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The Seaforth News, 1933-11-30, Page 6PAGE IR THE SEAFORTH NEWS. T'HURSDrAY, 'NOVE1V1BER 30, 1933 t ur: ase .vain, a viiia aaa "Nay; but we will have a marriage at hoarse, thought Anunda; and from the time the alliance was shaped into firm she began to hoard every rupee she could get, Never had the garden- ers found her so active in coiling (loan to Sindpltulto look after the fruit awf vegetables .its the garden there. Never had the sailers in the Ba- zar knotcn her P', be so keen alter the returns of sale. .•\s she said to herself, i there is a marriage, my lord shall havc a good one. This very plethora of wealth bretight about the -question with her husband, -What can we do with it.?" he said one day, on receiving an un- usually large gift. "We shall marry you," said the wile. "Tara and I have determined uo- on it in aur own minds; and oh, my dear ltanetred husband, you are not object! We have kept this from yae a yet; but if you will agree, we have feend a treasure. a jewel, such as we can give to you, and be proud and tha:kful t.a we ya.0 wear." There wras no circumlocution in the matter. Antonia, watching her apper tunity, as a wi e best knows how to do had gone direct to the point and seconded by Tara, had smoothed aw- ay all difficulties and won the vic- tory. The Shastree made but one condi- tion—that which Moro Trint:nut 1+.a'i expected, and for ohiefs he had pro - shied. •'I care not for a ealth or for at.utty," he said to hie „::e. " We are rte t t..: ricin; and thou. Anunda, art mere beeetifttl than ever; but the 'birth letter' must accord; and she must be pure and high in blood." .anni,,1 i had add hint that, as to the first, she wauid ask for the "birth letter." and hope it would be good; as to the second, what doubt at all? 'She cent}d touch forgood birth, as ea 'I es their sang and for wealth if that tsire needled, New, therefore, that the smatter all hii:t;ed upon the fitness or otherwise of ;Radha'. "birth letter," and the last in Anemia's chain was to be'coin- pleted er for ever broken, it may be conceived that she awaited her hus- band's decision on the subject with much anxiety. !Ile had requested not to he disturbed while he made the ex- amination. So :lnu cla and Tara wait- ed within. The outer door of the court had been fastened as well as that of the school, and he was, as we found him at the beginning of this chapter, alone on his dais, absorbed in the contents of the documents before him, "Yes," he said again aloud, "that it is strangely coincident, there can be no dosbt, Again and again I have checked these formulae, and they are right, and the abandoned calculation leads direct into my own: Ho, Tara! Anomia!" he cried,"bring my Jun= Purr quick, I need it." And Anunda tool: it, and laying it before him (lid not venture to stay or speak; but she saw by the expression of his face that he was deeply interested, and she again withdrew. IT -le opened it, that strange shadow- ing ,f his Life which, with_a fascina- tion he could not resist, he had occa- sinnal'ly examined, yet without daring to pry into the future. Enough that he could) foliow the past as nearly as might be front the fallible nature of the science. Now, he laid 'both papers together; and his eye passed from)one to another rapidly, as his chest heav- ed anal his pulses throbbed with an excitement :q which he had long been a stranger, forcing from him the ex- clamations of wonder which we have recorded. 'Marvellous and mysterious agents S t in our existence," Ile continued, "who ems withstand ye? who .can refuse your directions? _ Here I 'bow before ye, 0 -mystic fates, lead me as ye will; this happiness, aided by these heaven- ly indications, I dare not resist. An - mulct, Tara! 0 wife) 0 child!" he cnntiutied as they enterers, stretching cut his hands towards them, "be it as ye will, beloved!" That wa's a happy evening for the three. Lt was not too late to Bair y the act, and then the preparation' were scan..ntade. A few lumps of sugar- candy and some spices were placed on a silver salver and garlands of fresh fhwers procured from the flower -sell- ers. Anunda dressed herself in one of. her best suits, and Tara !put on a: simple new garment befitting her pos- ition; Several of the servants who had suspected the matter, poured forth their congratulations. 'A marriage, with alt the new clothes and feasting; ch, it would be delightful! And now the betrothal sugar was to be 'taken, se the matter was decided. hddglat they accompany the lady? Yes, they were aid to come, and one was to go and prepare the lady Sukya; and so, filially, preceded by a pipe and tabor. the little .procession went forth into the street. No concealment now. As the neigh- bors gathered at their doors they knew why the lady Anunda and Tara, went. forth. Some wondered, some sneered; but the majority thought Anunda wise, The Shastree was to marry again, and there night again be a male child in the house. The preparation by Sukya had been made, and the girl Radha dressed by her aunt and Gunge, who was there in a rich saree of orange and gold, with .reaths of flowers hanging about' her, had been placed ein the dais its the house where they lodged. She wore heavy ornaments of gold, and :Anunda :e1t proud of her selection for her hard, as well for Radha's great beauty as for the wealth of which she had ev- idence. INu, site was no romtnon girl. i'3ere were no craw <I of poor relations; evee money was needless, but they would be too well bred to refuse it, Se they were. 'rite music continued to play a merry measure suited to tate ceremony. The glrl'n forehead was narked with the sacred colors; a fra- grant pante rubbed upon her hands and arms, neck and bosom, by Antall- da and Tara Rice and other grain,. emblem; of fertility, sprinkled over her head, money !soared into her lap,. and sugar put into ler mouth; while :he sacred hymn and incantation from the Veda was chanted by Tara and her mother, and joined in by those collected around. Then all went •into the household temple of the dwelling- and paid their adoration to :Bhosvau'i and ,Laksh.mee, and the rite was finished. Radha Was the betrothed wife of Vyas Shastree, "Mayst thou be happy, tO my sis- ter," said Moro Trimmul, who, though present, had not interfered further than to direct the'ceremonlies. "Surely' this is a fortunate day for us all. Now I go to the temple to lay' my offerings before the goddess; and with your per- mission, lady, I will visit the Shastree to -morrow, ,Long have I desiredto know him, for the fame ,of lois learn- ing has gone far and wide; but ,who would make a stranger known to him? and surely it is providential that our houses have thus been .united." You svill be welcome, sir," said Allende, as site rose to take her de- parture, CIHiAIPTIEIR !GIh iAtiunda was not. a person to allow useless time to e'l'apse 'b'et'ween the ascertained ',necessity of any act and 'Is completion, awl the preparation for the marriage want an' merrily. 'What stores of flour, and rice and ghee, and condiments were laid its! 'What Borg - ecu, dresses selected! A young ''II'rndu lady, or ,Mahotiedan either :there is. not much to choose betweenthem in this respect—is as full of hope of a liberal, a ,handsome, outfit on her anar- ria;ge, as any fashionable young lady of Disc Western civilization. There was nuteh to spend and no grudging. t cl ing. So one old cloth seller had been dispatched to .Sholapoor, and at other to Wyrag; ale to Nuldroo.g also, .ten a large camp :and empor- ium; and the r•esailt was as we may say, an overpins of riches. It was hard to select from the bales on bales which were sent up from the shops; still, piece by ,piece, the stresses aecii- mulated, and were indeed lovely, Silk and gold .arses; sills and cotton mix- ed; plain cotton with silk borders; bodice pieces, stiff with geld brocade No mi'lliuec recliuired here. rhe garm- ents of ase piece, only remarkable for their richness and diversity of 'colour and pattern, Were sects as were and are still, worn by the better classes 51 society; Anunda was deter- mined that no faith geoid be found with her dawn and :Tara's selection, and certainly !it was, better to be an the liberal sidle. Then, how busy the .gold -smiths were) Ins the 'Shastree's s'.chool court, half a .dozen melt, sometimes more, were to be seen sitting :aver palls' of charcoal, blowpipe in baud, beating silver ars gold;on; small anvils and 'fa- shioning,tires iufio massive and beau- tiful ornaments. Anunda''had .given some, of her old + things to' be',broken .up and re'niade,''We will tot say how many ounces of virgin gold were add- ed, 'butshere too the geed lady was liberalvery liberal; and Tara, of her Own accord, had added from her own store Some valuable jewels, Yes, the rr ssgements for t'he marriage were to be pushed on; it must' be completed within a month, for after that there wras a "gust' or planctary'cottjunctiou averse to marriage w+Michwas to last Siong: As yet, the day had not been, fix- ed, but it must soon be; and the Shas- tree was passive whets it was. men- tioned. Not so' those with whom he had now irr•evecably connected him- —all betokening wealth and commfort, der, it might have been attributed to some great .grief ly-itag at her Heart, ea some-paiaftrl recollectiou. As It was, it was unsuspected except by 'those who knew the cause. The mouth followed the eyes,!When' whey were excited by any emotion, the lips at epee closed and were firmly compressed; but ordluarily they re- ma'ined a little opea in tate centre, showing teeth while, pure, and glist- ening with a', pearly lustre, The lips were .pull, red and moist,—Che, upper deeply arched and curved, with the ,corners failirigback !into :'deep dimples,' yen the month Was amall aach delicate, pmina g, anddecidedly volti•ptuous Wheni at rest; ,or smilinga yet capable of being hardened into an expression of self-will sand obstinacy, ,which in- dicated an iirtflexlble':, determination should there be occasion to exercise it. No 'wonder that, seeing her in her nmost, placable moods` -=for the girl' from the first had appeared charmed by the prospect of her .marriage—An- emia and Tara, had been captivated by beauty so remarkable I't would have 'been will, perhaps, could th,ry: have seen the face under other exp essions, and so been saved from 'what, under different cir'cuvnstances, had an irres is'tible fatscina'tion, (Need her figure be described? Being younger than Tara there was not She same development of forst, The arms and throatwere less rounded, yet the lines were as graceful and full of pro- mise of perfection as hers. ,Eventually. they would be about the same height --Radha, Perhaps, a shade taller, and' both slighter than .Anunda ever had been. 'Ilei hands and, feet were small. and beautifully 'formed, more so, per- haps, than Tara's; they were indeed, remarkable features in her figure—so nisch so 'that, as Tara was bathing her one day, and washing their, site had held them to her lips and kissed them in succession involuntarily.. iI't was difficult to tell her age. 'I-Ier "birth letter" told the Shastree she was not yet twelve. Had she exceeded .mulch that age, to their -knowledge, Anunda would have objected to the marriage; indeed, she could not have been married at all. But she was in reality fourteen, nay more. -Some- times when her feature's relaxed, her eyes soft and dreamy, her mouth smil- ing, and her Whole face assuming a loving tenderness of expression, she appeared hardly the age she was said to be; but when there was any change and the rigid look already noticed took its place, she appeared consider- ably older. , Now, Anunda was by no means de- sirous of a very young girl for her rhos- band's new wife. Many had been offer- ed of very tender age indeed, whom she had invariably !declined. She could not be troubled with a child; and if a thought that Radha might he aider than she was represented to be, ever 'crossed her mind, a bright snide and a tender caress from the girl at once removed the doubt, and restored con- fidence, As to her figure, it did but furnish earnest of mature develop- ment, And were not .many girds pre- cocious? She had been so herself, Yes Radha was very beautiful; and, as day after day ,passed, ,Anunda longed the more for the time when she should he able to clothe her in one of those gor- geous dresses, 'to deck.her with flowers and jewels, and to present her to her husband a 'snide worthy of him—wor- thy of her own affection—the most precious gift she could make to hint. We have said that Radha was older than she was represented—and per- haps a brief sketch of her previous history is need'fu'l. She had been an indulged and ,precocious c'hi'ld, of a vain, weak, but beautiful mother. Her. father, one of the 'hereditary Josees, or astrologers, of Wye, had died some years -before, and her mother shortly after him, Moro Trim'nnrl, :oft succeed- ing to the care of the house, had given charge of his sister to his aunt, and betaken himself to 'the colmpany of certain wild associates, with, whom, from his powers of learning, he had become an especial favorite. The head of these was the Rajah iSivalji, whose rapid career to independence was one of the remarkable events of the times; and the 'villa exploits of the young ,prince, his raids agairrst theMoghuis and Malhomedans in general, had long since etnisted the sympathies of the Mahratta people, !Sivaji's early career had been dis- solute, but that was a venial fault among the people. Itis companions were the young Mahratta gentry— yeomen, anti farmers, whom he best loved to-clralw about him; above all, y'oung.Brahm•utt's, who would join him whether as soldiers or the tensple, or both, in his wild enterprises.. Moro Trinamul was one of these—one who had grown into lois deepest ;con!fidence. So long as uforo's father had lived, he In some degree restrained his son, but his private meetings with his prince were still frequent; and in the plays and recitations of which Sivaji was passionately'fontl, Moro was :general- ly an actor .and reciter;.. Thus it was that Sivaji frequently came to W'ye, and past up at the Jo'see's house, and so he came to know Redlva—a beauti- ful child then, whom he could cares„ without hindrance. He a Mahratta, she a Brahman, any union was impas- lOn the other side, preparations had' been as active, though simpler. Moro Trinunnl's object was haste, and he had desired his aunt and sister to spare nothing within their means, ;Strangers as they were in the town, they found the .girl Gunga, ,with whom since the ceremony at the temple, 'Sukya Bye had become intimate, a very useful ally. She knew what An- unda was preparing. 1ler gossips—the flower -sellers, the cloth merchants, and the goldsmiths—detailed all that was being done, and to aunt and niece they were amply satisfactory, They knew* the .Shastree was wealthy, beat the profusion they heard of surprised then, - "The 'Shastree loves thee, girl," the lady ,Sukya would say, "He will spend his wealth on thee. What lucky chance has brought us here, who can tell? else who would have cared for thee? To whom could we have given thee? Be content, he is not old; he will love thee, for thou art beautiful. ;'fait and See," Truly she was so! Not Tara's tran- quil, pensive beauty; not Anemia's even in her prime, This girl was very different from both, Site was darker than either—a warns, richly -tinted, clear, golden brown, with a skin like velvet; a small head, oval face—per- haps more round than oval—and a mass of thick wavy hair, 'w'hich, if loosened, fell far below her waist, cur- ling at the ends; a low, broad forehead and strongly narked arched eye- brows, and a nose straight and delic- ate in outline, were perhaps the or- dinary possessions of a good-looking. well-bred Mahratta girl; but the eyes and mouth were more remarkable, be- cause they e-causethey gave an index to her char- acter, "We will not tell what she is like," Armada said, as her husband frequen't- ly asked her of Radha, for as yet he had not seen her. Perhaps he was in- different on the subject, yet hardly so;' it 'would have been unnatural not to care at all. Certainly, as the days ,pass- ed the Shastree grew somewhat cur- ious, anti he had to wait Many more ere he should see her. "Content thyself, husband," Anun- da would say, as 'he questioned her; "I have told thee site is beautiful, else I had not noticed her; she hath 'a shape like a nymph, eyes like a deer and a mouth like that of Kamdeo, What need to say store? Wait and see." So the ,Shastree waited patiently. ;Another would have followed the girl, contrived to see her by some means not perhaps over scrupulously; but the 'Shastree was very honourable, and such an alterauative did not even suggest itself to him. But they were riight. What ,Annda had noticed, and Tara, too, were only the eyes and mouth and the figure, Who .could pas's then by unheeded? Swch eyes—so large, so soft ie their 'velvet blackness when at rest, yet if excited, hose different! The long, thick lashes, which were 'positively 'heavy in character, shaded .them ordinarily, and produced a soft, dreamy effect; het !if the girl looked up or was inter- ested or 'suddenly aroused, these eyes seemed to glow internally, and to as- suage a character alrn•ost oppressively fascinating, !Radha well knew their power; since she was a child she had been told of the beauty of her 'eyes, and she be- lieved it—nay, added to their expres- aio n by .slightly staining the inner por- tion of her eyelids, which gave to the already heavy lashes a softer charac- ter if the eyes were at rest, or increas- ed their effect if they were excited. Lately a habit had growfn upon her of contracting her brows, and dilating her eyes until their effect was almost 'fierce, which• both her brother and aunt had, tried to cheek, but it did not leave 'her easily. Sometimes it , gave uiaee to a look of dreamy languor in- expressibly touching, and so sorrowful in character' that, had the girl been oi- Bible and, yet she grew to be more than heterestiftg to him as she advanc- es in age ;Evett'tually Radha's ' betrothed 'hus- ba'nit d'ied. !Other !offers were made for her, bust_; were always refused, so peremptorily, that 'peop'le .believed the, report designedly set afoot by her ;brother and Sulsyia 13yc, That .she leas -to be married to a distant relat'iv'e who, now absent' oas pilgrimages, would return anal claim her, or she wout'd have to be taken to him. And sa the girl grew, the time for marri- age :, passed, and the <'Rajah's visits; often clandestine, ,were encouraged b'' 'aunt and nephew, with what ultimate `hope of result might be imagined. Yet both were ca'relnl there should be no PROFESSIONAL CARDS Medical DR. H. 2 IJ1GH ROSS, Physician and Surgeon. Late of London Hos- pital, London, England, Special attention to diseases of bile eye, eat, nose and tiiroah. `"Office' and teat - dance behind Dominion Bank. Office ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd Monday is Phone No, 5; Residence Phone 104. DR. F. J. BURROWS, Seaforth, Office and residence, Goderfoh.sitreett east of the United Chard'. Cramer for the County of 'Huron. Telephone No. 46, (Perhaps ;their scheme ",might have Succeeded Earl not Sslvalji hiitiiself, naw feeling 'his' way td power, seen the peril of>the 'connection. Was site wife ar widow', there night have been few- er struples,, ew-et•='scruples,_ but, au unmarried Brats mtui girl would be a 'burden, a dis- grace, which he 'dared not encounter- lone that .would not fail to be resented by the ,priests, •wh'ont it was his a•im to gain, Se .could not spare one so devoted, "so able, and so unscrupulous as Moro Trinrtntd, nor .could be re- place him; he needed many such, .and he lovedhim too saiuch to break with him on this point. at was 'a hard strsggle. Bat the young !pained, whose firm wiii and self-control' finally won hire a kilig- iiopn, success'fu'lly resisted the oppor- tunities deliberately offered. As the girl grew, as his intercourse with the house became more and more 'unre- served, it Was •clear..' to hint that her love for trim was growing as',part of her existence. The girl, for whom he nasi always had :a kind word ,and free greeting,-' who cifaimed the privilege of, serving "iter Rajah" when he put up at elle house, became by .degrees slay and reserved; cried if he spoke" kindly to her, and trembled if he ap- proached her. He could not mistake those eyes: they told their own story —lave. Under such circumstances, among such people, love is passidn. it has no medium ex'eept in maturer age and constant association. The girl—still a child in years -loved deeply, passion- ately; and as she grew older, month by month, day by day, the news of her prince's exploits, now beginning to be sung in ballads through the country, excited her fearfully. Her aunt and brother had detected her in mare than one attempt to escape to hint, and; fearful of the result, had prevent- ed it 'Had he taken her away, would they have pursued? Surely not; bust he wan careful -he admitted his own danger to himself—and he gradually avoided the house, though he clung the more closely to \$oro Trinrnuil, (Radha found means to send occasional messages to him—a child's love, a child's yearning for hint were told to (tint; and we know that, in some in- stances a child's love is more pas- sionate, because more pure .and more absorbing, ehan a woman's. What was. marriage to iter? If site could only be with her Rajah—to serve him, to live with bine, to ride, nay to fight with him—she would go, or die. The hist 'time Sivaji had seen her she had ^ro'wrn desner - ale She h ad never spoken so to him before "Nay. but I will conte with thee," She cried,' "even if thou cast me out among thy servants." And he confided this to her brother, "For my sake," he .said, im- pressively; "if 1101 'for thine and hers, keep her safe; tale her away and have her married; the farther away from .hence the better, It is no use speaking to her. .Moro Tr.inin s'i-i save nye from the temptation, 'thyself frosai the contumely this would bring upon us, S know what is 'in thy heart; batt, beautiful as she is, it cannot be," So a plan was quickly arranged be- tween them. Moro had an intimate' acquaintance with the Mahratta gen- try of the 17ekhan, and he was deslp- etclted to canvass thein..This necessi; tasted journeying from place to place. He was .well provided wi,lh motley; and he travelled as one under vows of pilgrimage, to different shrines. Thus opportunity might occur for marry- ing Raclha; and, ;leaving all servants behind him but a few men in whom Ile bad ,perfect confidence, he tool: his aunt Sukya Bye with Hint as protec- tion to his sister. No one cared to in- quire who the young prince's envoy' and counsellor' was, or what 'his fam- ily affairs were, Enough !drat he had a sister and an aunt with him, and .was conducting his secret tnissi.on' with admirable policy and address, `Thus he at length arrived at Tool-,japaar alone. The rainy; e'sason had set in, and tnavelfi'sg was no longer plea- sant or easy.. The town was a good position for his purpose and tiaeee •were many rich families and land- owners in the "Bala'Ghent" province. to be brought over. For a time he se- cluded himself, and lived humbly in a,' hired lodging, or in one of the 'courts' of the teniipie. Here he had seen 1Gtin- ga, and here also lige daily watched Tara as s'h.e and }ler mother perform- ed eheir erforrttt-tet-their ,Even thtrs :early the edlvan;tage of marrying his sister to !the Shastree, of Whose 'household cir- cumstances Ganga had told Shinn, had DR, F, J. R, F1O+RSTER-,Eye,'Eta Nose and Throat. Graduate in Medi- cine, University of Toronto 1847. Late Assistant Naw 'York Ophth l mid and Aural'` Institute, Moorefield's Eye, and Golden Square throat tats, London, England, At Comma ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd JMonday in each month, from 11 a,m. to 3 pan. DR. W. C. Si ROA'T,—Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, Univers'i'ty of. Western Ontario, London, Menbee of ,College of Physicians and Sutra geons of Ontario. Office in rear ora Aberhart's "drug store, Seaford!.. Phone 90. Hours 1.30-4 p,m,, 7,30 -9 p.m, Other hours by appointment, Dental DR J, A. MLT'N'N, Successor to Dr, R. R. Ross, graduate of North- western University, Chicago, Ili. Li- centiate icentiate Royal College of Dental Sur- geons, Toronto. Office over Sills'' hardware, Main St, Seaforth, Pliant 151. DR. F. Jr • BECHELY,:; graduate Royal College of Dental Surgeons,' Toronto, Office over W. R Smith's grocery, Main St,, Seaforth. Phones, office 185W, residence 18». Auctioneer. 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 REIDPS REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENCY (Succssors to James `Watson) MAbN S'T„ SEAFORTH, ONT, All kinds of Insurance risks effect-_ ed at lowest 'rates in First -Class Companies. TIIE McKII,IOP Mutual Fire Insurance a ce Co. HEAD OFFICE—SEAFORTH, Ont OFFICERS Geo, R. McCartney, Seaforth - Pres. James Connolly, Goderidh Vice -Pres, Merton A. Reid, Seaforth-Sec.- Treas.. AGENTS: W. E. Hinchley, Seaforth; john Murray, R. R. 3, Seaforth; E. R. G. Jarmoubh, B'rodhagen; James Watt B'lyt'h; C. T. Hewitt, Kincardine; Wm. Yeo, Hblmesvi11e, DIRECTORS: Williams Knox, Londes'boro; George Leaahardt, Brodhagen James Con- nally, Goderich; Alex, Broadfoot, No - 3, Seaforth; Robert Ferris, Blyth George ;McCartney, No; 3, Seaforth; John Pepper, Brucefield; James Steal- dice, Walton; Thomas Moylan, No. 5, Seaforth, Parties desirous to effect insurancs or transact other' business, will be promptly attendedto by applications to any of the above named officersad- dressed ad dressed to their respective poet offices, 4 appeared' most desira'ble; but as his passion for Tara grew, it was a thing 4o be ,acconrplis'ited' at all haaarde !Gunge did slot appear able to help hint: for it was clear that neither the 'Shan - tree nor his wife noticed the inferior Priestesses of her class,; and Tara nev- er spoke':to theist. He therefore secur- ed a goocl' house for some nrontdt's, arid sent for his ain't and Rasdha front Punderpoor, where he had 'left them: and, till their arriv'ai had busied him- self in obtaining local information for the fttrtheranlce of his future designs. Continued Next Week (Douglas' ;Egyptian eLlitimen.t is re ;marltable'in its gild: effective action. `Relieves instantlyc 'burns;, snraihs,'t toothache ancd neuralgia,• ,Invaluable :for sore "throat, croup and ,'gssinsy.