The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-04-17

Guhasena however, quickly reached the country of kataha and there began to buy and sell jewels. And certain four sons of merehants there always seeing in his hand an unwithered lotus, were a>tonishtd Then by stratagem they brought him to their house and made him drink great deal of wine, and then asked him to tell them about the lotus, and he being intoxicated told them the whole matter, Then those four merchants sons suspcctirg that Guhasena would spend lons tim" buy. ing and selling jewels etc. enunsrlled together being wicked persons how To destroy the virtue of his wife out of idle curiosity; and eager to accomplish il, s,t out secretly for Tamralirta without his knowing it. There devi>ing means they came ta female ascrtie named Nogakarandika who lived i'll hermit age oi' Bu,idii tnA they ~aid te her atf,t tionately Reverend madam. if YOU accomplish what We wish We will give you much wealth She >aid to them of course vou young men want . woman here. therefore tell me ~a that 1 may be able to help you. but lo not want money 1 have an intelligent pupil named >iddhIkari and through her favor l have obtained uucouuted wealth
 How have you obtained so much wealth through the favor of your Puril2 The female aseetic was thus asked hy the merchants sons. and she replied + You have curiosity about <. my ~2n~. listen amt will tell you
 Long ago a certain merchant came to this place from the north, and while re siding here my pupil went anal artfully caused herself to be employed as a ser want in his house: having changed her appearance. and gained the confidence of the merchant, she stole all his aceu- mulated wealth from his house and SC eretlv went away early i'll the morning
 \ certain Domba with his drum in his hand, saw her going out of the city, and moving rapidly through fear resolved to rob her and swiftly fol
 lowed after her When she reached a Nyagrodha tree, she saw that l." had come up, and the cunning Sddlikari said to him iu d >orrowiul manner. have had a spitetul quarrel with my isu>- band and have left his house to die therefore. my good sir get rope ready by which can hang myself. Why should not assist this woman to her death? thus thought this pomha and fastened the rope to q tree. Then Sidi- hikari being Inexperienced asked the Domba. How does one hang oue,elt2 Show me Then tLc Bomha llaeed the drum under hi, feet and put the rope around Iii, neck, and said, It k done in this maniIcr. SiddAihari how eyer instantly smashed the drum in pieces with blow 0f her foot, and then tue i'ifiIt' 'l N l> Nbi ip 'lfitII ''N the rope. At that nomen, the mcr- chant came up seeking Siddhikari who AaI stolen Lis immense wealth and saw her from a distance at the foot of the tree. She for her part saw him coming. and climbed a tree unseen hy him, and p,rched herself upon a branch where  her form was hid by the abundance of leaye> When the merchant, along with hi> servants came mp he saw the Domba hung by Iii, neck. but ~id,Ihikari was nowhere to be seen One of the merchant servants said immediately, Perhaps she has climbed this tree,
 and so he climbed up. When hcrcach"d her Siddhikari said, l have always loved you, and you have climbed up here therefore. my beautiful youth, this wealth is yours come here and embrace me Sid,lhikari "mhraced the mer- chants servant, kissed him on th" mouth and Lit of with her teeth the tongue of the simpleton He overcome with pain, fell from the trre, -pit;ing out blood from lis mouth and u,tcrcd all indi,tinet sound like hfi1ha When he saw that, the merchant was greatly frightened, and believing thai the man had been seized ly an evil spirit fed and came to Lis own house with his -.-t- wants Then the a-ectie Siddhikari de- scrnded from the top of the tree Ike wise frightened, and vent home taking the entire wealth For my pupil i> such person, m!-tross of many ac- comlli-hnellt-, and thus through her favor have | my sons, obtaincl iuy wealth? When the femal" a-cctic said thi, l. th" merchants sons, ,h- then presented to them her own puIil who came in at that tine and said t0 then.