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...There were about 30 of them," recalls Brother Maurice Désfossés, 47, the mission superior. "They had wild, glassy eyes and were naked to the waist. They had been smoking hemp." After asking for money, the rebels ordered the missionaries to their knees. "They let go with arrows and guns," said Canadian Sacred Heart Brother Jean-Guy Bruneau, 29. "Marechal [one of the lay teachers] fell on me, dead. I took a shot through the wrist that almost tore off my finger." Brother Maurice tried to run, but was hit in the leg with an arrow...
...side of the U.S. in the Spanish-American War, then when Spain lost in 1898 turned on the U.S., demanding immediate independence and starting a second guerrilla rebellion that took two years to subdue, after which he settled down (on a $500-a-month pension) to become a prosperous hemp grower but always wore a black tie until real independence came in 1946; of a heart attack; near Manila...
Marvellous Place. Christine also cavorted with members of London's vast West Indian contingent, had affairs with Jamaican Johnnie Edgecombe and Singer Lucky Gordon. "When I first met her," said Gordon, "she was asking the waitress in a cafe where she could get some Indian hemp [marijuana]. Knowing this, I wanted to know her." There were a number of others. Scotland Yard is said to have Christine's notebook, and the notebook is said to be full of names...
...what is said hurts less than what is seen: the hangman officiously computing the hemp required for his grisly business, the doomed man dumbly waiting for the noose with his head tied up in a sack-the eyes, it is said, pop out sometimes and roll around on the floor...
...roll by-a replica of Chica's sailing ship, a group of miners pouring money and gems into Dom João's open hands-plus a second flag-bearer team, more dancers, and the percussion band. Around the whole 2,300-member group is a thick hemp rope carried by costumed men who keep the cheering sidewalk crowds...