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The Seaforth News, 1934-09-20, Page 6PAGE SIX. THE SEAFORTH NEWS, Yat Fazii opposed them both, gent - iv yet firmly, and at '.asr almost trercely. "She is my captive, if captive - et all." he said; 'my save, taken is oar, according to your own texts, 1-hizrnt-and 1 can release- her, or raneons her, or keep her, as I will, he has relatives at Wye, where we - .:.re going, and with your permission, is:iter,-site can stay with as til! then: -re will be her safeguard, •honourably ,.:td truly. After that," he added with roe ; tt:e •-nfu,ion, "she can act for herself. and of her cw-it free will; but seed her 10 the pa:a:e. to be deck - eat and ..e•ticed f, r a while. and himself ? He night become actually so, and what a ,field for advancement was opened to hini if this should be! "May your prosperity increase, may ye'n be Victorious," he said to the father and son as he took leave of them; "Inshalla1" your poor servant will write you news of the city and court, alter the true imperial fashion,' which is more his vocation than rec- ording battles; only remember that your slave is grateful." IAfzuo: Khan's army, now organized in all respeets, set forward on its march. A few miles only were trav- erse,! daily, and it would require a -then fl -a_ aside -no. father; .tetter m_n± or more ere they could reach 1, ,. •better Still that ae now •\Cys. Sometimes a house was found i.. ::t:a the stmt:. to -hit ler For the ladies in a village or town ..-... eneae to awn ,c ,:e." near nhieh-the forces encamped; hut "Thet a 'u ac . sesta':i. .on. mere frequently they were hi t'he ere.- ..ea,recd bi father; "ire:1 Khan's tents, which were in finitely let.. } N•.1 ie'. sic. Xo pleasanter. The two girls grew to- . rt`•::_:t, .0 anise:a he getter. the more as the. first restraint his v.t . ,:y t ,assn away; and the lady Lurlee and 14.i .. .i:;s .61(.-1 i iia- lona were never tired of hearing from tic• it, . the beaetifn: heathen, the r ?e;fii. .. c .nr ;e stryrre of her life, her widow- ' " t ;e . aete hecel. and her .etrange rescue from CP, ,.... ,ere relished, . w i 7 i. .ti,nonr. fe,erod ay:,- 'Para happy? Yes; when she rt : ht ef what her fate mus: have l :t . 1 ..:" a:- 'Acc't had she not been rescued from s 1I.,.v, •I7:mrnni. or even if Fazil had .. ,, .... .,.. ided to her first entreaties. and let 'd her wi;'.n,n• inquiry. She knew not :1 Tn,: :va ,c 1.,t-a•1a 1 .!u❑ . alt•• hurt cr escape from the ' set r •, ;,1 t..tr, n w^t;z'.t Far... had secured: a ye, : sass ,gratitude to hint had • .• the - tree .ready beerme ;he stain iee.i' of Let. _t 'ter .at. -.t.' O +cr ..:e. 0i her Barents death shehad .., ': n:e, ; lo,5f wittrterer new, The °thee. %i i'... I:e:r,'- . e: the family would have le" e .lac 1 her; ' , 1 her oroucr:v and cast her off. :he sea wee1,1 have been helpless agoing P•i:s . .t.,', t i. n.. :m 1 profligacy of men , \ e.,. .. .. •'tris 'ler , :1 t.'0, eel Low cite was tat :,r''east ,:r. She .it,s grateful, there- ..... tae .•.:t.aa 'eai. e:.;Old. . tit nn,s: part, happy , t'u• ' tut tens a •itz wept bitterly uta- . \ 1'I;. _.. :,t -.�.. de:' ;;v „:d tett,... , of an innocent ,- , l the ',eying arms of 1. n. .ler rc,tcd clasped abeet her mere. .u:1 her care ees almost e '.l'.,:.: :e't. -.tails t':e u;:steniue atevarei . .:..1.. ' ,.- her,r•' ime and It .icing. ,.its a rear -eel -C..1" 1 ,..k , . desert.'•:!. In these n .•t.rnts• Ter. emlared hitter grief: 1'.er .:a evor a: hand were : ',e gentle re- ay. ",e,a,•rc--- nd ',t "tst. res , f her !WA' mother and „yet, si,ter. and to them also were joined .tte.reet: se c ter deliverer which, in the • cents:pat esseciatian which grew out n F', „ne. :,:all 1t r . a camp life, she felt becoming .::;t fire 7 .........o eir .' re and m.•re p"verfnl day by day. .:eels e the ,-... e..... r oio the ,'ter." 'CHA'PTE'R LXIV, e:elLastatal, Lades .,id thew .. is. What •abntiti Among the ,events which passed at sholapoor after the- arrival of the Ne: t . d." replied .. ,y! Khan was the disposition of the pries a :ria fled .a nt.re:1enrr \lean Trimmed. Heavily ironed ;:e --and + , Khan! nitre is ,. p,.1 r1Fal t ise. done 'fie:, ee thin." r '1 ara e -caped :another great per - 3 ,vhich 5hc Kota not r,1, and rernain- et'. as an honoured and :veicrrr.e guest and c 'se!y guarded, he had ,been brought from 'Iosljapoor or. horse- back, his irons loosened from one leg, and, when they were again riveted on; tee was consigned to the 'custody of wilt tier new prctec: err, And irre a the Khan's own troop. When the fate tea da :he:: A'zer1 Khan had of .the Brahmun hung in a balance, gale the aeceseery arrangement,, his and !Fazil fearing him, and knoting -rte;:- .ca- reedy m'•ce n. These his indefatignable and successful at - .aced :, at ,sur hands. except a. r.t char'.cters abe 'bi,t- -.'i' lit net :rC :llama: it. The t7. , a.., t :as K han. e: l:le l i.e. 1115 King to n;amace the fairs of ais own ineep=, retnr.,ed tont u.ap...or to the eapitiil. The ,airs had changer!: the Peer and his yr.c,g ,ort: regretted .the 2eces-ity; Tether had sen: for Miro 'Triumnl, for to snare a campaign in re:.' ser;•- and examinedhim in private; and the sullenness of the • man had apparently broken clown before the trlteats of be- ing deapatch'cd to i$ecjapnor, and submitted to hie fate with the King, The 'Klhan and the Peer were'no believers in the honesty -of •Mahrattas; earl at th.e second of these examina- tians, 'the Brahman was plied with temptation auch as was difficult to resist, and to which he yielded with tare,. rejoiced at. the prospect e>i es .apparent reluctance, --but yielded- nee - caping hard -hips r;f ni, ordinary khni. crtheless. To weaist then in.s'pealeiiig Amid was,at Kewas 1i:ha-n the tine with the priso'n'er (for thotugh• the 'LVozeer's son, and nominal 'Wuzeer priest •-spoke :'lghratta perfectly well, tempts in propagating the political in- fluence of the .lfahrattas,' had at first urged his exccntion, then his trans - r iott to ills jepor,r,-there.was not dissentient voice in the sinal) -coun- cil; but et. Sholapoor the aspect of af- ice is t friend I azil had ever been enc af his mos, chert he.l plane. The King's order was, ho.vever, per- emptory, and was obeyed. "\\'her, we !return, said the -ir1 khan to hint as Tiley parted, "the clays .of mourning mill be expired, and thou he:: !have thy desire," With hits was sent the L.i,u;, site, being itaitiraliy of am uttwarlike nrat- yet, as a language of infidels, rarely suffered it, as he said, to defile his mouth; and if he did, subjected that organ to an .excessive. purification at the hour of prayer), --la Brahman, who belonged to the accountant's de pertinent of the state, by name. of Punto •Gopinatit, was employed by the Khan. Of diva ,man he knew but little:. but he was a good •Persian scholar, as well as an intelligent official servant of the kingdom, and the Khan had 00 doubt of Itis 'fidelity. N -or, indeed, Bulwunt Rao either; who, a bad interpreter 'himself, had on all occasions, 'been allowed to be present, as a check upon the "Brah- mans. 1B0th had joined in trying to persuade Morro Trim:mei to disclose the intentions of his master, and had .a'lw'ays 'been met with the sane ans- wer, that the Prince only desired rec- ognition of his rights, and that when he ,heard for certain of the 'march of the force, he would he .tune to send ambassadors to explain what had oc- curred. Se it had come to this, that if ambassadorss did arrive Within a few days, Mora ITrinimul was to be can - fronted with them; otherwise, that he Was to he sent bade to 'Beeja'poor, to be dealt with as a traitor. To Bulwent Rao, whose Mahratta mind was capable of understanding and appreciating an indirect ,motive ai policy, the !Khan's determination seemed perfectly reasonable; and if Moro Trimmed could by any means he brought to consent. to lead the force through the defiles of Wye, some effect upon the Rajah's position might hey obtained. If not, who Was to do it? To Fazil, -however, the position tak- en un by his father was so unintel- ligible. and - so unlike his -usual straightforward mode. +,1 proceeding, that he feared some extraneous agen- cy was at work. It was not so. how- ever: it was simply the power which strung minds exercise over weaker; and by. the •Brahmmn's cool contempt of death, his certainty that Sivaji would beg far terms; and his wil".- ingnees t'v assist if he did. -the Khan's suspicions were overcome. Nor was ft strange, perhaps, that after a time the Mian appeared to at- tach ma particular culpability- to Moro •i'rimenui•s attempt to carry off Tara. He hrel exp'ained the act, by :her father having tired of her presence in the bailee as the jealon= enemy of his stcr, 0 new and hau:ifnl wits and and rqust•l hini to take her away tc Wye, to levote her to one of the temples there. 'one little force was, don'it, necessary; hut her father had aur'.: •rized nein„ tt•rd, to pre - vett interference by her mother. \Vit••t dial he care about the ,girl? -as widow -hi• was impure, and her not Saving performed the rites id w:don 1101 -1, p r'cd her beyond the pale of respectaa'ity; yeas, the Khan might mak: a Mahotnedas a,1 tier, send her tr, he kine, nr de what he please.! with hie s:,ave, Inc had no'concern f..:• her now. The Ehler to aght this state cd the case en the whole more probable, in r- .eche, than Tara's own st; rj, rer.! :11romeh I.arlee and Z,vna. It did not ::ffcet her character, whist Mon f:i:r.tnal spared no words , , panels. Se the I r t t to erc-x into facotir; ;eel es 11r- did se, the flattery. which he t'.i:•i',nterl to the khan call the I'eer had its effect, in procuring Iiia liberty, first from his irons, and then of speech with Gopinath and other persOns of his awn sect. who came to converse bits one so well known by rcpatatinn. The position of all parties c.,.ttinued thus till a few days after the force had left ISholapoor; when, ne morning„ as the khan reached the hating -place for the day, the ar- rival of envoys from the Rajah 'Siv- aji was announced in carnp, and with- ent delay they were summoned to the Khan's presence.. \Ve need not .follow the negotia- tions which ensued; we have only to do with those who took part in then, Most of as know, too, what Eastern negotiations are, when weakness is covered by temporizing expedients of fal.aehonl and treachery. So it has been from the tfirt, so it will be to. the end. Moro T.rimmul - haci well guessed what his master's policy vv°uld be when he 'laid .his fate upon the result; and when be heard from d;tilevunt Rao that the envoys hini proffered submission., and begged of Afznoi Khan to advance end partake .of the Rajah's hospitality at Pertab- guru, wher the affairs pending in dis- pate could be atnicahly discussed, he w -a satisfied -he • could •'understand what was- to come. His own .liberation soon 'followed. Of what use was it confining an ir- responsible agent, when real anrb.as- .sadarss had voluntarily met the Khan, and declared their atraster's intention to threw. himself .on the royal dem- enev? So -Moro Trinienul was set free; His first act was to seek Gunge. So .long ay he• had 'been kept within the fort at iSho'ika-poor he had heard nothing •of her; but the day the force marched, he had ,scent her, attended by two stout footmen with swnod and bac, ler, ,siding among the cannp fol- lowers, as the division of horsemen, under Wh'os'e charge he was placed, rapidly passed a crowd of then strag- gling onwards. IShe had not ;observed hint, he 'thought, for s'he made no sign of recognition. It had been oth- erwise, however; and we must re- trace a little this gi'rl's proceedings; dn; order to comprehend her .present position. Under that strange fascination which often impels worsen to endure more from men who ill-use them than from those w•'Ito caress them, she had been unable to remain at •Todlja'poor, and after a brief struggle she had yielded to her destiny. When the Khan discharged her, and the temp- orary insensibility of Luks'hanun had procured her geld zone, which was valuable; the hand mercenary nature which had,grown ,out of her vocation, rose as a wall between her and Moro Trimmmul, and yet but 'fon a moment, tit said to her, "'You bave got all you can from his m'an, his fate is evil; you have had'many escapes from hint, and, this is the last. Go! leave bins, you .could not save his life if you would; the Musulmano Trate !him, and will 'destroy him, or im- prison shim for life. Enough that you have escaped; go, and be thankful." That was what she thought, as she picked' up the zone when it rolled away, fastened it ,round her •waist, and walked out of the roost. Where was sive to go ? She dared not visit the temple. Mead bodies were still lying there, and there was 'blood about the streets, She went to -An- uncle's house, and looked into all the court.. She saw* the dead negro ly- ing among the flowers, and, horrified at the sight, she started back; and just as some men opened a door and tried to intercept her, she fled away in terror. She dared not trust herself in the quiet parts of the town nor in the camp; for there were many who would have thougth little of a stab with a dagger, or open violence, to rid her of the zone and the valuable ornaments she had about her. The bazar, however, was safe, and she might meet some one she knew, and obtain protection. There were many. •Among them, Janoo the Ramoosee, now very tipsy, yet able to recognize her, 41e knew site was no friend of Amanda's er Tara's, and to her he told the same story as be had done to Fazii. "Dead, all ;lead!" he cried, as he staggered a- way -="dishonoured and murdered by the negr°es; and they are buried 'n the hole 'beyond the well, without the gate. Go and see -go and Fee." ,She went up through the gate idly, and sat down beside the great well, She dared not go beyond it. A large pcepul tree hung aver it, and a num- ber ef Hindu .soldiers were cooking tinder its shade, She asked for a few itot cakes, and they ,gave them, and she ate them there. 'Then she wan- dered into the fields and gardens be- yond, and so round to the !.Pap -nae temple, and sat down on the ledge of reek above the little stream, which thence leapt plashing down the pre- dpice. to kin•; over the broad plain, over which :he light shadows of fleecy clouds were chasing each outer. Her eyes filled with tears, for there came back 1' her, hard and ,depraved as rite was, many tender memories of the titan whom she had loved passion- ately; feared, mated with bitter jeal- ousy, and again lowed with that per- versity which is part of the ,fiercest jealousy, anti distort every semblance of troth to serve its own purpose. The scene of Tara's , inauguration came back to her memory. and 'her beauty. "It was not his fault," she cried out aloud; "it was thine, to :send that lctos-faced girl- to bewitch him, else he had ,been true to me, and thou art rightly served for it. iHe said thou wast a fiend, and 'feared thee not, nor do i," Yes, Tara was gone; wattled the Mussul•m'an boy, so grand, so beauti- ful, ever give up so !lovely a captive? 'Surely not. "Let hini have •ebr," she said, "she will go away, far, far from me and him, and it is well. Yes, it is well, and what ,have 7 to do brut follow and watch, -;follow and watch?" Then she rose, remembering her store of money in a pot under the fire- place, in a cloister of the temple, where she '!tad lived. bier clothes, Iter property would he gone; what matter, if that were safe? So she rose up and 'ran lightly along the plain, .back to the gate, avoiding the new graves; then passed down the bazar and into the temple court. A1!1 the dead ''had been remov- ed, The scavengers were w°aching the court, which she crossed .rapidly. ',As she expected, her room had been plundered, but the !fireplace had not been disturbed. She closed the door carefully, then sat down for a while with a beating heart, to see whether she were followed or not; no, one came, -no lane 'had cared to stop"'bee, though she had .ibeen .seen. !Wtli a small iron. bar which lay in a coroner; she hastily dug op the clay plaster- ing of the hearth, and took out the brass ,vessel she, Iliad hidden there, Which contained her savings; there were upwards of a hundred 'rupees in, it -wealth to her. Tying then coins carefully into her Waistband, she again went 'out into the court, anti proceeded to the tem- ple. "Do not go there, dyed a Man sweeping; "it is not washed," But she went on. dt was not washed, and was ghast- ly with dried :anti d'ot'ted b'l'ood. ,She looked into the shrine, to see what had 'become of the image. IIs :lay there as it 'had! fallen. No one had yet dared to touch it. As she did so, she fancied the eyes turned spitefully towards her, and. a horrible superstitious terror canoe into her heart when she looked' at her hand and saw it was covered' with blood. Then she s'hreiked and, fled shuddering, out of the front ,entrance to the vestibule,, across the .coatet, up the steps, staying only 'Inc a moment to wash hurriedly in the sacred cist- ern. Thus site went into the !bazar, and sought out a carrier Who s'he knew .possessed a strong pony, Who agreed to take her to Sholaipoor; and, purchasing a heavy, coarse ,cotton sheet, she wrapped 'herself in it, and, mingling 'with the orowd of camp - followers, rode after the force to Sholapoor. For many days she •could ,get no speech of Moto 'Trimmed, She had seen Irina taken to nivulets and wells to bathe, and l:e had also seen ,her; but though she - ,daily tried, on one pretense or other, to get near him, she was repulsed, tI was 'enough, however, that she, kneww'herehe was. It was not long after his release ere he discovered her, ;Sate did' not importune !hint, and he could hardly resist the devotion which had •pro'mpt- ed her to abandon what 'had been her home and follow his fortunes. He trusted also to induce her, gradually. again to further .his .designs against Tara, which, now that her parents, and, he believed, also his own sister, were all dead, appeared more prob- able of success than before, t11 ever this selfish man had felt a pang; of real grief in ilia life, it was when he had heard of his sister's death, Poor Radhal whom Ste •had settled at last so well, when any pro- vision for her had become next to hopeless-CRad'ha, who, with all her faults, was part of 'his own rugged nature, polished and set in a more beautiful frame. It was impossible slot to grieve for her. This was the first impression; afterwards there en- sued an element of rejoicing in it, which -daily grew stronger. That ire was free -free to act; free from the keen perception and daring opposi- tion of his sister, which, ever protect- ing Tara as with a shield, 'had only yielded to violence at tic !last, Now Tara was within ,his reach, and, comparatively speaking, in a Inc greater entasure than before. He knew her to be safe in the fancily with whom site had obtained protec- tion. Their own high honour and stoic: respectability were guarantee for this. Kno'lcin?g her helplessness, Moro Trinunal shad but one source of alarm or apprehension: she might allow 'herself to be converted to the biaiu,medan faith, or it plight be clone without 91,er consent, Then, in- deed, theer would be no !tope. 'But, on the other hand, was she not a Brain -nun -wonderfully learned for• a woman, proud 'of this learning, and. above all, a self -professed devotee of the goddess? "No," he thought "triey may at- tempt conversion probably will do so, but she will resist it: and yet she should not be too long exposed to a •double temptation," Now, therefore, as before, he discussed plans with Gunge as to what means •cou'ld be employed to separate Tara frown her new* .protectors, and carry her away into the wilds of Ii•s native province, where she could be effectually coss- cealed; and this pursuit of the girl grew once more into a fierce and mor- bid passion, absorbing and deadening all othea- feelings of :his life. CHAPTER LXV 'Tire gods !be praised!" cried Jey rant 'Bhopey to 'Warmup iBlltttt, late in the day after the attack upon the :te'nt- ple. "He has. opened his eyes once more. (Speak, Vyas I$'hastrce; you are safe amoatge.t •fele nds: the .gads be praised, and Tooija Mata, for this mercy, for we little, expected to see you "Who are yon?", said the S'hastree faintly. "I see very 'ditirly, and it ape pears very der -Ie. -Allende! Taral-" "I, Wanton, speak to you," replied the elder'ef the two priests, "and this is Jeyrant 'B+hopey, We carried you away, and you are safe in the house of •Gasnnesh Hurry, .Putwari of 'Sincl- phul. friends," be continued, ,speaking to others without the door of the room, "'ttiie, Shastree is . alive, and 'hath spoken, and asked .for his wife and daughter." • A yas Shaatree was sensible that the room ,darkened again, as a number of men e,rowded to the dolor; !bu•t,irfeel- PROFESSIONAL CARDS Medical DIR, E. A..McMlt\IST'ER._Graduate: Of the Faculty of Medicine, Univers-• ity of Toronto, and of the New York - Past •Gradu'ate School and 'Hospital.. Mem'b'er of the College of Physicians, and Surgeons of Ontario. Office ova High street. Phone 27. DR. GI.LBERT C. JARROTT --r Graduate of Faculty :of Medicine, Ua-- iversity of Western Om'tario. Member of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Office 413 Goderic'h St. West. Phone 37. Hours 2-430 p.m. 7.30-9.013 p,m. 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