The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-09-19

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 You know the trouble we have had
 recently with those Bengalees; shall
 rely upon you to put down all disturb
 ances and Irregularities"
 Sahib P replied Bux Khan, not boast
 fully, but with quiet conviction, "l an
 one whom men obey. will keep those
 Hindu dogs in order"
 So the slephant-tamer was made jsma
 dar and the wisdom of the appointment
 was soon manifest At first there va: some natural grumbling and discontent
 but it was soon recogniz .d that Bux Khan
 was in his right place. So great was the
 respect all had for him, and so strong
 was the feeling among the bad characters of the kheddah that it was proceeding of no ordinary peril to disobey or thwarl the new jemadar, that in few days the turbulent were overawed, the drunkards
 and bang-smokers frightened into keep. ing sober and the petty thieves induced to drop thelr objectionable habits.
 Something happened, however, one day to make Captain Eaton regret for the moment that he had made Bux Khan jemadar. He was standing in the hos Pi al shed experimenting an operation which was being performed on an ele phaut; and close by, within twenty OF thirty yards. stood Shaitan in it's stable. .n front of it, but out of it's reach, Bax khan's little son was playing about, but. strange to say, Bux Khan himself was not in sight. He had been suddenly called away to attend to some important duty, and for once had let his child out of sight. when suddenly one of the men who was assisting at the operation exclaimed |: Sahib, Sahi6 look at the child Allah preserve itp
 Looking quickly up, Captain Eaton saw to his horror that Bux Khan's child had in his play approached within reach of Shaitan. Almost before he could real izs the danger he saw Shaitan stride for ward to the full length of his chains. and stretching out his trunk seized the child round the body. The child was but mere feather-weight to the elephant, and with one twist of its powerful trunk it threw him over its shoulder into the sta ble behind. The child fel. on to heap of fodder, and Shaitan was turning round to seize him, when Captain Eaton rushed d to the child's rescue.
 He was only just in time. Leaning up against the stable wall was an elepnant spear, with which he gave the brute a thrust, causing it to turn on him, and with one blow to strike the spear out of his hands. Before the elephant could strike again, Captain E ton darted past it. and selzlng the child by the arm, tried to drag him out of the stable. As he stopped to grasp the childs arm, the ele- plant kicked cut violently, and the gal lant rescuer was hurled heavily against the stable wall. He fortunately fell in such a position that Shaitan could not easily get at him. Neyerthe' 'ess, the brute made thrust sideways at him with it's tusks, one of which passed through the loose part of his coat, grazing his side. Before Shaitan could repeat the thrust. a spear, thrown by one of the men who had hastened to their masters assistance, struck the ferocious animal. With a roar of pain, the brute threw its head up, whereupon Eaton seized the opportunity to roll sideways out of its reach, dragging the child with him. Having failed in it's murderous intentions, Shalt an, after rum- bling with rage for few moments, com menced to eat again as if nothing had happened.
 Meanwhile the captain had carried the child to his office and examined him to see ii he was hurt. To his surprise he found him uninjured. His having fallen on the bundle of fodder when the ele- plant threw him into the air had saved the child from breaking any bones.
 That evening, as Captain E atom sat smoking in his veranda after dinner, Bux Khan stalked in, and standing before him, ashamed deeply two or three times without saying a word then touching his masters knees and feet, and afterward his own forehead, he salaamed again. and walked silently away. And the Eug- lishman knew better than if bux Khan had spent an hour in protestations that he had in the jemadar devoted follower, bound to him by the tie of a gratitude deep and lasting.
 This new outbreak of Saaitan's decided | Captain Eaton to get rid of it at once, as too dangerous aa animal to keen in the | kheddah. He determined to shoot it next day. But he was saved the trouble. 1 Early next morning, before he went to hls oftice, an old mahout presented him. self at the bungalow. "Will the Sahib please come down to the kheddah at once9" he said. We have something to show him."
 "What is the matter?
 "Shaitan is dead" replied the man.
 Dead What did he die of2"
 He has been killed" was the reply.
 Captain Eaton at once hurr,ed down to the kheddah. and went straight to | Saa,tan's stable. There lay the elephant on its side dead, in great pool of blood ! An examination showed that it had re- ceived two deep thrusts behind the left fore-leg, both of which must have pene- trated its heart. The spear with which the wounds had evidently been inflicted was lying on the floor of the stable. There was no occasion to ask who had | done the deed. There was but one man in the kneddah who had sufficient strength and courage, as every one knew, and that was Bux Khan, the jemadar. He b ad clearly during the night taken ven- tnA A..