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The Seaforth News, 1934-12-13, Page 6PAGE SIX. THE SEAFORTH, NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1934' Late that night Moro Trinuvul re- she had wronged so cruelly, and the turned to his place of residence, Long love for whom and the despair of before, when Siv'aj s power was in its whose forgiveness had pursued her infancy and the young men had taken dight and day—night and day; but it peeeeeeiott of the mountain -built fort seemed to have reached flier at last. and led their bands forth to plunder "Yes, she touched me kindly," she and destroy the \lahomedan wiaages 'sair to herself, "she parted the hair er,xnd, Toro Trintnntl had fitted up •franc my face as a :trier would have , hollow ht>tinn an one of the angles done; ere .he spoke to tate she for - of the precipie=—!n which the buil•ler gave me; and I will see her die, deck - 'sad left a small ronin anti ante roost ed in flowers at a holy and 'pure seeri- -ts his place o; shelter. 'rhe inside 'lice. I will worship her as she goes to cultic plastered with clap, and death and then I will follow her, 0 a Tec .n. place also of clic had been Tart, there, not here, I may be for- given before the goddess.', \lora 'rrinunul servants had taken Ganga and literally obeyed the orders thee had received; bound her with .tie of her ,awn ,garments, lest she ..hou11 ,10 herself or them injury, and :;lid iter gently upon ;he couch in the inner room. How :ong she had lain there site had no idea; but, as the Tillie :cased, it Only confirmed her -re- e lutien. She ;could die, no matter how.. There was nothing definite in tai ed from the floor. on crutch was laced c . mattress and a t:iv. In the 'ct: n. the >.tstien a snail oriel wel- l- had been Balt •wiec t hal a n er„icct n;; from :he .Walt tarn enough .for dao pco:ale to sit in. Seat - E,1 titer. yon loekel tlo.cn a ,'zzy depth apoa thin :.,re -t ee:•,w; ant en ;.11 elle. ;b ' ;trecipices,;:'t a. • +1- and their deep :;:ens. and the varied :11.1111. 7.ili-11F. beyond firmed t conthin.,tion a .loos lieauty which there, st n to all other *dace: ie the mountain •rtress, ti as most deeply felt. Thither had 1;uuga been taken by the Ilrailimen's servants- rat the morn- ing of the battle, 'He had charged :hent to •1 -ave the place swept an,.! new•ly plastered with clay, and Gunge with having it done a- he wished. On it, completion site had gone into the temple to worship for him in the ex- ercise of her vocation, as the signal was to be given which they all Weld her of. She knew- of his design. He had charged her to watch Tara, and, if she saw her to give him information of her actions. He had told her that he should bring Fazil's sister to tite fort for he felt stere she could not es- cape him. 'Herself, Zyna and Fazil, as Iittle—they were Mtieeulmans and must perish,—hut for Tara! !:1h yes. strange indeed, perhaps, yet not unnatural, had been the revulsion. The .ieaieusy Which urged i;tn_a to hate -the girl and assist in plot or her ruin, had strangely altered to love. Twice lead. leloro Trimntu: 'leen r,.ile•t, twice he had fallen -savagely upon her • and beaten her cr:teti;' \Ve t',t what he ad•:t T ,r: w.t- cu ! .... (,1.111 a. relenting. had then 't ,an ? •te 1 'ti•r. i';:'. it Ingi t it.•.l T1:, ishe had 't rev ',Is eat- • ri , .-a- ...wore w-W t to herself n .et: .., \\: ... ,t Id: cl. , more ta INT:. • Tri:oma: d•: - hut had formed the res• :•tti n :n Tara t.•.ca•x tarry `ler cif bt r.: ••untai:tpaths; ane ,he knew- that 11 thee could 'nee eater ..he forest Near the gate they were safe. Day by day a these thoughts pass - eel through Guttga's mind. the love i'lr Tera grew stronger, till it became an Bing eassion. \Voudd she but .ret her—trail she itut believe her —they might yet again see tacit be - eyed T:ioljapoor and she would :work int her forgiveness by devotion. It wa- not tori late, she thought; but.,,, We have already toad how she met her in the temple but it is impossible to describe her despair at :her failure t+, induce Tara to escape, or when the man the rireaded hid his :errant, eiz • •trill 'r71'1 her. 1f. she could have remained :with Tara—only near her.. \las! it was to:, late now. She had -carcely 'leen carried shrieking the temple by the servants Moro Teemed, tel. vhen eaether ratan followed an 1 . eie .farts had iterr.me a thiel:, and -tea, ., be buret nest :lay beside the tank its the fort. 'then G utga felt the f::r,ism 4 the Wirt.'. resointion. it lett. t .lt ,r,, T us,r' I cru,:$ not in- jure her; she ,t••nkl soon be bt'y,nrl rvec'e r'1 his It was .vet/ ye-. it was 3r;1. '.se ceuld at least see her rlie; and tit The d'• ire of r'.. -it si,t hard at her he.,r:. elt first she shuddered at it; brit Once it had entered it abode there and- grew ••trnn^•er. 1 'lIr'r:; ft. ;thtul Cast :her off now ft. would- he but to be iYr,ts nn the knoll, the ,group of ' hatt rated by the memory of the and nearly level spat wahkhhad been selected as ehe place of meeting, were distinctly visible from where he stood with'Bulve t Rao, and a few others of his trusty associates and retainers. 'Around, the 'horsemen, now^ mostly dismounted—were dispersed in ,pic- turesque groups, talking together or lying lazily •upo.n he soft sward 'hold- ing their horses' bridles, and shading their eyes from the sun. !In the town through which his father had gone, there appeared no stir, .4. few stets were lounging about the gate, and upon the bastion near it, and thus were looking .ottt epoch the Moslem horsemen apparently in idle curiosity, The gate was open, and the townspeople, and women With jars of water on their heads, were' passing to and fro unconcernedly as usual. There was nothing to excite suspicion or ap- prehension, except in the mode of re- ception of his father, and the strange, unusual proposition, that bhe first in- terview should be on the mountain side, and alone; but Bulwwn1 Rao had 'explained this characteristically, and with a fair show of reason, and Fazil, though uneasy, was obliged to be con- tent; there was no remedy now, So the Khan's progress in his pal- ankoett had been watched with intense anxiety as he ascended the rugged pathway. At times the bearers could be seen, attd the ?leer holding the side of the .litter tq help himself along; again .the thick foliage and turns in her mind, butsite w'ou!ld die: a dull .les•sair bhuttiug every faculty—a real- ity of determination before which her very ;eases seemed to refuse office, Site !heard Moro Trintnntl ask with- , et where she was, and the servant answered that she was within, lying n the ante]. A small lamp had been lighted and placed in a niche; and ae Ile entered and stood over her she feigned sleep. She felt him unfasten the bandage round her arms and then he dragged her roughly to her feet. "Devil!" he cried, "this is thy do- ing and she is .gone. Lostl 0 Tara, how beautiful thou wast in living death!" he continued. apostrophizing her. 'speaking thy awn death-sent- ence—a. I listened, -I could have died for thee," "Thou art a coward, Moro Trim- med," cried the girl scornfully and desperately; "thou darest neither die thyself nor kiil enc. Thou die with Tara? she would spit at they as I do," Be -.truck her brutally with his clenched boob. "Lie there, witch! de - 1E1" he cried. "Thou hast been the cause crf a!' this: ;done, 1 could have (1 •:t,• it. 1 h '11 and -he are one now, el-•= ,tat;:lids:: thou not decoy her re. Di d I not tcil t:at•c• to dop. •'o-' n!" and he ;,n,hed her with hi-- , eIsy. ;tr e. "Aloe, Tritnmul," ,h,• brit with desperation in 'ler voice, "may the gxirde , forgive •ne .tint 1 have done with thee a nain't Para; that is til 1 pray now, Bet :. etas ntr and thee all i. ender. n tact Let me go. I will serve yoa no longer, I spit at you and defy you; and in the Rajah': court, and be- fore every image of Kalee in the Dek- hen, if I live, I wit: sing thy shame and her hon,ur. Let me go out I". She =awl hint set 'bit teeth, as his eyes l staph , . ewith a wicked glare, draw ti knife from his waistband, and ::prat. at her. The glitter of that knife was the last thing, perhaps, of which she was conscious, except that she seized the hand that held it, in- stinctively, and then came .a struggle for 411e. 'But only a brief one. A weak girl, before a powerful man, could not endure long, sickened too, as she was icy hie previnu. blow. Back—back, he fereed her to the window, whioh was r.pen; on the little balcony without, they swayed to and fro fearfully for a moment; but he wrenched his hand tree by a desperate effort and, striking Per one heavy biros- with the knife, where lie knew not.—as the 'body' dr, -,pp, ! heavily its tai- arms, he push - cd it L,rth into the dark air. He dirt not hear it fall, th or: gh he listened it: in t'te acarbia^ the vulttree, 'rrh ii,t•'t an pinnacles of the Pee - rt i :es: w errs ;nett ili..17eniling in Inc.1re,Is to their h?dc •,us :feast below,. •cite. 'We may not .a11 get through; but, tl3isntillal conte, and 'let ?God take whom the Pleases." Trehe might have been fifty Hien; an•el others, as many afore, perhaps,— as they they s'a'w these ride together in a desperate race its one direction,- --join-ed theta. Bulwunt :Rate and Fazil were leading; and as they approach- ed what seemed a ,p:or'tion of imperv- ious wood, Fazil's heart failed dsito for a moment. "You are wrong, ]3at:lwunt 'Rao," he cried, "We cannot get through eh is—let us tuns." \ladnsan!" exclaimed the other, seizing the bridle of his horse, 'iBy your mother and sister, I swear 1 MU . right I ,Foilaw me, my children," 'he s'houte'd, looking back, while he again urged This horse to its utmost speed; "we are near now." {He was right. A portion of the jun- gle jutted out beyond the rest, and made a slight shoulder, as it were, be- hind wihiolt was the path As they turned round the corner, they •stat* a body of foot-osidiers drawn tip across it; but ere these could raise their matchlocks to fire, the impetuous horsemen were among them, trirnpl- ing some down, and hewing :fiercely at others with their long Spanish swords, [T'he Portuguese of Gott used to import large quan¢itles of Spanish and !Genoa sword -blander. They were held in .high estimation at Beejapoor, and they are still often to be stet with in She country. The Rajah Sivaji's fa- mous sword .B'how•ani, with which he killed A'fzoal Khan, is a iGenoa blade of the :first water.] The attack was ir- resistible, and, Ulse first line of then forced, they encountered no others. 'Straggling shots were fired at them from the sides of the mountain, but without effect; and after riding near- ly a mile down the glade at the same speed, the path vay turned into the stain -road, and they heard the dict of the light '.lie away behind them. Of the fifteen hundred gallant cavaliers who had ridden that morning from the camp at Jowly, they were the nney survivors. While \ettejee tl'alkttr was finish- ing his bloody work nn those who remained after Fazil Khan's escape, by closing up the pathway, and at- tacking from all sides at once, such of the horsemen as remained in the tieid,—lloro Trimmul was busy with his part of the general slaughter; and as the fugitives rode on, the din of the fight behind growling fttin•ter as they proceeded, they were asset by that of the greater work in front,— more furious, and more terrible. 'Yet they pressed on, until, reaching a rising -ground which overlooked the field, they could see it all in its hide- ous reality. The Ma'•hrattas had seiz- ed the Beejapoor gains, and that point of defence no longer remained to the Mahomedans. Thousands of the en- emy's foot -men, in compact m'a'sses, were charging disordered groups of men 'huddled together, who made a vain resistance, Great numbers o! 'horses were careering madly about, but, for the most part, the troop - horses were still at their pickets, and the road, hid them from view. At length drnzil saw- the ,Bradt Hants on the knoll rise and advance a few steps, and the p lankeen emerge upon tite opens space, where it was set down; and die father got out, adjusted his turban and shawl, and stood with die rest. Then the 'bearers and the Peer In tecl a little aside; and as the two then from above appeared, his father advanced to meet them, and embraced one, It was but for a moment, and the fatal result was at once apparent, \\'itis a cry of horror, which aroused many around hint who had not been watching the proceedings above, Fa - zit saw his father reel and fall, rise again, as his sword flashed in the air, and with the Veer maintain the ttn- equal combat we have ahead describ- ed. No sound reached those helots they could only sec the flashing, of the weapons its the stat, and -the struggle of the combatants. Involuntarily, Faze i! urged on hie horse. :?las! of what avail .naw? Others .had been watching as well as he; and the blast of the horn, which rose shrill and quivering as the Khan fell, was answered by volleys of matchlock shots front the woods around. The gates ni the town were shut, and the walls and bastions matured at thickly as sten could stand on them, whose fire on the 'horsemen below was hot and deadly. The effect of the surprise upon the helpless cavaliers need not be detail- ed, Panic-stricken, and 'hemmed in on every side, they rode:h'it'her and thith- er, vainly seeking places of egress through the woods, or by the way they came, and were shot down in scores either where they stood, or a, were now protected by the Malt - they gathered in groups and charged rattan. It was evident that' the surprise had been as complete and irretriev- abic as at the fort. Casting his eyes round this field, in sickening apprehension— indeed, in al- most hdpelees despair — the votutg Khan looked towards the tents where he bad left his ;sister and Lurlee. The teats were standing, but the outer enclosure walls were thrown • downs, and a crowd of followers and soldiers were apparently struggling together. in the plunder of what they contained. The place was apart from the field itself, and 'Fazil pointed to it; he could not speak. The Wren with hint had had no time for thought. ,From the moment the hhan had died at •Pertabgurh till they drew rein on the eminence over the camp, they had ridden for life. But the w rs o .t was now evident; and what they had 'hoped to fend, was gone: The conviction that all their companions,—those whom they had loved in life, were dead, at once felt. upon their hearts; and iBulavustt Rao, and many another rough veteran, burst into passionate weeping, Fari:l appeared calm, but it was the nem of desperation and of misery, i'Wthy do yott weep, friends?" he said, "They are all dead; why should we live? Death is better than dishonour! Conte and see—Bistnilla!"—and he turned his horse's head in the direc- tion of the tents, 'None thought of the risk, 'Bis- tti•i•.11al" shouted the leen, as, with teeth 'hard set for a last struggle in life, they rode a tttad race to their old camp. Near it they passed malty a familiar face lying upturned to the sten; and, itew'ing their way through a crowd 01 plunderers tv'licit were upon the area that had been covered 1''y the Khan's tents. Fazil salt, that their' walls were torn down, and that no one remained; and in the bed of the rivulet which, lying low, screened m from t env: t''n ph v rein, fn his misery Fazil would have dismounted, and again 'sought death (T1-11'TIER. LNY1.Lf. Paul Kinn Net t'ileeved the pr'., eg- re•s e of hie father ep the trtnnutain- tte.. •vitt intense interest: The little an foot, but Butte -tint Rao saw the in- tention, an'(t prevented it, .as he :had done before. "No, aro, Meade he said. toughly; "you are our .master now; and as the golds have enabled me to Save you once to -clay, so we wvfil all try again. il:f they you sought have been taken,' they are in honourable safety with the Rajah: if they .ars dead, there is no ,help but its sdb!mission to God's tit^:till: , 'A sh•ottt from several of the ntetn. caused Fazil to look round. Be saw •so'me persons running towards •the', party who had •emerged from the ehiok jungle on Uhe other side cif the stre'a'm, They were grooms Who had, 'hidden bhemselves, 'One of them c!lasped Fazil's knees. 'They are safe," he cried; "'Unit, they are gone this 'tray with the hunchback and Aslttuf, tv.lto would' not let tie follow lest we ehonid be seen. ".I',h•ey went clown the river; and see! here are their tracks, Conte!" 'What treed to speak more now ? The new interest absorbed ale other considerations. Several of the grooms were good trackers, and the hoof - marks of 'tile two ponies could not he mistaken. They knew them well. Late in •the afternoon—often bew=ild- ered foe deep silent forests, often thrown out, often clesp4iring of suc- cess, often passing Board rocky ground' where Fazil could see no tracks what- ever, but where' Bulwmutt. Rao and the trackers held their way with confid- ence,' a small group of people were discovered, from a knoll where the trackers stood for a time uncertain, sitting near a large beniatt tree, on the bank of a mountain stream. • I41 a little distance, too, •from them, sett a fete armed ,nen matchlocks, who were apparently guareling the rest. :Paul and the scouts approached, cautiously leading his horse; and the (first greeting was a rottg'h one from the guards, who raised their guns to .fire; but the next, a frantic cry of welcome •frosts the hunchback and :\sthruf, wnho ran forward and pros- trated themselves before hint. "2) Meal), they are safe -they are safe!" cried :Lei:shntun, rising first. "Conte and sec," he •cried, bursting in- to tears; "turd the gods have sent thee," (Hearing his cry, Gonlalt rushed far - ward, clasping his knees, and, unable to speak, was. sobbing passionately. Yes, they were safe—Lurlee and Zyna. A rude bower of leafy branches had been 'hastily made, with .a screen of botcgits twisted into stakes in front; and so concealed were they by the thick brush Wood, aptp't front the grassy shade that the little commo- tion which 'I azil's •eoming had caused had not been heard by them. Having dismounted and preceded by 'Goodab, who, in her uncontrollable joy, now ran before, screaming the hews of his arrival, he entered the enclosure—and the two desolate women, whose utter despair nothing as yet.had soothed or alleviated, fell upon his neck and wept aloud, How long they sat into the night they could not tell, Kakrey, the Malt- ratta officer who had followed the party by Moro Trintmul' order, had overtaken them and touched by the beauty and sorrow- of the women, had not ntalested then. The nearest Mah-. natsedan garrison was Knrrar, a town at sontedistan•ce; but he had engaged to guide and protect them thither. and the reward promised by ,Lurlee was at once eon:frmed and even enhanced. by Fazil. Kakrey had a:ready told then that the Khan's escape was im- possible; and they were thus prepared for the sail news which Fazil brought. 'Kakrey decidedly objected, however to I'azil's horsentent, and even to !Lukshntun and A'shruf; they were strangers and •would be inevitably sus- pected. ,Fazil and his then must take another road, he said; and the ladies must subunit tte hardships among mountain villages and rough tracks for some days. ;T:hey Iliad no other chance .of escape but in disguise and alone with .him. He had already pro- cured rough food and coarse clothes, and there was little time for rest; ere the tnorning'he must take them away. Poor Lurleel All night while Fazil sat there she had pored over the book of astrological diagrams in a hopeless puzzle of mind. Why should she 'have'. been htis'taken? Why s'houbcl her hus- band have died who had left her sa hopeful in the morning? 'Vere they all wrong? was all this, the faith of her life, false? It seemed so; but one thing was at least certain, that Tara's nature and Fazil's were alike; and she appeared, in spite of her grief, to return to this discovery with a peculiar zest. "I asst not wrong," site said, "in this; look!" —but we will spare the detail She teas too much ,bewildered by, far, to understand as yet the loss that had befallen her, nor .tuns she at all :coli- vinced that she \vas a wiclow•. \'o, the =tars could not be wrong; and for all they could say, site only 'believed the more that the.1Chae would recur,. 'Who had seen him die?" gir lirehmuns alrearly there, and the open hither and thither its tite fain attempt to reach a foe. Among these. '1^.tzi1 Kiran, with 11u:wnut Rao and some ceps, had kept together: and. in the emergency, Ilhlwunt's clear percep- tion,not only of the danger, hitt the be -t means of extrication from it, sav- ed his young master. On the first per- ception , 4 hs. father's fate, Fazil had seen that it was impossible to give help, The town and its walls stood be- tween hint and the ascent to time fort, and ':ere utterly impassable, 'Hie next idea, in his grief and desperation, was to die with his men as martyrs to the faith; and he was about to dismount, and 'take his chance on foot, when L'ulwu.nt stopped hint, 'Ni,"Meat," he cried, "not while there is hope, They who will be help- less indeed without you, will need you in yonder camp. If it must be, I will die with you, but not now, Follow me, and we will soon join them.' 'Well was it for Fazil $hast that in his retainer he possessed equally, a devoted friend and one who had known the country as a youth. In his recent visit to the fort, 13uiwntnt Rao had explored some of his old haunts. One pathway, lying near that by w'hidh they had come, was hardily vis- ible front the plain, but if it could be gained, it opened out afterwards into a .long glade, whichjoined the main - road bek,w. It might be guarded, and they could but fight their way through !'t or fall. Certainly it was better than they way they had come., before Which, from the deadly fire maintain - (.1 there, the horsemen had already :alien in a heap. "L„e:k," continued Bulwunt Rao, pointing to bhe entrance to the mane. road, "there is no hope there, They have been at their old trick of felling tree; across it, and no .horse can pass 'the .hhyssinians .have fallen in a heal;, anti !1 nt•, try, we shall but fella,• them, We -need not be mtn-tvrs . th:' ice largbod cheerfully, ''Now, set your teeth, my soils," he continu- ed to the then around, "and follow PROiFESStIONAL CARDS Medical DR. E. A. MtcMb STER.—Gradttate. of the Faculty of Medicine, Univers- ity of Toronto, and of the New Ymrk Post 'Graduate School and Hospital,, Member of the College of Physicians and 'Surgeons of 'Ontario. Office we High street, Phone 27. DR. GI.L'BERT C. J.ARROTT --, Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, Un- iversity of Western Ontario. Mentzer of College of Physicians and Surge:me of Ontario. Office 413 G oderic'1t St - West. Phone 37. Hours Z-4.30 gm.. 7.30-9.00 p.m, Other hours by appoint-' meat. Successor to Dr. Chas. Mackay. DIR. H. HUGH ROSS, P,hysecten and Surgeon. Late of London N130.^ pital, London, England. Specie attention to diseases of the eye, ststr. nose and throat. Office and rea - deuce behind Dominion Bank. Office ercial Hotel, 'Seaforth, 3rd Monday int Phone No. 5; Residence Phone NSi. DR. F. J. BURROWS, " Seaford& Office and residence, Godericds strap„ east of the United Church. Cosmos for the County of I%unon. Telephone No. 46. DR. F. J. R. FO'RIS'TER—Eye, Bart Nose and Throat. 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