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The Seaforth News, 1934-08-23, Page 6PAGE SIX. THE SEAFORTH NEWS wt ;ice' aft t .itl„lrII. '" hat.m, with tlopal e1 an I 11p the pass, seor. :r. \ .,:u 1, t it r,a, l..n� t r, n if the 11 ilt, u.: night 1 acre taken 't:nt—that \1'. :vh.: n ye :Ought," r e:arned two. \‘omen aril their servant , -Now Alla bepraised!" cried the Peer. "that he fell into: thy hands, Meah, :or that crawl's'our 'arrk; tan a ive? "Alive and unhurt. ITuzrut." \rl y •:i sari :t ' ie. aeked I'a- !•ar ti :.h,"There are as- many,\)or.., Crhr.t.n,. ,:s there ;ere lannajee \1a;- -Yen: a, eplie-a Saws it is. ITe a^11 .. n r,•'•',aele, 1 servant or retainer of t:1 knew' him," returned Faz- "t ^n'e cried G,•; al Singh. .. d' 4' 'lel the grotm, 'i: is rite 4::.1. !on is . ;,ctrl stud wii1 not ,. \\'c 11;,-12 he.i,tw, stifely 1_t ksh mid Is watching Hint n, ,.at, aril there re ar. :ran an: eau. - lip." u. - .1: lincs •,: . . A:,, , t'1 .:'1t, .1..._, : .,.• the ... ins :lair. st eat in .1. 1: c , :nh- ,;. trihnted •:.r.:r n a,. .. ',r ', . ,j, men, :na0 hers ,:, their rt :uvl 1 sr,. The N...farcilees. 1 tet, ,irntt 1,tere of each 'ly, ere hating the aseal'' y vigerously, and 1 single men were ri 11 grit 1 g From other quarters and joining their divisions. haul rode em with his com- panions. looking f:rr scsmehody he knew, who might .give hint n.ewe of his father, when, from behind a mass of buildings which formed the corner of a street outside the town gate, a cavalcade approached, led by men of his owe P'aigah, and in the -midst of which rode his father, the Peer, and 1-brahini Khan, the leader of the Ab- yssinians, accompanied by the tall, martial figure of !Pahar Singh. 1.A hearty greeting ensued from all, and Fazil saw that his father and the Peer were flushed with excitement, while in the severe threatening aspect of `Pahar Singh, there was an expres- sion which he could not ddfine, which might be either habitual—the result of the night's 'fatigue, or something more —perhaps grief. 'Tome on, my son," cried the Khan cheerily; "we have ordered up provi- sions fox the men and can rest here in the Gosai's Mutt, 'before we ride on to Sh'olapoor, and get some' kicheri friend Ibrahim. Khan has promised to see after. Inshallal we sent many. a Kaffir to he'll last night before his time," he continued, twisting up his moustaches, "and Tooljapoor will long remember firing upon Aizool Khan's men and killing true believers, But we did not get that Brahmun of Sivaji's,—wha't Was his name, Pahar Singh, .?.—though hie was there when we came;' and that was a pity. M— 2 —ryf "M•ord_.. 'Tr1mmul,'° said .Pahar Singh, .interposing. ".Ay, that was it—thhn'lcs, friend; and what hast: thou dome, my son?' • to .i:, rat.' r. y 1r^d: Illy nephew will Ilial i may 'x sair, I .,-r;- ��''. an Fazil, -.- with t clic,•• t':c hha '-r: 1., 1.• a .. \l e',it?" said ti. Sina t "et the Bra- there broke down :he gate; mean- while some of our men had been shot for they fired first and Huzrty there cried 'Deet, Deena' and we all rushed in pell-mell and cleared ;he court; that is all." He said this apcio- ticaP'.y Fazi:- Vito,h:,- and feared to tell the res:. "Will you conte with ane, .Pahar Singh, said the young man, you know the 21ace; 1 would see it.' -Ye,. e. I will come," said the chief. rising and sighing as he replied; -per- not be helped and yet •'11.11,..1 w, t -on 1 the Khan a'.r :c't't him." re''ird "I will 1 if t`em af:lr- on c tact s were d -: ate which will stir Ilinda minds- sorely throughout the "Jnntry. Sahib; it is not •':c a -ant sight but I 111: `o -with "Keep the prisoner til I return, fa- ther," continued Fazil; "I would fain hear ',what he say, for himself," "If thou wilt go. sen, return quick - replied the Khau, "bat I had ra- :her thou didst not, \\')tat is the use it? what is dine is done;" and Faz- thought his father sighed. 1 :wild rather dee the ti•ors:: With :uy own eyes, lather," replied Fazil, "than hear lies from others, Come, ar " Ile added to I'ahar Singh, who ,t rit:•d for hint, ' 1 attend yens." IIe will be ccxecl at what he finds," -ail the i�}tan when Fazil da. gone: uJ it will distress his young heart. IIe has never seen the like, and it re- otti es older eyes,like urine and thine, 1Iuzrur. t look on ,nett si„ lits un - 111 'i L' 1. ".1y, true. replied the Peer, "but tate or tato battle -fields will be enough mire hint, and methinks - he is over- ,,.:der t., infidels. \\'011, we shall see ,alta: he a Irises about this firalunuti, 1,,r he 1; dear in council. The matt .,a,.dht to die,' "i1e willnotdire about cite men,- -aid tite Khan, abstracted':y, "bttt ab- . tto is trick 11 110 are head; and that loving heart of his mother's ,third she • ave 'atm, will lt' c ricvcd. Gel ;moat- 1 a mull not have had it • .N eh!" :aid the Peer. ''nr,r I. li ,;tit. il•t: :hey evert only Kaffir::af- ter a'.1 r.!d 41,1 t Farce Shalt.. '•'es -ill memory make a ;Fila f infel- e -s heads 1- ,c'ore the gate of t t,anr- .1'2,• 1 Kh:„r. did ..e't nn+•,ter--he cared . at ca -c; ;e111 the 112121•, tI.1114:.7'1ise.; it .I ,'l s, n'ith rl ,:1'' .l alt i' l attitude . c.•a: :tae^i , :;,a ,m things di- vine. i- vine, n-: '.t, Ii: to was t,t y .lsmut; Ibrahim in_ then as he !n.1 they ,.s:1 -,„L ted and ent- "I: r,t , re.n.” said :h. lint , 'ori ire cute 1 himself, "an.; air. . (; .1 .,,r the vier rt•. A', niterci:te. and ha- permitted 111,1 ,statist 1; ,uicc•sot:r : a tit, infidel " snit 1' Pct., interrupting- .\.tool Khan: .: S -din have been over - .,.t ,.,:'1 their altar sprinkled with .:, 1 is their infidel leaders, ' 1 . h:it:Oh Go:.i,' cried haul; :11, temple has not been harmed, nor 1•ceglle, I trust? We had no war against it. father." "Not the temple—not the temple," returned the Peer. rubbing his hands together complacently. "It would take a eeood deal of gunpowder to blow n a;, and we have none; but for the rest. the work was well done, Ln'shalla1 they will not be able to renew their devil -worship; and when the King, on whom be peace. gives permission, I —I, Peer Synd Bund,agee—will come and destroy this house of idols, and build a mosque upon it; and true be- lievers will be feasted with' cow's flesh slain within its precincts, 131- humb-ul-1lla, who hath givea us the victory!" "Father," said the young man gravely, "is it as he says?" "Even so, my son, and thank God for ft; and I have vowed to 'give a thousand rupees to the work, in mem- ory of the victory," replied, Afzool Khan, Fazil turned away sick at heart. What evil night not have been done? more, even, than his fears had antici- pated: - "And thou hast no congratula!tlon for thy father, ,Fazil" asked the Khan in a tone of dls,ap.poiiitment, "0 father, a thousand that thou ant safe through last nigh't," cried Fazil, "and—" "No rejoicing for victory over the infidels?" asked the Peer, sneering. "'Chou haat 'a rare sympathy with them, I know, Meah Sahib; is this seemly in a Mussulman?" "Not with rebels, not with the King's enemies," cried Fazil quickly; "brit I never warred' against priests and women yet, nor did he. What hath been done, father?,, "'Well, son," replied the Kilian, "they would .not let tis in :after those Mahratta ,rebel, and Pahar Singh, t' i 111' t E -R 1.I X. THU'R'SDAY, AUGUST 23, 1934 dying eyes brightened, and met those of his master in a scared, wild gaze at first. but one which softened tend- erly into a look of rapt affection. He tried to speak bur it was hopeless; to raise it:mscli by drawing his master's hand to him, anti -clasping that he had in both his own—but in vain. 'The lips moved and Pahar Singh bent his head down to listen, The bystanders could hear nothing; but Pahar said in his ear loudly, "Yes, it shall all be elate—alit fear not” I: was enough, Perhaps the man might have lingered a while if he had not been excited; but the old chief's words had suddenly rallied the flick- ering lamp of life. It had sparkled for a moment, and fell back, dull and smouldering, into the socket; the eyes again glazed, and the clasped hands relaxed their grasp, tried once more to recover it, failed and fell powerless beside him and the rugged bronzed features were fast growing into tha strange majesty of Death, "lt is no use staying.," said the chief seemed to Mina to glow with a fiendish expression of malice. ."Etil1 spirit," he said, turning aw- ay, "if thou art to being among the PROFESS'IONtaL CARDS Medical OR, ,E, A. i\'lcM,AISTlliR—'Graduate . devils, thou art at l'e'ast helpless to of the .racully of Medicine, Univers- rise or to avenge thyself—he there for ever. Why doesthe blessed Alla: stif- fer thy abomination?" "Come away," cried Pahar Singh' tothe young roan,"Faust' the place is .evil; .conte—go not tear the god- dess, she may hurt thee:" "Do you believe in her?" asked zil, 'I fear her," was the reply; 'she is very greedy and very terri'b'le; she takes life for life and more besides. Conic—we will see after these women —1I know the Shastree', house," !Life for life and more besides! Those words came back with a strange vividness upon Farit's mem- ory in after times. Then, they but ex- citer) a shudder of rarer at the super stilion which suggested them, "0 that I hail come up here, instead of going below!" said Fail to his companion, "Had I but known the place I would have done so. 0 my father, why was this done?" "It could not have been stayed, Meah. . As they say 10 Persian, `S'hoorl- uni-Shoorluni'--w'hat is to be, is to be" returned Pahar Single; "nay, for that matter, why did) 1 bring your father and his hien: at all? Some of those pig- headed' servants of Nimbalkur's be- gan it by shutting the gate and killing my poor Rami; and after the Peer's cry of 'Deco, 'D'een1' you might as well have tried to stop the 1;eema in flood :is the 0100. A11 I could do tteas to save Nimbaldu• and others while the 'Peer was pulling down the god- dess from her altar and spitting on her, Aha! holy peer, we shall see who is strongest, the goddess or thee. Bless tiod• for it.11eah, that thy fath- er h'a't tlotitini to dm -with that; and when the Peer proposed to send- for COWS to slay there he would not have it done" Vaal! sighed. 1t was not that he fearedthe_g'td§lesa though of her po- wer then, as now. there pas an unde- fined dread among \i:ilt melons and ceremonies of propitiation and deprec- ation of evil, were often performed privately even among the most strict in religions matter,; but Inc dreaded the civet oat the Mahratta people at large. No one conlii know of the true reason of :\fzool Khan's advance on the town; the plunder and cltsccra;ion of the tent;iit• wotthd ',CCM to all t•, have been tit.• actual purpose; and the deed would prnd'tce a shudder of ex- ecration lie well knew fr, in one end of Mahara"tra to ihc. Taos eonversirg they .:ached the :n pt r gate where e on,- of the then in • ltendanee on the dyi t:; retainer met them. The t::: s on lir: f ace needs 1 n. -',etch t' ,.x,•t.,i0 them. "He 1' se:,1,' said tit, „ "hc never sp 14 afterw'ar'ds." 'My p • 1 t , '.1" eeclttimcd Palm: h. "A! \im 1, site '+e•1 ,tc:,r is - nun, the Ile .t rider --hunchback as ha has—tic heal at :1, his !atn',t- ri a:. that I have att.: it• truest heal. tt.o, rough 'tit-- fa; ai'ai \\'el:, i11 mat - et 11,;w 1'. a.t'a'h','aa !litre " he ' ntinued, "No utas:.. •)•c, is not. \Ve have sent fnr binde,,' "0 , not lay. Bury Rama at once. I do but accompany the young khan; and thea the horn will. sound. 'Be quick," ,'hey: passed on, turning to the left into a street which ascended to a higher level in the town. As they prr- ceeded evidences of plunder and' vio- lence were abut too visible, :[Here a Patch of 'b'lood on the pavement still wet—there .portions of cloths,—brass and copper vessels dropped in flight, —doors ;broke,n, in with axes, and the interior !courts -0'f such houses as were entered in dire ,aon1fusott—women and men alike, 'wee'ping :and wailing bit- terly. -This is the IS!h!astree's ,Nouse, Meah," staid (Pahar 'Singh; 'enter and see." rPhcre was no one 'in it, They went Ito the end" of the courts, even to ;that in which !was the temple and Tara's garden, all 'so trim 'and neat. !The ,body of ,an 'Alb cssinian was Tying among the latwers 'and another '.df a' Maheatta ,near 'him. •The sacred (fire was 'still smouldering on the altar and Pahar ,Singh reverently gifted some of the 'logs of Wood and pu't then, on it, !Jere and 'there arndng the ndoms were ,splashes of blood and marks df violence but none of the room, ,doors, were open, ''Their property is safe, said the 'c'hicf;""but who are alive and who dead? ,',There is ,ao one here, Let its 'ask the :eigihib'o'rs." They inquired ,of several, One roan said that Janoo Nai'k and the town' 1Ram'o'o's'ees 'had defended the house send ,beaten off .plunderers; 'bunt they' knew nothing of the women. "Come,",said Paher (Singh to Fazil,. '"we le -time tleere, Let us seek Jaero Nai.k, IT know him, 1 -Pe will be at the< IKu•c'heri, and, 'will know;" and they went, J.anoo was found, but ,he hadno idea of telling 'Pdhlar ISinigh•, the r.oblber, chiefand a 'gaoyl-Il'ooking •Musstrl pan where he had, bidden iAnunda and drawing away Inc hand to brush the tear, from his eyes, 'he will not kaom' me again, Conte, Meah; I, too, an. growing a fool, ,See to hint, all of yo'i I1 his brother conte, well and good; if 1''t; bury him decently, and not with tae rest•" Have you any retainer who is lov- ed and torted as you would trust a faithful hound?" aske•d Pahar Singh, suddenly turning turning round as they were walking out of the court, ":'\hl T for- get, clogs are impute t, you mans," Inc can lino S.d; 'forgive 1110." "Nay, no forgiveness is needed," replied Fazil. "Yes, I have one as trite and 'faithful to me as that poor 'fellow WS ttyou," - "\\'listt is hr.?" asked the chief ab- ruptly --"Muasulman h-iuptly----".\iucsutnt:l or Hindu?" - "1-Iindu," replied Fazil; "a Malu•at tar" '.1 Maht'atta," cried the chief; 'otte 1 the enemies of your race? I marvel and yet alit ghel. Yes, be true to hint a' :,1 he will never deceive you; be will g to 111, life for you. 1)111y be trite, as I hate been 1„ mine, Two i11 a month,' it, 'tottered to himself; 'one there, ,n • ')err, my hen and true -t. What matter, \i eah?' he continued aloud; 'sooner 'r later the message C011les u" all, Mine might have come last night, yet I ant here.' Was this the old Jogi of the temple o• llrcjapoor? the sordid ..lover of gold, the 1111bi<, robber and murder- er? .\ strange contradiction in char- acter as in acts; and now, sobbing as he waiked out into the street, Fazii could see that tears were wet on his cheek and glistened on the grizzled moustache where they had fallen. "He was shot here," said the chief. pausing at the gate, "while breaking it in with his axe, and the slot cause 0'111 that loophole, When T got in, the man who tired it died with a blow where he sat, so thou Wert avenged. my poor hound. But what Ilse is it, Meah, now• my slave is gone? l'otne; yctn have already seen enough of this misery and what is below there is worse, Will you go on?" "Yes, I will go," returned Fazil, "I• w- ubl ' know if one Vyas Shastree was slain, With others." - "'Vyas She -tree, Meehr cried the chief. "Why, he was in the temple. I saw him. All, the poor Shastree, I hope not, for I knew him well—a learned Braltmun sir—indeed conte, search for him is at least an object." 'It was a terriblesightas they ad- vanced. Why dwell on it? litany bod- ies had been removed and all the wounded; but many still remained, 0150, w'otnen together, fe yet unclaim- ed, and there was blood everywhere, glistening and drying in the sun. Near the temple porch were several bodies in aheap. Pahar Singh looked at theist narrowly but the Shastree was not among them. One of the temple attendan'ts was sitting in the vestibule weeping in st'upi'd grief; the chief shook him roughly, roused' him and he got up. "D'idst thou see Vyas Shastree?" he asked; `Was he hurt last night?" "He was 'killed," said the man, "there," and he pointed to the ent- rance, "He was fighting and a negro' killed hint. Eke day broke they took hien up and carried hind away." "Dead?" asked .Fazil. ""Dead'," said th-e man quite dead; I hopped to put him upon the litter they brought for him and they h'a've burned him by this time." "And' his Wife?" asked the chief, "Armada Bye?" "Seek her at her house," said the Man turning away. "She was not here, nor D'adha Bye eilher. His daughter Tara was here bit no one knows what became of her." iIt w'as enough. The Shastree was dead. Alnother loran who advanced from behind the shrine said, the same and Fazil need ask no more. He look- ed around—the place was slippery with blood and dark except for a dim lamp in the shrine. He looked in --the altar was bloody, and the im- age, its rich clothes torn and dabbled in blood, lay beneath on its b'aelt, as it havd- fallen, The dint. Tay of the lamp' fell''upon it, upon a few .g or- naments still about its neck and)' arils and upon the weird ruby :-eyes ` that i .: a;1 t, . ,., .,1• Sinal a eat „tit i t ' (le strr t. lbs Ialtrr Ie the -say through the gate and along tete main streets o: the town to its cent'.',, ,t bene .. busy, motley scene r •srsetited itself. The Amid, or lo- cal chic officer was seated In his Kn- ai1 ri, or tial 1 of audience, stir' 'uttdetl ':,y a crny,I ,.f people t''Shut he was .ic:n0 , rders for flour, grain, butter, 1.n•a_e and the ot:esr a,untlees necessities ..f 111e force which had c., rudderly come upon him, ','hey did .lot pause there but turned down the maht :t••cet leading to the temple, the gilded spires and other portions of ,vilich appeared at the end of it, the craggy sides of the gI,n, and beyond al", the precipices of the Ram Durra, whie4t were veiled in the blue morning vapour. Now there was no doubt of what had happened. The pavement of the bazar, worn smooth by the naked feet of thousands of pilgrims and devotees in centuries past, was stained with blood which, as they advanced, was still wet and slippery in many places. :\lready had the town scavengers `,,gun to wash it away, and were pouring vessels of water on the flags and sweeping them with brooms. A few shops only were open for the sale of flour, butter, and groceries, the owners of which sat within, with scared faces, evidently in the direst terror. "Tiley lay thick here," said Pahar Singh—the first words he had spoken, "blit have ben removed and they are burying them yonder, outside, all to- gether—infidels as your father woulid say, and true believers. Bunt stay, Meah Sahib, there is one of my poor fellows 'lying 'here in a shop. I thought hint dead, but he is alive as yet; let us look at him, A poor fellow," he said repressing a sob; "a poor butrc'h- back, but he was like a d'og to me— not a man. Perhaps he may know pie now, or he may be dead; let us see." 'Pahar Singh turned to the right into a small courtyard in an open veran- dah of which several rough-loo'king men were sitting beside a body Paid on the ground• and partly covered by a bloody sheet, They rose as the chief advanced and saluted him, "Haw- is he now, Nursinga?" asked Pahar .Singh; "will he live? Rama," he `continued, bending over the main Whose eyes were evidently glazing fast, "Rama, dorsa thou know rate—tide master?" The man looked vacantly around, hearing the words, smiled, and felt about with his hands, as if to, clutch what it was denied' him to see. Sud'- denly, sand as the chief put his awn ll:and into that which sought it, the ity of Toronto, and of the Now York -. Post Graduate School and Hospital. Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of .Ontario. Office on. 1lig11 street. P'hcuac 27. IJK. GLLIIIIItT C. JARROTT •Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, Un- iversity of Western Ontario, Member of College of Physicians and Surgeons: of Ontario, Office 46 Goderich St. West, Phone 37. Hours 2.4.30 p.m, 7,30-9.00 p.n1. Other •hours by appoint - meth, Successor lo Dr. Chas. Mackay, DIR, H, HUGH ROSS, Pihyisic,taot and Surgeon. Late of London Hos. pittil, London, England, S'ptol$ attention to diseases of the eye, oar, R050 and throat. Office and re* dence behind Dominion Bank, °thee ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd Monday tt,.. Phone No. - 5; Residence Phone 104. DR. F. 3, BURROWS, Seaf.oron Office and residence, Goderich mtre+at,. - east of the United Church, Coltonsr, for the County of Huron. Telephone No. 46, DR, F, 3, R. F10'1ZStTER—•Eye, Baal Nose and Throat. Graduate in Medi- cine, University of Toronto 1S5t7, Late Assistant New York' Ophthal- mic and Aural Institute, Moarefield'g Eye, and Golden Square throat hood - vats, London, England, At Comm- ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd Wednes- day in each month from 1.30 p.m. to 5 p,m, DR. W. C, SPRO- T,—Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, University ed Western Ontario, London. Membee! of College of Physicians and Sur- geons sttgeons of Ontario, Office in rear of Aberhart's drug store, Seaforth~ Phone 90. Hours 1,30-4 p,en,, - 7,34 -9 p.m, Other hours by appointment Dental DR. J. A, MLCN'N, Successor to Dr, R, R. Ross, graduate of North- western University, Chicago, Ill. Li- centiate Royal College of Dental Sur- geons, Toronto. Office over Sola hardware, Main St., Seaforth, Phone 151. DR. F. J. BECT3ELY, graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto, Office over W. R. Smith's grocery, Main St., Seaforth. Phones, office 185W, residence 1853. Auctioneer. GEORGE ELIJPOTT, Licensed 'Auctioneer for the County of Huron.. Arrangements can be nfade for Sale Date at The Seaforth News. Charcwo 'moderate and satisfaction guranteed. WATSON AND REID;8.• REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENCY (Succssors to James 'Watson) MAIN ST,, SEAFORTH, ONT. All kinds of Insurance risks effect- ed at lowest rates in First -Class. Companies. THE McKILLOP Mutual Fire InsuranceGoo a, HEAD •OFFICE—.SEAFORTH, Ont - 0 PRI CERS President—Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth).. Vice -President, James Connolly, God-- erich; Secretary -Treasurer, M. ,A Reid, Seaforth. AGENTS W. E. Hinc.hley, ,Seaforth; Jtdhtt, Murray, R. R, 3, 'Seaforth; E. R. G. Yarmouth, Brodhagen; James Wa!tt, Blyth; C. F. Hewitt, Kincardiine;.. Wm, Yeo, Halmesville. D1IIR1ECT'ORIS - Alex. Broad'foot, Seaforth James Shdldice, Walton; Wm: Knox,. !L ao m d e s'boro; George Leonhardlt, Bornholm No. 1; John Pepper, Bruce -- field; James Connolly, Goderich; 'Ro-- bemt Ferris, B'iy'th; Thomas Mdyltan„ Seaforth No. 5; Wm. R. Ardh'ildafid,,. ,Seaforth No, 4. Parties desirous to effect insurance. of transact other business, will he promptly .attended to by applications to any of the above named officers ad- dressed to their respective post - offices. IRa'dllt'a, Who,now safely !delivered` !from their unid!night watch .on the ledge of rock had been guided by his son! et !early da!yIig.ht over the 1111111 to the 'village of Alfsinga ,where they- were theywere in safety, - (To Be Continued) Douglas Egyptian Liniment is es- pecially recommended for spider, or infection of cowls teat. Invaluable also itt cases of sipavins, curbs and splints. -