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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1934-03-15, Page 6PAGE SIX. THE SEAFORTH NEWS. THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1934. "Water!' ea -pe.; the r fe;low, here, and but for a mischance would loekleg Ire:ut i shout him and point -]rave been lying dead there,,' ing to his nt�,uth. --'tvtttcrl" I "Tannajee here!" mused the Duffa- Here !s t teesel full," cried a der; "this must, ,then be some deep bear led eollier, a v:urcing;"drink, friend." 11,,11,' said i ;.11, "he is a Hindu; 11( eike it :vont you. \Nacre is the kelt .: lehim 'get sortie." -Here, F . t said the man, ltd- . Ines. , e ,e1 i.,'i, "Who -0_. ... 11 , take t a er ;roar 1010 " lI,1 ,. 11 , re;ilie.l Fazil. "Ili, a. :Serenr, 'ear," added the ,, ,1 en and poured le 1 ,arts math. who ing yourself, if you as•leed; but it is better 'you stayed, Men's tongues are bad, and I am only a humble than Verily I will send my own son Atstli ref, and he will clo the errand care- fully, He is gone—that is, nay son Ashrub-any 'lord, to see the bather home, and will be here directly. A. brave youth, 0 Khan, .and with a large heart. Does my lord remeni,ber the Friday's light with the Moghtals in the plain by Allapoor? Well, in that my boy did good 'service, and iu killing one of the enemy got a sharp cut himself over the arm, but the did not care for it; and was he not fight- ing on the strength of the King's salt?" "Indeed, I renenrber it well, Dulf-. fader," returned Vazil, "for I was beaten down, aatl wellnigh killed, my- self, when this poor friend of mine here rescued ine. 'I -Tow, Bulwunt I was it not that day?" 'Ay, Meah, that very day," he said faintly; "the last battle Bulwunt !Rao will ever see in ,td>y service. I am very faint, Meah. These 'films before my eyes scent to precede death, I -.pray thee leave me not here," • Nay, fear trot" replied Fazil; "the barber said there was no danger of life: Be of good heart, Bulwunt—no hones are cut; and though there is much weakness from loss of blood, you 114,i11 soon be well, Get to sleep, we shall not leave before daylight." "I do not fear, Meah, Death has no pain orregret for .me. My only wish was to die in the service of your house. I am the last of my race, and have no one to mourn for me like ploo., and the city is full of plots. Sir," ltc said to the young .Khan, "the mention of that name, and all the t \ e gets we have .seen, cause many sus - t h is in my mind- which I am not competent to dispose of: therefore, . t ever than art, release is impos- e till the morning, when I must -,1: t• 'ail account of all matters to the I;, twa;. who has cautioned the guards he watchful against Mahratta par and Moghul emissaries." -Willingly." replied Fazil. "I could 'ne t salt draught, '; t le,ye him note, nor till his wound scc.n, t revive :um; wiine 1= dre -ed, As for tnysel'f, I am Fazil, :..sine the scarf ab.�ut his the son of \frool Khan,though I '^g ch wetted eih water and applied may not tell why I am disguised as t' the send: an 1, removing his to infidel, and why found in this al--• wetted his head. ;,lace; suffice to say it was in the This treatment soon revived Bel- Ring's service." went, who now sat up and passed his "Now may I receive my lord's par - hand dreamily over his eyes but did don," cried the old man, presenting not ,peak. numbly the hilt of his sword as an Ile seems recovering, said the offering.. '\Vliy did he not tell me D t ad:ir t. I azi who had been pull- ed to one side aid was held by two men, though his arms were untied, "So far hon art fortunate, young sir; but in ;he name of the saints, why didst -lieu strike hint down? Was this well? 'Tway but yesterday that the Kotwal ewere on the Koran that he would t•1 e the right arta of the first brawler that hotil,I rl, mnrder: pity such fate -1i ;u:d befall thee, young as thou art! Are there 11,1 enough of the Shah's e:.. Nies abroad to try thy weapons upon, witheest mixing in midnight ltranls L'n. .peak to thy friend, if friend he ds. It may have been a hasty bl.,w, deeply regretted." "•Sir, yen :are under some extraord- inary mistake." said Fazil. who had several tine- tried to interrupt the sl,ra'.ter. "1 am 1:.t the man who diel cru;. I1,! i 1 \tut, Bultvtntl" he cos - tinned. "-Peak if thou can. and fear net. 1 ani here. and there are friend." "Meah." said the poor fellow very faintly, "I ant 'hadly hurt. I may die. r\i Naraytin !--Water, Meah! I am faint and sick,"—and he fell hack el - sooner, and this offence and presump- tion would have been spared ? Who among us does not know the valiant lfzool Kahan, and have not all heard f his son Fazil Khan, the pillar of the nate?" he added to the meo, who Fell back, saluting the young roan with mingled curiosity and respect. "Give me some water," said Fazil, "This dress and appearance are against me, Duffadar," he continued, Laughing; "and ?f I had told who I was when ye seized me first, my arms ,night even have been bound a screw righter perhaps, It docs not signify flow, for you only did your duty, as 1'can hear witness. Ah, the water is come—pour it over my hands, goad fellow, and after the paint has disap- seared, some of ye may know rine." "I knots you, my lord;" said a youth h., pressed forward, as Fazil turned ,din to the light from the door where he had been ty'ashiug his face. Yes, father," he continued to the Duffadar. "this is truly the brave young Khan —no doubt of that;" and he stepped forward and touched Fazil's feet. "Tc,o dangerous, too dangerous," said the iDitffadar, "for one like him. Yes, thou art right, Ashruf—now I know the face, too; but the disguise was perfect; who could have guessed it? Too dangerous: and thou the only son of the noble Khhan! Ah, sir, had any evil befallen rhes—" "No matter if 'I had died," cried Fazil, "it would have been in the Shah's service; but here are physi- cian and barber, and my friend's. wounds must be dressed; and do one of ye see for that kullal, who 'knows more of Tannajee than any one else, Where is he?" While some of the men wont ho search for the kullal, ,the barber, hav- ing trimmed the lamp and increased the light by several .wicks, unfastened a leathern case containing razors and other instruments, and selecting two crooked needles fittedwith waxed silk thread, put therm aside, while he washed the wound clean in a careful and confident manner. A few stitches brought the lips of the cut together after which it was bound up 'with fresh leaves of the :neem tree, whic cooled the wound and refreshed th patient. All this having been effected, But ,runt Rao was carefully raised wp an borne by several of the men to th chaw•ree or guard -rooms, which wa hard by, but at the opposite side o the quarter to that in which the •Lall had been lodged, most insensible, Loose my arta;, good sir," cried Fav impatiently; "I ant no thief to run away. If there be a Hindu among you. give him seine water. I may not do so," "Let him go," said the Duffadar to the men. "there is some mistake here I think, and no enmity between them; and do th':,u, Jew -un .Singh, fetch a vessel of water—he will drink from thy hand freely." 'Fazil's first act on being released was to examine the wound which was severe and required care. The sabre •bf llaloosray- had 'cut deep into the neck close to the shoulder and the loss of blood had been very great. A little Higher up and the wound mug have been instantly fatal, To wring out the scarf which the ktill'al had placed upon it, and replace it wetted, was Fazil's first tare, and in this the Duffadar and some of the men now lent a' willing hand. Fresh cool water was also brought by the man who had been sent for it, and Bulwunt Rao, Having again drunk freely. sat up supported by his young lord, "Ask hint now. Duffadar Sahib," said Fazil, "whether it was I' who tvounderl hint, and, on .his reply, give non liberty or not as seems good to you. Speak, Bulwunt Rao, did I hurt you'" "Now may his tongue rot who says so," replied the wounded man, look- ing wildly about him. "Brit thou art safe, Meahl—and did they escape?" ''Who?" asked the Duffadar sharp- ly. "Tannajee \falroosray, the friend of Sit-aji Bhoslay," returned Bulwunt. "People know Of hint, perhaps!" "Tannajee Malroosray ? Thou art dreaming, friend,"' said 'the Duffadar, with an incredulous smile. "Tannajee dared no more enter Beejapoor than,-- than=s" ""Than you, good sir, dare go to hint, 'i suppose," said Fazil, ending the sentence. "Nevertheless, he was thy waist handl tight, 'for we shall not draw breath till we reach the city gate, Come!"Both loosened their waist -scarfs, and retied them tighter, and after a. few words of caution from the.Daf- fadar, they 'dashed dowel the street at, full speed. iAs they left, several of the men came in; leading the kul'lalsby the end of his turban, with which 'his arms were tightly tied clown: ,Bareheaded, covered with mud, and bleeding slightly from his nose, his face wear - aa expression of fright and pain combined, Rama was a very different looking person to What .he had ap- peared when Paxil !Khan and But - Wont 'entered his shop. His first im- pulse WAS to 'case himself conn the ground before Fazid, and lie at full length moaning. The men who were with hint did not interfere. The act was a deprecation of anger which it would have been unmannerly to deny, "Get up," cried Fazil; "get up, knave and liar! Say, was it I who wounded that poor fellow yonder?" "Pardon 1 pardon 1 Noble Meah, pardon I Your slave .will not rise till he has pardon," .cried the man ab- jectly, "It was all a mistake; and how could I know the son of Afzooi Khan? Pardon! and I will tell all I know," letters, and 'bundles of accounts writ ten in the Matratta character."I cannot read there, and they may of importance; o we must wait, for this poor fellow of mine is asieep, said Fazio, 'INo, Meah, I was dozing while you spoke, and. atm easier now, for the bandage .hits cooled my wound. Pap- ers? •Wahab paipers?" Said Bitl vent, rising slighttly, and supporting himself on his left arm, "Give them to me.""There are mire in Ma'hrafta, which 'Por onie of hi companions, droppedi in their flight. Can you make out what they are, Bulwunt ?" asked Fazil, • "I will try, Meath; part the light here. Stay; open there separately, I forget that I have but one arm row," The papers were ,given to 'him oite' by one, 'and his eye glanced over several in succession as of on import- ance; but one .appeared to ' interest him greatly, and 'l."azil observed his eyes return to the .commencement af- ter having 'looked over it 'hastily, 'and his dips to move as if reading it word by word, while the expression of his face changed to one of intense con- cern, "Yes, ' Iea'b, this is indeed import- ant," he said; "but no one must hear it but thyself or thy ,father, Listen," he continued, whispering; "that is from the old IGosai et Tooljapoor, about those letters the :Kang Stas ob- tained, Those whom they concern are mettioned in feigned frames, and 'it will puzzle rile not a little to under- stand their meaning fully; but we have a clue in what occurred .at the temple, and I will unravel it when we get hems. Now my eyes arc too weary. ,Stay, there nrsy be soihething fromSivaji.,, ..tNto," he continued, af- ter he had looked at them one iby one, "there are none from him brit several from Yessjee, ' who is Inc' friend. No. they are too wary to write ;letters; but no doubt there is much intrigue afoot, hreah—�ntvc�h," "Enough," replied Fazil; "now go to sleep, Bulwunt, till daylight brings people from the hoose. I too will vest, 11 I can, after all this excitement, with your permission, Duffadar Sahib—" But the old man .had lain dawn mon the floor while the papers were be- ing examined, and was fast asleep; so also were the men of the guard, ex- cept one sitting at the doorway as sentinel, the gurgle of whose hooka mingled with an occasional snore from a sleeper on the floor. Those about the icu.11al, who hail been re- moved to a little distance, asked how he was to be disposed of. "Take him to this house," acid 'Fazil, "and .keepshim there till he is wanted. Go with them, Rama," he •continued to the man, "and be ready when I send for thee, qwill answer to ,the Kotowal for the night's events." "That is all tI wanted," he replied, "My lord is very kind and merciful," "Not yet. a have much to ask and much to hear, 4f thou const speak the truth, well for thee; if not, .beware !" "If thou dost not, 'hound 1 thou wilt hang upon ,tate highest branch of the Comic'Intlee to feed the crows before 1110511," replied Fazil, "Get up1 11 thou tellest the truth, I give thee kowl; if not—if I detect one word of lie, nothing can save thee. Dost thou thee, Meah 1 I would Live for thee if, hear? Rise!" it be the will of God; and but for' "Get up, Kafir!" cried tate' man who this, death would be welcome." held the turban, giving it a jerk, "Peace I do not speak, friend," re- which caused a corresponding exclam terned 1 azil; ";go to sleep, ansa thou anon of pain, "Don't youheat' what wilt be strong ere morning, 'Does not my lord' says to you ?the will give the barber. I tell thee, say there is you pardon if you speak the truth. Get no danger? so be comforted." IT, and tell hint all. My lord," he "None perhaps of life, Meah; but continued to. Fazil, "he knows much, his arm, which was all I had to live and he has some papers which one of for, it will never hold sword more, the fellowsv1 -�alroosray, he says — Meah—never, never!" and -he sob- dropped as he left the .house. We ed like a child. wanted them, but he said you would "Fear not," cried the Duffadar Pardon him if he gave them himself. cheerily; "'I have worse wounds on We found him hiding in the wood use than that, ,Rao Sahib, and yet my stack near his still, and the fool must arra can strike a blow for the Shah; needs struggle and try to wrestle with one of one men, and so got a fall; but lie is not hurt." ' "Loose my arms, noble Meah—tell them to loose my arms. They are swelling already, and T am sick with pain," said the kullal, rising. "If any lord allows rite, 1 will loose him. There!" continued the soldier, of receiving nail's sign in the af- firmative; "see thou speak the truth, else I will tie .them tighter than ever, and they will not be loosened again while thou art alive," "My lord, don't threaten Inc, or I shall lose my senses," said the kullal, the horrible vision of hanging, as he had seen many hang to the branches of that famous .tree, conning vividly to his , mind, "If there be a good Hindu among you, give a drink of water. Ah, my arias! my arms!" he cried, sitting down again, and sobbing as the rope was loas'ened, "Here is water," said one of the menti, advancing with a brass vessel full. "I ant a Rajpoot—drink." The draught refreshed him, and he began his tale. It was in the main cor- rect, and as ,we have already related it. "Tannajee and his companions had been at hie shop only a few minutes before Fazil and Bulwunt came in. They had. been very - careful, and be- fore they entered the house placed scouts to watch all the approaches. They spoke in low tones, and, be- yond a few words now and then, lie had caught nothing of their convey ation. All that he could gather was, float Palter Singh and a Gosai from Tooljapoor were expected, and they so impatient for their arrival, that two -of -the men had by turns gone to see after ,them," "Had they ever been at your shop before?" asked Fazil. "Yesterday one of the men was there twice to say the place world the waisted in the evening," replied the kaki; "and he gave ten 'rupees to say 'I had neither spirits nor ganja; so 1 (told every one I had none, and no one stayed but you." "You fright have suspected they were after no good," said the Duffa- dar. "Why did you not give warning ?" "Alb, sir, I ant a poor fellow," re- turned the man," with a large family; and if gentlemen sometimes like a private room to smoke, to play, or' to talk in, ant I .to forbid then? Would they hot ,get it elsewhere?""True enough thou art not to blame," .aid Fazil; "brt the"papers what of them?" "After you were taken away, my lord," replies! the kullal, "I took the lamp inside towards the door, for R thought .I isw bloacl on trite ground, which indeed there was; and one of the two Wren who escaped must have been wounded. I followed the trace of blood to the door of tate yard,' and there I found this little hag,' noble sir; here it is." • As he Spoke he produced asinall silken bag, appar:enttly filled with papers, from un der his w'aistcloth, and handed it to Fault. In it were several t h e d e a so be comforted, and get ;to sleep," (Bulwunt sighed. "If I had only slain hire," he said, "and revenged the dead, then I could have 'died; or if this arm had gone for that, its best service' in life would ,have '1ieen done, I shall never have such a chance gain, Meah, But the gods have need . f him, and he has the protection of Devi. He and Sivaji B.hoslay both have it, as _.ye will see hereafter, Meah. Who can resist them ?" "This is the youth of whom I spake, Khan .Sahib," asid the Duffa tlar; "a brave boy—a brave boy he al- ways was." And truly there was much in the appearance of the youth to corrobor- ate this. An, open dare -devil, good- huttnoered countenance, with bright"], merry eyes, which, as he spoke, seem- ed to close up till tworight sparks only were visible; and a wide bow - shaped mouth, about which fun, and perhaps some mischief, played in,per- petual smiles, conveyed an impres- sion of recklessness Of clanger as a lithe rapidity of movement did' of ex- treme activity of body, and perhaps endurance. "A brave youth, doubtless, Duffa- dar ,Saltib" said Fazil; "his eye speaks for him; a boy to be proud of. How sayst thou, lad? Wilt thou do an er- rand for the son of Afzool Khan?" ""Ay, will I ?" replied the boy promptly, while he presented his eword,hilt to the young Khan, as his father had done "and gladly too; and if my lord will pardon, me ,for saying it, I have long known him. Who does not know the brave son of a brave father? A, Meah Sahib! if I had only been on a horse when Af- zool Khan's Paigah dashed into the Moghul's that Friday, I would have struck a blow with you. I watched' you as you rode by close to the stand- ard-bearer. Then there was a fierce fight, and Men said you were cut down. ,Ath1 I was only on foot, for are too poor to ride; and I was— a little wounded," he added, dropping his eyes modestly, "and father led me away. But for that, Meah Sahib, I would have been with you, even on foot," "Boldly spoken, and with a true heart, A'shruf 1" exclaimed Fazil; "and you do- this errand carefully and quickly for me, you shall ride ever after with me in my troop—thatis, if your father will permit it; Al zood tKhan's stables have enough, horses ,to find one for you. Of that, however, more hereafter. Go now to the .house,. ask for ,Goolab the nurse; tell her I am safe, but that Bulwunt Rao is wounded badly, and a palan- keen must be sent for shim with all ;peed, and any clothes and shawls put into it. If my father be asleep, he is not to he awakened, but my sister Wrist know that I am safe. Now'be- gone; here is my ring, which will pass; you through the fort. Let us see how soon you will •return,,, "Game, S'helch L$oos'ein," said the lad, addressinga yotut man standing near; "we had better be two. Tie up CHAPTER XXV. While search was being trade fo the kullal, Fazil's thoughts revertec painfully- to his father and sister, !II could not leave Bulwunt without ex posing himself :to further suspicion but he might at least' send news of hi safety, and his application to the Duf fariar for a messenger was promptl acceded to. "Surely, Khan," was the prouap reniy. "1 cntld hardly refuse your go j y PROFESSIONAL' CARDS Medical DR. GILBERT C. JARROTT — Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, Un« iversity of Western Ontario. Member of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Office 43 Goderich St. West, Phone 37, Hours 2,4.30 p.m. 7:30=9.00 p.m, Other hours by appoiote meat. Successor to Dr, Chas. Mackay. 'D'R, H. HUGH EO'SIS, Physician and Surgeon. Late of. London Hca; pita!, London, England, Special attentibh to diseases of the eye, *as, nose and throat. Office and reef= dence behind Dominion Bank, Office ercial' Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd Monday in Phone No. 5; Residence Phone 104. DR. F. J. BUIRRGWS, Seaforth, Office and residence, Goderich street. east of the United Church, Commas. for the County of Huron. Telephone No, 46, CHAPTER XXVtI 'Hbw slowly and wearily night passes when a sense of impending evil overpowers sleep, and ,renclers every faculty sharply sensible to sounds and impressions otherwise of ordinary occurrence,—When a thous- and vague pliantasies flit before the imagination hardly more definite than the keenly -painful; 'thoughts they awaken 1 'How difficult thus to en- dure delay or uncertainty, and to ac- count for causes of either, so as to gain consolation or 'assurance to one's self, far less to impart condfort to ,others whose fears and apprehen- sions are perhaps grea,'ter than our ,own: Thus heavily was hour after hour counted by Aifzoo'1 iI{han and his fair daughter in the apartment we have already described. The ;Kl=an busied 'himself, or seemed to do so, with s pile of 'Persian papers, on some of Which, 'from time to time, he wade notes: but ft was easy for his daugh- ter to see that his eye often followed vacantly the lines of the writing, and that 'his thoughts wandered Far from the subjects 'before him. The Khan's wife, Lulee,'had come, and been dismissed with an inlju•Na- tiot not to interrupt him, and that he should the 'late. Zynai did not dis- turb her father, and found a partial occupation in some embroidery, which 'helped to dispel for a time her 'fears for her brother; 'gradually,, however, as the night 'wore on, it was easy for 'her to see that her father's anxiety increased. It was true that ,Fazil's return was not expected till after inusinigtht; but that, under the thought of his perilous errand, brought no consolation with it, and sthe sat w'atehin,g the expression of her father's 'coupttenance, yet not st as to be observed, and withdrawing. her eyes When eat looked up. A few carless words fell front time to time from both, and a few entreaties by the Khan to .his daughter that she would take rest, were met by re.. guests that she might be allowed to share his watch, for that she hacl promised her brother to asewif return: Continued Next Week DR. F, J. R.=F!O'RSIT JR—Eye, Ear Nose and Throat. Graduate in Medi- cine, University of Toronto 1tWL Late Assistant. New York Ophthal- mic and Aural Institute, MoQrefield'o Eye, and Golden Square throat howl, tats, London, England. At Col=ts ercial Hotel, 'Seaforth, :3rd Wednes- day in each month from 1.30 p,m. to. 5 pm. DiR, W. C. SPROA'T.—Graduats of Faculty of Medicine, University a; Western Ontario, London, Member of College of Physicians and St'r- geons of Ontario. Office in rear ofr Aberhart's drug store, Seaforth, Phone 90. • Hours 1,30-4 p.m„ 7.30 -9 p.m. Other hours by appointments„ Dental DR J. A. MUN'N, Successor Is Dr. R. R. Ross, graduate of North- western University, Chicago, I11. l,.t- centiate Royal College of Dental Sur- geons, Toronto, Office over Sills' hardware, Main St„ Seaforth. Phone - 151. DR. F. J. BEOHELY, graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons, T'orbnto. Office over W, R. Smith's. grocery, Main St., Seaforth, Phones, office 185'W, residence 185J. Auctioneer. . GEORGE ELLIOTT, Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Hurr,t 'Arrangements can be trade for Sale - Date at The Seaforth News. Charger Moderate and satisfaction guranteed WATSON AND RR1DFE: REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENCY (Succssors to James 'Watson) MAINN S'T., SIEAFORTH, ONT. All kinds of Insurance risks effect -- ed at lowest rates in First-Clasis Companies. THE McKILLOP til tial Fire Insurance Co,r HEAD ,OFFI•CE-SEAFORTH, One O FF!I•CERS President—Alex. Broadtfoot, .Seaforth; Vice -President, James Connolly, God- erich; 'Secretary - Treasurer, M. A. Reid, Seaforth, AiGFJNTiS W. E. 'Hihchley, .Seaforth; John. Murray, R. 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