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The Seaforth News, 1934-12-20, Page 6PAGE SIX. THE SEAFORTH NEWS THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1934. Tfe 8 stree .;-:. Fazil was convinced of Kakrey's ;cod faith. Bulwunt Rao unitestit'at- :agly answered for hint. They were neighbours, and had been boys to - ether. fazil's promises of reward were too profuse to have aught in competition with then. It was hard to persuade •Lytta that he mnst leave !ler again but as they were situated, they cull not remain together,. and n :rsr ,,,curate, For- Fazil would of ace 't:- men. and in determined. c••h rt•t:want and the dean,- tl.;. . to vet :is as Possible ahont the t} of 'Wye. He might 'te ,'rid o•her fugiiiees,he might t c cue people. a -s ; c', cit male head as!' tiest the enemy; might get news e. Tara, assistan 1 her. lie shoudl :.t i', the l., t ..-,. horse, and ,vii'' guide .ike 11,v.nt: h t a:: 1 one of h...t: feil.,.wers, aa':. velunteere.' to -.,a •-it- tty .aim. :te . old ei::' - corona: 'ti71 se' !y:Mee aS at -C.1 f::', with many tett and ai : des- pairing Imrlee :m 1 Ly na. ,lrc-.e l a= ::rico to the coarsest etoes left :1:'11 ere morning. dawned. Lcriee was not remarkable, hut :he fair skin and beautiful features of Zyna were el sheets of :wondering interest and admiration among, the mountain ,ea-,attry as they journeyed "n. Three days afterwards Fazil and his sten. who had been joined by other stragglers on foot and on horseback were lying curing the day in :he pace concealment which had 'leen elms - 'in by Kakrey's follower, and approv- ed by Bulwunt Rao and the hunch- ',ack. In the depth of the jungle near Wye. there was a Large banian tree, ..anted by a small temple now des- tined, because of some evil repute. The tree had flourished while the temple had •deeayed, and ;vas large enough, with its offsets, to have shel- tered thousands. The outside houghs. :ra:ed on the ground, screening ev- ;-atin„g. \vittin, where the hare, .faunt branches and the naked roots r u ant ro=e t ga into the „were' above with a thick :- ht.:, A ',right r':: sitarkled tee,. the rra rtt :t 1 t ! •- as1 .. t: ce. '•Cr t a. ,.. 11;t of hl:n; he was he- ;\ a': hope n;. --,a'. and .is :dv tread •e-rtrn n the stn :,r •he rte ..f Pertalm , ".AIeait” .olid the man in a i,-. voce, "Tara the M.erlee is allve, 'int they are doing to i tr-, her t ai .r•a•; and I saw them taking wood to the river -side to make the pile. They say the goddess .came to her at Pertabur, h and told her before the Rajah to be a Sutee and he is going to make a great show of her to the people. I waited till I saw her some into Wye in a palankeen and I would have told her you were here, but I could not get near her far the crowd -they were throwing flowers upon her. The people do not know her name, but I know her: it is Tara: 0 :\Leah, you will not !cit the Brahmuns do this!" tBy ,A.l,'a and the Prophet, not" criers the young man, starting to his feet, ''Dost thou know the place?" I -T can lead a Durora on the house said Lukshmun hesitatingly, "God forgive me, it is not the first I have led, and 1 observed it all before teat,",. "Where is Bulwunt Rao? Cali him." .e is asleep," replied ILukshmtin;, "I will go and bring hint" "ileah wants you; seine," he said to •Bnlwunt Rao, after waking hint and whe nhe joined Fazil, all was told hint; and the three men consulted. long and earnestly as to how the girl might be rescued, "0, were but Rama and a score of Fahar Singh's Ramooses here." said Lukshmun, "we could go and bring her to you tonight, without waking her, but your \iussulntaas would bake a poor hand at that work,' So after discussing. the subject in every way there seemed no chance of success bat in an effort to carry her u from the pile itself. The attempt burst( succeed or ft, but the 05515 w n aanr:d undertake it were at least de -;,crate, and to abandon the g her fate without endeavoring t cue her, was not to be thought any ca t'uv utast leave their 1 place o:: the morrow- or starve. .\ march nig-ht take them at ono y -c•; 1 the disturbed country; and were not. in their present mood, t falter in their project. 1 ra! Her name aron,ed a tltotu- ton :sweet memories. The day' after the interview with the Rajah, sh have been demanded as a st f their kig: and, in the Rajah's ap- paren:ly ,abmi,•iv5 stood, Fazil anticipated no refusal. What had pened to place her in the situati n to fail; irl to o res of: In iding long e he- they- :ikely e was abject , had hap - s which she was, he could not conject- ure: bat Bulwunt Rao and Lukshmmt understood at once that she was the victim of •Braumun intrigues excited by \torn Trimmul and rejoiced in the prospect of frustrating his intentions. Finally, the whole project was ex- plained to tell men; and in their hear- ty acquiescence, and in the excitement of a new' and desperate action, the young Khan lay down that night, and for the lirst time since the slaughter, slept soundly, C'HIAPTiER I NKLI�I \feauwhile, the Shastree, Anunda and Radha, w-erc pressing of as fast as the nature of their travelling would 1 w•, The Shastree had a palankeen r to was sti:1 weak, and the women rode;,tut as he ,tined stre5t;.th he \t‘tis iildc t_. ride in turn. It ,first their stag. • were necessarily ;tort s frequent t , rts: hitt 5.the pr.nvedetl, the: had increased the 1, lt1eF and the news it 1:54 I s r :!' nr ll, which ha l over the eenntry with incred t ' .,',e them more anal .Well u, c , reitch \V•ye and asc- in Tara', :.t \:l attempts t -e 11:r - 1 the road were. fruitless.s I :s. 1 pass,1 ant in the c„•, ..", n ltat: ii:”,11 its pregra. not be traced of 13,- .\t Cie 1,1 stage before 'Wye they and the village where they rested in not Y�+ i If t.5+ understood .t t :sent, w .n.i take place in the rn tht n• day: and though it was u 1,5-; •,vier, the person was, the rt tiuty that such a ceremony would sent- was beyond question; and it Was et-irlent that people front all the country round would .attend it, .\nunrla had not been at Wye since her youth. Her parents, who had re- sided there, were long since dead, and she knew, vaguely only, of some distant relatives. The Shastree, how- ever, in his professional expeditions, had frequently visited .the town, which from the number of Q;ras'hmsn fapnilies residing there, was then, as now, the seat of much laerning, and from its many temples on the bank of the Kri- shna River, esteemed sacred. The chief priest of one of those temples, Vlshu Pundit, was an old friend and antagonist in scientific and literary discussions, and Vyas Shas- tree knew he was sure of a heart welcome, even if his cominge y formally announced, But onsiderin ot that his wives night he all inconven- ience he had sent a note an by a mes- senger, who had -engaged to deliver it by daylight 'at furthest; and as the • set out for thein-las:t march, Was in hopeful perhaps joyful of. news of T'ara,pb J hi anticipation tilong y which their long sus would behied suspense s t e ,Mingling with the parties, therefore which thronged the roads to the town and hearing dnany speculations' as to the nature of the Sutee, but nothing definite, the travellers passed on as rapidly as possible; and a fairer scene titan the bad of the sacred stream, with its hiindreids of bathers in the sparkling waters, the temples on its banks, and the broad flights of steps leading to the river, could hardly be imagined; but there was one object in particular upon which all their inter- est centred. Iuhe middle t t colaro abroad bed of sand near the stream, some men were already piling logs of wood into a square mass, and pouring oil on them; fixing tall poles at the sides and hanging garlands of flowers and wreaths of leaves to theta. The pile was large and would soon be com- pleted for the sacrifice, Vyas Shastree rode to the spot, and inquired of the sten-they were Bra- hntuns--for whom the preparations were being made. They did not know, they said, -it was a state matter, When the Sutee came there to die she would be seen, Meanwhile she avas alt Vishnu Pundit's house, and be might go and see her and worship her, as others were doing 1At Vishnu Pundit's house! The place to which he was going! Certain- ly, then, he should see the ' woman, whoever she might be, that was to be burned. "Had her husband died, then, last night? asked, If he had, the Pundit's house trust be impure, and he must loot: elsewhere for lodgings, "No, the Sutee was in pursuance of a vow," they said, -"not an ordinary one, and an effigy would be burned with iter," The Shastree was puzzled, and rode 'n, musing, .much at the strangeness of the act, and unable to account for it smisfact,wily. Such sacrifices, from each motives., were no doubt meritor- ious, hitt they were uncommon. 'He was not far distant now- from their dc'tin?ttion and, ,joining Amada, who, riding a .stout ambling Pony, was forcing cieg her way through the crowd, followed by Radha ,;n the litter, he bade her cisme on leisurely and him - ..elf urged his horse forward as quick- ly as the crowded street., would a: - low to his friend's house, Vishnu ,Pun - ,lit himself was .standing at the door of the outer court opening into the street, across which some men Were tying garland, of green leaves and flowers. Seeing the Shastree advanc- ing. he came to hint, and assisting hint to dismount, embraced hint warmly. "I received your note," Ile said," "but I have had not time to reply to it. I have no room for you, oil friend, owing to the Sutee whom the Mahar- aja has sent to me -that is, not till to -morrow; but meanwhile my neigh- bor the Josee gives you one of the courts of his house. Take the ladies there," he added to an attendant, "as they arrive. But do you, Vyas Shas- tree, come with 1115, 1 trust speak with you alone, .\h, we had mourned you dear( -yet how Wonderful it is that you are here and today, tool Cone, 1 }lave much to say to you that is strange -most strange." The Shastree followed him curious- ly into an inner court -one like that in his own house at fooljapoor. 55 here he taught his pupil: Numbers I U4', - e '.t ere• pressing tltt ,ugh tilt titer court, heatiti.t offerings fin t r hip, btu in the place they nett they were alone, and the Pandit closed tile door, "Vyas Shastree," he said, loctki•.- at it intently a- they sat do,tn, an' .:pealting ilt irrepressible concert, n I grief . hi, t ,cc, "O friend! fi ,it.sr , lel- fria•nd! I hare dark nets t: thee t, l n ala,! and woe to me that I have to tell it! hast thou a daughter banseri Tars: ' "I have e,nue to seek her -followed her :Iris- lar-'v3,ai of her?" replied the Shastree, sickening with appre- hension -"w hat of her?" "She was a priestess of Toolja Mata at 'silo, japoor, was ,he a not " asked the Pundit. "She Was so, friend, and the Mus sttlman'c carried her off. 'But they spared her honor! 10, say they spared her honor!" he exclaimed piteously,. and stretching forth his hands. "She was an honored guest with. them, friend, and would that—.O, how shall I say the rest?" he thought. "How explain this misery? Alas, what evil fate hath sent pita today!" "Thou art keeping something from me," said the Slhastree, striving to be calm. "If -if Tara -my daughter -- What is it, 0 friend? we have suffer- ed such suspense, much anxiety: for her sake have taken this weary journey; and we hoped to have found her here among friends, perhaps with thee. What hast thou to say of her? Did they not give her up, as we heaid they would? I-Ia}-e-they--,�" "Yes she is here," returned' the Pundit hesitatingly, and turning away his' head in a Train attempt to repress his tears. "She -site -is a widow, is a widow, is she not?" he asked, Then the truth •flashed upon tri wretches father with fearful ta pi l •• That oro•wd of people; that hideous. pile of logs; the preparations and re- joicing were far her death -'for Tara's and after all he was too late to save iter) 0, if he had only hurried he had only left pontile sooner! But thought stow had no delfanite form. It was a confused and conflicting chaos utterly uncontrollable. "Where have ye put her?" he asked i in a low husky voice, as, with a sickening pressure at his heart, his features assumed the haggard expression of weary age. 'Friend," said the Pundit, t passing his arm around hint, and trying• to raise hint up, "come and see. Such poor honor as we can do to her on earth while she is with us, we have already done adn w'i11 continue, Clothe and see. Arise! If thou art a true Brahni uta hear this, like a god on earth as thou art, and believe it for her eternal glory, ,IIom' few are chos- en for this sacrifice! true jewels only are they -pure gold, t obe purified in the fire!" "'Int the fire," he echoed dreamily -- rising and supporting himself against a pillar in the room with a hopeless gesture of despair -'in the' fires -I tellthee, Vishnu Pundit," he added presently, "it cannot be: who has wrought this cruelty upon iter? 'Who has clone it? Of her own act and will site could not have done it; but if the council have dared tot -to—" "She thought you dead -you, her mother and yournew wife," replied the Pundit interrupting hint, She was suffering hopeless persecution and insult, and in the temple at Per:ta burgh she stood before the goddess' image and declared herself sutec be- fore the Brahutuns. Could we recall the words? 1 was present. I3ad it been my own daughter I had been thankful, 0 Shastree! it ivio her glory! Vyas Shastree could not reply. "Let, ire see her and hear it from her own lips," was all that he could utter at all intelhgent;y, "Certainly, if thou wilt," replied the Pundit; he is ready to go even now, but ilte ]tour is not conte. And yet, \'yas Shastree, beware; would it not be better site believed you alt dead and so died happily looping for you, than seeing you alive, be shaken in Ler determination? Will .not the love of life conte out of this and rise defi- ant to all convictions? Alas! alas! my friend, it 'is not for me to conte bet- ween your love and her mother's and that poor child; but beware! she can- not retract now and live, otherwise than in dishonor and infamy; and 'hereafter you will cry in agony to the goddess she had better have died - and will he guilty of sin in having shaken her faith if she live. Did you refuse when she was called before -" 'The Shastree groaned and his breath carte as it were' in broken gasps. He was trembling violently. "1-ff-must see her," he said, '"Let her decide;" and unable to stand, he again sat down. 'Drink some water, Vyas Shastree; it will refresh you," said the Pundit, bringing a vessel fall from the end of the apartment, "\ , no, friend." he'replied, putting it away, "I will not eat or drink til: this is past, if it is .to be. Let us go: 1 ant noles, a Brahman thanthyself. if the goddess whom she serves h:i, spoken to her, it is well -she w ill go to her. 11y child! 0 my child he - cried in his agony. "What hath she d,ue for this to conte to Iter -she, so pure to need the sacrifice ref fire. Cl Toe, is .Mata taus it needed? Conte, Shastree, I ant ready now," he con- :nine:I, ,after t. pause. se. 'IIs, not delay." The Pundit said nothing. He again passel his am round his friend to support hint and leading hits to a ie or iu tdit further end of the room open- ed it. A ssi all court intervened bet- ween. the place where they stood and a larger one beyond, the door to wh!eh teas „pert, and showed a crowd 'of people, mostly women, struggling to approach some object beyond. All had garlands of flowers in their hands and vessels wherewith to pour liba- tions. ,Suddenly there was a shrill Piercing scream; and ,the crowd sway- ed to and fro retreating backwards before sante priests who were putting. the people out, "What can have happened?" cried the Pundit, hastening on. "Come quickly," Vyas Shastree felt instinctively that An'u'nda had seen Tara and he rapidly followed his friend, As he entered the next court, he saw at a glance all he, yearned for -all that he attest dreaded -to see, A bower, a sit were, of trellis work had been fitted up in the large apart- ment of the,Petndit's house Which was raised slightly from the ground, and it was covered with heavy garlands of green leaves and flowers, as though for a bridal. In the narrow doorway of this bower stood a slight female igure, richly dressed:in- a bright crimson silk dross„ striving to put Sony the arm' of a Brahmin: priest - 'ho was preventing ,her from steep' Mg for The fa cry, and the eyes Mashing With excite- ment and despair, Before her, without lay an elderly woman senseless on. the ground, supported by a girl and several other women who were weep- ing bitterly, Tara, Amanda, Radhal haw had they mot? Alone, he could .have met Tana fmm'iy, ,but with them? Not now, 'however, did the Shastree's,, heart ,fail: 110 matter what followed, honor or d'isilonor, he would not leave his child. Darting forward past the :Pundit, pushing aside serve women, who, screaming senselessly, would oat be put out V as Shastree leaped sm- art - cut the basement of the room, and, 'cleagg}ng away the Brahmttln priest, stood by his child. ";C!ara, 0 my life! 0 my child!" he. tried passionately, "conte forth to .us, conte •foaitt 1" 11t was the effort of an instant only for the attendant priests had seized him and draiw'n him .ba'sic forcib.ly,. while they held .him up, "Thou ean'st not touch her now without defile- ment," one said, who knew him: "Sthe is suttee, 0 Vyas Shastree, and pure ,froth thy touch even; she is bathed an¢t dressed for the sacrifice" "Tara! Taral" gasped the unhappy man., not heeding the wand's, "Tara, come forth --come; I, thy father, call thee! 0 my child, do not alelay; come, we will go away 'Aar away, to the goddess--" To the goddess! Perhaps if he had not said this, Tara would have been unable to repress those last fearful yearnings to life:which' now tore her heart; but the echo fell on her owls spirit heavily and irrepressively. To the goddess Yes, in -her great mis- ery, all she could see in her mental agony --what she saw in the temple at Pertabgurlt,-all that she had dwelt upon since,, -'were tate glowing ruby eyes of the goddess far away at Tool - jemmy, glittering, as she thought, in glad anticipation of ehr coming, The sante Brahmin who was preventing her egress when her mother appeared, had again crossed his arms before the door. As site saw 'Iter father advance, Taratags,ere.d hack affrighted; it was as though ire had risen from the dead; and at his despairing' cry the girl could not have restrained herself, had not the echo of itis last swords fallen on a heart w•irich, though welhniglt dead to life had rallied for a while to its purest affections; -but only for a while, "Thou canst not stove hence, said the Brahnnnn,"Cry `Jey Toolja! .Jey Kalee1' 10 Tara! thou wilt 1101 now deny the goddess! -ail else is dead to thee," ilio, she could not deny her now- she would not. With that strange light in her eyes -that seemingly supernat- ural force in her actions, which the people thought the emanation of div- inity, Tara's spirit was rallied by his ,words, 'ley Tootle. Metal" site eried stretching her arm's into the air. 1Strauge enthusiasm! stranger forti- tude, which, Having no terror of a horrible death, has carried on its vot- aries even to the flames with a con- stancy and devotion worthy of a nobl- er fatal In other cases, earthly love - the desire to free a beloved object from the pains of suffering 'for life's errors, and insure final and perfect rest to its immortal spirit -or a grati- fication of the all -absorbing grief which looks on present' death as the only remedy for despairing sorrow --- might exist; but here was no such in- centive, The spiritual portion of the girl's nature was alone concerned in the question: and that, once excited by position and circumstance, had in- sured a more perfect observance of her vow than earthly passion, 1 strange enthusiasm indeed I Ah yes, from the period to which we can trate it in a dim legendary super- stition of the past, through the two thousand years since the (Greek philo- sopher stood on the hanks of Indus and Ganges and recorded it, to the time when it was made to cease un- der the stern power of a purer creed -hots many have died, alike self -de- voted, alike calm, alike fearless! 'Wo- men with ordinary affections, ordin- ary habits of life, suddenly lifted up into a sublimity of pasition,-even to death, -'by an inlfuence they were tut able to repress or control-3arbarous and superstitious if you will, but Sublime. Tara had conquered. ,Her •father hung upon her words with an absorb- ing reverential fear, as the. last sound of then died away and was drowned' in the shouts of "Jey Toolija Metal" w'h'ich burst front the Brahmans around, and were taken tip by 'the. people witlbout, whose frantic efforts to gain entrance were redoubled. He had heard her doom from ehr own lips, and, believing in the inspiration 'which prompted theta, his head fell on his bosom; then the then; feeling his frame. relax; let hint go, and he fell prostrate before his child and worshipped' her, Continued Next Week Always' -keep Douglas' 'Egyptian Liniment alt hand, ready to bring ,tan- mediate relief to burns, sores and fdi. 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