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Home My WebLink AboutThe Seaforth News, 1934-06-21, Page 14PAGE SIX. THE SEAFORTH NEWS. THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1934 are :;` •.:. r< ta4s t�"tat ."s: r esra?se 1...•stm was fast, anti its rays it::: ,11.-'71 a pool .f Joel, _ _,en •t . - 1: rtrie? ..,.,.-_ blades �.a:lE- e. lh- se ;•,t t 1,—tt e : :i g:ta. •:, hoe" 1its face .t. :;r::e 1 t 'trar1s the 1 a headless trunk beide froMy ,., 1. t:n- :1 ,,:rea'tl was still the ?lith bare 1 r a s:i: . 1: '.,i..s and ravens, 1 alrealy scented the t' '-?, t e hisar,e c. t, mineled heavy rit ,:E of :he wings c for :, night feast pen—halts, .. :hat :lkkeY lie • rims: see yon. .:•1 Go—lab kfzco: Khan st: cin . , i:1 .aces . �:uul :he `..enc - prayer, "Hc .. ,,.. a: Co., .1: - r and ,n-- take 1-1; .iii :r' .r.w;ay, hitt ;c 5said tion ,ta tt : tin.4 ... p riv- u, is you knot , '1':'.a ,t,t:ya lten• , lel-1y. "I knr*'v• "t :le• ,: t'. ..,:.I K ,.. jir.C.il s,. era: set-. :Se I ..re.' he. con—med. . tad do -to arc :'; the K.rr:'s fee:, ,.. -1t fa: aim ;t'11' wren: ., r l Here is his :set re- - .\lc.s 1 Khan. :or he . ,.. city. Take .,,c c 1:, ,•'.. ung pap.trs Syn. . L:d le _::y tics? the Khan. they `,e ,:ahzcd to its 1•-' e them , yau. ,.oro :1:11; .. 1.e • .r.i I invigorating effects of freedom of ac- tioo,—and her • light and springy movements, which conveyed to -the rider an involuntary assurance of ac- tivity andendurance, excited witlaiti .hint a more hopeful .spirit than that with which he had quitted the city. Now and again, as they passed some muddy rivulet, or stony portion of the road, a word of encouragement or caution from the rider ,would be ans- wered by a low whinny which was followed by a loving caress of her arched neck, and thus a perfect ac- cordance seemed to be established be- tween e-tween them. "Shall we reach the river before daylight, 'Sidda," said Maloosray to his guide; "and can we get the boat? Will it be on this side?" "The boatmen are all friends of mine. master," replied the man, "and will cross me at any village or at any time; fear not, I will say I have des- natehes; and they, believe in this stick that I am 00 the royal service, No one wig? dare to stop one of the royal Hurkaras with this as his warrant;" and as he spoke he flourished the weapon—a short stout staff gaily lnegnered in rings of red, yellow, and black, with a heavy tuft of black cot- ton ot-t a yarn at the end from where pro- jected a formidable four-sided lance ab ort a foot :on, the palm oi which was carefully sharpener!—lightly ar- ound his. heart, They rode on, keeping the main track; now and again passing villages where they were saluted by a chorus of barks and howls from the village dugs; again traversing long intervals between others, where the occasional piping of sleepless plovers, the wail- ing cries of ever -wakeful restless lapwings, and an occasional burst of bowls and screams from packs oi wandering jackals—were tihe only "ands whieh fell on their ear- in the solitude, They met no one at that hour, but they did not pas; the villages Tying up. n the road, unremarked. Here i shrill challenge was blown upon a horn as they passed ti gate; there a drum was beater', and other indict- tians given of the village watch bring , the alert, or a shat t was tired from a bastion or :watch -tamer, the bullet of which sung harmlessly above their heat's into the air. They were rough aims ;Itasc•, when sten ploughed with their firearms slung at their backs, and when the villa e• cattle, while grazing, ng, Itad to be guarded by parties of !date!! nek men against the raid; f hire p,werinl merhb,,r. The ':aeon set soon after midnight. and the wild again arose, sighing as t swept across the broad plains in haul gusts, or rustling among the tali tic'l1s of grain which bordered the road, Li ht c:oud ,too. were rising from rile• westward, and !currying ac- ress the :ace of the sky, partly ob- cured the stars, and caused :uldition- il gloom, Crider other gnidauce iia- -lay w.,uld have felt uncertain of the path; but the Iluraka never di- verted from tate track .,r slackened his „ace and the party passed on 115111 til a i, at the greatest speed that he it lit and the read would admit without distressing their horses, As they descender] one of the long undulating eminences, which are the characterizing features oi the coun- try. sad witiclt commanded a view- for some niiies around, \laloi,srav's at- tention wa- attracted -to a light which, emerging from behind some grain fields ir:,m another direction, was ad- vancing rapidly towards thein, and apparently would cross the road a little in advance of them, It was evi- dently a torch, possibly that of some travellers: yet it moved too swiftly and regularly for men on foot; and to the keen practised ear of ilaloosray himself, as well as of his followers. the tread of a body of horse was heard, while the alight occasional sparkles from weapons, and the dull red glow of matches, were soon dis- tinctly visible. Could they have been followed? Had any one remarked their depar- ture from the city? The little party halted at once, and drew up out of the track of the road to escape ob- servation and watched the movement of the light before them with beating hearts: Nor were they long in sus- pense. After disappearing for a mom- ent in a hollow, the light appeared again smolt the road itself, and the body of horse, which might be fifty or more, drew tip across their way and halted. 'Who could they be? Certain it was that the party was now posted there to waylay some one who was expect- ed, and the information they were acting upon was apparently as sure as their movements were methodical. Not a neigh escaped from their horses nor was their .any commotion appar- ently among the amen, T'lie place chos- en was admirably adapted for a sur- prise. The road, as we have said, led up .a slight ascent or spur of an un- dulation, the ;sides of which broke in- to .small but routgh ravines and water courses, intermixed with large loose boulders of basalt, difficult to be tra- versed on horseback even 'by day, and quite impassable by night. These fea- tures were the same on both sides, That evening. the crypts under the o:l iamb ivhs again empty, -lI t'o.s- r y coats had brought !rant the ..c v< of Bnlwunt .Rae- having surviv- ed hi. osta•1, and of the occurrences- :he ccurrencest':fe 1)urbar of the King, of which ac had been advised by the Bradtniun we have seen in communication with j eltandar Beg, Watching front the terrace of the temple, he had seen the 11•uzee ,. arrival at \!lap oor; follow el at the gate, and the dispersion of the horsemen with hint, that 5010e - thing extraordinary had taken place, tate particulars of which, and of the -:tbsectuettt execution of Jehandar Beg., were related by his - scoots. Un- der ::ie presence of I'ahar Singh; :itereittre, Beejapoor was no longer ,:.fes and as night closed, the whole -:o•:y, unobserved. lest their hiding place to its nsaal tenants, the jackals and hyenas of the plain: CII .PT.1vR XLVI As night fel and as Maloosray ,;net i l the 11ahomeaans wa1111 be enanged in their evening prayer, his 'rale party nuc gen from the crypt, all ak tboir way westward across he avdiding thus suburbs, and tit c,.1t. :he narrow lanes among .:'e fields, which or, •a:l sides skirted the city. One by one Inc followers an 1 n- had been despatched iu advance to Meet thein at certain places: and a spot kno',v'i to all, •altese the great northern ani west- ern raals cit el •,1 w•,: fixed upon as a final 1 - lace re.i len•. tv . Thith- er. a:, hal brtnl despatched :he t, t :,le 1 titan, Rau,sjee. who, Linable ta ride far at a tittle. was to proceed cto,y.e_ with thy scoitts and other +crca.., ta air, tate elt?cftain of t . a n was a -..:cert adherent to call -e. Nialo,ray aintse•lf. ;alciva Netta- je.. „111 the circ: scout Ratnjee with t c o•t!ters, to serve as grooms, had visit 1 t :japoor before n rr'nrncd : lti- !raster. 11tere were 1t- 1 tt tate aarisaas e t weight in the Lala tiliat, what had they deter- mined up..::, and cviutt was his old a r' lit ul hay Inc :ay of Sind - (labia? It waf. impossible to 5 !te, told e' 1.;14 as personal corn - ',la!' can be asstn•el, \Iahrattas tet-er atter lett•r-. It was above all ne.e--ora :hat 'More Trimmul 1;1 11• -neat Ras, mast have the first 'lie Wuzeer's death; and ex - e it were reported by royal ex- ass-. to the camp Rt Ntildreog, it c.. u..l hardly be knuw-n at 'lir cljapoor next day. It was a long ride, certainly, but is was possih:e to reach Toolja- toor, and to secure Moro Trimmul's safety, in ease it should be threaten- ed. The occurrences at Beejapoor had been very unexpected by Maloosray. At first sight they appeared -to be a sore discouragement to the plans which had been almost ,matured; and far some time 'he rode in silence, brooding over the catastrophe we have recorded. He could not account for it. To all appearance the King and the VVuzeer had 'been on excel- lent terms, and Jehandar B'eg their confidant; yet in one day both. had been destroyed, and the party of Af- zool Khan had suddenly became the leading one in the State. Was he am- bitious, he might be prime minister. In his heart ilaloosray acknowledged his -fitness. for the post 'Na other person would command the alleg- iance of the army, with whom Khan Mahonted had not been popular. "It will unite in the Khan and we shall have enough to do to escape it," he thought, "but the young tree will bend to the storm when the old one will break, and we May find opportun- ity to strengthen ourselves, while, we. do not weaken the royal house." Now the moon • shone out brightly. There had been no rant since the storm o:f the previous night. The day had been hot and su1'try, bat as the night fell, a delicious breeze, soft and cool, had succeeded the calm of the evening; and the road was suffic- iently • dry to he travelled without in- convenience. Maloosray's noble mare seemed 10 -feel, with her master, the ,,,.• C_'1.' r.:1 e the : . And thoa i hats: ,.- - ::. r t...,,: it doth :tat ..... .... la :1, . We have 1, .:.. 'L•:' rc that e tett, Put hand :G:1 ;1. ':r ser - 1 ..t11.1 I w telt thee 15:10 friend.- replied 1 ze1 lir, hand ur the li _k felt ca 'fear not." here ma there: on my head," cr.e t the man. grasping :he Khan': hand, and kissing it while he remov- ed the cap; "on my head, on head. Ask :Adis Ali' Shah of rale, remember--,Pah'ar Singh." "Pahar Singh!" exclaimed Khan, starting back. "Hush, fear not; I have .been pard- oned, and the Shah's hand hath been before thine on this head; fear not, I will be true to thee, for thou art faithful to 'him. Thy ,hand, once more, Khan, freely and truly upon my head," "Go, friend, said A•ezool, placing it as he desired. "Go, I doubt thee not, fest I have heard what happened last night; gr., in peace. Whatever thou carts: do for the Shah will not be for- gotten." -There or- gotten." There is yet one more work to -day ere I sleep, Khan -one more, and 1 g 1. it. God be with you," As he departed, the men on guard would have stepped him, but again the :Id cry arose, and in his assumed character no one molested him, as the shoat, rising and falling on the air, died away in the far distance. Afzool Khan took up the bloody scarf and gave it to an attendant. "Let it be washed, and kept till I ask for it," he said. Not long afterwards some Persian merchants were return- ing to their country, and they bore the last ,requests of the unh-appy ban dar 'Beg, with such atonies as could he saved outofhis property, to his faultily, my and the and the spur itself was a narrow neck which tt•idened as the plain above stretched out into one of the usual broad, expanses of waste and cultivat- ed lands. "They have come by Hortee," said the Kaukara in a whisper, "the vil- lage there in the hollow—and are waiting for same one. Master, dost thou fear them?—ahey will hardly molest travellers such as we are Shall we go?" It was a difficult point to deckle. There was certainly aro way of avoid- ing then and yet keeping the road. "Go, Rantjee," said-?sialoo'sray to his scoot; "go and see who they are. Be careful! my mind misgives hue about the." ".li'as'term," replied the. man, , "this ground is higher than theirs and if they put out the light they will see thee against the sky. Retire a little lower, and Enrkoba and I will find it all out for you," .Maloosray saw the iotelligeuce of the advice- and acted promptly upon it, while the two mien, well accustom- ed to such proceedings, crept wearily along under corer of bushes and in- equalities of the ground, till they eit- cred a tall field of grain, in which they could move without chance of. observation up to tie very party it- self, and from which they looked with safety upon the horsemen, As they surpassed; the body was drawn up across the road. One Hanle overlapped the cornfield, on the path by which they had come; the other rested union a declivity wihere the satire pith descended to the west- ward. It was clear that the position could not he turned without great risk, and it was impossible to say whether the path to Hortee might not he guarded also. In front of the patty, and near a man wh-o held a torch which he re- plenished with oil from time to time,. were two persons amounted on poWer- harsea, whose wet coats and pant- ing Clank' showed that they had ,been ridden at a rapid rate; and it was al- so evident from the coedition of the rest, .;plaited with thud and with si- milar evidences of fatigue, that, what- ever might be the object speed had not been spared in its pursuit. "They cannot pass this unobserv- ed," said the elder of the two, "and there cin be no stispiciott that we are on this road. Aly there is no such trans b ,y, in the country, not a rat could tet by it. Well, we have not been idle first Khan lfahotnecl; sec- ond the Katwal. and 00 se Maloosray anal his friend, Ncttajet" "You have not got t'henr yet" thot,ght Ramjee, "scud Tannajee is not game for you, old fox. But for him, my dagger would have made ac- ;naintance with you that day in the Gosai's Mutt at looljapor. Ahl who eonlcd have told hint of n,?" "I think, uncle, we had as well put out the torch," said a man, coming forward. riding a tail grey mare. 'Tannajee is not a moth to fly into a candle." - "Got d, Lukshntuli," said the chief; "Put it .,alt," "I think we were wrong, father," saidthe other leader; 'a few tarn would have snrrutmded that den en- der the tenth, and no one could have escaped,' "True. but you would not have ta- ken 'Tannajee alive and 'here he would be helpless.. No, it is better as it is: and he shall Sit ander the Goruk •Iut- lee tree, and die like Jehandar Beg, before moa" "And Rama shall 'help him on his way to the gods, master, if you like," said Lukshnutn. "He says he is quite ready, and he got the Putta sharpen- ed again." the "Spence! said the chief, as light was extinguished. "Not a word must be spoken, now, nor a horse stir. 13e careful, all of ye." The scoots had seen and heard en- ough. The rustling of the high corn- stalks and their leaves, ander the breeze, prevented their return being 'heard and in a few moments they had rejoined Maloosray, who, with uNetta•• jee, had 'descended the brow of the ascent for a few• paces and could not be seen from above. "Master," w'his'pered the scout, "'tis the 0'1d 'Lio'n, CPah,ar Singh, and his cub, Gopal, and their men. 3 saw one of the hunchbacks, too, with them." "Hal the 01d Lion thinks to have a feast to -day, N'ettajee," said Maloos- ray, „but the mean is yet to be known who will take Tannajee alive. And what did he say, Ranajee?" "He said yon should be taken alive and that you'ahould sit under the Goruk Iiulee tree and have your head cut off; like Jehandar Beg, by Rama the 'luutchback." "Ah," said 'Tannajee, "he should act have brought a torch with him, Netta, else it was not i11 -contrived. By the sacred mosque, there had been small chance for ua 'had we got am- ong them. And stow, what . is to he done " "We must go back, Beyond the tri, unlet and the date grove yonder is a path which leads to Boorga and so to Churchan, if my'iord -does not care for a few cols more," said the Hui -k- arat "and, after ,all, it is' as nearas any other road to Mundrobp," "'Good," said Tannajee; -"let us be! quick, they may advance.'" ISo they moved carefully downs -the cles,cent, beyond which was a .small ri vulet bordered by thin slate trees and other btu ,bwOod, "!See," said Netta, as' they crossed the small stream; "we, are but just in time: there they area" and as Tannajee looked up, he sa,w' several figures projected 10 ,outline against the sky, one of wham was pointing to the road leading to Beetja-', Poor. "'I thought the 01d Lion had. teen more. wary," She said, "than to show himself in that manner; but the may, cool this heart now; he had better have made for the ferry!„ If had, ihowever, been a narrow es- cape, and one for :which Taunajea Vowed to feed a hundred Brahmans PROFESSIONAL CARDS Medical: at Toolljapoor; but the danger was past, and after a soulewthat cough track for a short .distance :westward, the guide struck confidently into• a broader road, which, like the preced- ing, led northwards, and, as the day dawned, the river -bank at the ferry beyond Churehan was safely reached: The guide's staff of office proved ir- resietible. In a few moments they were seated in one Of the large circu- lar caracic baskets of wicker -work covered with hide, which serve as ferry boats; and with the two mares shimming in front, and guided by the nen who held, them, •and.tlie skil- ful paddles of three lusty rowers, the party crossed the stream , and were beyond danger of pursuit. O.ILAIP IiEIR NL'VIIII, In Ha last letter to Beejapoor, .Mo ro :lt•inhntul 'had directed his agent there to inform Maloasray that, at the clay of 'w'hich we write. there would be recitations in the temple, and und- er the cloak of this, the anost of,the heads of the \Ialn•atta families were to assemble; it would therefore be ad- visable if 'he could meet then, It was partly on this account, but most Par- ticularly because of the murder of Khan wlfahnmed, tihat Tannajee had left the city so abruptly, and ridden through the night without a check. Nor did Tannajee and his compan- fnm take rest anywhere during the day following, e cert for such refresh- ment •as was absolutely necessary. They avoided all large towns and'vil- late and, as 'Tannajee knew the country perfectly by clay, he guided itis friend by cross paths,frequently through fields and waste lands, till, at length as the evening fell, they drew up before the gate of Sindphul, the village belays the pass of Ttioljapoor, which w'c have before had occasion to mention. The owner, a distant relative of the Rajah Sitaji. by name Jeswunt Rao Bho icy was all intimate friend of lfalaosray's and a true and influent- ial ally of the general cause in those districts. lfaloo ray's stidctcn arrival surprised hitch little, for in consequ- ence of what Moro Trimttnul had writ- ten, he had been expected; and, after a .shart conference, Maloosray urged that the news he brought should be communicated to Moro Tninnnul and those assembled with as little delay as possible, and in this Jeswunt Rao concurred. So, after a slight rest and hearty meal, which both needed, 'the start ponies, provided by their dost, were announced to be ready in the court- yard of the house, and, accompanied by half -a -score of strut sword -and - buckler men, with matchlocks and lighted matches, they rode out of the village gate, The ative ponies, though well ac- customed to the rough mountain road had paused for a moment to take breath on the level spot from whence the buildings could be seen below- the glare of light spreading up both sides of the dell, revealing crag and rough wood, with the gilded pinnacles of the temple glittering brightly through the smoke torches aod-•-of in- cense; but -their impatient riders ag- ain urged thein up the cocky ascent with all the speed they were capable of exciting. At the towel gate there was no hindrance, for d'eswunt Rao was well .known; so they were admitt- ed without difficulty, and, "heavingthe animals at a house ,which belonged to him, adjoining the main street, the party proceeded at once in the direc- tion of the temple. It was no easy (natter, 'however, to, get there. As they• approached' the gate at the head of the steps descend- ing into the ravine, and on the 'steps themselves, the crawcls were almost impassable, but good humor prevail- ed and after some struggles the lower courtand the great assembly were safely reached. It was a remarkable sight. The court itself was crowded 'with.specta- tors so closely: packed that to move was impossible. T'hey were sitting .up- on the paved door in roves facing the centre; where an open space had beech Provided for the priests, and an .aver, ire left for their communication with. the shrine, Around ,-this the most dis- tinguished of the guests had been placed; an'd Maloosray observed with satisfaction that many influential per- sons whom he desired to see, were present. :So far, his visit could not DR. GIL,BERT C. JA,RROTT; Graduate of Faculty cd Medicine, Un- iversity of Western On'tarfo, Member College of Physicians and Surgeons o' f Ontario. Office 43 Gode;fch St, West; Phone 37. Hours.' 2-4.30 pair. 7.30-9.00 9.00 p:m. Other hours by appoint- nentSuccessor to Dr. Chas, Mackay. SDR, H. HUGH RO'SIS, Phyiicfrs and Surgeon. Late of London Hos- pital, London, England, Slpa:faPa attention to diseases of tlhe eye, err„ nose and throat. Office and resi- dence behind Dominion Bank. (Mos ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd' Monday in Phone No, 5; Residence Phone 1514. DR F. J. BURROWS, Scafortle. 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