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The Seaforth News, 1934-11-22, Page 6PAGE SIX. THE SEAFORTH NEWS THURSDAY, NOV. 22, 1934 111111111111110110.111111111111111111.11111111111111111111111.111. Shastree be utterly intp'essabl:e for horsetten";' anal all these preparations went on in both Places silently, methodically, and with a grins surety of success, impart- ing a conlfidenee which all who re- membered it afterwards attributed to ,the direction of the goddess whom they, worshipped.As it was said then, as it is still said, and sung in many a ballad, ""not a man's hand failed, not a foot etunabied." LAt the gate of the fort the Kahan dismoutned front his horse, and enter- edhis palankeen. Before he did so, however, he embraced his sot, and nen and � �e�fatl of the, bid hhin be careful that no one entered the itown. or, gave offence. FIe could see, looking up, the thatched pavilion an the little level shoulder of the mountain, and pointed to it cheerfully. "It is not far to go, Huzru't," Ile said to the Peer, "I may as well walk with these good friends," and he pointed to the Brahmans who attended him. But hizil would not allow it, nor the Peer either. i"Yola must go in state," they said, "as the representative of the King ought to do," and he then took his. seat in the litter. 'Khotla l-Iatiz—ntay God ,protect you, fatherl" said Fazil, as he bent his head into the patent:eel), when the bearers took it up; "come back hap- pily, and do not delay!" "1nslialla1" said the Kahan smiling- ly. "fear not, 1 Will not delay, and thou canst watch ore up yonder." So he went on, the /Peer's hand leaning upon the edge of the litter as he walk- ed by its side. On through the town, from the ter- raced house: of which, crowds of wo- men looked down on the little pro- cession, and men, mostly 011;w:re 1, or unremarkable in any rise, saluted slums or nese riled them with clown- ish curiosity. Ne one could ser that the ce art of every house behind, was filled 11 hit armed men thirsting fur !, am,' awaiting the signal to at- 1 ht, ,,.tent, l'untejes. Gopin- r, rt mai hall lei: wird a. :lie -,d abi'h 1eiv:idol the en- tranee ' f the rand to the :ort, that he preced' . the Klan, and would :.;,nit ;lint at the pavilion, ITe. had gen no eia since :he night before. r i 1 he lane. en'y that the Khan lull. tit, 1 meet the Rajah. That wap alln, hal stipalatal for, and his •,.tri .tits per,n••ned. Ile believed that 1 - tile :\i.a. Kite-, and l hunt a i„-t:,,e f r t'.te. fulfilment ' all '.r. demands; ant the line o1 argiattant in his st1 stied leas, that'. Cie Khan re.i-te 1, and was hurt in ;he.l scat:1 might enl-ile, it .las 110 ^!71 :Liana ' . 1,.,, he did not k•",w .he R,jah', i'hteuti.l, n'r dill the Ida• leo I alms - aid., had ascend - sl with him; and they al: three now 1 '•"111 tgt'tn 1 upon the. kis 11 tin, the coming n. \fzol and the Rajah fro:11 \- t' '.1, 0; seri r;'ecitied, r e:,‘.!:1. there sten ta be n .hitt, li ather people- atrr "r'. -,i t bat ,ne•, wileseemed to be i hoesi5.'. wh.. wa- .yin:; 01, a rattan mat ta :he -axle 1 the picell!'m to keel, '1t the aiul and situ. t5''pinat'i l.c•1 :ram time :a time 1111 :he n r hitt e ri ;ut t aLlaill 'town to the t.,,5 !I, ..t.,.ttt .. train the 5all,e delay . ...lc Raj :!te , mins; n,v tie. h ir, t osl 'rim ht w' n'. 1 m : leave tai' fart tilt the Khan 'talarrived below. alt -hewed htn1a figure standing m the edge s:' thi large bastion shish overhung the precipice above, relieved sharply against the clear sky, -.tibial) .vas fronting, towards the quar- ter by ,thick the Khan's retinue s'1 ill stem., and apparently giving aerials 1,' ethers behind hint. ing from the tort, and the Rajah him - "Your plaster is corning," said the self, who ran to the edge of the knoll, saw- the wreaths of fire which burst front the thickets about the plain where the Mahomedan cavalry stood,. and a sharp irregular crash of match- lock shots came u.p from below, and continued. Hundreds died at every volley, and there writhing, struggling masses 'of horses and men on the Plain—loose horses careering about; and some men still mounted, strove to pierce the barriers which had been made on every side, crowded on each other, and falling fast, became inextri- cable. Soon, too, the Matvullees, an - der pNettajee Palleur, emerged sword in hand from their ambush, and at- tacked those who survived. Some es- caped; but of the fifteen hundred men who had ridden in their pride that morning, few lived to tell the tale. 'It must he, son," she said gloom-- 'Behind theist were the stupendous i,y, "else the sacrifice is incomplete mountains of the Maha-bol-eshwur and of no avail. Wilt thou risk that range; before, at a short distance, and for thine own sake—for my sake ? I divided front them by a chain of see in all." cried the lady excitedly, smaller 'tills, rase up the precipices -passing before me—a triumph of of Pertaburgh, glittering in the morn - glory over those defilers of temples of ing light, loci crowned by the walls the gods; thy rapid rise to power; .the and bastions of the fortress, :i.giins c'' the hateful Mahoinedans • 'Long before daylight the Lady trampled in the dust by greater leg- Ltirlee had. risen, and careful for her of thine awn. 'jet iSivaji R,Jah 1' bo band, had, in umjunetien.with shall be cried front Delhi to Rant -h- Kure enta, conked In favorite• drab of sur. \\'alt :iron now tarn back:" kicheri and kabobs, "it was a light "He is bat one to be ...spared. 11. •her, breakfast," she said, "and would ag- esd that 1 5510 5 :'f my .,r,'uri-e: • he reg with them better than a heavier .`c,c'ed. repast, and dinner would be really Brit .:1s. 'tad 5 ny:x' e 1, t::ere :oasis they returned," Sat Aiznnl -tats.hr ir' :.t w: .t, the i;'tat:, itis -on, and the priest, ate ,ri•,a ,11c Rajah's .. — :',elr ::r'.y mea', not only in joyful an - .1 1,y t'.t.•,e e..i •.._ :ie- ticitaaion of a speedy seinen, but ate . ' ., 't• ''11 ,e deaidttlt. a,aaandilisitiag what it, 1.1 re -tilt in lid 1 resist lar. 't. n.. t a concerned.c,cerned. "Mather, -,'.l. They 'ren sobered titer;tard., that : , ie 1 . �t : t attendant :lr,,,tuht before tate :c _ , .. . . i tits ...n.:, r..t .t: t hr wars., -till, I ilea... , n : e Inaaaaaa te't'1 brig); ere t: 1 •. niathar, :at 1 .., tad chains, tcr c r.5 t 't'. turl.t was ns- .. • nt .. ., i1: . -alum `ally :o''uutred. aaly It 111, 1 '' ;h. "'/'hey will • la , al 1 :1 t;i Untie,' int r_ .t. • n 1. ..1'd .tr ,rt n,. .,rug to fight, ,It N.-. al..., 0. 1;' -'li ,lea." It -:rich he .\ .w ',teals ,,.,ant ordinary iia 'tall matter's 1'• Larace, few ,thdedlna seateaces 'Lyng, ,as he .,, 1, 1-1,' i.' ur ;01,1 private en - test. ,c,,d he tree .?ut 1 t. armed aed „e fie.. Tian' had bier ... _ .,-.1 to e 'tea ,stn Itz. ..: .. 1 ',t„ 'akar the nigla '.,c;. -,re, as t_. all la ,la., ,,tie armed , ser was t 1 eater int di , w t't w It • 1,0 la tart with s saddler -ark -11.. (atilt:: 1, n. ,t, u:• in 1 11 11-e'. 1.11 :1. in fin• hi- .1'..t.-1 with .1 sl ... ..r ser 'ti- -h :t1- swardn• .... 1, 1 ▪ 1... ,1t 're -- 1 ss,.. eitli 5 jimmy :sir. t• t,,l ,tr y t , e 1.o,r ...,_.. ..e w.:- ass's., 1, . a;'t,a then; in Ca. aiiii the ..t,1 h, rsta t'i 1 .1:i - ,.:tht ... ., .crickets which accasiottally broke out and was again silent, iIat a few minutes, the shouts of the ,khan's palamkeertbearers were heard below, and the litter suddenly emerg- ed. front a turn in the road, being pushed on by the'co•nibined.:efforts of the mere A fey" more steps, and the palankeen was at the .knoll; it was sent down, and the Khan's shoes be- ing placed for hint by a bearer, he put his feet into them and got: out, speaking to the speer„ 'wiho was pant - Mg with'itis exertion. "Is he :net 'here, Ptmtojee?„ cried sal- uted Brahman, who the Khan thetod3ahma r , 'hint respectfttlly. "No, any lord, not Yet. Alt! loo'k," he continued, as he turned towards the pass, 'there ate two men on the path, and that one, the smallest, is were strained towards the fo'r't, ""One," he cried at last, as 'the first puff of bright smoke burst from the b'as'tion--r"two—three—four—'five 1 En- ough, It is complete, my friend's. Now, cry "Huta Brut, Mia.h,adeol 'and upon them. Spare no enel Conte, friends, let us sack the Khan's heists first, where if have 50101 worlc of my awn to clot' "'Beware," said an elderly otlf+cer, •in"ho stood hear him-1"beware, Moro Pandit, of the master, if thou disobey hint in this. 1 -le will suffer no insult to Ode Women," "":Pooh;" cried Moro Trinittnad, spit- ting contemptuously, "I ant a Email - :nun, and be dare not interfere with Me. 'Conte!" Ten, thousand throats were crying the /battle -cry of the Hetkurees, as they 'burst from the thickets upon the bewildered army. \lltlty follow then. an a ,few hairs thele was 11 smell of blood a'scendin'g to the sley, and vul- tures—scenting it from their neating- plaices on the precipices .of the moult tains, and from their soaring stations in the clout's --were fast descending upon the plain in hideous flocks. . 'Shortly after the :Khan had left— he could scarcely have reached the fort—two figures, a malt'tmd a boy, ran rapidly ncros's the ca'inp at their 'utmost speed towards the .Khan's tents—they were the hunchback and t'\shruf. When Fazil had dismissed them, the night before they' had tak- en the road to Wye; and immediately 'beyond the confines of the camp, where the road ascended a rocky pass, had been seized by the Mah- ratta pickets posted there. In vain they urged they were but Dekhan ballad -singer.; they were not 'released, "Ye shall sing for us to -morrow," they said, "when we have made the sacri- fice, the ballads of the goddess at Tnnl,lapoor;" and, bona d together, they lay by the tree where the party of melt was stationed. There they heard all, but were helpless. -\il, masters," said Lukshmun, as daylight broke, "unbind us we are Stiff with the cold; we will not run away; and I will sing yon the morn- ing hymn of the ,goddess, as the Brah owls sing it at 1'u.tl,iapoor, See, my arras are swelled, and the boy', too," I nese him, brother;" .aid 0115 at 115 nett, "wit shall soon 115' have the signal. Wait you here," he added, as ladtatunttn finished the chant, "and we will P11 your pouches with Ileeja- poor .rupees a hen. we 501115 back," "Alasl" said the hunchback, with a rueful face, "this little brother cause from \\'yc list night, to say my elder bather, Rama, teas dead. Good sirs, let rte g0 and bury him." and he be- gan to ser bitterly. "T -et thein go, Neale." said another ,.i din men; "they will be only in our wait': •t-ctt11't strip tit .go tr l thl'.117:' 1Iye h:es n on ye, ueutlenien! Only lit us gon 'tt, slid we will come tr you and sing, congratulations tlations when you have loom the victory," said Lukas mun humbly. tui, sail tine pen, "hilt ,to not re - tarn to camp, else we will stay you i. we see yon there." "They will die. or worse," said the hunchback, whispering, to Ashrsf, "for \lura 'I'rim:mil is the leader here. Conte, let us SaVe the Khan's wife end the lady Zyna," and they turned into the jungle in the direction of the camp. The boy was held and quick -fritted. As they ran on "1 can get into the zenatta," he said, "under the tent wall, and perhaps the can nstke then change clothes, and fly—but if they stay? "1 will get the ponies ready," re - z plied the Other, andthey ran the fast- er over the plain, unperceived. They reached the tents, and the boy entered as he said. Who,would believe them? Zyna heard the tale with sick- ening dread, and Lurlee, assured by the others, at first disbelieved hint. and threatened ]rim with &tripes. The women -servants crowded around, and some began to shreik, and 'were with difficulty .pacified; others mocked him and turned away. Still the boy urged: and the ,hunch=back, desperate, and dreading the delay, .now found his ivay into the enclosure, and prostrat- ed 'himself 'before them. PROFESSIONAL CARDS he." The men conning clown appeared to hesitate, and waved their hands, as if warning off some one, "'Ilt is the 'bearers," said one of Si- vaji's Secretaries, "Th'e Rajah is tim- id, turd fears the crowd :he sees," •The (Khan laughed. "Good,,' he said to the men, "Go away; sit down yon- der in the shade, You wall be ca'lleci when 1 brant you;" and as they got alp and retired, the two men adv"aae- ed slowly and cautionsily down the pathway. Alcoa! Khan went forward a few paces as Sivaji and M'aloo'sray came up, "You are Welcome, Rajah Sahib. 'Eni'brace 0le," he said to Slvaji, 'Let there be no doubt between us;" and he stretched 'fortis' his arms ill the usual planner. ISivaji stooped to t'he embrace; and as the K'han's arms were laid upon his shoulders, and he was this unpro- tected, struck the sharp deadiytiger's- clatt• dagger deeply into his bowels, ccnnding the blow with one front the other dagger which be had concealed in his left hand. \ixol Khan reeled and staggered under the deadly wounds. "Dog of a Kafir! he cried pressing one hand 11555,a :d, while he drew the -it rd he wore with the other, anal endeavoured 10 attack the Rajah. ;1s1 what use now- were those feeble hh'ws against rr"hccaled armour ? Paint and sick, the Kimtn ret 1 hith- er :11! thither, str'king vainly against •hs. Rajah, tt'h', with the terrible -a 'r.t now in his hand, and scrims 111, national -h,:11 of "Bar, Ibnr, .1!; .,deal" rained blo,v upon plow on is defent:des, enemy, It was an on - equal strife. s 'tis finished, Fading heavily, .\i ;,,l Khan died almost :t. he reachei the earth, Meanwhile, \laloosray had attack - el the }neer 0t'his force an,' 'tat the Peer was a goad swords- man, and for a short time held his ground, Neither spake,except in muttered curses, as blows were ruck; hilt 'I ton ri' e 11 uoosriy had no equal in his weapon, and as he cried t' the Rtjah, who was atl+anc •tt_ t' ills :u1 io keep hack—the Peer, distracted by the a,aault o, an- other enemy, received his de ettt-,1'ow, and -auk to tin :;round. "Joy K;dee 1." sit' tltcd hath. "Now, s's Loin and shrill, Gannon, for thy airs," centinuel the Rajah. "and thc.'u sit:et have a .'liar of The ma who hail appeared to be a a'lo.trch, seized his burn, whiicit had been concealed in the grass, and blew a. Song note. 15111 a shrill quivering tio:u,sli at the ria -e, which reseuu'l- ed through the air, and echoed a mon, the mountains; and thrice repeated the signal. filen a great puff of smoke, follow- ed by a report which thundered through :he valley, burst from the bastion above. Those who were look- . it, fie ayed -.... aid ... _.. retern51 .. 'tet ;sal in tine sirm iaaais Li the ;I: ...Sliaisratta Cite slat'. head.. . ra sth- :h er's lent _1 fes ugltt a r':,ctr He then a..ie, . at on a .tet: :,:.d m chain ars.. th'all was c:,neea.ed Har- der a thick/ (milted came nd taking a cre'''sol dagger a'r. - 1 e hid under his sleeve and the tire. Class lea treacherous and deadly xeap._0, in the shape of tiger's c:an's, .11,:, fitt- ed on the fingers. shat- :he 'hand) in his right hand, he girder his loins and went out, OHIAIPTEiR LXXVIII ra 15, 1 aallaut cavaliers were :.r:tad 1., .heir heads as Afz.,•,d K, in, l'azt. and the priest sitaapt "F. -award!" cried the Khan ,tet . and a tate kettledrums beat marsh, the several officers saluted their c,m:Lander. and wheeling up their men.:ed them by the read point- ed out by the Brainnuus and guides in the direction of Pertahgurh. At that time, singe :nen, whq look - eel like shepherd, tending sheep, and who Were standing 00 crests of the 1:11-, er crouchina ao as not to be seen. pa. -err a signal that the Khan and his party had set out. It was tial early, and the time when, of all ethers perhaps, arnres such as the Khan's, were most defenceles-. Many, roused for a while by the assembly and departure o: the escort, had gone to slee;, asalt: others, sitting over embers ,'f fires, were smoking, pre - faring to cook their morning repast. er were attenclinia to their herses, br in the bazar purchasing the material - for their day's meal, The camp was watched from the wend; around by thousands of armed me•,, who, silent- ly and utterly unobserved, crept over the crests of the hills, and lay down ir the thick brushwood which fring- ed the plain. •As the Khan': retinue neared the fort, parties of armed men, apparently stationed by the roadside to salute hint as he passed, closed ma in rear of the escort; and others, moving'paral- lel to them in the thickets, joined with them unseen. Quickly, toe, men with axes felled large trees. which were thrown down so as to cross the road, The morning broke, calm. all beautiful. 'Long before the highest peaks of the mountains blt-he) under the rosy light which ,preceded the stutrise, the Khan and .Fazio, with Zyna, had risen and periornied their morning prayer. The deep beaming sound of the kettledrums wake the echoes around, .and reverbated Tram side to side of the valley, retiring to recesses among the glens, and mur- muring softly as it flied away among the distant peaks and precipices, As yet, the valley was partially filled with mists, which clung to its wooded sides; but as the sun rose, a slight wind sprang up with it, which„ breaking through these mists, drove them asp the•mountain, and displayed the scenery in all its 'fresh earning fieattty, as though a curtain had been .suddenly drawn froth before it, and interlaced their branches so as to Medical DIR. 1. A, McMLASTER—Graduate Of the Faculty of Medicine, Univers- ity of Toronto, andof the New York - Post 'Graduate School and 'Hospital. Member of the Col'lege of Physicians , and Surgeons of Ontario. Office on, High street. Phone 27. .DR GI.LBERT C. JARROTT -i Cieadawte of Faculty of Medicine, Un- iversity of Western Ontario. Member of College of Physioians and Surgeoa4 of Onbario. Office 413 Goderich St. West. Picone 37. Hours 24.30 p.mq, 7.30-9.00 p.m. Other hours by appoiat- meat. Successor to Dr. Chas. Mackay. :secretary, "they see hien from above;" and, alrnnst a' he spoke, the bright g:inting steel caps and lance -heads, with a confused tnass of horsemen, appeared on the road to the fort, among the trees, and they sat and watched t'hent come on. Then the force halted in the open space before the outer gate, where the Khan's little procession formed, and entered the town. After that, the houses and the trees of the mountain -side con- cealed theta. How- beautiful was the scene! The wind had died away, and the sun shone with a blaze of heat an - known elsewhere, striking down among. those moist narrow valleys with a power which would have been painful, but for t'he cool refreshing air by which it was tempered, The dist- ant mountains glowed tinder the ef- fect of the trembling exhalations, which, rising now unseen, tempered the colours of the distance to that ten- der blue and grey which melts into the tint of the sky. The rugged pre- cipices above were softened in effect; and the heavy masses of foliage, fes- toon, of creepers, and the dense 'w'oods, rich in colour, combined to enhance the wonderful beauty of the spot. There was ,perfect silence, ex- cept the occasional monotonous drum- ming notes of woodpeckers in the glens, and the shrill chirrup of tree - IDIR. H. HUGH ROSS, Plunk a and Surgeon. Late of London Isar pital, London, England. Special. ittetrtion to diseases of the era, lar, nose and throat. Office and eras/. dense behind Dominion Bank. Oifliss ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd Moe illy is Phone No. 5; Residence Phone 104. IDR. F. J. BURROWS, Sealant': Office and residence, Goderich atria's, east of the United Church. Conner for the County of Huron. Telephone No. 46. DIR. F. J. R, MEST.ER sEye, Z. Nose and Throat. Graduate in Iiad- eine, University of Toronto 1OO7, Late Assistant New York Ophinal- mic and Aural Institute, Moorefieid'c Eye,' and Golden Square throat hos* tots, London, England, At Comm- ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd 'Wednes- day in each month from 1.30 p.m. S4.- 5 p.m. DIR. W. C, SPROAT.—Graduata ed Faculty of Medicine, University ed Western Ontario, London. Member, of College of Physicians and Sissa,set geons of Ontario. Office in rear od Aberhart's drug store, Seaforth. Phone 90, Hours 1.30-4 p.m., 7.30 -9 p.m. Other hours by appointment, Dental DR. J. A. MLTNN, Successor to Dr. R. R, Ross, graduate of North- western University, Chicago, Ill. Li- centiate Royal College of Dental Sur- geons, Toronto, Office over Silk' hardware, Main St., Seaforth. Phone 151. DR. F. J. B•ECH+ELY, graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeon,, Toronto, Office over W. R. Smith's grocery, Main St„ Seaforth, Phones, office 185W, residence 1853. •3foro Trinttnul had - .taken 'up his position over night on a hill overlook- ing the main camp of Afzool Khan's army. A few boughs placed together formed a cover and screen on a high knoll, which commanded a view of the. camp beneath, and of the summit of the fort whence his signal was to come. He sat there watching, and ob- served the force below, careless, without a guard, without weapons— the men s'i'tting idly, wandering about or cooking, as it .aight be. Every mo- ment seemed interminable; and the eyes of those who looked .with him Auctioneer. "1 know the .country," he said: "flyl, take what jewels you can carry and conte. 'God be with them, ladyl" he continued, as Zyna and. Lurlee cried aloud for their husband brother "God be,with• them.' they are mounted and will escape, and we may yet nteel; but stay not here, else ye will die, or be dishonoured, and the Khan loin kill me," 'Then another voice was ]heard with- out, :shouting. It \vas Sltere Kite. 11. who had been left in charge of the private camp. "Go!" be cried, ":I sec When moving in the woods, and there is confusion. and treachery:" And others said the sasses Then, too, they heard the five guns of She fort, and there broke .front the motel tains around,; a hoarse •roar of voices, 'Mtn-, Slur, Mahadeo'1" (To Be Continued) GEORGE ELLIOTT, Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron. Arrangements can be made for Sale Date at The Seaforth News. Charges moderate and satisfaction guranteed. WATSON AND REID S. 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. 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