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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1934-07-26, Page 6PAGE SIX THE SEAFORTH NEWS. watees THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1934 are astree d.:.,>, 3°t , eee ,rte Fpr a, :ice they reached the leve: plain e smooth f the plateau above -.:.t toen, tae khan twos net by the leder, ,-r es,verncr of the fort, the ei e s ..- the troops, the n:id o:!tet•8; s,...1112 c•tt . cdec'", .,a t. gaily-caparis n - a is •,.:u tans nn;; bells, Both rute d:ei: unfree, and the :ender= eel chi's:teed vetch ether,—tae of - resent e, the hilt= of their ... ee. \.zzers,. Offering; to- a'':a., .'tr aees-t.n--:r it had esecome ..c .doyen ,.n slowly in ..7egeoes array, amidst the firing of _., it:ks and cense: swivels. and ...,n the :,art: and the the Khats and his - . • reds: together t street and bazar, Ot'.t-e -g :ai. was -a remark end ap- .,. ses. The seros- s,e.waye pleaaant cite, oiler =, re- . .. ..i _Meese: Karin. in- . ssoisfactise csf ,t'1 , its first Bate, the tee renteer:s ,s the . ere he aons.it t sc , sss . aft tat.:,cC, r:t.: ba-t'ens , . alack zool Khan," said :Pahar Singh, as the servant retired; "and d can do a good Service, if it please you, arty lord, to join in it or aid it," "If ft be a service to the Kin'g's cause, w•hy not?" said the Khan; "but none of thy blood feuds, Pahar Singh; thou canst not use the royal troops for thine own purposes," "'Nor do I need them, my lord," re- turned the chief, 'somewhat stiffly. "I have enough nen of my own to ,an- swer for those matters; nay ,indeed, for this also, if I have your permis- sion; and only that my rascals are somewhat too free of 'hand to be trusted in a town at night, 1 had done it thyself ere this." "Thanks, friend, for thy caution," said the Khan, smiling; "'we shall know each other ,better by-and-by, But what is this scheme?" When I left you, Khan Sahib, the night of .Jehandar Beg's execution," replied the chief, "I had knowledg that Tannajee -lialoosray was ill the city, and I knew where he Was. My People watched every bazaar and street during the day, and we had a strong party near the Goruk Inrlee trees, thinking he might like to come and see an old friend for the last dine; but he kept close, like a bear in his den, till night, and then stole away, illy boy and some of my ,peo- ple wanted to catch hint in Inc deo but I knew Tannajee could not be taken alive by mortal, and I wanted to see hint sit like Jehandar Beg un- der the trees, and die like a man; so 1 took a body of my horse and rode after hint towards Tooljapoor, where he was going. We occupied the pass at Hortee. Bet he escaped us there. Khan; and hearing afterwards he had gone to .Tutt, there appeared to be no use in following hint, as he had tw•etl- ty-live ease start of us, But I was a fool, my lord; and for once Tannajee outwitted ate. He went on next day to Tooljapoor; holy. I know not. He was seen there in the temple, and he left again that night, no one knows whither." "To Tsuljaes,or its one day!" ex- claimed the Khan, "no horse alive could do it,,, \lt, my lord, your high -fed beasts would not, but curs can; and Tanna- jee and h's friend Netta Palkur have the beet mares in the Dekhait- Nu nt ttler; he escaped us;' .'lie ua: he is --the very bone and sinew of this rebellion," said the Khan. "True, as Sivaji Rajah is the spirit; but he left static of the bones behind liar at 1'osiljapoor," retiree(' the. chief, with a yriln smile; "and I can pick hint up f r curt, my '„rd, if yon elle either help me or let Inc do it a.oue as hest 1 can only remember, if the town ie plundered, you know the cause, and 1 am not responsible for the blame,” ".That ten hadbetter avoid, my :roma, said sail the Khats, "you are bad- s .„ ken of already. But the bones, geed it:lov the bonne! who or what are they?" "Alt! f had forgotten them:" con- tinued the Pahar."Well, there is \L mo '.l rintmul, MaloosrayT agent and ,11a,"1,.t; as wily, aced more ails- eai,v„ns. Ile is still at Tooljapeor, pretending to give recitations —and. they are very good, my 'lord, in thele way, ---and to serve at the temple; ion I out not sure that one c•f the Mooriees is not at the hnttom. of it, and when a man gets into women's hands, he is easily caught. Then there are all those who will assemble there. Have you remarked, my lord, that hardly one of the heads of the old \lahratta families have come to pre- sent their Nuzzurs to you?” "I have remarked it," returned the Khan, but supposed they were af- raid of some demand for forage, or horses, or money, and therefore kept clear of ate." "Not at all," returned the chief, "they have all swore: to aid Sivaji, and Maloosray took an account of their quotas of horse and foot with hila to the Rajah." "Then they met Maloosray?" ".They did, my lord, the night he came to the temple, and here are their names, There are other people, you see, who have ears and eyes besides Maloosray and only that your Naib at Tooljapoor is an owl, he had seen the conspiracy long ago, while I was too busy to watch it. Better, perhaps, he raid not; we can do our work more se- curely. And now, do you wish to seize this gang of rebels or not;:1 advise you to do so, because they are strong and should there be any difficulties in the West are capable of making a ser- ious diversion, especially ff ittaloosray or even this .Brahmam,—who is more of a soldier than a priestget among them. These Nimba'lkurs and Ghore- parays, my lord, quiet as they look, are heavily supported by the people; and if the Ramoosees rise with then, the country will be in a flange" "And how dost thou know all' this, Pahar Singh?" asked the Khan. "I must have some warranty that it is true," "'S'orrie months ago, .my lord," !he' replied, "this .very Moro Trimmul and others canvassed Inc: as to joining Si- :,::thing should be wanting in their re- quired equipment. and a few days � t vas te- ,.luired ttt complete preparations for the Kell. This delay enabled the chief officers of the country to arrive and pay their respects, and, among others, Pahar Singh, no longer disguised, but in his proper character as one of the wardens of the frontier marches, at- ;elided and did service with a body of picked then, both horse slid foot, which rivalled, if they did not surpass, the royal troops in completeness and splendour of appearance. Very different were the chief and his nephew now, in comparison with the time when we last 'saw then; and in the noble figure, dressed in light chain armour and cloth -of -gold, rid- ing a superb grey horse; and giving commands' to lits Wren, no one couid have recognized the old ragged Fak- eer and his cry t.i 'Ulla dilaya to lean go," -Which still often rang in the ears of those who had heard it, The building, which event by the t .t rte of the King's Palace, .and which kept for the' use 'cf royal officers r•:nlc. or even for royalty itself, ._cal the King have occasion to visit the fort, had been assigned to Afzool Khan and his retinue and, after the ae r.t 01 daily hat iness in one the p ti lir halls of the fort, he re- tired, alter evening prayer,. to hit rrt:rtct s, finding relaxation in a ,.one of chess with the priest, tt1i •e i. a et 111 nIp:'ne:tt, or hearing or s ;•e:., , .. 1 ,t,:-15 his public correspondence, lace. e. ',‘,-ds-.1 with 1t was the f• it it evening after his ie. same eerts. a, 1 arrieel, after an un t u ally busy day; ia epee gardeas,,priest was occupied with a .sermon treepsie the nu. leu, and the Khan had re- tire 1 mt., one of the rooms of the teat c:,l :» n c. w;t 1 tic nbtilt into part of Pea- the fort wall, ,,leve ed a projecting re i- vind.t, commending a view of. r !'.r- : t'::e of the cast side of the fort. ? with its r,a:l ant rugged Cliffs. By day tttc-e 1 reci;ticee- diel not appear .asok seeteasraiearily remarkable; but when thee en- she tided it; the gloom of evening and sets; a dear e . . ,.`•h the rieeer brawlin beneath :td r t..uu :n it• r clay -bed, their height c feel. iseeleal t.:( -lee c. .1 ellcct trere indefinitely increased. a en 1 • .he anermttr ef the river below ..reas etrst_ t. with ')eeen;e delightfully soothing. One corner of this oriel, furnished 1 ceeltir:a, bad he come the fav- eerite resort of the Khan..11ere he . c;l heti: s!ttic-g alone and undisturb- ed. and occupied ;with despatches and tater papers the whole of the even - is and he was about to retire to rest when an attendant -entered, somewhat abruptly. ' I•said I was not to be disturbed. Alice," ate •cried; "what dost thou want'" 'My lord, there is a man wthout, who says he has urgent business, and he must have speech of you alone. I said it was impossible but he declared you would be angry with me if you knew he were denied, and that 1 was to say to you, 'Ulla dilaya to leonga,' and you would understand." 'Admit him, instantly," said the Khan, to his .servant's astonishment. "Ha, Pahar Singh again! what new work has he now got here for us " Muffled closely in a sheet, with his sword under his arm, the chief appear- ed to the Khan, and bent lowly before ?tint. "Send that man away, and hear what I have to say," he said; "it is important." Atlee looked at the chief suspicious- ly, ate though he were trusting his master to a dangerous character; but, at a reiteration of the order he turned to depart, -'Take this weapon- with you; friend," said the chief, 'lau'ghing, "thou art afraid of it, 'perhaps; not so shy lord nor of nae, .Keep it for me, however, till I come out" Allee took the sword. "I did not like the look of him,",he said to an- other without, who belonged to the fort, "Who is lie?" :'Dost thou not know 'Pahar Singh"' returned the man; "'that is ,his famous sword Devi, which has drank many a man's blood; corse let sus look at it: There will be something to do, surely, as he' is with the rKhan:" 'I have ,but few words to say, ,Af- eti•.r, ... _, IC. 1 the lace, hese e. hill on �..•. seooe ._at -a':-r t t..e f t. t inen�l- :n , ; r sssnry t-= been thrsovn the er ep :eardc telt seventy r in' ea lri portional thick- es--, n )t the eater is held up the laky 'o a- to form a pretty oke of the sante depth at the dant, --shish extends above the toyer. On she other side of this dam is another icrt on a smaller knoll, which serves .,s a tete-du-pont to the dam, and completes .he fortification, To the old Khan the place was fam- ^.'far. He had often taken turn, of luty there to watch the frontier. but Fazil and his friend it was new; and when ceremonies of reception and the introduction of Kowas Khan to the officers of his father's levies. now hie own, were finished, the friends accepted the offer of the Kiaadar to examine the marvels of the place. The wonderful dam, through the upper sluices of which the stream was precipitated into a deep pool at its Sot, in two pretty cataracts; the suite of apartments in •the body of the dam 11.511, over which the river rolled in flood, and fell in a sheet before its -windows: and the noble Cavalier at the east end, from the top of which extensive views of the country 031 all sides were obtained, were duly ad- mired. 1t was evening when the friends reached the summit of the Cavalier, and they sat there watching the glorious sunset, over town and fort and lake, in which the piles of gold, and crimson clouds ibrolcen with dark purple with the sombre masses of fort walls and bastions, and preci- pices 'on which they stood, were re- flected in its deep waters. !It was not so easy to prepare the troops required there aa at the capi- tal; bet the Khan was anxious that va:ji's .band, and offered the whatever terms 1 pleased to ask, I refused; for I was content as I was," "That means," remarked the Khan dryly, "'that thou tvouldst have joined them if there had been anything to: be got by it" 'catty lord is still incredulous," re- turned the chief, "and perhaps I' de- serve doubt till I have given hint far- ther proof, ,But 1' feel the K'ing's hand on my head still, and his par- don is more to the than promises of, 3iahratta or Moghul either," "'Good!" said the Khan; 'it is well said, about t '•cv a ftd I believe thee, B these rebels; are they ,still there? and. ho VC many may there be of them?" "They are there, my lord," replied the chief, "I was in the temple last bight disguised as a 13:yragee, with my nephew and four others; we heard the recitations from the Ram- ayan which to Hindus are very much what the Peer :Sahib is saying now in the mosque yonder, and said, yester- day at the ,Eedgah on the plain when. the whole force shouted "Dien', deen' and it sounded like thunder, Jay Rao Nintbalkur was there and some of the Kallays—" "How many?" said the Khan im- patiently interruptit:g hint; "what care 1 fur their teeth -breaking names?" "Five hundred perhaps, including followers." "And. is this temple a strong .place Do we require guns?" "Strong enough to defend if they knew you were coaling," returned Pahar Singh, "'but for the most part they twi':i be unarmed, and looking at the show. ,We need only cavalry, to surround the town and no one can es- cape us. No guns, my lord; they could not be taken up tine mountains at night and ours must be a surprise, else the temple will be as dark as midnight," "\-a Allal ya Kahizl" (destroyer of enemies), muttered the Khan to him- eelf, "a rare trap for these ,Tiaffirs— let them die! Good;' he co» timied; "it sinal be done; but when? I should ntarcli to -morrow for Sholapoor," "Do so, my lord, and halt at Tato- docl:warce; `tis half way. I will join yon there with some of my people the day after to -morrow, and lead you by a pass in the hills which 1 know 01 at night, so that we can snrroun1 the place a ebserved, Take some of your own men and Ibrahim Bonn's Abys- sinians; they knew no fear and are more ccs tain that the braggart, plun- dering 1)ekhanie, who are afraid of the g„d 1eee who sits in the glen, thous they are Mueeultnans," "What goddes, ray friend?" -Only she in the temple; we data due call her the 'Mother'; and she, my lord, attest not he touched." "No no; nem her people, I will see to that said the Khan. -And the affair must he kept sec- ret, Khan," he continued, • "It is known to thee and inc. Pahar Singh, and to no one else: not even my son shall know of it till we march." "Now let me depart." said the chief, and the night atter neat I will come." "God willing," replied the Khan, dismissing his strange visitor with a courteous salutation. but, under the instances of punish_ PROFESSIONAL CARDS tient which she enumerated, Anunda Medical declared it to be impossible, She DIR. IE. A. 14c1T? S'I Fa12-Grad'uaxc could not expose . Tara to suet Tisk, nor herself be tate means of et; and, df the Faculty of Medicine, Univers- indeed, site was assured that Tara would :never agree, 'Gr'adually, howev- er, Armada's naturally cheerful. and' sanguine spirit took courage, "We cannot prevent men's eye's wandering to that sweet face," she said to Radha, as she ,gently ,w'aved a fan over Tara, who still slept heavily, "no more than I can prevent them from looking at me if they like, or • protect her Radhabut we can Prot thee, , frons insutlt and shame, and she is too pure to be approached or spoken to. No; he may look as Ise pleases, but he dare not speak to her: for thy sake, for the sake of his own honour and station, he dare not; and his looks she shall fear not --if ,will prevent them" "Nevertheless," replied R'ael'ha; "let her not visit the temple for several days to come, or, if she '.goes, we ,will. both accompany her, 'C'his will give her fresh assurance and in a few' days Ile will be gone," (Radha, however; anew her brother better than Anunda. She knew that with any scheme against Tara in view, no's -natter whet it might be, she was incapable of watching him so completely as to defeat his intentions; but she could at least be wary, and gain information of them, and a small purse of money with which. Anunda supplied her, given to Chintna, gained her constant information of her bro- ther's movements, such as she could not otherwise have obtained. Moro Trimmu9, however, to all ap pearattce ceased to pursue Tara. For several clays she did not visit the temple. She herself feared collision with him and kept away. But gradual- ly, a sense of neglect of her daily duty the loss of the satisfaction which -had resulted from it and the dread of of- fending the terrible Being in whose exacting, service she .believed,— wrought believed;wrc,u<ght on her mind so as to render inaction intolerable. ;And no wonder now. Her small household tasks which 'had previously occnpied her leisure Roars, had been resigned to Radha; the temple service required iter. presence for the greater part of the morning and afternoon; and her stedic and some needful rest, absorbed the remainder of the day. Now that she remained idle at home. therefore, the time hung heavy on her hands, and site sighed for the occupa- tion and excitement which had be- come habitual to - her; while the yearning to serve the goddess—never t„ he absent from her—grew stronger and stronger day by day, with a fasc- ination she could not resist. Day by day those weird, glowing, eerie eyed seemed to follow her about. seek her in her sleep and by turns threaten or entreat her. "Mother," she said at last, and after a few days had passed in restless idle- ness at home, "I feel that my life here is not what it was. The goddess' eyes follow ane and she sits at my heart ,ray and night. \\'hy dost tabu not come to ale, Tara? she says; fear -nut, but conte; no one dare harm thee. and I would have thee near ale, This she whispers daily ashen my time of service comes, and I ant here and a not with her. 0 mother, I fear no longer; she gives ane strength and I will go. What can he do to ate? The dread of hint is gone from the," "\\'e will go with thee, daughter," replied Anunda, 'and remain with thee daily. Before us, he dare neither look nor speak; and perhaps, too, thy suspicions were misplaced." "Perhaps," she replied; "and why should he do me wrong? I should be sorry if I had thought ill of him with- out a cause." So they went. The first day Moro Trinmttl was not there. ;On the sec- ond clay they met him ,and received his distant and courteotis salutation. He did not even speak to his sister and turned away directly, Gttnga was present on both occasions; and on the first day Tara was surprised, and perhaps somewhat igratifie'd, by the manner in which she and some of the others met her; offered her garlands of flowers, even, put them into her hand's, and tied them like ibeacelets round her artns and into her hair, t"You have been - ill, sister," said Gunge, deferentially and respectfully, "and we have done your work, and offered flowers for your recovery to the goddess. Alt," she continued, 'be- cause :we are poor and not as you arc, Tara, do not look coldly upon, us; w1e will be your slaves and fellow- servants; for the goddess has 'loved you more than es, and sent you ptire among us,. We know, too, you have I ed Go us for we. have received CHAPTER LFII, icy of Toronto, and of the New York Posit 'Graduate School and IHospitaL, Memiber of the College of P'hysicians. and (Surgeons df .Ontario. Office on. High street. Phone 27. ,On her return home, Tara being still asleep, Radha could not conceal from Anunda the agitation which the scene with her brother had caused her. As she reached the inter apartments, she threw herself upon Amanda's neck and the terror she felt at what she considered a narrow escape 'front death, found relief in a flood of tears. The particulars of that scene she dared not fully relate, but Anunda gathered- enough from her to believe that Moro Trinimul had threatened, if not struck his sister, and that Tara's suspicions were but too deeply found- ed. IIf Anunda had not felt assured of Tara's purity and devotion to the Worship of the goddess, in its spirit- ual sense only, she would have prev- ented at all hazards •ee-haps her as- sumption of service. Zt was, She knew, one of the trials to which the girl wooed be subject as long as her beauty remained, that her public eve ocatiott would expose her to the gaze of allclasssses of people. But: the act of Tara's ,profession of service wars so sudden, so unloo'ked for, and had ,been carried out so immediately; that there was no time to consider bhe conse- quences. Now, too, it was impossible to re- cede. She dared rot retract from the dread god'd'ess, nor could any attempt be made, es they 'believed, to with- draw her without danger. Many in- stances of such partial service and re- linquishment of it, capricious or ined- itated, had 'come to her knowledge, which had been followed by sudden death, or what was worse, loss of rea- son and raving madness. WeUI, 'therefore; might the sister wives tremble at the consequences of transgression, even! by temporary withdrawal Tara's service. It was the first .thing that Radha .counselitetl DR. GILBERT C. JARROTT -- Graduatte of Faculty of Medicine, Un- iversity of Western Ontario. Menthes of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Office 40 Goderich St. West, Phone V. Hours 2-4.30p.m. 7,304.00 p.m. Other hours by appoint- meet, ppoin-- - ment, Successor to Dr. Chas. Mackay: DR, H, HUGH ROSS, P,h'yiie and Surgeon. Late of London Hos- pital, London, England. Spotiai; attent'i'on to diseases of the eye, :ear, nose and throat+. Office and reek- denee behind Dominion Bank, OEM ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd e;' Monday i Phone No. 5; Residence Phone Lft4. DR. F. J. BUlERIOWS, Seger*, Office and residence, Goderich stet east of the United Church. Oocauar for the County of Huron, Telephemie No. 46.. TDR. F. J, R 1lO'RS'TER- sEye, See Nose and Throat. Graduate in 16dt- eine, University of Toronto 168r. Late Assistant New York Ophtb&$. mic and Aural Institute, Moorefield.'s Eye, and Golden Square throat hos*tats, London, England, At OomtetR- ercial Hotel, 'Seaforth, 3rd ',Wednes- day in each month from 1.30 p.ru. to 5 p.m. 1 R. W, C. SPROA'T.—Graduate e Faculty of. Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London. Memo r of College of Physicians and Sac- geons of Ontario, Office in rear of Aberhart's drug store, Seaton*. Phone 90, Hours 1.30-4 p.m., ?..1(N -9 p.m. Other (fours by appointment, Dental R. J. A. MUNN, Successor to Dr. R, R. Ross, graduate of North,- western University, Chicago, Ill. L4. centiate Royal College of Dental Sur- geons, Toronto, Office over Sing hardware, Main St,, Seaforth. Shona 151. c g the daily offerings as you have kindly directed:" Poor Tara, there was no guile in her loving heart which bred or foster- ed suspicion. What could she think but that those callous minds had re- lented towards her? and perhaps the very offerings which she ,lead thought- lessly made over to other attendants, had been Iola original cause of all their apparent: enmity. Day after day the. Moortees' respect seemed to increase, DR. F. J. BECHELY, graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto. over W. R. Smittengrocery, Main St„ Seaforth. Phonon, office 185W, residence 185J. Auctioneer. GEORGE ELDIOTT, Licenced' Auctioneer for the County of Huros- Arrangements can be Made for Stile Date al The Seaforth News. Chargee moderate and satisfaction guranteed. WATSON ANI) RE11.1# REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENCY (Sucessors to James 'Watson) MAIN ST., SEAFORTH, ONT. All kinds of Insurance risks effect- ed ffected at lowest rates in First -Mae Companies. THE McKILLOP Mutual Fire Insurance Cos HEAD OFFICE--,SEAFORTH, Out OFFI CERS President—Ales. Broadfoo,t, .Seaforth; Vice -President, James Connolly, God- erich; Secretary -Treasurer, M. A. Reid, Seaforth. AIGENTS • W. E. {Ibsnchley, :Seaforth; Jain Murray, R. R. 3, ,Seaforth; E. R. G. Jarmouth, Brodhagen; James Watt. Blyth; C. F. Hewitt, Kincardine; Wm. Yeo, Holmesville. ,DIIIRiEOTIORS !Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth No. 8e James S'Iidldice, Walton; Want. Kiaor, L o m e s'bo'ro; George Leonhardt,, Bornholm No. 1; John Pepper, Brom- field; James Connolly, Goderich; Ro- bert Ferris, ,Blyth; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth No. 5; Wm. R. Archibald„ Seaforth ,No. 4, Parties desirous to effect insurance or transact other business, will be promptly ,attended to by applications to any of the above named officers ad- dressed to their respective post - offices. and while her work was rendered . lighter, her ,repugnance to acknonvl- edgethem as co -servants seemed to lessen. With all indeed, except Gun- _ ga, the respect was sincere, and the deference unfeigned;; but with her, intercourse seemed only. to fan the flame of revenge burning at her hearty and while she rePress•ed' it with diffl:- culty in public, in private she yielded to it with a'11 the unbridlled rancour and jealousy of her nature. ('I'o -Be Continued)