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THE SEAFORTH NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 153'2..:
t wIrle lo.h were silent. The
,:other knew ,he feelings which filled)
f
:her
son's mind too well to interfere
It their course, Still she sat by him
and patted him occa to,:a::y tO she
:;ed ; ' do when site soothed nim as
child. "if he could s•eep," she
eo:rg'.it, "rail i;1c'om would pass
looby; Mit i will ;In so nevertheless."
- FIr lay still sometime,. lookin' con
the .,s...r, ,+a:cls. tg, the
;hey a^.arep_set t''c
.see . neste,. -c't r1 ,lie le lees
1 tele _ e - - the er
s. \ ,
•
as : , r slsint
-ertel
T .:
1 r r _ :1p
•the
',e-atfe therc I a:e sa e.
t t ft.c 1 r 1'mt. stoic
Ha:. Ifor, :,I nad.•o,see, eels d
:rt• is my e.,_
r , teen there is no
-_t.. at this•
...
esealm. sen,"
-,.-Fear na,t f t.: r —
oly t that t• all. 1h\alt three be like
fyie r. drifted hers end thsre by
every current of rimer -k. a straw-
,.pon the sear 'Such - •:.fie xi:: not
join, what can I do? .Serb ,: thing
threaten,, what can I rt:,? e
t,th a
'thin, threatens; what can 1 de? This
man says this,shall .I follow it? Thi-
nta,1 says the other, shall I 1011.-w it
So he follewe 1' a others led; s.,, he
acted as others advised. What came
.ref it nli on'y shame, my nn. Ilad
he said to all, •D.0 this, they would
have done it. 0 ,goddess," she cried
standing'up and lifting her hands to-
wards the deep blue sky ".corse from C
hence—come from the air •into thy
daughters heart; teach me what to
ay, how to direct him, or direct him
thyself! 0 goddess, we do allfor the
faith so long degraded; let us not' fail
or be ehamedl
"Net thus, son," she continued af-
ter a pause—"not thus will the spirit
conte upon me, bit in the temple
must I watch and last, ere she will
disclose herself to me; and if will do
so front tonight, .Yes, she will be en-
treated at last. Perhaps." she contin-
ne 1 simply but reverently, .`the god-
acs= is in sorrow herself, and needs
ee-ef et. No matter, I will entreat
"Snrcly she 'cath heard already,,'
lue son after another pause.
. ;1: 1, Meter for thy words
ser, fit •then. Yes. I see how it
:-s: n:r if;,rTrinumul, nor Tac--
ri, n' r ,ley one hn,
1 •14 1 t e:1.0 t t:'
lav :,::
i -!. Ts. the ,c;rt:C at the
,+.' not, I will
t + r rel is
t Ent:, i 'a 11. - 1'1.•
t 4,.,,.n t .\.ro, 1 Khan.
• 'y trust in fits ---p.,,
!: 1 :it- trust ie me
v'eterv, 10141 1 whl
-.n 1 Ille'-psis on tlhe
h,` -e 11.:1(1, erfe':1.
'.anTs over
ar now—noire.
l.len; all that
55•1 you cry
_ •,.c sta-
c
•h withlb..-
.ft-cat, 1. •.0=r
t•loll wilt be
„ '1,nt ;toy
at n
•.'t
.1.11 tl, ;t;,
're- ve f
1 -t sect for my-
... 1,-. 1 isT. act
:1 ,•.
u r • ] n words again
'Hee. Tier. M,hadeo1' when
•t the h11ie,"
P"1 ER d.XXII.
1 ;he -at in tt e teMple. Tt was
ale night when she arose from
eet strange vigil, <\ hoarse roar, a
a, th=,u n of it :rail ni thousands
eater from all sides at once
tt n ',• the precipices, echoer]
t
•t, t voles. and reverberating
1 .. ,stn lin to mountain. It
-c•em•• 1 tho,,e present, who were al-
=e r:; 1 • superstitions expee'tation
as :t the spirits cried out, being fnvis-
fb e, and that some unearthly com
nit .las in. progress around them.
In the pure mountain air, sti:l as it
was, these sounds seemed to float
:sheet them mysteriously, now dying
:t•':.;', and n .-.v -returning more faint-
ly t't,an ',efore; till they ceased, or
..r - '-<,'.t `.:,ed perception of them
ten -mired. The Tifierce 'shout .or wait.
hr, ei -e-, i,cettrre'1 but once:: what
l was more diffuse and un•
She drew the shawl more closely
ar.nrrd her, and went with haste
through the court to the bastion,
-ituated on the edge of an
angle o: the precipice, commanded a
vide of the town and valley below;
l he moon shone clear- and bright,
else she had looked into a'black void;
but, the air was soft and. white, of a
tint. like opal, as the moon's rays
caught the thin vapours now. rising
Some thousanrls of feet below, was a
(right pet M a_ dell, :filled with torch—
s, which sent up a chill smoke while
hey diffused a 'bright dight on all a
round, There were many thousands
of peoplethere, mostly men and there
was a glitter' as 'of weapons among
them, as the masses still ]leaved and
swayed under the influence of some
arrange exci,tement, She could make
out no particular forms, but she knew
that . her son sat in the pavilion at the
end and about that there was no
movement. As she looked, the shout
they hail first heard arose more clear
than before="Hur, IHtu•, Mahacleol
iDonguras-lavile Devil' (•"0 Malted -
eat the .fire has lit the 'hillst'—'the
Mahratta invocation to battle),
tB'elow, (Sivaji had been busy since
before sunset. He had descended the
mountain on foot, attended by his
'body --guard, and a large company of
the garrison of the fort—a gay pro-
cession, as, accompanied by the pip-
ers and horn -blowers of the fortress,
it had wound down the rugged :path
in the full glare of the evening sun;
and amidst the shouts of thousands
and a confused and:hide'ous clangour
caused Iby. the independent perform-
ances of all the pipers and drummers
of the clans assembled—the scream-
ing, quivering notes of the long vil-
lage horns, the clash of 'cymbals, and
the deep .tones of so'nie of the large
brass trumpets belonging to the tem-
ple, -which had been .brought down
from the fort,—S'ivajji passed' on
round she village to the spot which
had been cleared for the IKutha,
et was a glen from which all wood
had long been cleared away and short
crisp grass had grown up in its
place, which moistened by the per-
petual drainage of the mountain, was
always close and verdant. Near en-
ough 1. the village 'to serve as a graz-
ing ground for its cattle, the Herbage
was kept short by them, and the pas-
s,ge round and round it, sides of
',cast. .t•1 kind oats and sheep,
eow, and '.hillock:, :tad i,uli'aloe•, had
worn :lint into pat'li 5iii,'lt formed,
as it -Acre. .t series . s:e'te risinj gra-
elna: y t , the seem ef the forest abov0,
lit the 11.1-e was .t 'hrivat green
w b ,, .t at..! t 417 1 t soul
tete '' t' ell tinesnthe year the
e te youte for thlet-.
eves:se. -3re t i r, iefl n„-areit-
eree seeetete Aire the mateut'cle, n,
most : 0. t , i. 1,e i ilaps, the
ewerd r whi•'t the Mahrat-
ta soltli .y ae^e 1m..st eel; b,t:e;l. .\
ojectn,, fir::nr1 which nni4ht have
:wen -til hc, , ae,.1 .,'t-sl115 the
' ❑Pt:.. 1. 1 cm',1al7k:t'ent of
seine intended. rescrvtdr, stretchot
ices ,. 1 . n tt,'. :111,1 weile ft
.t , ,tine • offer te'd se es to many
t'• 1 .stators, dt -111 .11' tae val-
ley tetyt: ml from n11 observers.
\t the meetr e•. 1 .. :he heli, w:tieli
'113 w,'- 11 m.( Oval, and .'lightly
advancing procession. In front the.
R'alljah's pipers ;playing some of the
wild mountain m'elod'ies, which ech-
oed among the woods and .crags ab-
ove, 'broken now and then by blasts
of •porus and trumpets, and the sleep
Tattotoilous beat of many large tam-
bourine drums, the bearers of which
were marshalled by the chief -drum-
mer of the fort, who with his instru-
ment clocked with flowers .and silken
streamers, strutted or leaped in front
of all, 'beating a ,wild march, Then fol-
lowed B'rahanuiis, b'areheadeci and
naked to the waist, carrying bright
copper vessels of water, flowers' and
incense, 1vi't'h 'fire from the temple on.
the mountain, chanting hymns at in-
tervals, After them, the players attd
reciters, male and female, in fantastic
dresses, wearing gilt tiaras to reseln,-
dile the costumes seen. in carvings of
ancient 'temples, a'mo'ng whom were
jesters and clowns who bandied ,bold
and free remarks with the 'crowd and
provoked many a 'hearty laugh and
sharp retort. After these the Rajah's
own guard some with sword and
buckler only, others bearing match,-
locks
atch-locks with long bright barrels, who
starched in rows with somewhat mil-
itary organization; then .the servants,.
and last of all 'Sivaji himself, .Slowly
the procession passed up the .centre;
then 'the foaling portions of it divid-
ing on each hand the Rajah advanc-
ing, mounted the small platform, 1+are
he seated himself he saluted the as-
sembly turning to each side ,of it with
his hand raised to his head and all
rose to welcome hint with clapping
of hands and shouts which made the
wooded glen and the precipices above
ring with the joyous sound. Then all
subsided into their seats and the pre-
liminary sacrifices and offerings :be-
gan.
\\•e need not describe them, .:le
they proceeded, shadows lengthened,
the sun disappeared behind the moun-
tains,, and gloom fell rapidly on the
„len and it, people.
Very :eon, however, it was lighted
up; tout hearing huge copper vessele
ef e 1! i'Jnminattcl a large space around
and the e'•feOt was as strange as
beautiful.
So the entertainment proceeded,
\\ e, who .lt for an hour or two with
1. languid indifference, or real appro-
hati"n as it may be of theatrical rep-
re,entatlnn herr, rats hardly appreci-
ate :he intense absorption of a Mah-
ratta attiience at one where gods and
ee,nig,rts, represented by clever play-
ers and singers, engage in earthly
strug•Iles of ;,eve '.1' 11 ar, and evince
human sympathies and p=s,1 tats. So
hour after hour passed, and Rajah
as 11 people alike sat and listened and
watched; now to ai grand ecene front
d 1.h to• tae :VV.,.1 so a 1 was the the llahallarnt or 1R4111•ittm' now t,
Hajah',sea:, a platforrn ef sods are ; merry f.trce, or deeerint on ''f wha
vele-1 with dry grass and t'ten was to come 11511; 1..315 10 a plaintis'
fr nn the e,rt, 21131 • 10 .ant:tin h.tl:ad iltry,tll1 t l into th
t,e.leral perforIn:lure.
It car near midnight perhaps %Olen
a single horseman soddenly turned
the ccr•ncr of the mound, and. entcr-
inq 1111' ar,: e linpereeiVett, where it
1,a. not er"•wird, rode ;lowly up the
05111rr. ili; noble hor;5 secnledjaded
and weary. for i1 moved langttitIly,
yet, whets it 1a,v the 1111:11,, and people
raised lt; 111:01 and gave a shrill and
. 1 ... 1 to ..,1„,,,thest portion o. turf ft roh it ed :Lego, 11; flanks were
1, 1 /14' 1-elrctc'1 rind around it
of
sur' kfn .and ;1' tont a mass ni fram.
re, • were buil:. m0'ic 'tr'iy' 1 5 501 that it hart heel ridden hart
r: • .r etttra•t Vic• :,i I .alt an1 anti ftts'l.
1,, t' ail. tv for c'tan,res The rider's face was tied up, a 131
rc- (hiring interval- ofperfi;rnuutce customary with Mahratta horsemen;
mid the like. 1'he stage if it might he lett as he advanced he unwound the
called ono. was 'bottndcd by wild plan- scarf about it, and the stern features
1 "'1 t'te '1111ilev, or :.'at of 31.11 ,
pl:i.i 1. 1):re,;fly the. Rttjalt had
. e11 ,. -111 ;he morning ceremony
r
Its had 'leen taken down t ie
1:-- 01 1 11 . rd placed on t'1is This
„fcfa afforded room a!so .or 111(113
•,c^•,'tali' :'tiel- hien .,11iei;t: w'lrt, to-
te-1'1e
o-
t 1 1e I 111,:• ceremony 113 A :11 hint,
In the eco rc of 1111 ward, hitt nei•
t:10 .."t.1• e•1'1 wa` the place for tate
'open evil days, foe the goddess has
been insulted and' the temple at ',Cool
japoor desecrated. Yes," he ,contin•u-'
ed, lifting tip his (hand to stay the
cry that was ab'o'ut to break, "'Afzool
'K'han has cast do'wn ,the image of
T'ool'ja Mata, plundered the temple of
its wealth, slain the Brahmins, and
sprinkled the blood of the sacred
cows over the itant'ple,"
Then 'burst forth that strange wild
cry w'bi'oh the 'lady mother had heard
above in the fort. Some wept, others
shreiked and beat their mouths, or
cast their turbans on the ground, In-
dividua'1 'cr'ies, no matter whether of
grief or revenge, were blended into
one,common roar from thiose thous-
ands, which ascended to the ,sky, and,
,reverberating from side to side of htie
glen, went out through the Woods,-
up the 'mountain -sides and -precipices
of the fore—softened by distance,—
yet uniting to 'produce that u'neanth.ly
yell or wail which had arrested her
as she deft the shrine:
As he spoke S'd'vaji Bhoslay flung
,the sca'b'bard on the ground, and
waved the glittering blade high in the
air. Already was' men's 'blood fiercely
stirred by his words, and the Rajath's
action rendered 'theist' almost uncon-
trollalble. Not,one Of all that assembly
who wore a sword w'as there, that
did not draw and wave it as his chief-
tain had done; and the light flashing
from polished weapons, and the fran-
tic shouts of the War -cry, as ,nen
sw'a'yed ito and fro, still more excited
the rude sold iery—tB to Hue Ile-
ltadeol Donguras-lavile D'eval"
No wonder that the sound had gone
tip the lofty Mountain, and w -as the
more clearly heard as the Ranee,
looking from the tower above, saw -
far below the heaving masses in the
glen, and 'caugiht the bright glittter of
their weapons,
'But there was silence at last. It
seemed as if the men expected to be
led there and then against ,their here-
ditary foes. That, how -ever, was not
to he yet. During the clamour, Mal -
on ay had told his rhivitain that •\
zool 'Khan's army was o0 its maid
and that Meallf. moat be taken to op
pose it. So the Rajah once ,gal
f -
h.
spoke out in those clear ringing tones
which were heard by all.
"Not now, my people," he cried—
'Mot now,"
'And then, amidst the laughter
caused by the quaint speech and ac
tion; of dhe privileged jester, the play
proceeded. while Sivaji heard from
hd: friend -\faloo'ras- the tale of the
Witseer's death, the Kotw-al's execu-
tion, and the sack of Toe,ljapoor,
•1L'rseshile pitching, the typical old
farm sport, has lost none of its grip
on rural Ontario and information
t from local clitbs reaching.; the Royal
k\•inte.r Fair n. M1 to a ingier 15501
i,- of attainment andkeener interest in
the sport than most itlrl payers can
recall, Again the chain densities ,+f
Canada are to be decided during the
last four days of the Royal :Winter
Fair. November '6-30, 'These 0114111-
pionships, 311113les and donhles, are
the officially- leu,gnizc-1 competitions
sanctioned by the .Donhul1.11 of Can
ada Horseshoe Pitcher. A.;,,,$iation.
They are held under the auspices of
the Royal Winter Fair itself and will
be contended under a `pedal com-
mittee.
The Open Singles C'hemeionsll• s
is for the 1)iantonl Calk 11, reeelme
Co. Ltd. trophy- with four. stoney
prizes. The Champion Doubles is for
the .C..'.\, Murphy; 3d P.1', challenge
trophy and tour stoney prize;,
'Iu addition there • are -class B.
Singles and Doubles,' open to non-
winners in either champion or class
113 divisions. Trophies are held .for one
year and the rules of the Dominion
of Canada Horseshoe Pitchers' Mao-
-ciatjon govern 'competitions, the shoes
to conform with specifications in rule
5, Entries in -the horseshoe contests
nntsf 'be in the hands of the Manager,
Royal ,Winter Pair., 3117 !Day St., Tor-
onto, on November 114th,
The Royal Winter gal- is being
held November 211st to 29th, at- the
'Royal Coliseum and Winter Fair
Buildings, Tioronto, its objects being
the -promotion of Canada's basic in-
dustry, to link -the nine provinces in
common interests, and to serf high
national standards for farm products,
The Royal Shows for horses, cattle,
sheep, swine, dogs, 'cats, poultry and
pet stock, fruit, flowers, seed and
grains are large and specialized shows
for each, The assembly of so tttu,ch
excellence under one roof gives the
'Royal a d'istinotiveness not thatched
anywhere else in the world,
:,ire tree, out off at the root, and set and flashing eyes of Tannajee ;Aral -
:it tate gr -11 .11 so 'that the broad leaves eosray appeared to all, For an in-
;en:holed fresh and green; and abo+•.e slant he was not recognized, and his
:hese- were twined branches of teak advance, indeed, had !hardly been not-
a ith their large rough foliage, 'bam- iced at the upper end of the assembly;
i,.,t 1 and other sender trees readily but some one who saw him cried
:511,1 and transported, while long "l'annajeet" and the name spread
masses of flowery 'creepers had been from mouth to mouth, rising into a
cut from the forest and hung, from !oar of welcome anlnng the people,
pole- at each side above the players' as the rider s'trnggtlecl on through the
head in graceful fcetoons, 'inside all crowd whi'c'h now pressed about him.
this foliage, were huge cressets of (Dismounting near the al -tar, Tannajee
iron filled with cotton -sed soaked in ,gave .his horse to a servant; and as
oil, and all around the area below, 'Sivaji and al'1 about him rose to ,meet
and especially round the Rajah's seat, him, he ascended to the royal seat,
similar torches -had' been arranged, acrd was embraced iby his prince in a
which would be lighted as the cere- lor'ing greeting. He had been long
ninny began and illuminate the whole. absent, and was expected; but his
Early in the afternoon, people hart sudden arrival al -one, and at that time
begun to assemble there, and after of night boded strange tidings; and
the Rajah's arrival in the town, a new while his arms were yet around his
procession was formed to accompany friend, Sivaji anxiously asked' what
hint to the place. Thousands rush- news he had brought,
ed on bef' re it; along the valley over '`Of soreow, yet of joy, my prince,"
the shredders of the mountain, and as replied 'illaloosray, disengaging him -
beet they could, so as to secure good self' 'I heard the news at Jute, and
places s -.or the sight; and by the 'time 1 wotild not 511 or rest till 'I had told
the head of the procession crossed It to you and to the people—Rise, all'
the little brook which 'bubbled out of yel" he shouted to the assembly in
beneath the mound and raaleaping that 'voice wiii•deh, clear and e.o no.rotie,
and tinkling down the valley and had they had often heard above the wild -
entered the glen—the whole of its est din of battle, "and .liaten to my
sides and the mound had grown into words!"
a dense mass of human 'beings closely They rose to a man instantly, and.
Packed together. There were camper- with a rustling sound: after which,
atively few women; those Who sat there was perfect silence. Every face
there were for the mos,- part the Ra- of those thousand's was 'turned tow
jah's Mawnlees and (Hetkurees, arm- arils the speaker..Every forma, from
ed as if for ,battle, ready if needed to the 'highest tiers to the lowest, bent
parch thence on any enterprise how- forward in eager expectation of what
Ver (litteraor desperate. hound fallow.
A clear spac-e had been left for the 'Listen," he c'oatint1ed, "0 'beloved'
prince and people: we li •
'Persian B'alm•—IT.irvalUable to the.
whole fa'mi'ly, 'To the mother, a flaw-
less aid to loveliness, 'To the child,
a so'otltin.g, healing'bal'rn. 'And to the
father, a splendid 'hair fixative and
cooling shaving lotion, 'Persian :Balm
tones and refreshes the dein, Makes
bands delightfully soft and white. 3n,.
dispensable to dainty women. A, little
1. robbing and it is absorbed b'•'
the tissues; making the skin
rose -leaf itr,-texture.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Medical
DR. E. A. McMASTER.—Graduate
of the Faculty of Medicine, Univers-
ity of Toronto, and of the New rocas:
Post 'Graduate School and Haspita4,
Menfber of the College of Physicians-
and iSurgeons. of Ontario. Office: at
High street. Phone 27.
DR. GI.LBERT C. JARROTT -,
Graduate .af Faculty of Medicine, Um.-
iversity of W'estnrn Ontario, Menthes
of College of Physicians and Surgeons.
of O'n'tario. Office 413 God'eric'h Sc.
West. Phone 37. Hours, 2.4,30 gam -
7.30 -9.00 p.m. Other ,hours by appoint-
ment. Succes'sor to Dr. Chas. Mackay,
IDR. H. HUGH ROSS, Plh'yvie¢lue
and Surgeon. Late of London Hos-
pital, London, England, SgooiV
attention to diseases of the eye, wen,
nose and throat. Office and Md.
dente be'hind Dominion Back Oboe
ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd Monday at,
Phone No, 5; Residence Phone 144.-
.,
DR. F. J. BURROWS, Sedalia,
Office and residence, Goderioh'
east of the United Chinch. Casasse,
for the County of H.nron. Tele. arose
No. 46,
DR. F. J. R. F1O'RSTER—Eye, Ray
Nose and Throat. Graduate in Medi,
eine, University of Toronto 140W.
Late Assistant New York °ghats *r
mic and Aural Institute, 1cfoare�teLL5
Eye, and Golden Square throat hawouc-
tans, London, England, At Co>Etme-
ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd ,Wed,'zeg-
day in each month from 1,30 pan. tag
5 p.m.
D;R. W. C. SPIROA'T.-.Graduate pC
Faculty of Medicine, University 56
Western Ontario, London, Memvh. r
of College of Physicians end See.
geons of Ontario. Office in rear of
Aberhart's drug store, Shed,. tel,
Phone 90. Hours L30-4 p.m,,.
9 p.m. Other hours by app'oirttutertd
Dental
DR J. A. MLT'NtN, Successor to
Dr, R. R. Ross, graduate of Notate.
western University, Chicago, I1.. :d••
cen,tiate Royal College of Dental Sur-
geons, Toronto. Office over Sdiic'
hardware, Main St, Seafortlt, Loixfanr
151.
DR, F. J. B'ECHEL"f, grzeatis
Royal College of Dental Surgoatsr*,
Toronto, Office over W. R. Smit h.`t 111,,f
grocery, Main St, Seaforth. Pitas',ge
office 185W, residence 1853,
Auctioneer.
GEORGE ELLIOTT, Licenaai
Auctioneer for the County of I amws_
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