The Seaforth News, 1933-12-28, Page 6PAGE SIX.
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iSo the assembly having voted nett -
interference with o'hateyer tni.gh•t be
in 'hand, our friend ,Lukslttntin was
allowed .to get his meal in peace.
!Smoking - the intpose,ubility, of get-
ting anythiiiig'-and a tight is^aisbband,
had kept alapdtite dawn as yet; but
wdtla the Pa.tel's kitchen in prospect,
it rose fiercely for the occasion as he.
approached the house,
!Lukshmun washed his feet and
hands before he 'entered and sat
down. I0, 'what a ranch of fried on,!
ions there wast and, as a girl set be
Pure hint a pile .of hot, well-buutered
jawaree ,calces, a cup full of "char" or
pepper -water with: tamarind in it,
a fresh leaf fallof a savoury Slew of
vegetables of all kinds, and some dall
or pease -pudding, well -seasoned 'with
red pepper and gmalic, Lukshmun's
heart expanded, .and he set to work
with a good will, iEvery'now and then
a woman at the fireplace asked him if
he would have more, and it 'was
brought him from the pan, smoking
hot. Lukshmun dallied with each
morsel as he ate; and when even re-
duced by repletion to licking his fing-
ers, grudged the summons brought'
by •a man that he was to come,
"Couklst thou nor give me a few
cakes, 0 sweet one, and some call?"
Ise said to the-;good+natured looking
wench who had been;. serving him. "I
have a'brother-hungry-all clay in
the rain -while I have eaten, Thou art
is ,,rte, tiis ever he is, avoiding the village to the left, the
• tc i ue
.anti 1 5t'e,uld rather he road led .apparently in the direction of
ad the 1 ..,,, ; that good I 'what looked' like a clump of trees
:ra:c:1.1 tn:;n 1 ,.ren , d:i', It is `standing out against the sky. Was
boas. ' i.-,, '-° Annual, to yill do that the banian tree of which: he had
oe*x r.i111 b 1. fell to; been warned by the old Byragee at
u'.1,:: --but 11 w.
g they .e
the .r e ti , the prices Siti ri? TheLaila's little stock of
tl ' ' �[ t into requis
t;iKlls ,_'lily the
of grit the
ustm::r>e,
e:n-
a:is 1'x411 -ed
Lath,. tit ,
ward rs ti.
the Igalla could ha...e
his r 8ui'l , ;he ,H ,y mi have been
the
beguiled + . n 3 gossip ,
,u the .e a tlar
'country 11n�
part tl,f. e.:'::';lot•}' he til
of t 1 , l5 every a -
profoundly 1,yTt -�C t
Tempt he its':tie It •, the ():.r.hao er.
eu:1r . it. ''ilii 'e, was :net „ til :I flirt
"Till...1 :i'_'d,:1 t ell 'el til i" r I were breaking...as appeared by patch -
,•;1 ng', very expressive panto-.
ar)fright 1ritL¢e in the south-west.
•
',n en the part n, the guide,
who,
or t. The ua ie pointed to them cheerfully
back. r ecu tx� P' n.-
est t i . 1 n his use then to he moved at a steady pace; for the
the
t )t:. a aid.
own ;';•t ll though .noddy in • parts, was
•the ,3611. and ilio tapped on. ill - row not ', had as what 'he had
already passed. "5n as our friend is
'likely to reach Kinny without
ar,hcr trouble, le' ns see What
Lnksiirnrrn has , been doing since,
we left hint.
The little rivulet in the valley was
above his knees as he .passed it, and,
sshratta was again Pu t like the moon, 0 +beauty, and thy
and the guide seemed to under -
heart as soft .as.butter. Give Inc the
Mand it readily. cakes, for a poor, weak, hunkgry bro-
N'es. the village to the left was Lit- then'"
•1e R iii y; that to the right, great
Was there there ever such a tongue and
kin , and that was the "'Burr" tree, such a face ?" retorted the damsel,.
lsct •rid. Good; then he had only to 1 ue' ping: "Lank, Roolaneei"'
id the tree. if that indeed were The cook turned round and looked,
re,te. try. ti .ice the peal of thunder too; laughing heartily; for Luksh'
the rain had decreased, and a breeze
muds attitude 011 rine leg, with the
•,as sprinaing upin his face, which cele of the other foot Pressed against
w -as very refreshing. The clouds, too,. the calf of it, his hands joined and
stretched out imploringly, and his
seared face twisted into a grotesque
expression of supplication, was not
to be resisted.
Dive him these cakes," said the
cook, handing two to the, girl
"By your antelope eyes, 0 sweet
nes, morel" he said, not altering his
posture. "Do you think two would ,fill
a hungry man's belly? By your lotos
feet—r,
"There, lsegonel said the cook,
handing him a few more and some
dall; "there i$ a meal for a Rajah. ,Go,
it the mistress should hear you—"
"I ant gone, 0 my beauties," con -
'anted Lukshmun, folding the cakes
alto his waist -cloth, and tying them
behind, then wash ng his hands elah-
,rately. "You have lade my heart" -
"Come, quickly, cone," said. a voice
at the door; "they want thee. Wilt
thou eat all day?"
"1 worship you, lovely nymphs.
even as Rama adored—"
"Begone!" cried both the girls in a
breath. "I-Lere is the mistress contill ,. house; it is not pleasant feeling a
ami i if she hear such nonsense 'tlrou mint who 1tas death in Isis throat," re -
wilt be whipped,"tura: ed the'Putwari.
"lire is the urian who will be your •'I tell thee he is safe," retorted the
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TH'URS'DAY, DECEMBER 28, 1933
"A tree!" said the (Patel,; gravely,)
"What tree? dost : thou know any,
"!Lukslimun? And the south road?
what road?i'
"0, I suppose the noble gentleman
means that by tNavindlgee aijid ;H'os't-:
illy, and 'Ohik,Wotdtttly, acid Bully
Sullgat'ea," said !Lwl:s'hlnukt, rol'ling out
a volley of hard ICax arese,village neitne,
"That road? Why, it is six cess fur-
ther ,from here! They should have sent
him by it from tSurroori. No," he con-
iinu'ed, dropping the ILalfa's stirrup„
which he had taleen in his hand, "ill
the gentleman likes to go he can .do
so, of course, but his slave begs to be
excused;" and he •put his joined hands
up to his nose,
"Very good," said the 'Lana, "1
dton't know; onlyI was 'told-"
"By whom?" interrupted the Put-
t . 1' ufttd :� i i.,e s tl t
i;a
his ma tit:'t, co.tvV)•1.5 the intimation
lila• h: expected to he '.cell reit t tied.
tend teas very hungry. Thus tli next
villa;. ereached, the first guide
wvr, !,'..missed ;rith a little extra gra-
:n)•: 1 ill:: Lalla 't' cit: pro ceded
ait'u a henone tEaeli tillage 1- ob-�tt. any one who did not know it, the
ii,caFurnish a guide t., travelers
f...m1 i w,.'uld have been dangerous; bat
on :+at richt of a small :,ratuity, and
Luk,llnntn waded throtegh it, without
these mets relieve themselves at every
apprehension. said a few minutes af-
viill e.) tar. . as he entered the village gale -
T: 1
ale-l;.ran 4I.1, Of l,sa hal, a seed
bot w ,r and shook the rain from his flan-
fr.ltl tin:, t+, time , 1 been stony but'ket, a :=roup of peaplc assembled
titin .avantr and ae y :,l.tea. had i,[lore ti-elmtred him with a hearty
not suffered. The dr ideal river., '''''.11 ni reetia�.
which might tiara• cut him off •.nrin ., thought you would have gir-
:Vh:n':1, ria- mew baiting lido; aoce,� in it up and departed," said the old
after asean,.it a ,mall eminence Patel, who with his son, a few of
and a wide 1 l.rn appeared before him. .Is, village farmers, and (Inc Putwari,
our t' isr er congratulated himself on c,r accountant, were sitting in an open
1 speedy :arrival at hi, cot ov tio1 ,
chamber of the. deep gateway, the
hatinghe oon,idered, rot over at
legal' glace of bn loess. "We thought
least one [tali of his journey. ytnw'.,itid v"eawalsT
Very soon, however, ,the rough, 11s 1 'lave senthae ugp some5 •milk,y,e.kevhy
ton)- • real: changed inti rine. which
did yen not conte and sit here, in -
at times uta' difficult to discern at
-teed ef in that ungodly place up yon -
t 7L The 'pl„m over w hied the road,ler: Here, ane of ye,” he contintietl to
now lay was cultivated as far as .could
be seen, but the fields were as yet un-
sc,vu. Sial after step the mud ap-
peared deeper. the stones in it more
nmiseroua and slippery; and. in fact,
after about a mile, during which the
rain had. fallen more Heavily than
ever, the plain appeared covered with
water, which could not run off, and
the black soil of the road and fields
to have tanned into liquid metol, bare-
ly able to support the stones which
lay so thickly upon it. So long, too, as
the rain Is -td not penetrated far be
leer the surface, Mootee's feet had at
Least the dry earth to rest upon; but
,now not that remained, and yet the
gallant horse struggled on, snorting,
and occasionally plunging, but evid-
ently becnnt1ng wearied by efforts
which had no respite. Still the guide
ted on, sometimes by the road -track,
sometimes by its grassy banks, and
again leaving both. struck into other
paths through the fields which prorn-
isecl farmer footing.
The rain contiilsied to pour in tor-
rents: indeed, it was more than ever
violet and a flash of blinding light
n:ng, fc'llowed by a roar of thunder
lefr're them, pr ,tni,ecl worse weather,
Poor r. Mfrtee even winced, evincing a
etr,ng determination to turn round
and .rt Isis tail to it: but a few words
.1 en's.oura e ne 1 from his piaster,
and being led a fete paces by the
guide, restored his temper; and he
nr r eeerled gallantly,
the:junctian of two roads, -the
„rode paused for a moment. One, it
was clear. led to a village they had
seen for seine times past, the .trees of
which loomed large and heavy
through the thick air, but it appeared'
out of direction of the path, The La-
la's
ala s stork of Canarese was simply
nothing --or afahratta not mulch more;;
'but the name of his destination as
at least, intealigible. "Allnnd," he said;+
holding tint a rupee between his fing-
er and thumb, "Allund I"
The guide grinned es he took the
cm \dinned !?' lie returtiscct affirma-
ttely, and striking into a pa to the
right, the Leila could a tl' at, by
caused the tree to stand out boldly
and grandly against it'{, but t ha
brightness of the slap dispelled 'tlhe
gloomy association which' ,the ap-
pearance lof the place had suggested'
during the rain, to slight breeze, iwhich
had hardly been 'felt in the 'hollow,
rippled;the little l pdols on the ,road-
way and on the ,p"lain'beydiucl fhe 'thee,
which, level land Stony, continued, ap-
parently 'many ;miles, in +the direction
u4fotee paused'.., at 'elle sum'nit df <the
eminence,'ansi d.he'Lalla could not help
stoppiatg.lhiva to look hack upon.' the i R. F. Ji. BURROWS, Seaforth,
roacl : by ,which the had chine, ,The Office and residence, Goderich etreee,
Might yellow gleams of the sun shone east ;of the United Church. 0oronar
broadly iuposa the 'two 1pilbages, ;and for the County of Huron. Telephosie
upon the rich green 'niosises of their No. 46,
corn -fields. In ,the distance both ,loole-
eel Pretty and ,comfortaible: and. their
terraced }houses, several iwladte temples
anti the dome of a small village mos-
que 'shone (brightly in the sun, 'B,ehind
these, and to the south, the plain over
which the 'Calla had conte stretched.
away for'+ltany miles, : showing, the
trees of a- village here and -'there,
with the occasional sparkle of a white
house or itemvple among :them; and
behind all,; (the great black cloud of the
day's rails, :uipon which there was•a
rainbow forming of great .beauty, and
against which a flight of ,white storks
flashed like' silver' id the, sun. 'Away to
the south, the eye followed hollow
and `rise, undulation after undulation,
till they 'were lost in a farther dis-
tance, which melted 'tenderly into the
sky.
"Jt is a'' fair 'country, after till,"" said
the' Labia, "though it did not look well
in the rain. That plain yonder is in the
direction of 'Beejapoor, perhaps?”
"eat is, sir," returned Lukshmun; Dental
"that high land, near the sky yonder,
is beyond the lBheeina river, and, if
we were there, we should see the DR. J. A. MU'NN, Successor to
tomb or the great ,Sultan Mah;ntood, Dr, R. R. Ross, graduate of North-
now,finished. da is very grand, sir, western University, Chicago, Ill, Li -
and shines likes silver when the sun centiate Royal College of � Dental Sur-
ds .on it; and ,when tI go.there," con- geons, Toronto. Office over Sills'
tinued the man, "I stand like a fool, nardware, Main St:, Seaforth. Phone
hooking at the King's. palace, the !Ark 151.
fort, the great gun, and the Ibrahim
Roza -'that's the palace where Ibra-
him ,Add Sisa-h was buried; you know,
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Medical ;!
1DR. H, H(UIGIH RO'S!S, Phyaaaan
and Surgeon, Late of London Hoa-
pital,'. Loridon, England, Specawl
attetuti'on to dieeases of 04e eye,:
nose ,and throat, Office and ",rete-
delnee, behind„j Dominion: Bank, Oaftca
ercial Hotel, Seaforth, 3rd blon!d'ay sal
Phone No. 5; Residence Phpne, 144,
"By Deo B ,wa :the IByragee at ,Sui;-
roori."
"0 the .old Bawal" said the Patel,
laughing. "Curious, is it not, noble sir,
that the: old man thinks that there are
devils in the tree? He' tells me he
was bewitohed there once, and 5
ough to cut it clown."
"And I 'told him I Was not afraid,
of them, 'Patcl; but he said there was
something else," returned the 'La'lla,
"Robbers, 7 aelppose," said Luksh
nman, readily; "Pahar Singh's risen,
perhaps."
"Perhaps, added the Lalla, "but
he did not say so,,:
"Well for him," thought the Put-
wari, "or his stacks would Have been
bnrut to -morrow night,"
"Ah, do fear of thieves when you
have one of 'the hunchbacks' with
you," said Lukshmun, "Colne, mount
my lord. Salaam, elaharaj," he con-
tinued,:: making a mock salutabi'on to
lite stat, which was just struggling -
through a ,cloud,,. "'Salaam ! thou 'hast
hInca moist to -flay; come out and dry
thyself and u's too Now, noble gentle-
man, mount, and you will see clow fast
the excellent dinner I have eaten: in
the Patel's kitchen will take nayfeet
to Alluiid, and the good horse,too,
looks as fresh as if he were but,
just
stanting," and he patted., hint. 'Ah,
well 'done, sir l" he continued, as the
Lalla Mounted' not ungracefully; "we
poor Dekhaniies cannot, compare our-
selves ,on horseback with you northern
cavaliers. ,Colne, sir, the road waits
.for us,"
And with a salutation all rotted, the
Lalla rode out of the' gate, and our
friend Lukshmun, cutting a . caper
which showed his marvellous activity
by way, as he saki, of getting the;din-
ncr out of his legs, and calling to the
guide 'who carried the bundle, they
passed 'on over the village common,
The 1Putwari sighed as the party left
the gate.
,,'I tell thee, ,Seeta Ram," said 'the
Patel, lie will come to no harm, and
he is gone away happy."
"1 aria glad he did not eat at nsy
a group of "jowans," who were sit-
ting in the apposite chamber, "take
his blanket end dry it. )last thou eat-
en to -day, friend?"
"Nothing but a bit of sale cake I
had in my waist -cloth, replied the
man; "only that my teeth are strong,
it would have broken them. The 'poor
titan's' bread in the Mutt at Ku)lianee
is not dainty food, and the flour was
musty. 0 Patel 1"
"Take him away to the house, and
let then feed hint: the women will
have something good, I dareasay," re-
plied the Patel. "Go anti see,"
"And no one has passed since
morning?"
"Not a creature. It is not weather
.o send the dogs out; and the mud
from Kulmus to Kinny and hither -
wards will be hopeless. No, he won't
come to -day; but go and eat, friend -
go and eat."
r'If I aril wanted," said Lukshmun.
Jee, jeei Ay, ayl I will not forget
you. Go!"
"What does he want out such a
nay a, this?" asked the Putwari.
"What has Pahar Singh inhand just
naw?"
"What does it matter to us, Rao
aehib?" returned the Patel; "all we
have to do is to keep his people in
0lad humrnr, to save our cattle from
being harried, our stacks from being
barred., and our people," he added,
lacking round' at the farmers and their
wives, `dram being robbed when they
'same from market? That isworth
what we pay {rim. Should we have got
the crops oft that disputed land at
Chitui if he had not sent those spear -
men?"
"No, no; dr, not interfere," said, a
chorus of fanners' varices, a -ho, in
these unscetied times, might, unless
their village were known to be under
the protection of some local .chieftain,
at any time have their flocks and
herds 'wept away by the people of a
more powerful village, ar 'by any of
the independent ;gentry, or barons,: as
may call them, of the country.
'What have we to, do with state ''af-
fairs, pr with Pahar Singh either?'"
DR, F. 3. ,Ra FIORSITER-Eye, Eel
Nose and Throat. Graduate in Medi-
cine, University of Toronto 1899, .
Late Assistant New York Ophthel
mic and Aural Institute, Moorefield'a
Eye, and Golden Square throat hospia
tats, London, England, At :Comm-
ercial (Hotel, Seaforth, SI•d lWednes-
day ineach month from 10310' pan: to
S
DIR. W. C. S'PROAT.-Graduate oG
Faculty of Medicine, University of
Western Ontario, London. Member
of College of Physicians and Sur-
geons of Ontario. Office in rear a:
Aberhart's drug store, Seaforth,.
Phone 90. Hours 1,30-4 p.m., 7.30
•9 p.m. Other hours by appointment,
worship's gunle, said the Patel d'af Patel, "and if he is killed, it is no af-
ertntially to our friend the tLalla, who, fair 01 ours.„
having arrived safely, was now di-
accounts
it is no business of ants," said
vested ut his upper clothdng, which the Paltvaei, settlingto:his acc'oueits
;one of ,the men were drying tit 'tile te1.itli a sigh which vexed the ',Patel,
opposite chamber, ,and seated in the ",No, it is nu business of ours," echoed
place of honour of the assembly; -but the farmers.
your worship should eat before you teat that time Rama, who was seated
go on, and the Rao ,Sahib here will on the 'heap of stones, looking from
take you to his house -a ,Bralnnun's .the top of the hill, exclaimed, as the.
house," he added, as the Lalla appear-
ed to hesitate,
"-Ah, no, sir," returned .the traveller,
wha, endeed was very hungry, "I could
net eat witilaut I bathed, and I had
better wait till I get to Ailund, ,Shookr
ehaokrl I should be too long about it,
and my horse has had his feed, and is
ready 'to, ,go on. .And this is the
tick? -not beautiful exactly."
No, -afalsaraj, I am not 'beautiful,
truly;" replied Lukshmun, with a de-
precatory gesture to the Patel, "hut T
may be useful to this noble gentle-
man. You ;nay trust me, fly lord The
Patel knows Ile, and so do ail these +Our friend the tLalla was soon at his
s :rthy gentlemen; and ani I not come ease with his new guide, whose in-
, your' junctions to aaotee, bidding him "take
"They expect me, then, good fel- care," "mitld a stone,"`'liit itp'his feet'
lots, replied the Lalla, amused by the and the like, encaur'aged the good
man's broken Gordon, and his grot- beast, -s'iso now stepped out briskly,
e.e e>�_
r
expression ressian of face. 1 i
t'
t v1 tie the curious miistur
e
O
f
ord
"
o no
.Ah, res, noble sir," ,answered the 1nd'14ahratta, ire which' the small
man. joining his hands, "ever since gossip and scandal 'of the nei hb -
g ar
morning; and as 'I was coming here hoot) was told bins: ;by Lukshmun,
on business I was to bring you on. amused hili ;much. The mile or so
And now let us proceed. else it will which intervened between the' village
be night ere we reach Attend; and," and the temple was soon passed; and
he aided, with a wink to the Patel, as .they began to ascend the short els-
"it is not good to he out late on the ing' ground towards the temple and
roads." the tree, the latter could he seed in all
"What, are they dangerous, then?" its `•.wild picturesque .detail, ,and was
asked the Lalla, looking anxiously iiideed a striking abject.
around him. The sun had now broken feeds, and
"0 no," cried Lukshtitun, interpos- its heania shone slam tingly through its
ing readily; "there is no trouble in the ragged !trunks and gnar;erl branches,
rnuntry, and my lard is armed, and so resting Ibciglatly 1400 the glsey
am 7. .0 no, only inm
regard to the utt ane sparkling with - raberlreps, a^d
and the stones: My lord will not •tinct-haestin u i "ever
y g I y : c;acre: cr•tice and
the road long, far I can sing him Ma- furrow of trite k.nott.:. bark
casttnc
hratta 'Jownees' !f he lilces" bioad shadows psi th'ye road huios*;.
'There was a tree and a temple while a',slf Slight ,,parting, p e which g' p, utg shower,' the
i was told to.aatoicl and o 1- large dro s:of which 5 t as. to be p h flashed brightly.
sept :b by south road," said th' f iii`'tlte air as' the 'descended,' y e, La11a Y cenrle.l, pattered.
preparing .to `meant, upon the lca•es, and spread out into
Lnk,'hmeae ° ' fisc' valley in a .if t :
e.,chanued)g'lances ''tv� th ._ 1 e, rats,: r1; 3t.
'Jee Patel anditellse ,Ptifwarl. "Cnttld travellers:'; gained the summit, the
tn9• on ellen vean'ted lite stranger?" clear sky beyond to the west not only 1
"Numascer, alaharaj," cried' a clear
manly voice, ,now beside the 'Lalla's
horse, which appeared to him to rise
out of the earth, for he had not ob-
served the approach .of Gopal Singh
and Rama
these?" temple, Auctioneer.
the Auctioneer.
"Who a"
Lalia, starting and beginning to trem' GEOIRIGIE ELLIOTT, Licensed
ble-"who are •these?" and the warn- Auctioneer for the County of Huron
Mg : of the old ,Byragee now came Arrangements can be made for Sale
upon him, with the distressing con- Date at The Seaforth News. Chargee
viction that he ought to have regard- moderate and satisfaction guranteed
ed it; but it 'was too late. "Who are
ye " he asked anxiously.
"0, this is nay brother Rama," said
Lukshmun, assutingly, ,"and that is
our':Jemadar 'Gopal ,Singh; they only
waited 'here while 'I trent to Kinuy,"
"Be assured, noble sir," added the
Jeinadar, laughing, and in good Oor-
cloo, 'with a slight southern accent,
which seemed to assure the' ` Lalla,
"there is .nothing to fear. Your Wor-
ship is irons rKullianee, perhaps?"
"Yes, from lhuilianee yesterday."
"Ah, yes, ;I remember; you were at
Poorungecr'sl'Iutt. I'was just about
leafing when you 'arrived, and •the
old man offered you ' escort of my
party, but you preferred staying.
I-T-Z=h'ad ibusiness," replied the.
Latta, stammering, not exactly relish-
ing Gopal Singh's bold looks, and yet
unable to object to him, "I was tired'
and needed lest, and you could not
wait."
"You had conte 'from the royal
court, I think they said, arsd were
going to''Berjapoor wills letter for the
King -proposals for peace, perhaps,"
"So they :said -w said -who?" 'Of all things,
the Lalla supposed his destination aiieci
business were at least secret; yet they
appeared known, and to a perfect
stranger, too, by the wayside. Ile did
not feel able to reply, and was almost
inclined ,to: trust to :[otce's speed, and
break thoougil the :Bien; but Luksli
mum, on receiving his matchlock, from
his brother, fixed the match, which
had been hanging loose upon the cock,
in a very precise manlier, in is very,-
precise manner, pressing thea trigger
to sec if the match descend' rl upon
the pan list others, too, laolced care-
lessly to the pun?ing of their gun's,'
but to the:Lalla's idea omit -toasty, ,anl',
as if he should understand the action,
Luicshenun's face, too, a+ppearecl
it was not 00 pleasant as it had
been,
"Coote," said the Jentad,ar, "we
have far to go to -night -what ::ieept
so long, Lukshmun?"
DR. F. J. B'ECH+ELY, graduatUwrt]d
Royal College of Dental Surgeons,
Toronto. Office over W. R. Smith's
grocery, Main St., Seaforth. Phones,
office 185W, residence 185J.
three persons emerged trout a lane
intlo a low field iii which the road was
distinctly visible.
"Jemadarl he is conning at last, and.
Lulcshnnut is with hill.; we must be
ready. ,Look, they are there!" he con-
tinued, as Gopal Singh joined "shim,
"between the villa'ge and the streans,"
"Ah, 1 see them', 'Rama, and thy
brother is, as true as gold. ,We will
join them as they go on; he must not
suspect us yet,"
CHAPTER XII
WATSON AND REIDvE
REAL ESTATE
AND INSURANCE AGENCY /
(Sucessors to. James 'Watson)
MAIN ST., SEAFORTH,' ONT,
All kinds of Insurance risks effect-
ed at lowest rates in First -Clasp
Companies,
THE : Mc1411.L0P
Co,
r �C�
Mutual Fore 1nsu e
HEAD OFFICE-SEAFORTH, Ont
OFFICERS
Geo, R.'McCartney, Seaforth -. Pres.
James Connolly, Goderich - Vice -Tres.
Merton A, Reid, Seaforth—'Sec.- Treas.
AGENTS: `!
W. E. 'Hinchley,' Seaforth; John
Murray,'' R. R, 3, Seaforth;. E. R. G.
Jarm'onbh, Birod'lsagen; James Watt,
Blyth; C. F. Hewitt, Kincardine;
Wm. Yeo; Holmeswille.
DIRECTORS:
William Knox,,Londesboro; George
Leop'hardt, Brodhagen; fames Con-
nolly, God'erich;, Alex, Broadfoot, No.
3, Seaforth; Robert Ferris, Blydlh;
George McCartney, N'o, ;;3, Seaforth;
John ,Pepper, Brucefield; James Sihol-
dice, Walton; Thomas Moylan, No, 5,.
Seaforth,
Parties desirous to effect'' insurance
or transact other business, will be
promptly attended to by applications
to any of the above named officers ad-
dressed to ' their respective post
offices.
"0, the (Patel at Riney said we were
to escort, this worthy gentleman,;, as
governnrest orders``hiad come about
li)m f1'oha `Allund; so I waited, as the
rain had delayed h•i»i;'
The dLilia felt reassured; Isis ar-
rival ,was no doubt expected "Aa yes,
sir," ,continued Gopal' Singh, "'you had
better Piave come on willsthree
days ago, but it does not nsatter noir.
That is a 'fine 'horse of yours,"' he
added, putting illotee's :neck, "anal
from aiindustan, i5 -think as sly lord
is. We; tea that' +is; my `fantily-=arc
also front:hence, Janott,i utreee;
sp is this good b+un,"too;" and he held
out his own, "yes;• one can hit 'a man
on horseback; at full speed half as
far as to the stream 'yonder," •
Continued''' Next Week
Stop the ,Cough, - 10oughing is
caused lav y ieritation• in the respira-
tory passages :and is the effort to dis-
lodge obstructions that coma from ;its-
flanaanaeion of the mucous membrane.
Treats}ten't tvith Dr. Thomas' Eclec't-
ria Oil will allay the it flaniniation
and in consequence the cough witi
usu'ailystop. Tr 3'it and you will he
satisfied;
:J,ii,iweay