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The Seaforth News, 1934-11-15, Page 6'PAGE SIX. th--e Shastree "I have seen the Rajah, his iort, and this people, and there is nothing to ap- ,rehend, -They are all beneath notice: ` } per - •but in order to settle everything _ iectly, and to inspire terror, my lord should advance with all the force, ac- eording to the plan devised here, 'xhieh the bearer, one of the Rajah's secretaries. - will explain personally, and which wood be tedious to write. 1n a strictly private interview•, which will he arranged the Rajah Sivaji ycili threw hint elf at the feet the En- ing of kings. and receive ; '.lex � . c pa -don :vhic:t to de -3. Mere �! Siva ,:len Take .. 'a..,s .-ie .iris• cit 1 i .. ,a di.gree passed .;.rays; and a- the =0 1saan led his fro p:- more and tr 'rc leve,into ' e ;ti ittainon; district. _ _..L '5 t Ira 'i.e.', ,'Lit if they hal thed these ragged defiles. the r•t Neal; have• been diffictt;t ,e.•,et".rte. The encaty- ' , hal l sttenger country TO cat t t1: R: 11Jre e ' :y ,lt the it 1 .._.c .11711 'Lheed-.\11',.7:1 ed a ire hehc'.I h cit e r a: i hardly- be es- r.:nc 'rc,!.tntt:r 1a.t: a-lied,et:ars of pari- t r 1 1'erta, urh from t t s. 1v. w de se rind it lir:Ir- or,linari hal fort, with :oeal ^e. t' . y such as Millirem :tier- ::1: , ...e•ttry kept :tlt.•nt Ihetn: t'lei • v ,- eitior, but help- THE SEAFORTH NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER,15, 19391 nis'hed'abundant supplies of forage' a 'confided to him his dread df vidlen'ce "They 'hare neither eyes nor ears, else brawling stream ran under the on one side, and the Rajah's usual supplies of food of all kinds were ab- undant at mod.erat.e prices in a bazar which, consisting o.f rough •shede and small tents, was located near the vil- lage on the other, Let us see how the night was pass- ed by 'bath Parties, The 'K'han's tents had been pitched on an even Sward which bordered the rivulet, and several fine trees were in- cluded in .the area enclosed by the canvas walls, 'Under the shade of sat most '. tltad these, Zyna and Fazil 'past of 'Me day. A few carpets and pillows 'had been spread there, and tiee cool fresh mountain air, the brawling murmur of the 'brook, and the grand and ,beautiful scenery by which they were surrounded, so dif- ferent to the 'bare •mon'atrnotis undu- lations of the D'elchan, were in them- selves more exciting than it was pos- sible for them to have imagined 'front any previous description, iBtrt the loss of Tara's society was pressing heav- ily upon both. M1 they 'heard daily were provide was, that she nt^as well and among her people, who were taking care of her. She would remain with them at Wye; and as the army returned, she should see ileu'lee 'Manual. and .Zyna once more, and take leave of them, for &'he could not be permitted to so- journ vv-ithMahontedans. This the Envoy had told the 'K'han and Fazil the day before. It 'was a dreary prospect for :Fazil, is to be is to be; only write the note, and apparently a hopeless one, Should master, quick, and let tis go; he won't he ever see that sweet face more ? help us." ever hear the anisic of the gentle "Alas!" replied Fazil, "`I can only voice, at once so timid and yet so re- write Persian; bet she knows my sig- liant? There was no hope that the nature, for she used to see me write it. St'ahmans among whom she had Stay, 'however," he continued, tiniest - fallen would give her up voluntarily. ening a thin gold ring from his wrist. brills to the girl --"send me baric to Wye, they had guessed we ,are not as we 'where she is; give me but ever so small a note and 11 will deliver it into her own hand; and if I can bring her 'away, �tru'st me to do so. �I ,can. tea - verse these forests and 'mountains tby night, I can hide her away or dis- gu se her, and if she the true to thee, she w^ilI come. Give nee the boy Ash- ruf, and a little imoney, and lest its go, even now, He is 'tvith'out, call him." "'Athruf," cried the young Khan to the lad, who was standing near :trite tent door and who entered at once; 7 I kshmun. 'with Lu t . go ;� lit "'wilt thou "My lord," replied the lad,"he and I have arranged this already. They ,do .not know us here and he ilia's been teoah'ing me a Mahretta ballad which She knows, and vv"e 'can. sing it in Wye to,heorro'w. '1'f he had not spok- en 'I should have told you of ;our plan. 111y lord, we will bring her away sil- ently, and none shall be the wiser. I will go into the fire for my lord, if he will but prove tree," 'And !Bulwcint IRao?' said IFazil. "'He is in the clouds', replied leaks. Imam "in the hope of getting shack the family estate; wind has got ionto his •h'ead, end he is 'beside h'ims'elf. To my mind, tthe Rajah Would be far bet- ter pleased to have hint put out of the way than to favour his preten- sons; but B'ulwunt says he has been promised `justice;'• .and so," added Luks'htnan, with a hideous grimace, "he will have his own way, and what vading army. Supplies P at every stage, forage was abundant, difficult places in the roads were found cleared :for the 'artillery, and the people met them with good will and courtesy•cwhtch m•as as pleasant as un- expected. tAaty idea of resistance was out of the question, The Ostia; village guards, or here and there a few horse- mten, in attendance on a local func- tionary, were all that was seen -of the Raja'h's forces; and the Khan was amused and gratified with the envoy's descriptions of how—to attract atten- 'tirs to his affairs—his master had sanest the belief to .rain ground that he was p :sensed of an. army of vast 1 wee. Its ,h '1 the t-trtt t m and anger: .than had appeared o .rias :his ieNV1 rL • tic - t 1 ,that ff, ncc. \\'iters, then, weir. tti','it S't;.tji w1- -:list to t'-- I :,tt 1t Ra,,. in rel, t t:Ac, a±l 1 a el 1, n .y torsi, and at - 'ti' t • arms: tit altsaltheig titeitt • Vi•i , on the .:ter ha..'. an 1 t e ". a tnler to M -t _. n crit .n camp rill•t - iL ' • .nesesympathy, rtj e g ' stash o be and thata aa, c _,:i.ie•ierate was to `, echre+ the dynasty which they :erred, by x• -;r which appeared a once jn •t:, t] and binding wprn both. The nen 'Envoy who brought the letter, pleased the Khan and the Peer immensely. In the first place to -peke the Delahan court language tlaent y and was a fair Persian cnolar. He was known to the Khan a having served in a subordinate depart:met when he himself held the dtn stistrt.- tion of Wye, and he grate- i'1;: tC1 nowledged—as he reminded the n t of --former benefits. The first envoys could not communicate wit to Khan except through interpreter. Prue. h son was usually present, c,r c at c , ally the peer himself who might •,e induced to assist; but the Khan would have better liked to manage these iMahratta envoys himself, and now there was the desired opportunity. Day after day, as the army advanced without check by easy but continuous stages, the new agent was he close at- tendance and very frequently, with the others, was summoned to private conferences. Fazil, too, had his she e in them' and to every outward ap- pearance no room existed for staple, - ion of any k:nd. able They had ,now entered 'the Rad own jurisdiction and were treated more as•honored guests than as an in- t. ci^r 511:,51,111 ,.. eXtitttne tt 11*::: ., .t K,:.,, s•ty,cctnr my cans, t.l to,y p eel, d. t u p gritume of t h, n t, ran 1 by the .1 t le - rot t i 1 SiiV'• a l , •1 1 .huts .. i east; 'a arils 1), r - 'seem. Butt ,the 'goddes's has blinded, eetd deafened them. and it is as my mother said 'it would be." K'Where is she?"'soaked Malooaray;; "she should bless us ere we go forth," "!She is in the temple, and uneasy. As the time conies ,on, they think she have a visitation," he replied. "Alit here is some one to tell his. What' news, Bhemee?" 'The lady mother is uneasy, 'Ma-' haraj, and rocking'herself to and fro. It is coining on her, 'and ye should be Estate" a to near v Conte, friend's, let us go," said the Rajah; "on this revelations depends' .my course to -morrow." ITh lira's but a. few steps, and :the place is already familiar to us, The low porch and dark vestibule, the small shrine within, from whence a strong tight is shining into the gloom, resting sharply ,upon the IEgure of the Ranee as she sat before it, not quietly now, as when we saw hbr once be- fore, 'but with 'her shoulders and bos- om heaving tepidly, her eyes shut, or if opened for a moment fleshing with excitement, her lips 'trenttbling and al- ready speckled With 'foa+ni; and that peculiar sharp, rocking motion of her body, Which always preceded the final attack. The then stood by reve'ntly, INo one dared to speak The attendant Brah tmtn offered flowers from time to time, and kept up a low chant or in- cantation, While occasionally he threw graias of coloured rice upon the altar, There was first a low muttering in. which avothing 'could be distinguish- ed; but words at last followed, to them terrible and awful, as, believing in the dread presence of the 'goddess, the lady poured then forth 'with gasps '0, I thirst ! 1Iy children were slain—and no one has avenged thein. Blood! blood! I thirst. l will drink it! The blood of the cruel—of the' cow- slayers! 1:111, all -the old and the Young.; the old woman and the maid- en; the nurse and .the child at her breast; all—all—all!" she continued. her voice rising to a scream "They who love Inc, kill for use; for I thirst, —for I thirst how, rs d slid for the blood of the demons," and the voice again rank to a low w•hieper tvlticit was not audible These woods had come from her by spawns, as it were: painfully, and with cutchapparent suffering. She hreik- ed repeatedly as she uttered them, and clutched at the air with a strange convulsive movement of both battle: sometimes tis if apparently drawing hrr, oragainfiercely repelling an abject before her. At last she stretch- ed forth her hands anti her body, as if following what rite saw, and looking vacantly into the spice before her with a terrified expression of counte- nance, the hands fell h-tlessly on her Lap, and her features relaxed into a weary expression, as of one who had endured acute pain. Then she sighed steeply ,opened Iter eyes, looked around, , anti spoke. "Bbetnee, I thirst,,' site saidgently,—"bring ire water." Sivaji alone had remained with his mother and the Brahman of the tem - W110, as she spoke them, record- 1 the .disconnected sentences. The PROFESSIONAL LAIRDS Medical •DIR, E. A. M�eML STE+R—CGradstate. of the Faculty of .Medicine; Univers,- ity of Toronto, and of the New "Teak Post ,Graduate School and 'Hospital. Member of the College of P�hysiciaett and Surgeons of .Otsbario. Office on High street. Phone V. It was umpossihle to think of it, Did eche win remember this better, and they know what he had asked and under tanrl it: take it with you, and she had half-prctntised?—would her may God speed you, Co at once! :lie be safe even if they did? ''H, dly ;Bring Cher, if possible, or mark where •o, in'Ieedt or, if safe, would he soar- she i , and we will go, Inshalla1 and eel at the price of the disfigurement fetch. her ' oliva awaited her, according to the Pail passed "tit into the astral place strict rules a f her faith, What they of prayer, which was numerously :ti- lted arranged. ani itg titentselves, fended, After its dose, the Peer, his taerefore, could not be ol:enly prose- father, and all who were to stay to emelt a 1. in defiance n :other's it assembled for this repast, 1 , n and the apparently snioota which wasserved immediately. There ler;get- public ,affair-, no effort to c:a. 00 forward movement of tent> deatutd her,'tr. 1•, reca,ce•r iter by .ogee that night; and the guests sat till a vault he trade as yet. ':ate hour discussing the probable er- •'l:et t. ,ett,e everything with this ent, of the morrow, and the pt ibiI- \l,ahrat t first, and as we return by ity rt 'e t early countermarch, at least Wye ,t t' trill have the girl or know i as .at as Wye, where the open eouti- t ty.' the-t•'tt d Kinn 11:01 to •ty. try w'ae pre'erab'.e to their present , r he 11;01 ;r"w,t to:1,ne Tara vt^c confined situation among the ntonn- de;rle an;! missed her presence, laine, 'lanai') in a different all otter, as much , s any . then, "dear net, Fazil, the Kafir. shall not possess her." S" Ye,na and 1:a01l had sat most the day, rev, yang over and cel. Again a -,v he: t Tara might g ht tte as- ated, er re -ettcrl, w'o'e blaming rhea twee t't n;iad time: for that precut.... Ga' Iter ner:u ,peciel pre ty .s 1 ,51 :,ad rite:ted in her ah- lueti u, "I ly \lar 'Frit -mid canal be ;,n ! to 1 1 a ht ,nue in ,re t,, ac- count.- 1 nri: -ail, grinding his teeth, ,t wield , hard with hint;' but he was not to he :hart +_ Ihe. Envoys ncane, de,l'tredheh i t"ace pr pro - V.101 t � Pe"ltt,','r,t1 s.e'ar lt..ttse, the 'Rajah Sisrsj' and the lady moth- er-. • et:t,am in ;torr. liar tits was an spot i favorite; but to was not n.,w.. even there: he head been .int to a dis- tance, where 'r why it was nut known awl it teas impels'ible to trace hint. 1;111w -tint Itt., Lukeinnnn, and the lad \ehriti had all been employed in tuna as spies but had failed to discover rim—lie teas not to be hoard of. it was now late and the lady tLur- :ec carte and joined them before the evening prayer. She had been busy af- ter her own fashion and as the offic- ials were to dine with the .Khan, had prepared several of her mak scientific dishes, Sous hail no doubt as to the is- sue of the morrow's interview. In the first place who could resist her hus- band? and were not the planets unus- ually 'favourable? She and the peer had compared notes front behind the screen in the tent; and though he laughed at the •curious jargon she had collected on the subject, yet, a stead- fast believer in astrology himself, 'had explained to her how peculiarly for- tunate the conjunction was to be at the hour cast for the meeting, and she had fully believed it, 3f Tara had been there, all would 'have been perfectly happy, but, as Lurlee said, the planets told 'her it was only after all, a matter of a :few flays' delay; and indeed, per- haps, after tomorrow s'heanight be de- manded. 'Peen, however, its spite of these as- surances was not easy, and after he left the tents for the evening, had. ta- ken counsel with L ukslnnun, who its regard to Tara, bad •taken the place of liuiwunt Ran, to whom Fazil dare not intrust his secret, The day she had disappeared and Fazil's misery was apparent, the hunchback divined the cause, and a few inquiries in his cap- acity of spy had canlfirmed his sus'pi- r.-.. i ,, Rail t t- a - v e t11 it t:.c K'. s-, fi:-t, t t e' ,tl l \:- If':•., a. the r sur: -, math,: . . :;:;tc, ti -t• the R•,jrit: hut he 1 ',ata 'eret an:! the harrier a reit, t tic' hrokrn. it:mattered 'ttt:• .t r , ,1.,l: we'. No troop;, wen. _,re-ent..\tte' rle.i each by a n :e am cd , .:r,wer, the place of t it w., fixed r,n a level spot at nc little distance up the mountain I'ert bgurh, where the Rajah, the t sail, hail already prepared a hdah w-nttld be fitted tip for the ,c. Ilia. If the Khan pleased, elle mi.ht bring a thousand of his best hor-e.,.- 171. 're, if convenient—to wit - he, the ceremony from below; but n.y one attendant besides the palan- keen-bearer, could advance to the conference. Nothing was to be writ- ten, and the agent already at the fort vn,uld attend the Khan on the cr.- nand :while another of the Raj - h'=, r possible or needful, would ac- company him from above. No objec- tion a „eared and none was made, to these rrangement-, the army reached its 'final stage tar the total f Jowly, a few miles di -tett r ni he fort; and the last preparation, w•-•rc male that night by lett! Parti •s. The morning would see the Khan set out early accompanied by fifteen hundred chosen horse— eom An ;xenon, some Dekhani, other -v awn rt:tainsrs,—a11- picked men; . r.i!e the remainder of the army : heald rs-t from its labour and exertion, whi,:h, on account of the rough mountain roads, had 'been ex- ceedingly great for the last three day. At Jowly, too, the camp was more than ordinarily pleasant, A :plain of some extent, and which for the most part was under cultivation, afforded ample roam Inc all the force. The grassy stapes of the tnountains, Iby w•hioh the plain was surrounded, 'fur CIL•\'PT'E42 I NX\•I'I DR. GI.LBERT C. JARROTT Graduate of Faculty of Medicine. Un- iversity n- ` erstt of We shorn Ontario. Member tv Y of College of Physicians and Surgeons! of Ontario. Office 40 Goderich: St. West, Phone 317. hours 2430 pa 7.30-9,00 pm. Other hours by appoint- ment. Successor to Dr. Chas. Mackay, DIR, H. H!UIQH ROSS, Ffirrriaiel and Surgeon. Late of London 1 pital, London, England. Sgeniat attention to diseases of the eye, eaa: nose and throat. Office and e— den,ce behind Dominion Bank. Odin ercial Hotel, 'Seaforth, 3rd Monday in Phone No. 5; Residence Planus Illus \\•as there equal c n tdcnrc in thy fort? \\'e must now , there, nail lis- ten to tile. midnight cansnitati„n, which may be prolonged till daylight; and yet men ou the eve of some des- perate enterprise Inc which they have prepared themselves, need more rest, and often elect) more calmly, than a' any other period of their existence, It w^.ts the sante chamber that vee hate formerly -rut; httt the window of the oriel i. shut, Inc the night wind at that height is cuirl and bleak, and iltick, quilled curtains, which have been let fall before it anti the do.•- w'ay, exclude ail air. Sivaji Malt r:ty, and Pallor are sitting together, but are silent, for the Rajah's mind i- troubled, "If I only knew- what she would have Inc do;" he said at length, look- ing 1111. "Hast than prepared all, Tan- najcc?" "\lastcr," he replied, "everything is ready, 'By midnight, or a little lat- er, Morn Trintmul and the rest of the veterans will be in the wroods near Jowly, around the camp. Every posi- tion has been .marked out, and will be silently 'taken up, (Nothing can escape out of that plain, and they Will await the signal of the five guns from hence. The •Brahtnun swears," he continued, after a pause, "'that he will take the pretty sister of tic young Khan, in revenge for his seduction of the Tool- japoor Moorlee." "He dare not," said Sivaji quickly. tI have heard that girl was alit hon- oured guest in Afzool K'han's family; the Ilrahmnns say she was. No, he .dare not touch her; and I have warn- ed hint 'not to do so." •Maloosray shrugged his shoulders, "'Perhaps;" he said; "God knows! but !Moro says othcrivtse, Let it pass; it is not our business; but 'he Will be ,lone the less active to get the whole tastily into his power," 'i\nd you,' Nettaljee?" said the ,Ra- jah, turning to him, "'There are five :thousand of my hest lfa'vvuilees sleeping in the thickets east of the fort -gate. They will close in •behind the 'B�eejapo'or people a, they pass, and when we hear the L+oral, I think, master, few, will es- cape—yes," he continued; fixing his large black eyes on the Rajah, 'and slightly twisting his •monstach:es, "few will escape." "10, the blind coftlficie'nrce of these B'eejapoor swine!" cried the Raljah, laughing, as Ste lifted up his hands. IDR. P. J. BURROWS, Seaton*, Office and residence, Goderich sereet,,. east of the United Church, Cowan: for the County of Huron. Tele -Lib No. 46. bR F. J. R. FFO'R!SITER--see, 1Rtwq. Nose and Throat. Graduate in Mote - cane, University of Toronto 1&VA.'. Late Assistant New York OptschisA- mic and Aural Institute, Moorefaelde't Eye, and Golden Square throat h,ataii- ta'ls, London, England. At Coms&- ercial. Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd ,Wcdetee- day in each month from 1.30 pan liar 5 p.m. 'know. but of one thing to _ do, master," he said as the young nt:ut er 'Rajah's companions, fearless before an enemy, were cowards before the dread presence in which they be- lieved. "Come and rest, mother," he said, raising her up and supporting her DDR. W. C, SPROA'T.—Graduat,s ed Faculty of Medicine, Univerafty s Western Ontario, London. R ensb'ot! of College of Physicians and Seth geons of Ontario, Office in rent a, A,berhart's drug store, Seatattet Phone 90. Hours 1.30-4 p.m., i? Pl -9 p.m, Other hours by appointment: Dental tenderly. "Colne, thou art weary." "Weary indeed, my soy," she said. —"there is no rest for ,mc till all is (finished. Conte, and I will tell thee everything;" and he followed her into her ois'n apartments, where she lay down. The attendant brought wat- er, and she drank a deep draught. "\V'ltat did I say, son?" site con- tinued. "But no Matter, It is all blood. before me — carnage and victory 1 IBloodl" 'she cried excitedly, grasping his arm and looking intently into his face. "Art .thou ready? ready for vic- tory!—ready to cry 'Jey ,Kaleel Jey Tool!ja Metal" "Ready, another—yes. There is no failing .anywhere. The men are at their posts, and the signals have been decided upon. No one will escape us naw." o 1 i\ro one will escape," she 'echoed,— "no otie must escape—no—not one— not even he." "Ah, mother" cried 'Sivaji, "not so; surely with pledged honour, soldier to 'a soldier, and a solemn invitation, it could' not be:" DR J. A. MUNN, Successes to Dr, R. R, Ross, graduate of Numb. - western University, Chicago, Elf. Z11- centiate Royal College of Dental Sur- geons, Toronto. 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