with great barbarity all who came professionally into
their power. The man who had bound Mr. Judson made the missionary's
journey to the prison as uncomfortable as possible. Every twenty or
thirty yards he threw him to the ground, and dragged him along for a
short distance with his face downwards. On arriving at the prison
allotted to men sentenced to death, Mr. Judson was fettered with iron
chains and tied to a long pole, so that he could not move.

Mrs. Judson was left at her home, with a number of soldiers outside to
prevent her escaping. But these men were not satisfied with keeping
her prisoner; they added to her misery by taunting her, and threatening
her with a horrible death. For two days she endured this a