The Seaforth News, 1934-11-08, Page 6PAGE SIX.
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1934
It was more than evident to Sivaji,
that to oppose Afzool Khan in the
• field with the men about hien, would
• be madness; but he might be drawn
h,
on, by specus promises of submt.
cion, into wilds where hie cavalry
and artillery would be useless, and in
those jungles the men then present
would he ;Ample against ten thousand
)dahainerlan infantry. :end
'Then it was determined to
those t*en o Afzool Khan's camp
t whose arrival there we are al-
p t'.y aeytu `.reds
CHAPTER
Bat the arrival c tr I tv.•v frem
Gener41 was an event
,t, a:;.C.• tim rt,nt% t e tura
I'r to .:,
;CIA in
::v ie Ma- -n:
1
"Indeed, my prince," returned the
'Brahman putting up his joined hands,
"ave who were in B'cejapoor well know
how much Afzool ,Khan helped your
father when he was confined in the
old Sultan's time; and how ,much the
rigour of his imprisonment was soft-
ened by the Khan's 'kindness,• Ah, he
is a humane and generous ural and
has no personal enmity against you,
my lord."
"We will at least put it to proof,"
returued the Rajah good humoredly.
"Your are witness that you have seen
no preparations for defence or resis-
tance, and the sooner he conies the
'better. We cannot hurry him andthe
force, but we will at least make prep-
arations for a peaceful entertainment;
and if the .Khan+ will accept of our
rude mountain hospitality instead of
the Ijehad we hear he has been prea-
ching against us, it will be a happy
thing for all."
"A happy thing indeed!" said Bul-
wKntt 'Rao, who, in the suite of the
Envoy had as •yet sat silently, and
had not ,been recognized; "and when
pu'blie affairs are settled, private jus-
tice may he done •to suppliants like
ane, who, only for state quarrels, dare
not have entered this fort."
"Who art thou, friend?" asked ,Siv-
aji; "a suitor to me and from Beeja
poor?-aMahratta among 'Moslems
who art thou?"
"I may a not mention my name here,
my lord," said Bulwunt Ran, rising
and again saluting the Rajah rever-
ently; "but I can tell it in private. One
t"hour injustice and evil fate have led
where he is and who, only for theist,
would have been serving your"
"How can I serve thee?" asked the
Rajah sharply; "'1 am not usually
hard of access; therefore enure to one
-lien thou wilt and I will hear thee."
"I will come," returned ,Bulwunt
Ran, looking round to all, "and put
thee.. Sivaji Illtn fats to the proof.
Men taunt the Rajah's justice," he
e,•nthin el -•"Ire will find much to do
f n me," and he sat clown again.
.1n awkward pause ensued in the a
s..,mb:y. which nc, one seemed Mc:In-
tl t, teak: and the person who M. -
tis master the ceremonies.
having r.),,.rved a signal from the
Rajah hromeht m 11,-isVerS with pun
',arcs, ;111.1 li,tr.outel 111 111 in Order
cry? There were no troops,- no means
of offence visible, True, the fort itself
was strong, but the garrison was
small and unworthy of consideration
in comparison with the thousands
who were even now nigh at hand.
These thoughts hurried -rapidly
through the envoy's mind as he pass-
ed up the street of Wren, and the Ra-
jjah's authorities and higher order of
servants who stood -on each side of
this approach to the hall itself. Ptutto-
jee Gopinath was a big man in every
sense of the ward. His bendy was large
and corpulent, and lie stooped notch.
His bead was wrapped in a white
ca•hnnre shawl, which increased its
reigrary disproportionate :use, lis•
feature-, were massive but flaccid, and
his cheeks a , k, untie his -head wag-
s -01 it m 1e to side as 1e walked.
T11 eyes were 11.r hu, red and wt -
.11 Ids Protritling nn ler int fa...
,m1 set itt, heel, „uline, .a the centers,
gay, en air. ,... pompous sel'-
%Lit': 411 t'ii , the 1 e'anutn was a
..Ile w.;,tale,
' n -:t ,y ii ..:nt. N .w. maevc
..,. d _ k.,i.,it. .;e felt the
nttcl hilit from hex: to
1 t' cel:en it measure e.
m, 1 ',e fa erahle
.r_, at e.•a•1 11,1. slay
1
01 .tt• e En-
red c t
u, an 1 the a --t -cite.
that. -.i the Kajah,
taint l ..::t:ky c nj urea 1planets,
the Envoy was eirried up Ole moun-
tain ,i•1ee in a palankeen 1C. the for, -
gate ,here- sheep 'ere sacrificed be-
fore dim, cannon fired frim the ram-
parts..and the fort pipers, drentnurs
and horn blowers, performed a rude
end very noisy welcome. Then the
Wren em guard at the gate, with • thers
of the garrison of the i.rt. funned a
street which reached as far as the
1Rajah's pavilion, and the palankeen
being carried along this, amidst the
firing of matchlocks and shouting of
the title of the Ring .of IBeejapoor by
the royal bard and herald in his suite,
the Envoy was set clown before the
same rude pavilion which we have de-
scribed, where the Rajah Sivaji await-
ed him.
To alt appearance an insignificant
little man, dark, youthful in appear-
ance with only one -ornament in his
turban, dressed in the plainest clothes,
and without :even the gold embroider-
ed cushion on which he hail been
seated on the day of the 'Ketha. Ptmto
,Gopinatit wondered ,match when he
remembered the exaggerated accounts
of the Prince which were sung in bal-
lads told by bards and reeiters, and
were believed shy the people. Was this
the saviour who was to . come Was
this tlhe man ti -ho was to rescue the
Hindu faith from •obloquy, if not from
destruction: -protect Brahmans, fos-
ter learning, endow and enrich the
temples? Above all, was this the man
who was to defy the forces of :T3eeja-
poor, the 'fierce Abyssinians, the fiery
Dekhanies-the noble park of artill-1
jee?"
"It cannot be, son," she said; "that
is a blood' feud, and blood only will
quench it, T'annaje'e -lid but revenge a
murder and you cannot quarrel with
him. Let it be; no good will come of
it"
"Nevertheless I will try, mo't'her;
and if the Brahmun—"
"Fear dot," she returned. "''If Inc be
a true IB•ra'hmun, the 'goddess hath ,gi-
ven hire to thee. I will go to .her, Pt
is my hour for watching, and I will
go."
Sivaji sat as before, looking out ov
er the rugged mountain side and the
pass -now .glowing in the rich tints ,of
an afternoon sun, If he could only get
!Afzool Kdtan into his power and hold
him sure as a hostage he could make
his own, terms, Would the Brahnizun
aid him in this? Ln word from hint and
the matter was secure. If be could on-
ly be persuaded to write, a swift mes-
senger might be sent to the camp
with one of 'his own 'officers to guide
on the army. Once the troops entered
the detfiles they 'were at jtis mercy.
There was no escape. The whole ,must
surrender or be slain; but he well
knew that the old Afghan woould not
agree to dishonor, and to separate him
from his force was therefore :his chief
anxiety. As yet the temptation within
hint had assumed no definite form;
and in respect to the fna'i result, his
mother, strange to say, was altogether
silent; but she :had taken up the posi-
tion she had assunted before the im-
age for litany days past add his belief
her inspiration was not to •be shak-
en.
Late that night, muffled in a coarse
blanket and accompanied an'ly by the
Brahntun before mentioned, and a iet"
attendants, the /Rajah descended from
the fort by a steep and rugged path-
way which led from a postern directly
into the town and leaving the inen at
the gate, they passed rapidly on to
the house whore the Envoy had been
located. It belonged to the )osee or
a>trrde tnr of the town in 0 hose
science the Rajah hail much faith; and
a- was usual with 11911 wt all occasions
v g e it enterprise, the aspects of the
planets had been con: nited, and de-
clared to be i:tc,n•'ab'e at the Moir at
which they hid perpo:els timed their
-rrivat. The Jnsee met them at the
affray took 'pl ice," the Brahmin said
apologetically. 'I could not +help it,"
'Has then a B'rahtnut
came sa debased that be says only, I,
,could not help it?" returned 'the Raj-
ah. "Is it pleasing to 'the goddess,
think you, that her people should
fawn on those whose hands are red in
the blood of her votanies?"
"I would fling my service at the feet
of 1,fzool Khan ane} even of the Sul -
is bol! teas be
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
tan 'himself could I ,but serve with
Hindus as I desire to serve," exolatm-
ed the B.ralemun,
'The opportunity might be found,
friend," answered the Rajah, "if it.
were truly desired; but proof pf fidel-
ity would be required, twoatld it he
given? What is the Maharaja's de-
sire? Dost thou know it?"
"I guess it," said the Bra tmun, ""for
I ant n'ot easily deceived by appear-
ances '•an'd I :understood his looks to -
clay, if S mistake not. Could 'I speak
hely with him? Canst'thou take me to
him?"
"I can telt thy -message to him," re-
plied the Rajah, "and will deliver it
faithfully. He chose rte, else I had
not 'dared to come."
The IEnvo a) eared to hesitate for
i i •,re•se•lenee to the Envoy and al' le, mess, "The Pundit is sitting within,"
snips.. It, tit: 'Ra.,. we,111+1 1.e sail, "reading, and there i; no one
mks; l'i't • itlt hint. I have prepared the writing
"1' tt t r '',- me." its s itis tint f ins. tun, a; directed, and they
I 1 ,. , : t :r ere e differ- „'-inn aga1n, '" tit ;tare of flawir, will he. brought if- you call."
....Am 0:11, :- I'' c ni t't it. anfl .rill be hung:, ':Walt, titi n, in the.onter court, cn.,C the goddess!' and yet before that
n.. _ _. in h nt+nir; ,f n,•, ' hes' - friends," -ail the Rajah to his atter f leo. we are powerless,"
Hr .,r r :'1 't.ut_ '•e e. ---•end he tone!ted h.• dams, "Thi;- must be time hetween "Where are the 1lawallees? where
1. 1, plwi1 'better," , t1s i ne Not even thou, Krishnaj e, are the Hetl urbe we have heard of.
I at t
,._ tea .,,n,. "'I'1„-•t,,,ar- of a tori...
i.,' ;.,:,1 must: know of.. what passes h,,tvee1 and the gallant Tannaiee?" cried the
i 1;•;t, \\''.1,2 11 nater
Y lP
a moment, "Im'p'ossible," he said
-
"impossible that •I could tell another,
what Sivaji 'hint'self should alone hear;
it could not be."
"`Dost thou know rte, friend," re-
turned the Ratjah, as he untied the
titankerch:ief which concealed his
face, and with it wiped the White
ashes from his eyes and forehead -
"dost thou know rte? It is thus that I
salute a Brahman;" and he rose and
made a lowly reverence, touching the
feet of the !Envoy respectfully.
The man strove to return it 'but was
prevented, "It cannot be," - continued
Sivaji; "here thou art a 13rahntun and
I a Sudra, Let it be as I wish It is
for thee to receive the honor, tot 2."
"What would you have ire do, Ma-
haraj?" replied the Envoy, now tremb-
ling mach. "I have done evil in 'help-
ing the unclean and would now ex-
riate if possible."
"I have had many things in mind,
IT'undi ," replied the Rajah, "a+td the
goddess sends perplexing thoughts:
int one thin„ 15 clear to ore -she must
be avenged."
The man echoed the words -"She
must be avenged."
"Yes, continued the Rajah, "clay
end night, by old and young, rich and
Poor, man or woman, there is but one
ct v going up from \f lharastra-'A.v-
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us," 11rahmun excitedly, "\Vhat .art thou
-1.'.e.,..t 11 tin- eon- 1"t meanest c,11 tarn a'ain-t op- i'tntt' G,,0.n:i It was sitting in the doin;, Sit•nji I h.,slay? Men say of
r n•': ire;e ts1t1ve, . •,"e,•i rettu•n 1 11111 wit 7' t, "ail'' inner verandah of the second court of thee that thy mother holds thee back.
:, ills; ,'ler 11;:,1 :,eii 1:110,,10y hs- j+t•t pleaded this the house a; the • loser had s:ti 1, read -1 else 'the fire should be on the hills,'
1 , ,,!.0) t' 0a'1. in ee a ')anion of his own tons. 1, 1, 1 int Tie looked up as the nit ntnn cit- I `'Gooch" returner} Sivaji, smiling:
t t, i •.:u, lurk t -ire• t tc st ne reply, my prince; aunt tere9 n111 sail, "There is one here.,'it is as I thought, and there is yet a
'Alten von know my hi. t ry you wtl . from the Rajah, wh.o would speak I'rahnnrn who is true. What dost thou
-'-r1 •r • -r. 1, .. 111 1 colfess I '.•n 11traitor to \T Ca -.rat a ". with you," I advise?"
_,• ,., a.stnv i n. '• Al! •r''' '11,11,1;-,1." said the itajall "Admit hint," w'te the reply; and } "I1ar1:1" said +Gnpinal'h, "curie
't 1•, ,"0 ,,A1,',",y .:-in:. i,,o, thin theseYentl'tten are Sivaji c u' 1 see as he entered, that the, nearer. It I bring Algol khan and
. 'i:
'i-- 1:, he ::1 r- •aiely e ,-..rt'l ht:ow:"a1t,1 anti,tt dtralnuun drew towards hint 0 short, his sten within the defiles, ivi11 it nuns
I -':-,':':1 .. ,.:.1 --11 ra:1- • , • t, . tthe ees f•t-i n . h ch oe trrcd in many heavy rl'.:r:er-svvor'l,- and placed it so tent thee? 1f I do this; what wilt thorn
1 n t • 1`e i :.at i....,!....1.....m. ri,latr and to, the Darbar thatthe hilt rt close t,:, his, right do for me?"
r l , , t. 1. i ' pere l to the ti- hotel. "Ile seated, mend,"• said tile) "I have prepare,} for that already,-,,
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a -.1,1 r'.- r -'n 't '1•t4 l t ^11.+1:, -man, and lint, y, "and tell thy bu t.tess. \-stat. a Jahncer, a high office-dnehle thy
h•e ,. r 111,..1 confidential '1,,tit Sivaji 11 ho,lay desire of the?" present pay, whatever it is -art en -
1 ,i t I: r ,t -streams, that the Khan'- Envoy '!he Rajahs face was tied ftp with, sign of rank. and --my friends,Itin.
e'er..:,c nr ,:,• ,, d c ,nrt'v ' -i ; 041011,1v aere.nim ,dated. I nttsst a li Int kercaicf, which partly conceal -1 ` 7.nnk. Pandit," tried the Rajah,
-t ! 't t
2'51-1: (1 up X10- .tt-,n.t-
ru:- and Filt :t - i..aiuia: ctmfirlenee
etern,
visit 11111 erivntely tonight, and 'duo sal :ti- 1115 011 and changed the tune of springing closer to hint, and drawing
n:•1 -t he n lib rte, K-ishtnjee; i will l,is voice, and he had passed his hand, a small bright knife from his breast,
rues t„ thee the first watch." .covered with wood-ahes, acr:'s his "it were easy to slay thee, -for my
CHATTER LXXV no -e, eye and forehead, as he enter knee is on thy weapon, -and so pre -
W., rile •1 net. perhaps, 1! nv th': The Rajah passed i:;tn the inner ed, which altered the expression of Ms vent .toy proposal being !known: but it
, 11'irreuce. 'l"te Envoy, as instructed. chant',er and found his mother sitting eyes very ec nsiderahly. It was evident is not needed. Wear not" he added,
for the drops of sweat were standing
on the il3rahmun's brow-, under the ter-
ror he felts --,`fear not! only be true,
and :Sivaji Bhoslay will not fail thee.
When he has a kingdom thou shalt
share its honor."
"Give me time to write," said the
man, with ex-citenaen't and conviction
of his own treachery .and the excess of
temptation, to which he was exposed,
"I will give the letter tomuorrow."
"I1npossible, Pundit," replied the
Rajah; "the messengers and ready
without, and They 'will bear what must
be written to the Khan."
"Who will take the letter?"
"The Brahmun who spoke to ane
this moaning; he and some horsemen
are now ready,"
"But to the .Khan himself there
must be no Iharin done," said the
'Pundit. "To him and his son, .I owe
many kinrl'nesses: for the rest; as thou
wilt. Keep the 'famil'y as hostages."
''As guests yonde," replied the 'Ra-
jah; "fie will be safe, he and his. Shall
I send far writing materials? Krishna-
jeel Sit there,".he continued, as 'his at-
tendant entered; "see that what is
written is plaiin."
(To Be Continued)
at first took a 't _h tine a- 10 ' 1'. at the window alone, :nuking .over the
gi'- and tail on the part of the r•.ad which ascended to the fort Nate.
d?a,iah, and „f the clemency and win_ Fir prostrated himself before her, as
dem of the sovereign he represented, rat his rout, and sitting dawn oppo-
There should have been no attempts site' to her in sdlcnc0, ie11 apparently
it
in;urrccction because the cause was into deep thought. She diel nett inter-
1npeless by force, and the royal ear rapt hint; int as the trumpet sound -
was ever open to suppliants Inc jus- err and a salute ni cannon was fired
tfee, if timely submission were made, from the ramparts and the Envoy's
The Rajahdid not reply personalty, proces,iun passed rant, and wound
but this pitiless scrutiny of the En_ down the pass -she saw him follow -
a
athe address and the ny hued without interruption, ing the palankeen with his eyes, while
ress was answered by his lips moved gently as though he
Krishnajee Khasher, one of his ow•tt spr,ke 'to him -df, As it disappeared
Brahman officers, eloquently and yet btrne'l a shoulder of the mountain her
respectfully: -_-What hail been done? turned to her and smiled.
No redress had been given for injury, "\iothen" he said, "yon saw the
for extortion and local oppression. In 'Khan's envoy, I expected some stupid
despair same he in an had been wrung -headed, supercillious Mussel -
even
made, Tt was the mountain custom, matt, but behold he has sent a P,rah-
not village against village; and ich man, and with him a Mahratta, whom
not affect higher relations firmly we should know but nn one recng-
wetstd only become the marc firmly nixes hi!n, 7 think the goddess will
enit olirlated when the cause of guar- give hath to me, yet you said mac
rel was past, "But," he added, iii con- ntfly,"
elusion, "the details are private mat- "lfy •ti inn was int of one, sir `e-
ters and ,will be discussed better:.PliOrl,'"and that wail •he etn,ugh. Who
privacy and through Afzool Khan is the M fahrafta "
alone, does the Rajah wish to have "They "id
this name, was q;u1wnnt
them arranged. What have we here to
oppose him We have to conceal-
ments, n0 .means of defence against
such a force as his,"
"Indeed oto," said Sivaji, sntilin
an army of elephants has been sent
t
to crush ants' nests, as the proverb
bath it; and if the noble ,Khan will re-
main and take ,,charge of .the ;country
now under 1110 'II will resign it to h'
cheerful] un
y, and become his servant,
llrilt thou say this to him?"
that he was not recognized.
"Sivaji Bhoslay desires the prosp-
erity and advancement of llrahnnts,"
replied the Rajah, "and to enrich them
is his :sole care, He worships theist;
and would fain have them as powerful
as in the days of the ancients, and in
this desire thou canst assist."
I assist! How, friend? 7, a Brah-
nnut, am a receiver, not a giver, -and
am only a servant to the unclean," he
added with a sigh;
"It need not be so, Pundit. The
fame of thy learning hath preceded
thee, and the Maharaja desires thy
friendship and welfare..I am seat to
tell thee this."
"What can I do?" said the Envoy
restlessly. "What would he have me
do? and who art thou to speak thus
to me?"
"No matter who 7 aur -'I atn auth-
*.rizcd to speak," replied Sivaji. "Look
here is his ring as nay authority, Is
he a Brahmin,' the Rajah said, 'and
cone with 'Moslem follower's to sit in
my 'Dnrbar? Alasl alas! that such
should be, that the pure and holy
should serve the unclean. This is ,in -
Ran, mother, hilt he elirl net mention deed the age of iron, and of debase -
his surname, and no one knew it," re- men 1."
turned the Rajah. The tlrahmun writhed in his seat.
"It `rust be itulwtutl: Rao Mosley, ""There are many besides 110," he said,
'Tanttajee's cousin," replied the laxly, "who serve the people of Islam,"
"I know ori nn other Siahrrdra (,f l "Who serve Phe destroyers of Tool -
good family in IBeejapoor. 11e is a rel -i in Mato, the rlelfiters of her terttple,
calve of "era," Lille slayers of Perahtsruns, and of sac-
"Ail" exr.tsintrrl her :.r,0. "yes, 11 red !kind everywhere! 0. shame-
mttsl he he; anal T have promised him shame!" crier} the Rajah eagerly.
justice, mother; but what of Tuna - '"I was not at the ,tenaplle when dile
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,DIT:1RECTIORIS
Alex. Broadtfoot, Seaforth No. 31
Tarries S+holdice, Walton; Wm. "Knox,
L ,o aides bolo;; George Leonhard*,
Bornholm No, le John Pepper, Brtsce--
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 .a'tte,fded to by applications-
to any of the above-named officers ad-
dressed to their respective post -
offices.