The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-20

Tn the meantime the messenger ct the king of Vatsa vent and delivered to the monarch CandamahAsena his reply. This ruler, however, having heard that, thus reflected: "This excessively proud king of Vatsa will not, indeed, come here For my daughter can not be sent there, because such thing would be the ex- treme of frivolity; therefore, will cap ture the king by ssratagem and bring him here." Thus, having reelected and deliberated with his minister, the Raja made large artificial elephant like his own real one, and aiter 6lling is with men concealed within, placed it in the Wind
 hya forest. Then the scouts, the de- pendants of the Raja of Vatsa, who was attached to the sport of elephant catch ing, beheld it from a distance, and came quickly and told the Raja, saying: |" o, king, a solitary elephant has been seen by us wandering about in the Vindhya forest, so large that nowhere in the world can its equal be seen, filling the sky with its form like moving peak of the Vindhya mountain"
 Then the Raja of Vatsa. having heard the words of the scouts, and being pleased, gave them a lac of gold as a re- ward. The Raja spent the night think ing, and said to himself: eff can ob- tain this king of elephants, that is a rival of Nadagiri, then Candamahasena will most assuredly come into my power, and he will, of his own accord, give me his daughter Vasavadatta."
 And early the next day he set out to- wards the Vindhya mountains, without complying with the wishes of his minis ter in this matter, eagerly thirsting 10, the elephant, while his scouts went on be- fore. He did not for moment consider what his astrologer told him when he SC, out, that the heavenly signs showed the taking of maiden, and also captivity, The Raja, after reaching the Vindhya forest, caused his army to halt at dis tance, fearing to alarm the elephant, and accompanied by only his minister, and holding his sounding lute in his hand, he entered that great forest. which was as broad as his own vice. That king saw this elephant, of the appearance of real one, standing on the southern side of the Vlndhya mountains, and -hich had been pointed out to him by his scouts from a distance. He came up to it slowly, all alone, sounding his lute, thinking how he could bind it, and singing all the while in sweet tones. But because of his thinking of his music, and the approach of night, the Raja did not observe tha. the wild elephant was fictitious one. The elephant, however, lifted his ears and Tapped them as if with pleasure a. the music, and advancing and retiring, drew the king away to great distance. And then, suddenly there came from tha. artificial elephant. armed men, who sur rounded the king. Having seen them, the king of Vatsa angrily drew forth his knife, and while fighting with those in front of him, he was seized by some others coming up from behind. The warriors and men being collected by a sign, took the king of Vatsa into the pres ence of Candamahasena. The latter, however, received him with much res pect, and together they entered the city of Ujjayini. There the newly arrived Raja of Vatsa was looked upon by the people, like the moon, pleasing to the eye, yet stained with reprsach. The cit izens suspecting that he was to be put to death, out of regard for his virtues, assembled from every quarter, and determined to die. Then Candama- hasena spoke to them saying: "it is not my intention to put the king of Vatsa to death, but to reconcile him to me-" Thus he quieted their agitation. Then the monarch delivered his daughter, Vasavads..:, to the Rsja of Vatsa in os- der to be instructed in music, and said 10 him: My lord, teach this woman music. ysu will then obtain prosperity, therefore be not sorrowful." But having seen this lovely maiden, the mind of the Raja of Vatsa became so filled with love that he forgot his anger, and her heart and mind went out together to him, her eye was turned away from him through modesty, but not 90 her mind. Then the Raja of Vassa dwelt there in the music room, causing Vasavadatta to sing to him, and his eyes were continually gazing on her. In his lap was his iute and in his throat the musical scale, and in front of him stood Vasavadatta fascinating his mind. She was fuli of devotion to him, like the Goddess of Fortune, being st-