The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-04-24

" nat lIt HtdulIldlI, wheezing and choking with wrath, do you charge me, the mudliya of Manku- lam, with receiving bribes?
 Aye, do ' replied the pusari sternly. All the villagers know it. Many d time have brought just complaints to you, and you would not hear them. When Ivan threw a dead dog into my well, when he set fire to my straw-stack, and when by n.anthtrdm (magical arts ], he caused my cattle to fall ill, why did you not inquire into the complaints made-why? but because your grainary was bursting with the rice that Ivan gave you as hush money!
 Get out of my house. . screamed the headman huskil V" get out, I say
 I'll have justice! shouted the put sari tiercely. "I am poor man and cannot bribe you, but swear by Puliya- deva that l will have justice will make you both suffer for this You shall pay for that buffalo that Ivan has | lamed, to the last hair on his tail. It shall be an evil day for you that you re- fused me justice. Look to yourself, i mudliya; look to yourself l say.
 Leave my house, you madman' eX- i claimed the headman in voice scarcely articulate with rage
 \ moment later Ivan, from his hiding place, saw his enemy burst out of the house almost beside himself with rage, his eyes ablaze his lips drawn back l in grin of fury. and his whole frame trembling excitement He watched 1 him stride across the enclosure and make for the path leading to Pandivan. swinging his arms and gesticulating 1 like one lemented Just as the pusari disappeared, lttle boy came out of the hut, and Ivan heard him uttering ex- l clamations of excitement and astonish- ment. He could also hear the voice of the headman inside wheezing out threats and curses Presently the little boy went out at the gate and disap- l peared in the village, and Ivan rose to leave his hiding place. AS he did so, he saw lying i'll the path a knife, which he at once knew must have been dropped i by the pusari as he rushed out of the hut Picking it up, Ivan crept back l into his hiding place, and crouchng down, examined it long and earnestly. i feeling its edge and making motions with it in the air Suddenly an idea seemed to strike him He looked up i hastily and around with d scared, startled air, and then felt the edge of the knife again with his thumb slowly while he gazcd earnestly in the direc- 1 tion of the door of the hut Presently i an evil, cruel smile curled his lips and sent a baleful gleam into his little eyes i Muttering to himself, Yes. I'll dc it; the suspicion is sure to fall on him he rose slowly, glanced round again to assure himself that no one was watch ing him. and then, with rapid, silent step, entered the hut.
 Meanwhile the pltsari was hurlyng along in the direction of his village clrsing and raving. The injury done i him by his enemy and the refusal of the headman to give him justice, had angered him to the verge of madness l As he strode furiously along swinging his heavy stick, and grasping at the air with his other hand, as if he was in imagination tearing his enemy to pieces, he was quite ohlivious of all surround ings, and only conscious of his wrongs and desire for vengeance Blind with rage he hurried on, needless of where he was going.
 By this time the sun had sunk and l hlSlit NdS IbIpl'ilN tplllIllS Oll. tIdttU- 1 ally the path grew less and less distinct, and the surrounding forest more gloomy and fearful. Suddenly the pusari stopped and looked about him Being unable to see his way, he had at last come to his senses All that was visi- ! ble of the path now was dim, white streak before him. For a few moments 1 he stood looking round. Even in that faint light the path seemed strange to him, and he peercd about in vain for some familiar object by which he could ascertain his position. He soon sats- fled himself he was not in the we'll known path between the two villages, but was following some game-track; however, he felt sure he was going in the right direction, SO went on, instead of turning back to look for the lost path Every now and then he stopped to lis ten, hoping to hear the distant barking of dogs or lowing of cattle at Pandiyan; but he only heard the sharp barking cry of deer in the jungle and the dismal hooting of pair of owls It grew darker and darker and the path worse and worse. Soon 1t was SO dark that he could not see his hand before his face. | He tried to feel his way with his stick. but nevertheless stumbled against the trees and over roots and stones, More than once he stopped and shouted long and loudly: but no answer came but ! the mocking hooting of the owls The pusari was a brave man: but the dense darkness the loneliness and silence of the jungle, were beginning to shake his nerves.
 Suddenly, just as he was about to give up in despair the attempt to find his way, a brilliant light appeared in the jungle ahead of him. Cttering an eiac- ulation of surprise, pleasure and re- lief, tho pusari pressed toward it. A few moments later he was standing with open eyes and startled expression, gazing l at q scene such as he had never before l looked on. Before him stretched a i long, narrow bazaar of houses, shops. | aOI clalS bnl, III ,l ;c,,. Il l, yl,,